40/70 Benchmark Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 We'll almost certainly need a 2nd HECS this season to have any chance at '95-'95. Still needing over 40" with the first week of March looking pretty "bleh" will have us relying on a monster. I suppose we could get the equally rare combo of three more 10"+ storms that late in the season with a nickle or two thrown in...years like '58, '56 and '67 pulled off something close to that. I'm confident that I'll finish #3 with a shot @ #2, but I agree that 95-96 is a reach because 96 had an huge 1st week of march that won't be replicated. Then of course we had that insane 2nd week of April... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 When all is said and done, this winter is likely going to go down as a much colder version of 2005, which is likely going to rate it a bit better than 1996 and will render it my fav winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 When all is said and done, this winter is likely going to go down as a much colder version of 2005, which is likely going to rate it a bit better than 1996 and will render it my fav winter. Well lets hope for a decent March, because that is going to mean a lot for me, personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I'm confident that I'll finish #3 with a shot @ #2, but I agree that 95-96 is a reach because 96 had an huge 1st week of march that won't be replicated. Then of course we had that insane 2nd week of April... I'm think we'll fall into about the #5 slot here...#5 is currently 104.3" in 1960-1961....I think we'll pass that, but we won't catch the current #4 of 114.3" in 2004-2005. Of course, there's a tight bunch between #5 and #10 so we could still easily not make the top 10. 1. 1995-1996......132.9" 2. 1992-1993......120.1" 3. 2002-2003......117.3" 4. 2004.2005......114.3" 5. 1960-1961......104.3" 6. 2000-2001......102.1" 7. 1993-1994......100.2" 8. 1971-1972......99.3" 9. 1947-1948......98.5" 10. 1957-1958....97.5" Given that there's a 10" gap between #4 and #5, I figure that's probably the easiest place to slot into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Well lets hope for a decent March, because that is going to mean a lot for me, personally. It also meant alot that the epic period was not an OES circle jerk, like 2005 was....granted we all got buried, but I hate the oes dominated stretches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I also feel like this recent snow event, even if only 4.5" was a breath of fresh air. That last two fluff events had nothing to show for themselves, 24 hours later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I've had 67.1'' IMBY this year...last winter I finished just sh of 30''...does this mean that I've received 200% increase on snow this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Well lets hope for a decent March, because that is going to mean a lot for me, personally. Climo vaults me into the #3 slot and over 100"...I'd be good with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I've had 67.1'' IMBY this year...last winter I finished just sh of 30''...does this mean that I've received 200% increase on snow this year? No, you've had about a 100%+ increase but you've had 200%+ of last year's total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 No, you've had about a 100%+ increase but you've had 200%+ of last year's total. Alright, I was actually thinking that in my head but was confused on how exactly to word that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Climo vaults me into the #3 slot and over 100"...I'd be good with that. Yeah that's within reach I think, and it possibly might take a late event to do it. Numbers aside, this is probably my third fav winter right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 When all is said and done, this winter is likely going to go down as a much colder version of 2005, which is likely going to rate it a bit better than 1996 and will render it my fav winter. The combo this year is just fantastic. Throw in some insanity conditions, best ever. That's you, me, Jerry, Garth, Labiator,ha! and a bunch others calling it the overall winter of our lives, with Jerry at 64 and me 54 and you guys thats saying something, and it's not over . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 No, you've had about a 100%+ increase but you've had 200%+ of last year's total. 123.something% increase Not bad I'm at 0.000% increase/decrease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I've had 67.1'' IMBY this year...last winter I finished just sh of 30''...does this mean that I've received 200% increase on snow this year? Over 200% total but 100% more than last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I was pretty good at this math in high school but it's been so long since I've done math like this...can't believe it's been 5 years now since I took the class that dealt with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 I think there are two things that this winter lacks on it's resume, relative to my locale: 1: An ice event...good luck It will have a shot, tmw morning. 2: A heavy cement bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I think there are two things that this winter lacks on it's resume, relative to my locale: 1: An ice event...good luck It will have a shot, tmw morning. 2: A heavy cement bomb. I wanted a 20"er (really a 24"er, but whatever) You got that, I came up short I also wanted a decent WINDEX (got that) Did not expect the thunderstorm on the 18th (bonus) A long duration event (not really) Still a good winter so far. 1 month to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 The over performing clipper we just had will make it feel a little better since the slump in mid February, but it was still in February and doesn't count as a good end of year event yet in my book. March needs to have a respectable month for me to consider this being a top 3 winter. Other areas can probably have a dud March and still call it epic, but my snow total just isn't high enough yet to bring it to that level. Relative to climo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I think there are two things that this winter lacks on it's resume, relative to my locale: 1: An ice event...good luck It will have a shot, tmw morning. 2: A heavy cement bomb. Both shots look possible, my check list is complete, seriously, only thing left would be a three footer but that's really unreasonable. ALL of my winter checklist done with added unexpected items. I still can not believe I hit 38 inches of depth, blows my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 The over performing clipper we just had will make it feel a little better since the slump in mid February, but it was still in February and doesn't count as a good end of year event yet in my book. March needs to have a respectable month for me to consider this being a top 3 winter. Other areas can probably have a dud March and still call it epic, but my snow total just isn't high enough yet to bring it to that level. Relative to climo. Yeah right now it's number 3 or so for me, but that's currently. If March goes to crap, it goes down a notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I think there are two things that this winter lacks on it's resume, relative to my locale: 1: An ice event...good luck It will have a shot, tmw morning. 2: A heavy cement bomb. I missed both the big blizzard on 12/26 and the Tip blue snow bomb on 1/12-1/13 because of work, but I wonder if I would have enjoyed the wet snow event more. That was really impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yeah right now it's number 3 or so for me, but that's currently. If March goes to crap, it goes down a notch. Yeah if I only look at "to date", this winter is near the top....but almost all the heavy hitters had a great Mar or Mar/Apr combo. The exception being '02-'03. And given this year is likely to have a dud week 1 of March, it becomes a bit more urgent to get something after that. A lot of the historic years did some big time damage in week 1 of March and this one won't unless that weekend system changes big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 This winter is #1 easily since Ive been following wx but is probably 4th or 5th overall. 83.9" YTD. Climo for the rest of the year will bring me to like 99" lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 (Since 1957) #1 1996- 127.5" #2 2005- 107.5" #3 1978- 99.5" #4 1977 and 1993- 97.3" #5 2011- 94" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 This winter is #1 easily since Ive been following wx but is probably 4th or 5th overall. 83.9" YTD. Climo for the rest of the year will bring me to like 99" lol. climo fail. Picked up 4.8" since 2/27. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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