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This is the most rapid run to run 10 mb mean wind drop to a reversal I’ve ever seen! Just 4 days ago on the 2/19 run, March 7 had mean winds way up near climo of +20 m/s and only 2 of 100 members reversing around that date: On today’s, which you posted, it has March 7th way down to -2 m/s and ~75% of members reversing!! Unfortunately though, today’s weeklies continue to not show any significant long lasting widespread cold in mid to late March. Hoping that changes/keep hope alive!

102 PM SNOW 1 SE BATTERY PARK 40.70N 74.00W 02/23/2026 M17.0 INCH KINGS (Brooklyn)

0130 PM SNOW WASHINGTON HEIGHTS 40.85N 73.93W 02/23/2026 M22.1 INCH NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)

100 PM SNOW UPTON (NWS OFFICE) 40.87N 72.86W 02/23/2026 M19.8 INCH SUFFOLK

~1.75” liquid equivalent C Park as of 1PM

~1.65” of liquid equivalent has fallen at NYC/C Park as of 11AM and it was still coming down! This storm is nearly beyond description. This is snow deserving gold medal status at NYC as it is their biggest snow in a decade. More snow has fallen there since yesterday than even some of the Olympic ski areas this entire month!

Thanks. With that, now up to ~1.65” liquid equivalent at CPark through 11AM! This is deserving gold medal status with more snow since yesterday than even some of Olympic ski areas this entire month!

1.56” of liquid equivalent (all in the form of snow except perhaps the first .01-.02”) has fallen at NYC/C Park as of 10AM and it’s still coming down very heavily! This storm is nearly beyond description. https://forecast.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KNYC.html

Thanks. Keep in mind that although it has been the coldest at Baltimore during La Niña in March, that’s only the avg as there’s lots of variation: “Breakdown of the 18 different Mar La Nina phase 7 periods: wide range but more B/MB (8) than A/MA (6) MB: 2 B: 6 N: 4 A: 3 MA: 3” Thus, whereas averages are informative, they don’t tell us how any one case will actually turn out. That’s the case for any phase. Those H5 composites are just averages. Also, phase 8 has been the 2nd coldest during Mar for La Niña averaging only 1F less cold than phase 7. Aside: current storm looks like it happened during phase 3, the coldest on avg (prior to 2026) by a wide margin of any phase at Baltimore during La Niña in Feb. @jconsor

..A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 8.1 INCHES WAS SET AT NEWARK NJ YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 6.8 INCHES SET IN 2008. RECORDS GO BACK TO THE YEAR 1931 AT THIS CLIMATE STATION. ..A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 8.8 INCHES WAS SET AT CENTRAL PARK NY YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 6.0 INCHES SET IN 2008. RECORDS GO BACK TO THE YEAR 1869 AT THIS CLIMATE STATION. ..A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 9.5 INCHES WAS SET AT ISLIP NY YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 5.5 INCHES SET IN 2008.

That 9.3” at NYC appears to be as of 1AM just like the 7.8” at JFK. Also this as of 1AM: 8.7” at Upton

0100 AM SNOW CENTRAL PARK 40.78N 73.97W 02/23/2026 M9.3 INCH NEW YORK (MANHATTANNY OFFICIAL NWS OBS CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM CENTRAL PARK. JFK: 7.8” as of 1AM https://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KOKX/2602230622.nwus51.html

Hey Anthony, Congrats on your blizzard! I’d love it and JB has been going cold til after Easter after a warmup Mar 5-15. But unfortunately the Euro Weeklies are overall not cold looking for most after the upcoming week. Then again, look how much colder the upcoming week will be vs what the Weeklies had just 6 days ago for 2/23-3/1: Now look at it today (similar to last few days): and week 2 (3/2-8) has cooled a good bit especially in the NE: From 6 days ago: Compare that to today: So, based on the big changes for weeks 1-2 in the East, keep hope alive!

Wow, this sort of came out of nowhere! Just 3 days ago EWs had a near climo normal mean of +20 m/s and only 2% reversing on/near March 7th: Today they have a mean of a mere +4 m/s for Mar 7th and probably ~25% reversing near then: @40/70 Benchmark

3PM hourly for KSAV: wind gusted to 52 mph! This has caused some outages in the SAV metro (>3K). CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS SAVANNAH MOSUNNY 58 13 17 W32G52