February 2026 OBS & Discussion

[MJO812]

43 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

PNA losing relevancy after mid Feb due to changing wavelengths. -PNA becomes more favorable for snows here than a +PNA by latter Feb. 

Yep we want a negative pna with blocking in place.

[NorthShoreWx]

The brief return to freezing temperatures hasn't been all that impressive.  From the point where we went below freezing at 7pm on January 23, we were consecutively below freezing for 234 hours ending at 12:45 PM on Monday.  Through now, there have been 9.5 hours out of the past 293 that have been at or above freezing with a maximum temperature of 34° :

Monday 2/2 Above freezing from 12:45 - 4:50 pm (4 hours 5 minutes) -  max temp 34°

Tuesday 2/3 Above freezing 10:15 to 11:00am and 1:30 - 1:45 pm (1 hour total) - max temp 33°

Today 2/4 Above freezing 11:10am  - 3:30 pm (4 hours 20 minutes total) - max temp 34°

Current temperature is 31.6° (3:58pm)

[jm1220]

8 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

The brief return to freezing temperatures hasn't been all that impressive.  From the point where we went below freezing at 7pm on January 23, we were consecutively below freezing for 234 hours ending at 12:45 PM on Monday.  Through now, there have been 9.5 hours out of the past 293 that have been at or above freezing with a maximum temperature of 34° :

Monday 2/2 Above freezing from 12:45 - 4:50 pm (4 hours 5 minutes) -  max temp 34°

Tuesday 2/3 Above freezing 10:15 to 11:00am and 1:30 - 1:45 pm (1 hour total) - max temp 33°

Today 2/4 Above freezing 11:10am  - 3:30 pm (4 hours 20 minutes total) - max temp 34°

Current temperature is 31.6° (3:58pm)

Yep, the snow melt we’ve had is largely from the sun at a slightly higher angle every day. 

[Dan76]

Snow was freezer burned last week.

[weatherpruf]

3 hours ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

I’m satisfied with this winter. Two storms 6” +. Cold weather. Extended snow pack 

and apparently long island forgot how to deal with snow. Terrible cleanup. 

it isn't normal snow; it's the sleet. same here in nj; they are still digging and so am i; today i was able to clear the sump pipe to the street; whether it is frozen inside is another story. we'll see.

[nycwinter]

still plenty of snow on the sidewalks ground and in the streets here in nyc sanitation workers are piling them up in one huge pile so they can bring out the snow melting machines.

[jm1220]

16 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

it isn't normal snow; it's the sleet. same here in nj; they are still digging and so am i; today i was able to clear the sump pipe to the street; whether it is frozen inside is another story. we'll see.

You want the snow to pile up-obviously you want snow. You want the snow to stay around-you want sleet. 

[MJO812]

Here comes the gfs