Santa Claus

4 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

Also warm Great Lakes and low North American snow cover. 

also i prayed for snow and god hates me

i was like "hey Man anything but cold dry wind" and He said "extra large misery combo meal coming right up you big idiot"

at least i got fries out of it

5 hours ago, psv88 said:

This winter sucks. This is terrible

gimme rain at least, i am so bored

4 hours ago, rclab said:

I remember when it was sadly mentioned on the forum at that time. A tragedy then and still is. Anthony, your father is still with you. His persona resides in you. You have done well under difficult circumstances. You have a career in law enforcement, a future partnership that will bear fruit, keeping you happy for decades to come. You should, of course seek and listen to the advice of others. When the time comes, however, the spirit of your upbringing and your own counsel will hold true. Be well Anthony and make sure you give your children a decent wage to shovel. As always .....

you always have wise words to share my friend

3 hours ago, MJO812 said:

I appreciate  all the long range forecasts.

I am really stressed out right now. I'm currently looking for a 2 family house which will cost 800k+ and looking to get married.

Having some snow will ease the stress.

I'm basically  planning everything right now by myself since her family doesn't have alot of money or  know alot about homes.

I wish my dad was still around to help me

He passed away 9 years ago of pancreatic cancer at 52 years old. 

hey good luck with all that, nobody can blame you for being stressed, that's a bunch of huge decisions.

fyi my favorite type of weather is better than your favorite type of weather and if you disagree you should obviously move to another country or planet

6 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

You will have a sandwich and it will be cold and a foot long and it will be the best sandwich ever so you'll have 2 more! 3 feet of sandwiches!

it was a footlong chicken breast but due to ratios the bread was only 6".  all the vegetables fell off and i got mustard all over my face.  my worst forecast bust since i burned that pot roast Christmas 2017.

my guesses for the future are far less ambitious, i barely know what i am eating for lunch

On 12/30/2020 at 8:18 PM, Nibor said:

every day we stray further from god

12 minutes ago, justinj said:

I feel like winds are always overdone in these type of storms 

how many setups do we see that look like this?

1 hour ago, TriPol said:

Any chance of a quick spinup?

i asked the same question, i guess it's telling that none of the AFDs mentioned TOR (that i saw).

i guess the helicity isn't really there, and this is more of straight line wind event but it's being driven by the warm front?  idk this is a weird one.

1 hour ago, White Gorilla said:

I can't believe we are talking TOR a week after a major winter storm.  This is just insane. 

i'm just asking a question, have no idea if that's even remotely feasible in this setup.  NWS doesn't mention TOR at all.

46 minutes ago, bluewave said:

It’s been a big year for squall lines. This could be one of the most intense low topped squall lines that we have seen on Christmas. I wonder what the annual record number is for all types of squall lines in the region?

 

great point.  we've had some ragers this year.

this one though, if it pans out as depicted, looks like something special.  it's coming in as a straight line top to bottom, almost no bowing, and runs the length of much of the eastern seaboard.  can't remember anything like that ever happening in recent memory.  the low its attached to isn't really showing a comma head of precip, it's like there's just a big wall of fury coming in at a right angle.

question since i don't know where to find soundings for upcoming events: is there a TOR threat with the screaming S flow and what i assume is some directional shear as you climb through the air?  i feel like events with strong southerly flow tend to be decent TOR threats for us.

4 minutes ago, snywx said:

01z HRRR

congrats Albany lol

it was puking sleet in Piscataway before it abruptly cut over to heavy snow, and then the sleet came back.  i am guessing it's gonna be frozen vegetable medley until the CCB develops.

18 minutes ago, rclab said:

Good for you Will. In the old Italian tradition, that means your healthy. As always .....

i could be having a heart attack in the middle of dinner and my grandmother would still be shoveling meatballs on my plate instead of calling 911

christ i got fat this year

4 minutes ago, wdrag said:

Can everyone live with this??? I think it's realistic, with another 1-4" coming I80 LI after 5AM and 3-6" coming after 5A n of I80 in far nw NJ/ne PA and se NYS CT. 

 

We'll see if this comes down a bit in future cycles?

if i lost all this sleep just for 6 inches of frozen concrete i am going to run towards the nearest living thing and kill it

flurries in Piscataway

i can't wait for the drama in 36 hours

looking at the bounty of razor-thin forecasts and models, it's entirely possible every single person in the entire forum ends up unhappy

7 hours ago, Maureen said:

I know. I have so much ignored content at this point I’m seeing entire blank pages 

honestly what kind of sadist actually reads other people's posts

winter's cancelled again just FYI, everyone had it right the first time

snowblower stocks plummeting right now

do you guys remember when winter was cancelled last month?

lol

4 minutes ago, Chet-NYC said:

I come to this site whenever there is the potential for a large storm to hit NYC, usually snow events.  I love that I can see here maps and predictions that aren't on the regular commercial weather sites or on television.   However, there one thing that bothers me about many of the posts- the cheering on and wish for bigger, heavier, more damaging storms and snow totals.

Sure, I understand the amazement of a large snow storm.  I used to feel the same way.  Then came January 1996 and the morning I woke up to a 40" snow drift that forced me to climb out a window because my front door was blocked.  It took two days to clear snow from my car.  It took weeks for the National Guard and NYC Sanitation to get the mountains of snow here on Staten Island out of the way.   While under 20" fell in Central Park,  on Staten Island, about 15 -16 miles south, we were in that small band where about 30" fell.    There were parking lots that still had small snow mountains in May that year. 

From that day on, I have despised snow.

This week, if a foot or so of snow falls, please look at the down side.

It is going to cost NYC a fortune in overtime to clear the streets.  Considering the budgetary catastrophe that COVID has brought the city, this is just pouring salt into that wound.

For hundreds of small (and large) developments, snow removal is almost always the single biggest expense they incur in a year.  I live in a group of 24 small townhomes.  Our homeowner's dues raise $43,200 a year. Clearing a foot of snow from our two parking lots and the sidewalks will cost about 20% of that total.  

For many people who still need to go to work in person, storms like this are a massive inconvenience as they disrupt public transportation and often make driving impossible.

So, when you sit here and cheer for more snow and you whine when the storm doesn't deliver a record amount, remember, there are a lot of us who a really hoping that the storm moves in a way that it becomes a rain event, or leaves just a few inches on the ground, easy to clear and move on.  

If you love giant snow storms that much, move to where they are common.  Move to upstate New York where the lake effect will make you happy all winter long. 

you know we can't actually change the weather right

watching people react to weenie model runs is like watching children shake their wrapped gifts on Christmas and excitedly trying to figure out what's inside

and then Christmas comes and the box is empty and you can drink their sorrows.  oh jeez mom 35F and cold rain again?

"New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Secaucus as its 182nd best place to live in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey, after ranking the borough 11th in its 2008 rankings.^["

^{what do you guys think happened in those two years}

^{why isn't the media talking about this}