jm1220

28” is well below normal there, it’s more like Central Park average. Their recent 49” 1991-2020 average is significantly inflated from their crazy winters like 2014-15 but even with their longer term low to mid-40s average it’s pretty significantly below normal. But they got snow from SWFEs that happen in almost all Nina winters where we just had the one decent event. All in all should’ve been so much better given the cold. Glad it’s over.

Something needs to offset the huge warm SST area east of Japan which is likely what’s supercharging the Pacific jet. We had that last winter in a strong El Niño and it still influenced the pattern too much.

Bulbs are breaking through here too but otherwise not much activity. Should be full bloom next week with temps hopefully over 60.

Good, let’s bank what we can now. A lot will be running off though since the ground is partly frozen still.

3/22/18 was my favorite March storm but that’s probably a once in few decade setup the way that month turned out.

Strong SSE flow into the Poconos/Catskills, could be some fairly heavy amounts there which is great for reservoirs.

Story of this whole wretched winter, some wave or kicker etc ruins the setup because the Pacific is atrociously hostile and won’t allow anything to amplify in the right place.

Yep. The 60s in sun on Sat felt wonderful. Kick this disappointment of a winter to the curb. It’ll be known for useless cold and endless failed opportunities. Like you said until the Pacific reorients into a less hostile state east of Japan we have a high risk of it happening again next winter regardless of it officially turning Nina or Nino.

In Long Beach where I was living at the time there were floating snow/ice chunks once the high tide came in. The 25" of snow they had NW of the city would've been better but that and the Dec 1992 monster which flooded Long Beach the worst until Sandy are the first two weather events I really remember in detail.

It’s amazing how you keep signing up for more and more punishment. 2 days ago winter was over and you were bumping skeptical posts saying they were right.

Sure as hell not today. 14 currently.

Say it ain’t so. 60 yesterday felt great, ready for much more of that.

Hopefully we can finally do away with the suppressive PV and put us into some good westerlies. The crushing PV will mean lousy back door front days especially if it sets up over Newfoundland.

I have a couple of sad icy/melt patches left in my backyard. They should be gone today.

Still is.

I have just over 19” for the season here so for me it’s accurate.

That’s what I call a rain/snow line.

Up to 60! First day in a very long time it’s been comfortable to be outside in a T-shirt. Last remnants of snow melting in my backyard.

52 here, barrier islands stuck at 43-44.

Summer is pure torture in the South. In TX where I lived it’s unbearable. 100+ every day and not dry heat. Dry heat is in the western third of the state far from the Gulf.

08-09 was a pretty underrated winter IMO. Nice 10” event on 3/1 too.

In Long Beach today, there's maybe one or two little piddly ice chunks left, at least on the north shore we have big ginormous ice chunks in every parking lot, street corner and my backyard! Spring will be nice when we hit 60s and the south shore is stuck in dank 40s. Hopefully it's not a bad backdoor front season.

Did you move yet? I’m at about 210’ just east of Rt 110, I’m usually a little cooler in the summer as a result.

Just have to laugh.

There was sooner or later going to be a stretch that nailed New England, Montreal, etc. Once the SWFE train starts in a Nina winter they get hammered. I can't think of the last time a pattern like this was good at our latitude, maybe 93-94 which is a once per century type winter and also would be warmer today. We need some kind of help from the southern stream for much of our snow, northern stream dominated patterns vary between bad and horrendous for snow south of I-84 and the fast Pacific jet makes it even worse. Plenty of dry windy cold though. February was/has been decent but could've been so much better.