Re: March 2015 Observations & Discussions

by **skinsfan1177** Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:47 am

Currently 25° and it feels so much warmer what a difference the March sun makes

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:57 am

F the March sun Skins. Very Happy

Syos excellent point about the overlap combine the two years and we would have had 95-96 on steroids.

Mugs: yourself Frank and Sroc did a first rate job on this late season pattern change. This late January through March period has definitely made up for the December from hell and the first half of January from purgatory.

Although I can't forget the November pattern was great. A foot of snow for the month, a white Thanksgiving with 10 inches on the ground and trees bending over from the weight of the snow so it's really been a three pattern winter in the HV.

I need one more one footer up here and I can grudgingly accept spring although if I can hold it off to the middle of April I'll always gladly do it.

by **Dtone** Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:17 am

skinsfan1177 wrote:Currently 25° and it feels so much warmer what a difference the March sun makes

blinding March sun reflecting off the snow

by **Frank_Wx** Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:47 am

Sunny & cold but the sun coming through the glass on my car feel INCREDIBLE

Looks like temps in the 40's and 50's next week

by **Frank_Wx** Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:58 am

I am moving some threads from this winter to the archive section. Besides yesterday's storm and Juno, any other good threads worth moving?

by **skinsfan1177** Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:07 am

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:F the March sun Skins.

Syos excellent point about the overlap combine the two years and we would have had 95-96 on steroids.

Mugs: yourself Frank and Sroc did a first rate job on this late season pattern change. This late January through March period has definitely made up for the December from hell and the first half of January from purgatory.

Although I can't forget the November pattern was great. A foot of snow for the month, a white Thanksgiving with 10 inches on the ground and trees bending over from the weight of the snow so it's really been a three pattern winter in the HV.

I need one more one footer up here and I can grudgingly accept spring although if I can hold it off to the middle of April I'll always gladly do it.

Haha CP I love the Sun especially in the summer comes with the territory for me the beach and ocean love it!!

by **Dtone** Fri Mar 06, 2015 6:19 pm

The streak continues, 39 straight days with 6"+ snow depth in Central Park, 2nd longest ever.
Also tied a record low (12*) at Newark, set a new record low (12*) at JFK, & Bridgeport (9*)
Probably some others I cant remember.

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:55 pm

Dtone wrote:The streak continues, 39 straight days with 6"+ snow depth in Central Park, 2nd longest ever.
Also tied a record low (12*) at Newark, set a new record low (12*) at JFK, & Bridgeport (9*)
Probably some others I cant remember.

The records 53 right? Doubtful we can do it but with one more decent storm say 8-12 it may be possible. The time of year is working against us.

by **Dtone** Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:19 pm

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:
Dtone wrote:The streak continues, 39 straight days with 6"+ snow depth in Central Park, 2nd longest ever.
Also tied a record low (12*) at Newark, set a new record low (12*) at JFK, & Bridgeport (9*)
Probably some others I cant remember.

The records 53 right? Doubtful we can do it but with one more decent storm say 8-12 it may be possible. The time of year is working against us.

Yeah, looks we're locked into 2nd.
Another big snowfall that'd be best March of my life..snow wise.
Snow depth is 19" as of today.

by **Frank_Wx** Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:48 pm

So apparentely NOAA is using Alaska in the overall winter temps to skew the mean so that it looks like we had an average or warmer than average winter (what their winter outlook predicted). This is a problem because it's very rare that both the lower 48 and Alaska are cold at once. They did NOT do this in winter 2011-2012. Alaska has been very warm the entire winter...that's just wrong

by **docstox12** Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:52 am

Frank_Wx wrote:So apparentely NOAA is using Alaska in the overall winter temps to skew the mean so that it looks like we had an average or warmer than average winter (what their winter outlook predicted). This is a problem because it's very rare that both the lower 48 and Alaska are cold at once. They did NOT do this in winter 2011-2012. Alaska has been very warm the entire winter...that's just wrong

They can't even get snow measurement at CPK right without a bunch of us here bombarding them with e mails.Left to their own devices, CPK would be under 35 inches now.That being said, I wouldn't trust them with anything as important as overall winter temps.

by **SNOW MAN** Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:53 am

Went down to 7*. Right now up to 10* with clear skies. It didn't even feel that cold.
A absolutely beautiful morning.

by **Frank_Wx** Sat Mar 07, 2015 10:00 am

So beautiful out. 26 degrees

Next week is going to feel like a heat wave with at least 4 consecutive days in the mid 40s to low 50s

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:01 am

Low this morning 2.7 and it's already up to 25.0

It looks like yesterdays low here of -2.2 will be the last sub zero of the winter.

Consider that geographically I'm only 45 miles due north of Central Park yet since Jan 29th I've recorded 16 sub zero mornings. 1 in January, 13 in February, and 2 in March. What an incredible stretch of cold. People in Minneapolis would be complaining about a stretch like this. The February average temperature here was 6 degrees colder than the February average in Minneapolis. In NYC it was 2.5 degrees above the average in Minneapolis.

I never got anywhere near the -23 we recorded in January 1994, -10 was the coldest I recorded, but it was a far longer stretch of well below normal than that historic outbreak.

I got a little carried away here with observations here so I I guess I'll copy this into Maths winter thread.

by **Dunnzoo** Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:53 am

I think we need a Stats thread for Mike and CP! Gorgeous sunny day today! Need to go out and clear some ice....and some more snow so I get less ice..... maybe I can borrow the DPWs salt truck

by **docstox12** Sat Mar 07, 2015 1:09 pm

Radar shows flurries or snow shower headed this way.Clouding up now.

by **snow247** Sat Mar 07, 2015 1:11 pm

docstox12 wrote:Radar shows flurries or snow shower headed this way.Clouding up now.

Yup, incoming http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=dix&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

more out west as well.

by **Frank_Wx** Sat Mar 07, 2015 1:27 pm

In the last 15 years (2000-2015), NYC has seen 510" of snow (34" a year); That's the highest since 1892-1907; Well before the urban developmen

by **SNOW MAN** Sat Mar 07, 2015 1:41 pm

I'm under that right now and it's not doing anything. It must be the anti virga routine again.

by **Grselig** Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:11 pm

I'm under it but dry. Looks like its breaking up over and south of me. There must be some kind of Wayne NJ forcefield that absorbs snow!!!

by **Dunnzoo** Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:14 pm

Cloudy and a little virga action going on....

by **docstox12** Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:33 pm

Flurries here.

by **snow247** Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:53 pm

Light snow here

by **snow247** Sat Mar 07, 2015 3:19 pm

Only lasted for 10 minutes or so

by **amugs** Sat Mar 07, 2015 4:38 pm

Some flurries this afternoon - the last 5 out of 6 six days we have snow of some sort - amazing. Cold out there - the wind with the cloudy skies and beautiful white landscape - this feels like Jan or early Feb - historic in my book.

by **snow247** Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:17 pm

Radar shows snow over me, not a single flake falling.

by **snow247** Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:20 pm

This radar is by far the best at showing what is actually reaching the ground, nailed the last storm I think.

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=zoom&num=10&delay=15&rbscale=0.6413043478260869&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&ID=EWR&type=TR0&lat=0&lon=0&label=you&showstorms=99&map.x=442.5&map.y=257.5¢erx=400¢ery=240&lightning=Show&smooth=0&showlabels=1&rainsnow=0

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