[jp03]

Originally Posted by 7 Wishes

It just started snowing (flurries) at the NHL Winter Classic in Philly so maybe our "snowless streak" (albeit it's probably not going to stick, at least in southern CT) may be ending.....

Heck of an area of snow..the Carolina mountains are being affected....large swath albeit harmless.

[Arm&Hammer]

for some reason those track of snows trying to avoid Connecticut looool

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by jp03

Heck of an area of snow..the Carolina mountains are being affected....large swath albeit harmless.

Watching a squall that survive to Rockland County NY. Lets see if it survives to Fairfield County.

Did you see the PA webcams? Whiteout conditions under a heavy squall band. These bands are so narrow that one town sees whiteout and the next nothing. It's like hit or miss with these.

[Cambium]

From Upton. Real feel Temps for tomorrow 1pm and then 15hrs after at 4am.
NOAA Graphical Forecast for New York, NY

[wavehunter007]

Originally Posted by 7 Wishes

Well, (again, using Central Park because I have records for it), so far there's 1345 heating degree days and the normal at this point is 1736. Since the normal for the season is about 4800, we can take ((4800/1736)*1345) and see that if it continued at exactly the same pace (which it probably won't), we'd end with about 3700-3800 degree days, which would break the 2001-02 record of 3887.

Speaking of heating degree days...you guys might find this interesting. I have this old map from college. It shows HDD based on 1931- 1960 data. It was a big map, so zoomed in only on our part of the mainland. The Tri-State areas seems to be in the middle ground 5000 to around 6500....to the north the Upper Midwest (ND, MI,...etc) and deep New England average 9000 to 10,000...while down in the coastal subtropics from coastal Texas to South Carolina averages less than 2000:

[jp03]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Watching a squall that survive to Rockland County NY. Lets see if it survives to Fairfield County.

Did you see the PA webcams? Whiteout conditions under a heavy squall band. These bands are so narrow that one town sees whiteout and the next nothing. It's like hit or miss with these.

Very active upper low ..no doubt

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by wavehunter007

Speaking of heating degree days...you guys might find this interesting. I have this old map from college. It shows HDD based on 1931- 1960 data. It was a big map, so zoomed in only on our part of the mainland. The Tri-State areas seems to be in the middle ground 5000 to around 6500....to the north the Upper Midwest (ND, MI,...etc) and deep New England average 9000 to 10,000...while down in the coastal subtropics from coastal Texas to South Carolina averages less than 2000:

I like this map quite a bit. Do you have one for the entire US during this time period and what have the shifts been in mean HDD days since then?

[CarolinaOnMyMind]

Major changes are on the way for the pattern and I think many snow lovers are going to enjoy this change.

[Cambium]

Can anyone confirm anything reaching the ground? It would help better understand radar returns.

Current radar(7:30am) looking like its snowing in Trumbull about to cross the Merrit. There is a tiny spot of 35bdz(purple) which means it should be snowing hard for a minute or so. The rest of the light blues probably not reaching the ground.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

I like this map quite a bit. Do you have one for the entire US during this time period and what have the shifts been in mean HDD days since then?

I agree, cool map. Funny how the western tip of Long Island/NYC is in the 4000-5000 range but surrounding them is 5k-6k. lol Urban heat?

Most of CT and MA is similar to Western NY and Southern Michigan? And Im surprised Vermont (especially Northern) doesnt have more heating degree days.

Edit: I found this but its to 1990. Click top of picture to zoom in. Looks more accurate with northern tip Vermont in 9000 range. http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/document...p3/clim81.html