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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 25, 2013, 02:31:55 PM »

25.6°F Overcast

Hopefully we can pick up an additional 1-2" of snow tonight.

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: January 24, 2013, 07:23:09 PM »

Talk about a superstorm. 18z GFS shows a strong storm coming up the east coast, inland though, at hr 153. There has been a consistency with the GFS showing a very heavy convective band with this storm, possibly severe thunderstorms. The line moves north and doesn't weaken. Obviously this will change greatly, nice fantasy storm though. Here are some of the stats for KISP:

Total QPF: 2.68"
Highest Sustained Wind: S @ 45mph
925mb Winds: 107mph!
850mb Winds: 110mph!
Min Press.: 985mb

With that line of heavy convective precip, we would be able to mix down some intense winds. I haven't seen 925mb winds that strong since Sandy. With this storm, verbatim, we're talking about gusts 60-90mph!

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: January 24, 2013, 04:20:58 PM »

That's why I don't even bother with TWC anymore. Ever since they've stopped coordinating with the NWS, their forecasts are inaccurate.  And sometimes TWC tries to be too accurate (True-point ****) and fails completely. The NWS, which I find more accurate, is overshadowed by a company that doesn't give accurate forecasts anymore. During the spring, TWC over does the effect of the ocean and their high temps are off a good 3-4 degrees everyday. People pay taxes for services like the NWS and most of them don't even know it exists.

- My rant for the day 

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 24, 2013, 03:41:40 PM »

23.8°F Mostly Sunny

We'll be lucky to see even an inch tomorrow. This pattern really sucks. It's cold and dry then warm and wet. At least we got some snow Monday to make everything white in time for the cold spell. But the models aren't even hinting at any potential snow storms. Seems a lot like last year.   

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: January 24, 2013, 08:09:03 AM »

Lows around the area:

My station: 10.1°F
KISP: 6°F
Westhampton: -6°F
Farmingdale: 8°F
Central Park: 12°F

Sucks that I didn't make it into the single digits last night. NWS has me at 12 tonight. Ugh..

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 23, 2013, 06:10:22 PM »

Another arctic blast that's giving us the cold shoulder (no pun intended)  We reached our coldest night this winter of 29 yesterday night. PATHETIC. Even for Southern standards.  I need to move a little further north.

Currently: 56, sunny (Forecasted high BUSTED by about 5-7 degrees, warmer than expected)

Actually, for a while, our coldest temp the entire season was only 23°F. On the 21st, we finally dipped below 23°F for the first time this season. The media is exaggerating this a little bit. If we were breaking records, then this would be a real arctic blast, but very few stations have broke records so far.

17.6°F Mostly Cloudy

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 23, 2013, 04:20:03 PM »

19.4°F Mostly Cloudy

NWS has me down to 8°F tonight. 7°F tomorrow night! Oh boy...

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: January 23, 2013, 03:23:03 PM »

... Cold snap will continue through at least Friday...

The current stretch of cold weather... with temperatures 10 to 15
degrees below mid winter averages... will continue into at least
Friday as an upper level disturbance passing through tonight
brings a reinforcing shot of Arctic air. Lows both tonight and
Thursday night should fall to 10 to 15 in and around New York
City... and into the single digits most elsewhere. Isolated spots
in the valleys well north and west of New York City... and possibly
also the Long Island Pine barrens region... could see temperatures
around zero.

As winds diminish tonight... below zero wind chills are not
expected. However... as northwest winds increase to 10 to 20
mph... wind chills should drop to zero to 10 below zero from just
before daybreak to around midday on Thursday. Similar wind chills
should occur Thursday night.

Arctic air will remain in place Friday into Friday night as low
pressure passes off to the southeast and brings some light snow.
Slow moderation in temperatures and wind chills should then begin
over the weekend into early next week in the wake of this system.

Significant impacts that warrant extra caution during this cold
snap include the potential for frozen water pipes and fire
sprinkler piping. For those venturing out... wear a warm coat and
gloves... cover your head... and dress in layers to limit direct
exposure and prevent frostbite and hypothermia.

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: January 23, 2013, 07:06:14 AM »

It's not 11.7 degrees here atm.

These kinds of arctic outbreaks aren't normal and the media isn't exaggerating it.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 22, 2013, 08:09:32 PM »

"Potential for significant snowfall Friday" red box. Also includes cold narration.

Local on the 8's: 1-22-12 12:58PM

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 22, 2013, 04:06:52 PM »

-6° Overcast

Coldest temperature in the nation this morning was recorded roughly 100 miles east of us, with a low of -38°.

Hey Mac, guess I ain't too far from your neck of the woods. Wind chill values below zero.

22.0°F Partly Cloudy
Wind Chill: 7°F
Dew Point: 0°F

Forecast:

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 22, 2013, 12:39:29 PM »

23.9°F Partly Cloudy

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: January 22, 2013, 06:49:09 AM »

The following are unofficial observations taken during the storm
that has been affecting our region. Appreciation is extended to
Highway departments... cooperative observers... Skywarn spotters and
media for these reports. This summary is also available on our home
Page at weather.Gov/NYC

********************storm total snowfall********************

Location storm total time/date comments
                     snowfall of
                     /inches/ measurement

Connecticut

... Fairfield County...
   Shelton 0.6 955 PM 1/21 public
   Bridgeport T 700 PM 1/21 coop observer

... Middlesex County...
   Clinton 0.9 300 am 1/22 broadcast media

... New Haven County...
   North Haven 0.6 955 PM 1/21 Skywarn spotter
   Southbury 0.5 900 PM 1/21 Skywarn spotter
   Waterbury 0.5 1000 PM 1/21 CT dot

... New London County...
   Stonington 2.8 1200 am 1/22 Skywarn spotter
   Norwich 1.0 1000 PM 1/21 CT dot
   Groton 0.5 1000 PM 1/21 CT dot

New York

... Nassau County...
   North Massapequa 3.0 900 PM 1/21 public
   Wantagh 2.8 934 PM 1/21 Skywarn spotter
   Massapequa 2.4 1015 PM 1/21 Skywarn spotter
   North Merrick 2.3 1130 PM 1/21 public
   Lido Beach 2.0 830 PM 1/21 Skywarn spotter
   East Meadow 0.2 1020 PM 1/21 Skywarn spotter

... Queens County...
   NYC/JFK Airport 0.1 1200 am 1/22 FAA contract observer

... Suffolk County...
   Cutchogue 3.8 1100 PM 1/21 Skywarn spotter
   Upton 3.5 100 am 1/22 NWS office
   Baiting Hollow 3.3 955 PM 1/21 public
   Orient 3.1 927 PM 1/21 Skywarn spotter
   Riverhead 3.0 900 PM 1/21 NWS employee
   East Marion 3.0 1100 PM 1/21 public
   Westhampton Beach 3.0 1000 PM 1/21 public
   Bay Shore 2.7 1030 PM 1/21 Skywarn spotter
   Islip Airport 2.5 1200 am 1/22 FAA contract observer
   Patchogue 2.5 1130 PM 1/21 NWS employee
   North Babylon 2.5 915 PM 1/21 public
   Ronkonkoma 2.5 930 PM 1/21 NWS employee
   Medford 2.0 955 PM 1/21 public
   Springs 2.0 816 PM 1/21 public
   Lake Ronkonkoma 1.0 838 PM 1/21 Skywarn spotter
   Lindenhurst 1.0 840 PM 1/21 Lindenhurst oem
   Port Jefferson 0.9 1130 PM 1/21 public
   Mount Sinai 0.8 1130 PM 1/21 NWS employee
   East Setauket 0.5 930 PM 1/21 public
   Stony Brook 0.3 1250 am 1/22 Skywarn spotter

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 21, 2013, 08:41:56 PM »

28.6°F Heavy Snow/ Zero Visibility

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: January 21, 2013, 05:42:54 PM »

31.3°F Moderate Snow

Nearing an inch already, could pick up another inch or two later tonight.