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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: January 03, 2014, 04:01:10 PM »

The following are unofficial observations taken during the recent
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...
   Darien 9.5 830 am 1/03 public
   Stamford 7.5 900 am 1/03 public
   Danbury 7.3 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Greenwich 7.0 1000 am 1/03 public
   New Canaan 6.2 700 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Norwalk 6.0 715 am 1/03 public
   Ridgefield 5.5 1015 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Fairfield 5.5 900 am 1/03 public
   Weston 5.2 915 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Sherman 4.8 1007 am 1/03 amateur radio
   Bridgeport 4.7 100 PM 1/03 NWS coop
   Bridgeport Airport 4.5 700 am 1/03 coop observer
   Shelton 4.5 730 am 1/03 public

... Middlesex County...
   Haddam 5.0 700 am 1/03 CT dot
   Old Saybrook 4.0 500 am 1/03 CT dot

... New Haven County...
   Milford 9.0 700 am 1/03 CT dot
   Guilford 9.0 653 am 1/03 trained spotter
   New Haven 5.8 700 am 1/03 CT dot
   Southbury 5.0 700 am 1/03 CT dot
   Meriden 5.0 700 am 1/03 CT dot
   North Haven 5.0 1110 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Waterbury 4.5 500 am 1/03 CT dot
   Beacon Falls 4.3 700 am 1/03 CT dot
   Madison 4.0 800 am 1/03 public

... New London County...
   Gales Ferry 6.0 841 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Groton 5.3 900 am 1/03 CT dot
   Stonington 5.0 700 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Colchester 3.8 700 am 1/03 CT dot

New Jersey

... Bergen County...
   Paramus 9.0 700 am 1/03 NJ dot
   East Rutherford 8.0 700 am 1/03 NJ dot
   Fort Lee 7.0 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Saddle Brook 6.8 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   North Arlington 6.7 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Teaneck 6.5 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Bergenfield 6.5 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Tenafly 6.0 800 am 1/03 public
   Rivervale 6.0 624 am 1/03 public
   Ridgewood 5.8 700 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Closter 5.5 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Oakland 5.5 810 am 1/03 public
   Mahwah 4.9 900 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Emerson 4.5 511 am 1/03 public
   Ridgefield 4.4 700 am 1/03 public
   Washington Township 3.5 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter

... Essex County...
   Newark Airport 8.5 700 am 1/03 FAA contract observer
   West Orange 6.5 800 am 1/03 public
   Verona 6.0 434 am 1/03 public
   Cedar Grove 5.5 740 am 1/03 public

... Hudson County...
   Kearny 9.5 1030 am 1/03 public
   North Bergen 8.0 831 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Jersey City 8.0 830 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Secaucus 8.0 700 am 1/03 NJ dot
   Hoboken 6.7 900 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Harrison 6.5 700 am 1/03 trained spotter

... Passaic County...
   Bloomingdale 7.8 700 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Wayne 6.5 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   West Milford 6.0 1100 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Haskell 6.0 800 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Ringwood 6.0 600 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Clifton 5.0 403 am 1/03 NJ dot

... Union County...
   Elizabeth 8.4 930 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Roselle Park 7.0 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Union 6.1 1130 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Clark 6.0 403 am 1/03 NJ dot
   Westfield 6.0 1040 am 1/03 public

New York

... Bronx County...
   Bedford Park 11.6 800 am 1/03 public
   Throgs Neck 9.0 1211 PM 1/03 public
   Fieldston 7.5 500 am 1/03 public

... Kings County...
   Marine Park 10.0 900 am 1/03 public
   Greenpoint 10.0 1030 am 1/03 public
   Bergen Beach 9.3 441 am 1/03 public
   Sheepshead Bay 8.5 530 am 1/03 trained spotter

... Kings (Brooklyn) County...
   Sheepshead Bay 9.0 900 am 1/03 trained spotter

... Nassau County...
   Oceanside 12.4 1038 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Carle Place 11.7 1040 am 1/03 trained spotter
   North Merrick 10.6 956 am 1/03 public
   Plainview 10.5 1030 am 1/03 amateur radio
   North Massapequa 10.3 830 am 1/03 public
   Massapequa 10.1 800 am 1/03 public
   Garden City 10.0 830 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Levittown 9.5 1100 am 1/03 public
   Bayville 9.5 930 am 1/03 public
   Rockville Centre 9.5 1030 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Port Washington 9.0 907 am 1/03 public
   Baldwin Harbor 9.0 800 am 1/03 amateur radio
   Albertson 9.0 900 am 1/03 public
   Hicksville 8.9 746 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Bellerose 8.5 930 am 1/03 public
   South Valley stream 7.5 800 am 1/03 trained spotter
   East Norwich 7.1 836 am 1/03 trained spotter
   East Meadow 7.0 1030 am 1/03 amateur radio
   New Hyde Park 7.0 748 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Bellmore 5.5 810 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Seaford 5.3 945 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Wantagh 4.1 1008 am 1/03 trained spotter

... New York County...
   upper west side 7.8 630 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Central Park 6.4 100 PM 1/03 Central Park Zoo

... Orange County...
   Monroe 8.1 343 am 1/03 public
   Goshen 8.0 1034 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Middletown 7.2 1030 am 1/03 public
   Warwick 7.0 1051 am 1/03 trained spotter
   New Windsor 6.5 1020 am 1/03 public
   Harriman 6.4 900 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Newburgh 6.0 1106 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Washingtonville 5.8 831 am 1/03 trained spotter

... Putnam County...
   Brewster 5.7 515 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Kent Cliffs 5.5 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Mahopac 5.5 921 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Carmel 5.2 800 am 1/03 NWS coop
   Cold Spring 5.0 900 am 1/03 trained spotter

... Queens County...
   South Ozone Park 11.5 1130 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Middle Village 10.8 700 am 1/03 public
   Kew Gardens 10.5 908 am 1/03 public
   Bayside 10.0 1200 PM 1/03 public
   Glendale 10.0 600 am 1/03 public
   Astoria 8.1 750 am 1/03 public
   Rego Park 8.0 925 am 1/03 trained spotter
   NYC/JFK Airport 7.9 100 PM 1/03 FAA contract observer
   Woodside 7.8 500 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Oakland Gardens 7.8 925 am 1/03 trained spotter
   NYC/La Guardia 6.9 700 am 1/03 FAA contract observer
   Forest Hills 6.0 830 am 1/03 trained spotter

... Richmond County...
   Dongan Hills 9.5 1100 am 1/03 emergency manager
   Grasmere 7.5 1100 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Great Kills 7.0 1100 am 1/03 emergency manager
   5 NE Staten Island 5.0 900 am 1/03 cocorahs

... Rockland County...
   Nanuet 7.8 1020 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Orangeburg 5.0 810 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Stony Point 4.5 600 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Sloatsburg 4.3 900 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Airmont 4.3 840 am 1/03 public

... Suffolk County...
   Eastport 13.5 1115 am 1/03 public
   North Babylon 13.0 1100 am 1/03 public
   Bay Shore 12.5 1010 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Mastic 12.0 1235 PM 1/03 public
   Melville 12.0 1255 PM 1/03 trained spotter
   West Islip 12.0 1100 am 1/03 public
   Riverhead 12.0 1100 am 1/03 public
   Commack 11.5 830 am 1/03 public
   Upton 11.4 1230 PM 1/03 NWS office
   Farmingville 11.3 1123 am 1/03 public
   Islip Airport 11.2 100 PM 1/03 FAA contract observer
   Lindenhurst 11.0 1120 am 1/03 public
   Quogue 11.0 1030 am 1/03 public
   Port Jefferson 10.5 1100 am 1/03 trained spotter
   East Northport 10.0 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Setauket 9.5 1100 am 1/03 NWS employee
   Sound Beach 9.5 700 am 1/03 NWS employee
   Mount Sinai 9.1 1100 am 1/03 public
   Stony Brook 9.1 1130 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Bridgehampton 9.0 1040 am 1/03 NWS coop
   Central Islip 8.6 1034 am 1/03 public
   Smithtown 8.5 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Baiting Hollow 8.5 845 am 1/03 NWS coop
   Orient 8.5 849 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Mattituck 8.2 1130 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Patchogue 8.0 800 am 1/03 NWS employee
   Holbrook 8.0 1130 am 1/03 public
   1 WNW East Moriches 7.9 800 am 1/03 cocorahs
   1 WSW Ronkonkoma 7.7 800 am 1/03 cocorahs
   Centerport 7.2 700 am 1/03 NWS coop

... Westchester County...
   Scarsdale 9.8 845 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Mamaroneck 9.5 700 am 1/03 public
   Yonkers 8.9 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Armonk 8.0 825 am 1/03 public
   White Plains 8.0 800 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Mount Kisco 7.5 545 am 1/03 trained spotter
   Bronxville 7.5 1000 am 1/03 public
   Bedford 7.1 1205 PM 1/03 public
   Somers 6.0 1000 am 1/03 trained spotter
   New Rochelle 5.4 1015 am 1/03 public


***********************peak wind gust***********************

Location Max wind time/date comments
                        gust of
                         mph measurement

Connecticut

... Anz330...
   2 S Groton 47 520 am 1/03 New London ledge light

... New Haven County...
   New Haven 38 546 am 1/03 ASOS
   North Haven 36 1110 am 1/03 trained spotter

... New London County...
   Groton Airport 38 550 am 1/03 ASOS

New York

... Anz330...
   3 ENE Plum Island 50 544 am 1/03 Gull Island weatherflow
   buoy 44060 40 430 am 1/03 buoy

... Anz335...
   buoy 44040 36 915 am 1/03 buoy

... Anz340...
   2 W Hither Hills sta 46 355 am 1/03 Napeague weatherflow

... Anz350...
   buoy 44017 51 350 am 1/03 buoy

... Anz355...
   buoy 44065 49 750 am 1/03 buoy

... Queens County...
   NYC/JFK Airport 44 744 am 1/03 ASOS
   NYC/La Guardia 40 530 am 1/03 ASOS

... Suffolk County...
   Captree State Park 44 410 am 1/03 Fire Island weatherflow
   Montauk 41 334 am 1/03 ASOS

... Westchester County...
   White Plains Airport 40 701 am 1/03 ASOS

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: January 03, 2014, 11:15:55 AM »

WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT THERE WILL BE SOME
LINGERING SOUND-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS SUFFOLK COUNTY INTO
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 10 TO
15 DEGREES WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO
AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM 0
TO -10. WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE OR
HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE EXPOSED TO THE COLD.

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

« on: January 03, 2014, 09:36:42 AM »

12.4°F Snow

About 13", jackpot of the island.

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: January 02, 2014, 11:26:00 PM »

... Band of heavy snow moving into Long Island...

At 1045 PM National Weather Service Doppler radar showed a band of
heavy snow moving off the central New Jersey coast and headed for
Nassau and Suffolk counties. The band should reach the South Shore
of Long Island by 1130 PM and overspread mainly southern Nassau
and most of Suffolk County through 1 am. Snowfall rates of 1 to 2
inches per hour are expected with this band. With locally higher
amounts possible in the core of the band. Near white conditions
are likely at times with this band. Persons are urged to stay home
and avoid travel during this time.


Maloit

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: January 02, 2014, 07:58:52 PM »

... Blizzard Warning remains in effect until 1 PM EST Friday...

* locations... Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island.

* Hazard types... snow and blowing snow.

* Accumulations... snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches... locally higher.

* Winds... north 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* Wind chills... from zero to 5 below zero late tonight and Friday.

* Visibilities... one quarter mile or less at times.

* Temperatures... falling through the 20s late tonight and through
the teens on Friday.

* Timing... occasional light snow will become a steady wind driven
heavy snowfall tonight into Friday morning.

* Impacts... heavy snowfall... and blowing and drifting of powdery
snow tonight into Friday will create whiteout conditions...
making travel conditions extremely dangerous and impacting snow
plowing operations. Wind chills below zero could lead to
frostbite or hypothermia for anyone exposed to the cold.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are
expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds
and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout
conditions... making travel extremely dangerous. Do not travel. If
you must travel... have a winter survival kit with you. If you get
stranded... stay with your vehicle.

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

« on: January 02, 2014, 07:58:11 PM »

26.3°F Heavy Snow

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: January 01, 2014, 04:00:11 PM »

... Blizzard Warning in effect from 6 PM Thursday to 1 PM EST
Friday...

The National Weather Service in New York has issued a Blizzard
Warning... which is in effect from 6 PM Thursday to 1 PM EST
Friday. The Winter Storm Watch is no longer in effect.

* Locations... Long Island including Nassau and Suffolk counties.

* Hazard types... snow and blowing snow.

* Accumulations... up to around 1 inch of snow is forecast
overnight through the Thursday morning rush hour. An additional
7 to 9 inches of snow is forecast Thursday evening through
Friday. Total accumulations of 8 to 10 inches are forecast.

* Winds... north 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* Temperatures... in the lower 20s.

* Visibilities... one quarter mile or less.

* Timing... the heaviest snow and the strongest winds will occur Thursday
night into Friday.

* Impacts... blowing and drifting snow will produce dangerous
travel conditions. Wind chills from 5 degrees below zero to 5
degrees above zero will produce extreme cold impacts.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are
expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds
and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout
conditions... making travel extremely dangerous. Do not travel. If
you must travel... have a winter survival kit with you. If you get
stranded... stay with your vehicle.

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Forecasting / Re: Fall/Winter Weather Discussion Thread

« on: December 31, 2013, 10:21:47 PM »

Lol, NAM is amped and dumps about a foot. Also, its 2m temps are insane for Sat AM. These will be the coldest temps since January 1994. Last below 0 day in NYC was Jan '94. Out here it's Jan '87.

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Forecasting / Re: Fall/Winter Weather Discussion Thread

« on: December 31, 2013, 04:09:29 PM »

Still looking at a 4-8" storm here with near record cold behind it. WSW up for local area.

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: December 31, 2013, 03:56:12 PM »

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
352 PM EST TUE DEC 31 2013

...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE...

CTZ005>012-NYZ078>081-177-179-010500-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WS.A.0005.140102T2300Z-140103T2300Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
352 PM EST TUE DEC 31 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...FAIRFIELD...NEW HAVEN...MIDDLESEX... AND NEW LONDON
  COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT. NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES IN NEW
  YORK.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES.

* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TIMING...THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

JMC

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Forecasting / Re: Fall/Winter Weather Discussion Thread

« on: December 30, 2013, 03:13:09 PM »

Take a look at this. Nearly -40C 850's coming down from Canada next week. This is Jan 1994 type cold.

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Forecasting / Re: Fall/Winter Weather Discussion Thread

« on: December 30, 2013, 02:47:42 PM »

Euro got even better. Drops 1.26" of precip (all frozen) from this upcoming storm with temps very cold, heavy snow with temps in low teens. Ratios between 12:1 to 15:1 would argue 12-18" of snow. Likely over done again. What's even more unbelievable, the Euro has 2m temps, get this, on western LI, down to -18°F. I'm shocked that a model, especially the Euro is showing temps that cold. Even if that's well over done (has to be), that's still temps near 0, which is record breaking.

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Forecasting / Re: Fall/Winter Weather Discussion Thread

« on: December 30, 2013, 12:00:36 PM »

MAJOR EAST COAST STORM POSSIBLE THIS THURSDAY/FRIDAY

Models are beginning to come together on a solution which would could dump 6-12" along the northeastern I-95 corridor. The ECMWF has a solid snow threat from PHL to BOS, BOS potentially seeing 12-18". 8-12" around NYC, less south. The NAVGEM was the first model to seek out a PNA spike, helping to lead in rise in heights over the SE, causing the trough go negatively titled and amplify. The Euro picked up on it last night, bombing out a 979mb low just south of Montauk, NY. Down to 961mb in the Gulf of Maine. The latest 12z run of the GFS has picked up on this now, with a decent enough Davis Strait block. The GFS appears to be suffering from some convective feedback issues. Causes the low to be further east than depicted, also taken into consideration the GFS' SE bias and its struggle with east coast cyclogenesis. Eliminate the bias and convective feedback issue, this could be an 12-18" event (MECS, Major East Coast Storm) for the NYC area. Behind the system, area of pronounced -15c - -20c 850mb temperatures. High pressure to the west will allow northerly winds to spill down from the Hudson Valley (which is the best way for NYC to see cold temps). GFS raw numbers have NYC reaching a low -2.2°F Saturday morning. Could be slightly overdone, maybe a low between 5 and 0 degrees more likely. These temps will be more attainable with a decent snowpack. More updates to follow.

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

« on: December 30, 2013, 11:45:47 AM »

42.7°F Overcast

Major snowstorm by this week's end, then extreme cold inbound. Raw numbers from models have temps near 0.

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General Discussion / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: December 26, 2013, 03:27:47 PM »

BUMP

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