Rjay Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Good case of the whole not equaling the sum of the parts. Yes 40" of snow, yes nice artic shot, but three weeks of real winter and a September in December don't make this a 'A'. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 B+ might acceptable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 So, conversely, lets say you have a very cold and snowy winter that also happens to include a 5" driving rainstorm and an 80 degree day, would you grade that winter an F?What if it's a damp cool summer but there are a couple sunny 95 degree days? Is summer an A then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 What if it's a damp cool summer but there are a couple sunny 95 degree days? Is summer an A then? More subjective. I hate heat so that would be an A for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chietanen Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 What if it's a damp cool summer but there are a couple sunny 95 degree days? Is summer an A then? For Yanksfan, yes. And your comparison is probably better than mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I hate heat so that would be an A for me Summer of 2014 for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 More subjective. I hate heat so that would be an A for meAs do I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Summer of 2014 for life.Way better storms too. 2015 had nothing good Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Bc it is an A for our area. You had a 2' snowstorm, 40" plus season and you went below zero. What more could you want to give this an A for our particular area?Sustained snowpack, months averaging below normal, multiple moderate snowfalls.This season doesn't hold a candle to 14-15, 13-14, or 10-11 when we had week after week of snowstorms, deep snow cover, and cold temperatures. A grading system has to take into account how "wintry" a winter is. This winter was a one-storm winter with one cold night; the rest of the season was a snowless torch featuring bare ground and days of 50s and 60s. How could this be an A grade? I would grade this winter a C. In terms of pros, we had an incredible HECS with 24-30" areawide and multiple hours of blizzard conditions, and NYC did record its first subzero temperature since 1/1994. The blizzard and the 4-8" snowstorm in early February ensure that most coastal areas have had near average snowfall. Cons include September-like warmth in December, the rapid meltdown of the blizzard, no sustained snowpack, repeated cutters in February after a progged favorable pattern, and no months with below normal temperatures. It rarely felt like deep winter this year, except for the blizzard and the day after, and the night below zero. Grade pending: C (C- if March stinks, up to a B- if we have a great March, which I doubt...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 summer 2015: B summer 2014: D summer 2013: B summer 2012: B+ summer 2011: A summer 2010: A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 09: F- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyWx Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Last Summer was pretty good if you like heat. I liked it, except for the lack of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 summer 2015: B summer 2014: D summer 2013: B summer 2012: B+ summer 2011: A summer 2010: A summer 2015: D summer 2014: A+ summer 2013: D summer 2012: D+ summer 2011: F summer 2010: F summer 2009: A+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmillz25 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 I just want it to be active this year thunderstorms speaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HailMan06 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 summer 2015: D summer 2014: A+ summer 2013: D summer 2012: D+ summer 2011: F summer 2010: F summer 2009: A+ I take it that you're not a heat lover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 If you live South of say Rockland and you thought this Winter was an F then you're clearly spoiled. We've had far worse stretches. North of 84 is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 summer 2015: D summer 2014: A+ summer 2013: D summer 2012: D+ summer 2011: F summer 2010: F summer 2009: A+ 09 was brutal on heat loving fruit/vegetables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I take it that you're not a heat lover.I don't mind the heat so much, it's the humidity that kills. Give me 90 everyday in July as long as the humidity is low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I take it that you're not a heat lover. What gave it away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 C+/B- here. December sucked. on the northern edge of the blizz, still got 14 though and a few smaller events, but winter basically ended 2/10 or so with regard to snowfall. 3 week winter in that dept. No real cold locking in. It seemed like winter might be getting going when we had the 4-8" storm in early February and the snow to rain event immediatwly after the Valentine's Day cold outbreak. A lot of mets were talking about a very favorable pattern for mid to late February with renewed cold air by the weekend of 2/28. Unfortunately, the favorable pattern kept getting pushed back as we saw in dead ratter winters like 11-12. The post V-Day storm was more a cutter than expected SWFE, this storm cuts, and the weekend cold shot evaporates. Mostly due to the +NAO/Baffin Island vortex allowing storms to wind up well inland. We knew this winter would be an uphill battle with a Super Nino. It's very rare to see extended wintry stretches as we had in 14-15/13-14 in such a strong +ENSO event with the raging STJ and high global temperatures. Luckily, this winter was not 97-98. Nor was it 72-73 or 1877-78 when NYC had less than 10" snowfall. But it certainly had features of those winters with the December warmth and lack of snow cover. In my mind, this winter has been a hybrid of 57-58, 09-10, 97-98, and 82-83. Much of the extreme warmth of Dec 57/Dec 82. The turn to blocking via Kara Sea ridge as in Jan 58. One large blizzard in a sea of warmth like Feb 83 Megalopolis storm. And the overall extended warmth, especially in February, of 98. The one difference was the lack of interior snows. Places like VT had decent winters in 97-98 and 82-83, but have been shut out this year. Hence throwing in 09-10 which had above average snowfall on the coastal plain but much less in the interior...storms like 12/19/09 and 2/5/10 had much in common with this January's blizzard. Definitely a bunch of analogs contributed features to the 15-16 pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwarlock Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Is it true that the post El Nino summers roast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Reilly Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Is it true that the post El Nino summers roast? Yes a drought late June too mid August Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCGreg Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm fine with this winter. Can't be greedy when you get a 26 inch plus blizzard. Frankly, I'd take 1 such storm over 20 3-4 inch storms. Those do nothing for me. At this point, though, it's pretty obvious this winter is over. I suppose there could always be a rogue storm, but let's face it: other than the one blizzard, nothing has come together for a snowstorm, and that's not likely to change now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGoose69 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Is it true that the post El Nino summers roast? 98 I think was one of the few that didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 the poor arctic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NycStormChaser Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 It's not over until we say it is! Ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 It's not over until we say it is! Ha It's not over until metsfan gives up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherFeen2000 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Cutter city on the GFS. Winter is over looks like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpruf Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 98 I think was one of the few that didn't Well 99 was godawful...I remember it well it was the Womens World Cup and we had every unit of AC in the house on and even a house full of folks from the tropics were complaining about heat the likes of which they had never seen. God I hate hot weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpruf Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 the poor arctic And poor us.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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