Continued Winter Banter.

[bluewave]

Wantagh 10" last storm 5" this storm. Eastern nassuas time to shine.

Had this storm been 200 miles west we would have had an epic blizzard

 

Payback for all the winters in the 80's to early 90s where the coast was too warm and rained

while the interior got much of the snow. I like the new climo better here.

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Payback for all the winters in the 80's to early 90s where the coast was too warm and rained

while the interior got much of the snow. I like the new climo better here.

Ohhhh I remember the 80s. Being a kid a snow day was like a gift from God. Now it seems like everything grands for the coast. Looks like central Suffolk walks with 10" again

[BxEngine]

Man its a good thing mt holly and upton didnt "nowcast" this and issue warnings for eastern nj counties.

[UnionWeatherWx]

Man its a good thing mt holly and upton didnt "nowcast" this and issue warnings for eastern nj counties.

Easy there , fella .

[BxEngine]

Easy there , fella .

Wut

[snowman19]

Man its a good thing mt holly and upton didnt "nowcast" this and issue warnings for eastern nj counties.

The winter weather advisory for 2-4 worked out superbly for Rockland. We didn't even see a flake

[Juliancolton]

Ugh, not good trends today.

Coastal storm underperforming for NYC.

IVT getting less and less promising.

Sat's storm is gone on the Euro.

Arctic shot to be much less severe than modeled yesterday per GFS.

12z Euro: We torch into the 40s next Tues upon arrival of the next storm.

 

Same time tomorrow, I trust?

[BxEngine]

Same time tomorrow, I trust?

Study hall with computer access id assume.

[bluewave]

Ohhhh I remember the 80s. Being a kid a snow day was like a gift from God. Now it seems like everything grands for the coast. Looks like central Suffolk walks with 10" again

 

Classic NOAA Weather Radio 80's broadcast:

 

Snow changing quickly to rain for the coastal locations with temperatures rising through the 30's.

Heavier snows expected north and west of NYC with temperatures only climbing to around freezing.

 

The worst was when the snow would change to heavy rain by school time and I had to walk to the bus stop

through deep puddles of slush.

[Stormlover74]

Payback for all the winters in the 80's to early 90s where the coast was too warm and rained

while the interior got much of the snow. I like the new climo better here.

Weren't there a few winters in the 80s where the island jackpotted?

[Mophstymeo]

Classic NOAA Weather Radio 80's broadcast:

Snow changing quickly to rain for the coastal locations with temperatures rising through the 30's.

Heavier snows expected north and west of NYC with temperatures only climbing to around freezing.

The worst was when the snow would change to heavy rain by school time and I had to walk to the bus stop

through deep puddles of slush.

I always wanted to be "north and west of the City" growing up.

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[yhbrooklyn]

hello we got 30" 3 weeks ago

Yeah, but what have you done for me lately???

[yhbrooklyn]

Yeah it would be better if these posts didnt happen.

You suck.

[Guest Pamela]

Weren't there a few winters in the 80s where the island jackpotted?

 

I don't think so...in 1986-87 the co-op at Patchogue just got past the 40 inch mark for seasonal snowfall...the only Long Island station to eclipse 40 inches that decade.

[forkyfork]

time to dig up my zone 7 plants for the third winter in a row

[Guest Pamela]

Weren't there a few winters in the 80s where the island jackpotted?

 

Not much happened those 10 years...you had a blizzard on 4/6/82 with 8 to 12 inches...a blizzard on 2/11/83 with about 22 inches...1986-87 had a couple nice storms in January & February...but nothing spectacular...there was a nice, narrow 12 inch event in central Long Island  courtesy of a Norlun Trough on 12/13/88...and a surprise Thanksgiving snowstorm of 7 or 8 inches in 1989...but that was about it.  Oh, it was very cold in January 1982 and there were some cold stretches in the middle of the decade when Patchogue & Bridgehampton saw a few days with morning lows in the teens below zero.  Other than that, nada.

[MJO812]

time to dig up my zone 7 plants for the third winter in a row

Sorry for your loss

[Dhaulagiri1]

Not much happened those 10 years...you had a blizzard on 4/6/82 with 8 to 12 inches...a blizzard on 2/11/83 with about 22 inches...1986-87 had a couple nice storms in January & February...but nothing spectacular...there was a nice, narrow 12 inch event in central Long Island  courtesy of a Norlun Trough on 12/13/88...and a surprise Thanksgiving snowstorm of 7 or 8 inches in 1989...but that was about it.  Oh, it was very cold in January 1982 and there were some cold stretches in the middle of the decade when Patchogue & Bridgehampton saw a few days with morning lows in the teens below zero.  Other than that, nada.

Dec of '89 was frigid and windy 

[Guest Pamela]

Weren't there a few winters in the 80s where the island jackpotted?

 

Mean Annual Snowfall (1980-81 - 1989-90)

Westbury (Nassau County): 25.44"

Brookhaven Lab / Upton OKX: 25.41"

LaGuardia Airport: 21.66"

John F Kennedy Airport: 20.28"

Central Park: 19.74"        

 

 

Westbury (Nassau County) Annual Snowfall:

1980-81: 22.7"

1981-82: 27.5"

1982-83: 31.4"

1983-84: 30.4"

1984-85: 28.8"

1985-86: 16.5"

1986-87: 33.4"

1987-88: 24.4"

1988-89: 15.8"

1989-90: 23.5"

Mean: 25.44"            

[Guest Pamela]

Weren't there a few winters in the 80s where the island jackpotted?

 

Westbury (Nassau County) Notable Snowstorms:

1/7/81: 6.9"

3/5/81: 10.4"

1/14/82: 8.1"

4/6/82: 8.8"

12/12/82: 5.7"

2/12/83: 16.5"

1/11/84: 4.7"

1/18/84: 5.7"

3/9/84: 7.0"

12/27/84: 6.8"

1/17/85: 5.5"

2/6/85: 4.9"

2/8/86: 4.0"

2/11/86: 4.1"

1/23/87: 8.2"

1/26/87: 4.6"

2/23/87: 4.8"

1/4/88: 7.1"

1/9/88: 6.8"

12/13/88: 3.7"

1/6/89: 6.2"

11/23/89: 7.2"

2/25/90: 4.4"

November and April Snow Events At Westbury:

11/17/80: 0.2"

4/6/82: 8.8"

4/19/83: 1.4"

11/19/86: 1.7"

11/11/87: 1.1"

11/23/89: 7.2"

4/7/90: 2.6"

It also got quite cold in Westbury during the 1980's. On 10 separate days the mercury dipped to zero Farenheit or below:

12/25/80: -1

1/9/81: 0

1/12/81: -1

1/17/82: -5

1/18/82: -7

1/21/84: -3

1/22/84: -5

1/21/85: -4

1/11/88: 0

1/15/88: -1

[Guest Pamela]

Dec of '89 was frigid and windy 

 

 

and snowless...though the chances were there.

[Guest Pamela]

Weren't there a few winters in the 80s where the island jackpotted?

 

The two most exciting near misses of the decade were

 

1/15/83:  WSW and 8 to 12 inches predicted...an inch of slush fell...two feet in the Berkshires & at Albany.

 

About 2/25/89:  Huge snowstorm for South Jersey...2 feet near Atlantic City...arctic high kept this area mainly dry..some light snows reached the East End. 

[bluewave]

I always wanted to be "north and west of the City" growing up.

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The two nice surprises for me that went against the forecasts for mostly or a change to rain were 1/20/78 and 1/23/87.

 

One of the few storms that the 2000's couldn't top or rival from the 80's was the 4/6/82 blizzard.

An April blizzard with plenty of CG lightning strikes has been elusive despite all the snowfall records.

Also the last time NYC had three record low temperatures in a row.

[Metasequoia]

time to dig up my zone 7 plants for the third winter in a row

Mulch + Tarp instead...perhaps.

[Rjay]

Man its a good thing mt holly and upton didnt "nowcast" this and issue warnings for eastern nj counties.

Bacon Strips still says this is coming west

[Rjay]

I always wanted to be "north and west of the City" growing up.

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Same. I used to get very upset lol.

[Rjay]

Mean Annual Snowfall (1980-81 - 1989-90)

Westbury (Nassau County): 25.44"

Brookhaven Lab / Upton OKX: 25.41"

LaGuardia Airport: 21.66"

John F Kennedy Airport: 20.28"

Central Park: 19.74"

Westbury (Nassau County) Annual Snowfall:

1980-81: 22.7"

1981-82: 27.5"

1982-83: 31.4"

1983-84: 30.4"

1984-85: 28.8"

1985-86: 16.5"

1986-87: 33.4"

1987-88: 24.4"

1988-89: 15.8"

1989-90: 23.5"

Mean: 25.44"

I know you've said it before but when did Westbury stop recording?

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

The two nice surprises for me that went against the forecasts for mostly or a change to rain were 1/20/78 and 1/23/87.

One of the few storms that the 2000's couldn't top or rival from the 80's was the 4/6/82 blizzard.

An April blizzard with plenty of CG lightning strikes has been elusive despite all the snowfall records.

Also the last time NYC had three record low temperatures in a row.

Pretty solid but April 98 is the king. I Remember hours and hours of heavy but non accumulating snow

[Eduardo]

I always wanted to be "north and west of the City" growing up.

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Same here!  When I was a kid, I used to tell my parents all the time that I was moving N&W.  Amazing how the focus has shifted here the past decade or so!

[BxEngine]

Same. I used to get very upset lol.

You still do dont lie