Archived: 2/13/14 Godzilla Storm

Frank_Wx wrote:I just realized another 3-6 tonight and maybe again Saturday means 6-12 (at least) by Sunday. Where exactly will I put this snow?

Make a igloo in your spare time.

frank will it be snow all the way to the coast this time

Frank I have been thinking the same thing just from this morning.  If I get 5-9 tonight (which I will not even be greedy and think about overperformance) plus 3-6 saturday I can assume I might have as much as 35 inches (highest with the past storms still on ground) on the ground, holy smokes!

sroc4 wrote:Ok so I am torn here, or maybe spread a little thin.  I am absolutely amazed at how intense the snow bands were this morning...at least 2-4" an hr at times.  Incredible.  I had to pick up my staff and still make it to work...do surgery, then drive home to do my driveway.  Problem is I didnt get home before about 2 hrs of rain fell so my darn snowblower kept clogging.  So the old back and arms had to do all the work.  1.5hrs of shoveling, and now back up to work so I can discharge my surgery.  After that I am closing early and taking my staff to Phils for a burger and a beer.

Bring on the back end BABY!!!
Winter 2013/2014 FTMFW!!!!  
Oh and I got about 11.5" before all the rain started.

Wow, long day. Enjoy the bar. I got 14 inches. Took me two hours

Wow, good thing you are young, Doc.

Just reading your day makes me want to take another nap.

Luckily up here on my property, the 13.5 was light and fluffy so it wasn't too bad.

Wish i could buy you a couple at Phil's.

PS...Trout season less than two months away....pitchers and catchers report tomorrow....

Heading out to shovel the wet snow so I do not have as much to do before work in the morning.  May need a back realignment after this ugg.

Quietace wrote:

Frank_Wx wrote:I just realized another 3-6 tonight and maybe again Saturday means 6-12 (at least) by Sunday. Where exactly will I put this snow?

Make a igloo in your spare time.

It could be my second home. I've always wanted to move out 

skinsfan1177 wrote:frank will it be snow all the way to the coast this time

I think so, but snowfall rates will be best northwest and inland

its great to see everyone get in on the snow you guys made it up quick with this storm we had our fair share here this year.  

docstox12 wrote:Wow, good thing you are young, Doc.

Just reading your day makes me want to take another nap.

Luckily up here on my property, the 13.5 was light and fluffy so it wasn't too bad.

Wish i could buy you a couple at Phil's.

PS...Trout season less than two months away....pitchers and catchers report tomorrow....

36 and counting Doc.

Mets2695 wrote:13.1" here. Now onto tonight!

Mets measured 14" here and good for you overachiever out there!

24.3 degrees a very light flurry. The radar right now is not showing me too much organization for the back end. Hoping it all comes together.

sroc4 wrote:

docstox12 wrote:Wow, good thing you are young, Doc.

Just reading your day makes me want to take another nap.

Luckily up here on my property, the 13.5 was light and fluffy so it wasn't too bad.

Wish i could buy you a couple at Phil's.

PS...Trout season less than two months away....pitchers and catchers report tomorrow....

36 and counting Doc.  

God Bless,Doc, a great age!

Woodmere,NY in Nassau County has 12" of snow and raining lightly.Waiting to see what happens with the back end
of the storm.I work for the NYC Dept. of Education and I'm hoping to get into work tomorrow.Good call Mayor De Blasio
on keeping NYC schools open today.

skinsfan1177 wrote:its great to see everyone get in on the snow you guys made it up quick with this storm we had our fair share here this year.  

Thanks, skins.

Lot's more fun tracking tonight and Friday! Hope we all add to totals and get inot epic territory snow amount wise for the season by the end of March.

Have a feeling March will surprise this year after this productive winter.

Judy Margolis wrote:Woodmere,NY in Nassau County has 12" of snow and raining lightly.Waiting to see what happens with the back end
of the storm.I work for the NYC Dept. of Education and I'm hoping to get into work tomorrow.Good call Mayor De Blasio
on keeping NYC schools open today.

They never had a chance to close today i think we'll need a full out blizzard to close them now its obvious under no circumstances will they be closed apparently

I wish I had a snowplow and truck to help out my fellow neighbors on this board and friends! Just snowblew two neighbors out besides myself, three hours later now heading to my buddy's for a hot meals nd some drinks - this storm has been unreal with a back end snow that will shock most everyone - neighbors and friends are like WTF when I tell them we can see maybe another 6" tonight!!
Any idea when we start up again? So I don'thave to try to decipher the maps guys.

Ryan I hope those heavy get you good tonight!!

amugs wrote:I wish I had a snowplow and truck to help out my fellow neighbors on this board and friends! Just snowblew two neighbors out besides myself, three hours later now heading to my buddy's for a hot meals nd some drinks - this storm has been unreal with a back end snow that will shock most everyone - neighbors and friends are like WTF when I tell them we can see maybe another 6" tonight!!
Any idea when we start up again? So I don'thave to try to decipher the maps guys.

Sometime between 8-10pm

oldtimer wrote:Ryan  I hope those heavy get you good tonight!!

Thanks, I think most people see some moderate to heavier bands overnight. Most people will be happy waking up in the morning.

I really got to give it to my wife I always get called into work when it snows and she is left behind with my daughter and she shovels it all especially this year with all this snow . I have it easy I plow with a truck she does it with a shovel Great job Babes.

an updated weather blog from bill evans

Especially this afternoon and early this evening, a lot of this will be in the form of rain, but there will still be enough snow on the front end and also about an inch or two occurring later on tonight to bring storm totals up to near 10 inches in the Five Boroughs. I think it's safe to say that 10 inches is a safer bet in the Bronx and Manhattan's Upper West Side, while near JFK Airport and close to the Rockaways on Staten Island, a general 6 to 9 inches is a better call.

But of course, the double-digit snowfall totals that will exceed a foot are going to be common across much of interior northern New Jersey, and also in southeastern New York State, primarily north of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Areas that are located just to the north and west of that changeover boundary throughout the day should see some of the heaviest snowfall, and we've been tossing numbers around like 16 or 18 inches, which still seems plausible at this time.

A word about temperatures -- if it does manage to reach 36 in Central Park today, it should occur either late this afternoon or early tonight. But it will reach 40 or greater much earlier than that on parts of Long Island and along the Jersey Shore, while it will be hard pressed to get above 30 this afternoon in some places well north and west of the city.

Wind gusts in excess of 35 miles per hour (probably 40-45 mph along the immediate coast) are also expected this afternoon and tonight. And while the snow will be fairly wet and not the kind that will blow and drift, this could still cause problems with snow weighing heavily on tree branches, and that could result in some power outages. There could be some slick travel conditions late tonight as even those wet sidewalks and roadways become snow-covered, and the snow will end from west to east in most places before daybreak tomorrow.

Temperatures tomorrow are still expected to be near 40, because of a southwest wind that will develop out ahead of our next weather system, a clipper that should bring with it a period of snow or flurries from late Friday night into early Saturday. Snow amounts associated with this weaker system should average less than an inch, but the upcoming weekend should be colder with most temperatures no higher than the mid-30s on Saturday and the 20s on Sunday.

Presidents Day will bring some early sun that will fade behind clouds, and that will be followed by a chance for some snow on Monday night as the next area of low pressure approaches from the west. Snow, or a mix of snow and rain early Tuesday should go over to plain rain with the temperature peaking in the 40s. It will be turning milder during the second half of next week, and that should allow some of the snow (not only from this current storm, but prior ones within the last two weeks) to melt.

Have a good day!!!!

skinsfan1177 wrote:I really got to give it to my wife I always get called into work when it snows and she is left behind with my daughter and she shovels it all especially this year with all this snow . I have it easy I plow with a truck she does it with a shovel Great job Babes.

What a great young lady!

You're a lucky man!

Regards to Bill Evans update....

1. I am on the island and never made it above 34* today

2. At 10:30 AM I already had 11" on the ground

Mets2695 wrote:

Well, the four additional inches would give me 17.5 total.

Looks like I don't get to sleep again until 1 AM,LOL!

RJB8525 wrote:an updated weather blog from bill evans

Especially this afternoon and early this evening, a lot of this will be in the form of rain, but there will still be enough snow on the front end and also about an inch or two occurring later on tonight to bring storm totals up to near 10 inches in the Five Boroughs. I think it's safe to say that 10 inches is a safer bet in the Bronx and Manhattan's Upper West Side, while near JFK Airport and close to the Rockaways on Staten Island, a general 6 to 9 inches is a better call.

But of course, the double-digit snowfall totals that will exceed a foot are going to be common across much of interior northern New Jersey, and also in southeastern New York State, primarily north of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Areas that are located just to the north and west of that changeover boundary throughout the day should see some of the heaviest snowfall, and we've been tossing numbers around like 16 or 18 inches, which still seems plausible at this time.

A word about temperatures -- if it does manage to reach 36 in Central Park today, it should occur either late this afternoon or early tonight. But it will reach 40 or greater much earlier than that on parts of Long Island and along the Jersey Shore, while it will be hard pressed to get above 30 this afternoon in some places well north and west of the city.

Wind gusts in excess of 35 miles per hour (probably 40-45 mph along the immediate coast) are also expected this afternoon and tonight. And while the snow will be fairly wet and not the kind that will blow and drift, this could still cause problems with snow weighing heavily on tree branches, and that could result in some power outages. There could be some slick travel conditions late tonight as even those wet sidewalks and roadways become snow-covered, and the snow will end from west to east in most places before daybreak tomorrow.

Temperatures tomorrow are still expected to be near 40, because of a southwest wind that will develop out ahead of our next weather system, a clipper that should bring with it a period of snow or flurries from late Friday night into early Saturday. Snow amounts associated with this weaker system should average less than an inch, but the upcoming weekend should be colder with most temperatures no higher than the mid-30s on Saturday and the 20s on Sunday.

Presidents Day will bring some early sun that will fade behind clouds, and that will be followed by a chance for some snow on Monday night as the next area of low pressure approaches from the west. Snow, or a mix of snow and rain early Tuesday should go over to plain rain with the temperature peaking in the 40s. It will be turning milder during the second half of next week, and that should allow some of the snow (not only from this current storm, but prior ones within the last two weeks) to melt.

Have a good day!!!!

With regards to this...ArtMetals, and Soul if you are out there I am with you. LOL Thats all I have to say about that.

You see, this is where Mets become exposed. Bill said flurries and an inch for Saturday. What's the basis of his forecast though? The euro? Now Mets will hug the euro because it nailed today event, but the euro is always the superior model when it comes to phasing and miller A type of storm.

The CMC/GFS are superior when it comes to northern stream driven storm, and those models certainly don't show an inch for Saturday. Maybe this is why I took on meteorology as a hobby. I was tired of seeing real Mets being consistently wrong...