April 2024

[Brian5671]

6 minutes ago, the_other_guy said:

Ill invert that. many of the smaller East Coast ski areas have 100% snowmaking to see them through warm periods.

 

Out west they are totally dependent on natural snow. Too big and not enough water for snowmaking.

 

In the warm winter world of the future, you will see skiing at small resorts on the East Coast where lower Western resorts shut down.

Put in the books…

In theory yes...but they lose the casual skiier who goes when there is snow in their backyard...some resorts note their best days are when there's a snowstorm in the I95 corridor.  Their expenses are also higher to make snow vs get some natural snow-some of the local CT places have had 25% of annual snow fall last 3 out of 4 yrs...

[bluewave]

Coastal Westchester into Fairfield already gusting past 50 mph.

 

Larchmont Harb   N/A    N/A N/A N/A NE41G53 

Norwalk Harbor   N/A    N/A N/A N/A NE39G52  

[jm1220]

Pouring and windy in Melville. 

[FPizz]

Kdix back online

[Brian5671]

6 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Coastal Westchester into Fairfield already gusting past 50 mph.

 

Larchmont Harb   N/A    N/A N/A N/A NE41G53 

Norwalk Harbor   N/A    N/A N/A N/A NE39G52  

Yeah ripping here

[uofmiami]

Highest wind gust on my stations is 33mph at Muttontown so far.

[Snowshack]

23 minutes ago, the_other_guy said:

Ill invert that. many of the smaller East Coast ski areas have 100% snowmaking to see them through warm periods.

 

Out west they are totally dependent on natural snow. Too big and not enough water for snowmaking.

 

In the warm winter world of the future, you will see skiing at small resorts on the East Coast where lower Western resorts shut down.

Put in the books…

Problem is those warm periods are accompanied by wash-outs which make the conditions in the East pretty poor.   Can't really see how in a warmer future snowmaking helps a small East coast resort overcome the elevation advantage and proximity to the pac moisture the west has.   Last couple years were anomalously bad but Belleayre isnt out-snowmaking Breckenridge.

[Tatamy]

Mt. Holly has issued a special weather statement for a wake low which is producing strong winds to 40 - 50 mph across eastern PA and northern NJ.  This is going to be incoming for you in the NYC area.

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1238 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

NJZ001-007>009-PAZ054-055-060>062-101-103-105-031745-
Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-
Northampton-Western Chester-Western Montgomery-Upper Bucks-
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Morristown,
Flemington, Jim Thorpe, Stroudsburg, Reading, Allentown,
Bethlehem, Easton, Honey Brook, Oxford, Collegeville, Pottstown,
Chalfont, and Perkasie
1238 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

...Strong Wind Gusts with a Passing Wake Low Early this
Afternoon...

Isolated strong easterly wind gusts near 40 to 50 mph have
developed on the back side of the ending heavy rainfall early this
afternoon. This is in response to a wake low passing across the
area. These wind gusts may result in some isolated instances of
tree damage or power outages. Use caution and take shelter indoors
if sudden strong wind gusts develop in your area.

$$

Staarmann

 

[coastalplainsnowman]

For a short time, definitely a teeny tiny frozen center in the precip pelting my windshield about 45 min ago.  

[Dark Star]

Just now, coastalplainsnowman said:

For a short time, definitely a teeny tiny frozen center in the precip pelting my windshield about 45 min ago.  

Thought it was just me.  I've been noticing that on my window in Linden, NJ all day.  Interesting, the temperature is in the 40s all the way to the southern point of Hudson Bay, yet in the mid 30s in the Catskills.  Based on that simplistic observation, I wonder if this WAS January, and there was actual REAL cold air to the north (unlike the past many winters), that this system couldn't potentially produce snow in the NYC metro area?

[Tatamy]

17 minutes ago, Tatamy said:

Mt. Holly has issued a special weather statement for a wake low which is producing strong winds to 40 - 50 mph across eastern PA and northern NJ.  This is going to be incoming for you in the NYC area.

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1238 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

NJZ001-007>009-PAZ054-055-060>062-101-103-105-031745-
Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-
Northampton-Western Chester-Western Montgomery-Upper Bucks-
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Morristown,
Flemington, Jim Thorpe, Stroudsburg, Reading, Allentown,
Bethlehem, Easton, Honey Brook, Oxford, Collegeville, Pottstown,
Chalfont, and Perkasie
1238 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

...Strong Wind Gusts with a Passing Wake Low Early this
Afternoon...

Isolated strong easterly wind gusts near 40 to 50 mph have
developed on the back side of the ending heavy rainfall early this
afternoon. This is in response to a wake low passing across the
area. These wind gusts may result in some isolated instances of
tree damage or power outages. Use caution and take shelter indoors
if sudden strong wind gusts develop in your area.

$$

Staarmann

 

Recent gust to 35 mph at my inland location with this feature.  I suspect you who are in the NYC area will really see your winds crank as this feature comes through.

[JetsPens87]

10 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

Thought it was just me.  I've been noticing that on my window in Linden, NJ all day.  Interesting, the temperature is in the 40s all the way to the southern point of Hudson Bay, yet in the mid 30s in the Catskills.  Based on that simplistic observation, I wonder if this WAS January, and there was actual REAL cold air to the north (unlike the past many winters), that this system couldn't potentially produce snow in the NYC metro area?

It's such a deep 500mb system that it's likely if there was a true arctic airmass in place we would have snow in Jan.

At the current setup now translated into Jan...still unlikely on the Coastal Plain.

[MANDA]

Still moderate rain here.  Temp is down from 39 earlier to 37.

Event total now up to 2.12".

[winterwx21]

41 degrees with moderate rain .... this is as miserable as it gets. 1.03" here so far today after getting 0.95" yesterday. 

[bluewave]

Looks like one of the deepest 500 mb lows on record around Chicago for the month of April. 
 

[RedSky]

The wind from the wake low is reeking havoc here. Siding off houses etc.

 

[lee59]

41 degrees with rain, 31mph wind gust.

[nycsnow]

5 minutes ago, RedSky said:

The wind from the wake low is reeking havoc here. Siding off houses etc.

 

Where is the location of the low now 

[Tatamy]

6 minutes ago, RedSky said:

The wind from the wake low is reeking havoc here. Siding off houses etc.

 

I am hearing this unearthly roar in the sky with these winds.

[RedSky]

2 minutes ago, nycsnow said:

Where is the location of the low now 

Best guess central Maryland

[JetsPens87]

1 minute ago, Tatamy said:

I am hearing this unearthly roar in the sky with these winds.

Strong jet overhead. Mostly taking stronger bursts of rain to bring it down though. It's sitting RIGHT near the inversion. 

[Dark Star]

8 minutes ago, RedSky said:

The wind from the wake low is reeking havoc here. Siding off houses etc.

 

I am humbled (yet again) by the term "Wake Low".  Seems I have been away from meteorology too long...

[RedSky]

Roaring like a freight train

[Allsnow]

3 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

I am humbled (yet again) by the term "Wake Low".  Seems I have been away from meteorology too long...

 

[Tatamy]

9 minutes ago, JetsPens87 said:

Strong jet overhead. Mostly taking stronger bursts of rain to bring it down though. It's sitting RIGHT near the inversion. 

You’re not kidding.  I am seeing lightning strikes being registered on my Tempest station as this latest batch comes through.

[winterwx21]

24 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

 

Thank goodness they're doing the right thing today after yesterday's debacle. I still can't believe they made fans wait 2 hours last night and then postponed the game just as the rain was ending around 9pm. 

[Dark Star]

31 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

 

I thought I had been following this system, and could have sworn the general concensus was for heavy rains Wednesday and Thursday?  Now it seems Thursday may not be a washout?  What has changed?

[Brian5671]

1 minute ago, Dark Star said:

I thought I had been following this system, and could have sworn the general concensus was for heavy rains Wednesday and Thursday?  Now it seems Thursday may not be a washout?  What has changed?

yeah it's faster-out by dawn tomorrow

[Dark Star]

6 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

Thank goodness they're doing the right thing today after yesterday's debacle. I still can't believe they made fans wait 2 hours last night and then postponed the game just as the rain was ending around 9pm. 

It's not the first time.  Even with different ownership and front office people, they don't know the recent history of making poor judgements affecting the fans?

[Dark Star]

8 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

yeah it's faster-out by dawn tomorrow

So don't tell me. The main energy was transferred to the coastal (secondary low), eliminating the precipitation that was supposed to accompany the original primary low (or series of additional lows), which many of the models did not pick up on 48 hours out?