forkyfork Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 that was easily the most anomalous tornado this country has ever had 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I actually hate tracking storms. Would rather it just snow and not have to track. Waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 46 minutes ago, psv88 said: I actually hate tracking storms. Would rather it just snow and not have to track. Waste of time. I enjoy tracking if the storm comes to fruition but it really sucks when you spend a week tracking and end up with flurries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, psv88 said: I actually hate tracking storms. Would rather it just snow and not have to track. Waste of time. That’s what is was like in the 70s and 80s. Even some of our best snowstorms weren’t forecast the day before. NWP has come a long way since then. I give the NWS plenty of credit for doing their best with the early technology that they had at the time. The Alden Difax model charts were really crude compared to what we have now. I can still remember the familiar NWS voices on NOAA Weather Radio. Took a trip I to to the NWS at 30 Rock back in the 1980s. The weather radar room looked like something out of a 50s sci-fi movie. Outside the room was a big wall full of weather maps. There was a telephone booth-like spot to make the weather radio recordings. Those were the days when the Central Park observations were very high quality. There were no trees blocking the sensors. I believe the NWS staff would walk directly over to the Park for the snowfall measurements. But that all charged when they moved the office out to OKX in the 1990s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternLI Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Happy hour gfs is always entertaining. Sure, let's have the PV set up at 50/50 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 26 minutes ago, EasternLI said: Happy hour gfs is always entertaining. Sure, let's have the PV set up at 50/50 It's coming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, bluewave said: That’s what is was like in the 70s and 80s. Even some of our best snowstorms weren’t forecast the day before. NWP has come a long way since then. I give the NWS plenty of credit for doing their best with the early technology that they had at the time. The Alden Difax model charts were really crude compared to what we have now. I can still remember the familiar NWS voices on NOAA Weather Radio. Took a trip I to to the NWS at 30 Rock back in the 1980s. The weather radar room looked like something out of a 50s sci-fi movie. Outside the room was a big wall full of weather maps. There was a telephone booth-like spot to make the weather radio recordings. Those were the days when the Central Park observations were very high quality. There were no trees blocking the sensors. I believe the NWS staff would walk directly over to the Park for the snowfall measurements. But that all charged when they moved the office out to OKX in the 1990s. there were way less snowstorms back then....think about how few double digit snowstorms we had.....two in 1978 and that was it for the 70s and two in the 80s and that was it for that decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliviajames Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 5 minutes ago, LibertyBell said: there were way less snowstorms back then....think about how few double digit snowstorms we had.....two in 1978 and that was it for the 70s and two in the 80s and that was it for that decade. We went a decade without a really big storm 83-93 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, Oliviajames said: We went a decade without a really big storm 83-93 yep no snow days and no double digit snowstorms between those years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 12 minutes ago, Oliviajames said: We went a decade without a really big storm 83-93 the 90s outside of two great years were garbage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Claus Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 4 hours ago, forkyfork said: that was easily the most anomalous tornado this country has ever had please expound forkie i mean besides the track length 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliviajames Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, forkyfork said: the 90s outside of two great years were garbage Memories of those years cloud the bad years for many. We have been spoiled the past twenty years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_other_guy Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 hours ago, forkyfork said: the 90s outside of two great years were garbage Quoting me again huh haha The 80s were cold. 90s colder than this You knew it was winter even with little snow What we have now is a dying season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Look what I'm watching on YouTube lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 8 hours ago, MJO812 said: Look what I'm watching on YouTube lol. dude there's so much good music to be had on there and this is what you've been watching on a Saturday night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 11 hours ago, forkyfork said: the 90s outside of two great years were garbage but those two years made it amazing, way better than either the 70s or the 80s. I would take the 90s every time if we could get a 93-94 and 95-96 every decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rclab Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 8 hours ago, MJO812 said: Look what I'm watching on YouTube lol. 28 minutes ago, LibertyBell said: dude there's so much good music to be had on there and this is what you've been watching on a Saturday night? Good morning Liberty. My dad would drive my young self nuts by turning a moralistic phrase every ( it seemed to me ) chance he could. One that does stick with me is; ‘of taste there can be no dispute’. In regards to the “dude” (good morning Anthony) I really don’t see a problem. As always ….. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 13 hours ago, LibertyBell said: there were way less snowstorms back then....think about how few double digit snowstorms we had.....two in 1978 and that was it for the 70s and two in the 80s and that was it for that decade. That’s what made it so easy to remember the individual storms. We had the surprise 15” on 1-20-78 that was forecast to be a rainstorm. The Feb 78 blizzard followed a few weeks later. The next season featured the PD1 storm. April 82 had our greatest very late season blizzard on record. It was followed up by the Feb 83 snowstorm. Next memorable event was the surprise 1-23-87 snow that was also supposed to be rain. Central Long Island got a surprise narrowly focused norlun band that left areas just east and west with nothing in Dec 88. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North and West Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 We went a decade without a really big storm 83-93Too soon! That was my childhood.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North and West Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 the 90s outside of two great years were garbage But what years they were.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 16 hours ago, Will - Rutgers said: please expound forkie i mean besides the track length time of year, location, strength 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rclab Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 20 hours ago, Will - Rutgers said: please expound forkie i mean besides the track length 3 hours ago, forkyfork said: time of year, location, strength forky it would be much easier to decide who to vote for if you wrote all the speeches. As always ….. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 On 12/11/2021 at 2:14 PM, Rjay said: Forum has had a weird vibe lately. Almost seems political. I used to hate when mom and dad would fight. Now I realize in the short term it was necessary for them to fight because they eventually realized they were actually more on the same page than they had initially thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Nibor said: I used to hate when mom and dad would fight. Now I realize in the short term it was necessary for them to fight because they eventually realized they were actually more on the same page than they had initially thought. Problem with that here is some people arent even reading the same damn book, let alone being on the same page. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 20 hours ago, bluewave said: That’s what made it so easy to remember the individual storms. We had the surprise 15” on 1-20-78 that was forecast to be a rainstorm. The Feb 78 blizzard followed a few weeks later. The next season featured the PD1 storm. April 82 had our greatest very late season blizzard on record. It was followed up by the Feb 83 snowstorm. Next memorable event was the surprise 1-23-87 snow that was also supposed to be rain. Central Long Island got a surprise narrowly focused norlun band that left areas just east and west with nothing in Dec 88. Why are these things so rare now? I remember so many oddballs from the 80s and early 90s like the norlun you mentioned as well as early 90s stalling clippers that dropped snow for 30 hours....why do these not happen anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, BxEngine said: Problem with that here is some people arent even reading the same damn book, let alone being on the same page. they don't even go to the same libraries or the same bookstores and the ones they do go to, contain entirely different books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 hour ago, BxEngine said: Problem with that here is some people arent even reading the same damn book, let alone being on the same page. Yeah I get that. I just think, besides the few who incessantly argue in one direction, most here are actually in closer agreement. The pattern is shitty now but has the ability to get better in the long term. At the very least that is a possibility. We’re too far out to know if that happens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rclab Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 9 hours ago, BxEngine said: Problem with that here is some people arent even reading the same damn book, let alone being on the same page. Or for some of us … on the same planet. As always ….. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalplainsnowman Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 All I know is that we're at least talking possibilities, where just a few days ago there seemed to be general consensus that we were gettin nuttin' for Christmas (or New Years ((or MLK (or PD.)))) Like every good Jet fan, I just want a slightly-greater-than-mathematical chance at some fun around Christmas. It looks like that is now possible. No, not for the Jets, of course not, don't be ridiculous - right now that's like asking for a sharknado in January. I mean just for somewhat winterlike weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Has been dry lately...just 0.78" here past 30 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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