[7 Wishes]

Originally Posted by Cambium

It will be one of those "its too cold to snow" months. lol Lets all not forget the December rule of thumb either.

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Everyone in the region feeling the force of the wind right now. Many spots gusting over 30mph!

Pressure gradient tightening from storm near Canadian Maritimes and High Pressure moving in.

Wind Chills in Single digits WPA CNY & in VT. Feels like 20s in NJ and CT.

Here's a nice site that shows all the OBSs. You can sort each column and change the state.
IEM :: ASOS Current Conditions

Current Wind Gust reports.

December 1989 was one of the coldest Decembers in history and it had very little snow....

[Cambium]

Snow total forecast. Just mocking us. Might be going into February without a big snowstorm at this pace.

[7 Wishes]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Snow total forecast. Just mocking us. Might be going into February without a big snowstorm at this pace.

And from their FB site....

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by 7 Wishes

And from their FB site....

So probability of 2" or more is 1% in CT but 30% in Long Island. Anyone else giving up yet? Lol

[CT_Native]

Originally Posted by CT_Native

Seasons with December measuring below 3.5" of snowfall AND December coming in the top 10 warmest (since 1948):

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1984/1985 - 19.7" for the season (Temps: much below normal Jan, entire winter near average)

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1996/1997 - 14.7" for the season (Temps: average Jan, much above average Feb, above average winter)

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Every year is unique and like no other, but can we take a closer look at these two? My big question is whether (no pun intended) December of '84 and '96 were above average in precipitation at all.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by CT_Native

Every year is unique and like no other, but can we take a closer look at these two? My big question is whether (no pun intended) December of '84 and '96 were above average in precipitation at all.

At BDR.

Dec 1984 slightly below normal
Dec 1996 well above normal with 6"+

Below normal precip in Jan and Feb 1985.

Whatcha got brewing?

[CT_Native]

Originally Posted by Cambium

At BDR.

Dec 1984 slightly below normal
Dec 1996 well above normal with 6"+

Below normal precip in Jan and Feb 1985.

Whatcha got brewing?

'96/'97 looks like our year. Both Decembers were very warm, very wet with very little snowfall. It looks like January is coming in below average or near average in temp and dry. If January follows through, I'd expect a warm and dry Feb like that of '97. As we know, though, anything can happen because it's weather we're talking about

[LINative]

Originally Posted by Cambium

So probability of 2" or more is 1% in CT but 30% in Long Island. Anyone else giving up yet? Lol

I admire you for your hard work but you are not getting a rate up until you can get us some real snow. 2 inches is sad and pathetic.

Although come to think of it, 2 inches would bring Atlanta to a standstill!

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by CT_Native

'96/'97 looks like our year. Both Decembers were very warm, very wet with very little snowfall. It looks like January is coming in below average or near average in temp and dry. If January follows through, I'd expect a warm and dry Feb like that of '97. As we know, though, anything can happen because it's weather we're talking about

Very nice catch on the analog! Interesting. I wonder how other things matched up like El Nino, sunspots, NAO, ect.

Originally Posted by LINative

I admire you for your hard work but you are not getting a rate up until you can get us some real snow. 2 inches is sad and pathetic.

Although come to think of it, 2 inches would bring Atlanta to a standstill!

Lol. You have a right to deduct some points off me this yr. Lol

Yeah, 2" down there is like 2 feet for us.

[Poseidon3290]

2 inches is plenty, if it's icy and right about 6 am. That would get me the snow day everyone wants!!