According to the Bloomberg article:
More than a foot of snow fell across the northeast yesterday, with some areas in New Jersey getting more than 30 inches (76 centimeters), according to AccuWeather. Central Park had 20 inches of snow by 8 a.m. yesterday, the most for the month since 1948, the National Weather Service said.
and
The snowfall was the fifth-largest on record for the city, Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty said on Dec. 26.
Here are some daily record event reports:
In addition, snow records were set all over the eastern half of the United States:
634 snowfall records were set in the USA this past week.
Here’s the storm system that set so many records, on its way to sea yesterday:
On Monday, December 27 at 1731 UTC (12:31 p.m. EST) the GOES-13 satellite captured this visible image of the powerful low pressure system that brought snows from Georgia to Maine along the U.S. east coast. Some of the snowfall can be seen over South and North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and southeastern New York. The clouds of the low obscure New England in the image.
Credit: NOAA/NASA GOES Project
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But this can’t possibly be so! I’ve been reading UK papers talking about the snow there, and all the warmists are telling me that it’s warmer than usual everywhere else, including the Northeast US.
Come on Guys you are clutching at straws, everybody knows this is caused by man made CO2, it must be because the Climate Scientists can’t think of anything else to blame it on. So it must be CO2.
Sarc off.
You guys on the east coast better enjoy this, as it is a rare and exciting event, probably won’t happen again until the year 4200
I heard something about the next storm system out west possibly bringing snow to Northern Mexico. Should be interesting! For those in the south like me stock up on salt. Here’s a news story about local government here doing that http://tinyurl.com/2fkzbz3
Between Pamela and the North Pacific Ocean lies Washington State. The folks of the NWS are saying a cold spell is coming and will bring scattered snow showers to the lowlands of WA west of the Cascades. Their all CAPS forecasts are filled with shorthand, mis-spellings, and acronyms. Of the latter is this – PSCZ.
PSCZ: The Puget Sound Convergence Zone is a small scale weather maker described here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound_Convergence_Zone
So far this season we have had one early cold spell in November followed by the expected showery and cool (not cold) pattern suggested by previous La Niña periods. So there is little new on the left side of the continent.
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RobW says:
December 28, 2010 at 9:17 am
. . . rebuttall of the AGW crowd meme that states the melting Artic ice caused it to snow EVERYWHERE.
First, note that Anthony’s headline mentions this storm as the heaviest in six decades. The most intense snow in NYC was in 1888
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/12/27/just-another-east-coast-blizzard/
This and other storms would also all have to be linked to lack of Arctic Ocean ice (or something) for that argument to work. And if that could be done it still has no place for SUVs and coal fired electric plants.
Second: Ask them if it snowed everywhere in 2007?
Maybe someone can find a summary but my point is that NOAA had not signed on to the argument back then.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071009_outlook.html
The folks you mention now need an explanation for cold and snow so they cast far and wide. The High Pressure block that was off the N. American area for the previous few weeks was part of the normal patterns and not set up by lack of ice from months ago. The blocking High that set up over Russia in the summer (remember the fires?) was of a similar type, just in a different location.
Be prepared to be ignored or for a new and different argument each time you explain why their current one doesn’t work.
Piers Corbyn issued this warning earlier in December:
“Very Major snow and blizzard events will strike NE & E USA in a double hit centered around 25-27th & 29-30th Dec.
“This is likely to be one of the most significant snowfall/blizzard periods in NE & East USA for decades”.
Piers was right yet again! A true champion – what a legend 🙂
“Heaviest snow”…….yet to come!
Buy more popcorn!
Mr. Alex says:
December 28, 2010 at 10:39 am
… in a double hit centered around 25-27th & 29-30th Dec.
29-30th Dec…….yet to enjoy!
Matt B says:
December 28, 2010 at 10:09 am
Well, I’m glad somebody is getting snow. Here in Denver . . .
Matt,
Go here:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/bou/showimages/Lanina_Winter1011_outlook.pdf
Scroll down to a black rectangle within which is a map titled “Typical North American Temperature, Precip . . . ”
Continue on through the pages and there are very good graphics for your area.
That “5th largest ever” has got to be for December, I should think. Generally the north east has the best storms in January and February. The ocean in December is usually too warm to support a decent snowstorm. Good month for freezing rain.
Hmm, Bloomberg says “Central Park had 20 inches of snow by 8 a.m. yesterday”, the NWS says “7.8 inches.”
Different yesterdays. http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=okx
says 12 inches on the 26th (record remains 25.5 in 1947) and 7.8″ on the 27th (old record 4.8 in 1984).
Disruption,disruption? Like Tradition, tradition? What mindless group think came up with global climate disruption as a label for weather?
Mr. Alex says:
December 28, 2010 at 10:39 am
My calendar says it’s the 28th. The NWS forecast for the next couple of days for Concord NH is:
One chicken, two eggs, and that second egg isn’t looking very healthy.
John F. Hultquist,
Thank you for the link, sir. That was very courteous of you. I’m reading it now.
We may not have gotten any snow here in NW Florida, but we set a new record low and by a significiant amount: Old low was 24 F; new low was 16F.
I just listened to Piers Corbyn on Fox News talking about the coolish Global Warming.
He seems to have a good grasp of cooling details.
Matt B says:
December 28, 2010 at 10:09 am
In reply, right now what is driving weather systems is a high pressure blocking located pretty much right smack dab over Colorado. This has effected every neighbor state. If you look at the current jet stream, it seems that the monstrosity that went through over Christmas weakened it slightly (it had to reform) and there now appears to be a stable jetstream to the south of the block.
As a note, this will extend westward out to California and all the way into the east as the strorms will still track mostly north or south of Colorado. As for Colorado, the last time this happened, you didn’t get winter weather so to speak until around Feb. Its happened before, it just changes the la nina conditions. Now we will see more southern storms then usual and I am willing to bet more northern storms too. However, for the central states, probably very little snowfall and precipitation until late winter.
With such a strong la nina, I wouldn’t put it past old man winter to give the south another dusting or two with the weather tracking like it is, and the NorthEast will definitly get hit again. Just the way it is with such a wet winter combined with cold conditions. Some areas are going to be dry simply because of the blocking high pressure zone. The rest of the US is going to have some fun digging out.
That video of the clumsy snow plow is simply more proof of AGW. You see, it has been so warm and snow free for so long that the art of snow removal has clearly been forgotten. Competent snow removal. Another victim of AGW. Pretty sad, actually.
Matt B says:
December 28, 2010 at 10:09 am
NAM model falling in line with other models on 12z run; Looks like snow on Thursday into Friday – probably 2-4″ in the city, 3-6″ foothills & SW
It’s not much it beats what we have been getting
Tim Clark said on December 28, 2010 at 8:54 am:
No fear, from anywhere around the UN there will never be a shortage of snow jobs.
Matt B says:
December 28, 2010 at 10:09 am
Forgot to mention, as of today, Denver is at an all time record low cumulative snow to date – 1.5″ officially. See link:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bou/?n=denver_snowfall
Matt B. for the weather you seek , May i suggest Seattle WA.
Sorry posted to quick, Matt, Seattle has what you seek but you will tire of it rather quickly too. Hope you do get something better soon.
That’s easy. Tell them that should we return to milder winters then AGW is false. ;>)
You can point them to scientific papers predicting warming in the Northern latitudes during winter. Ask them whether those papers are now invalid.
“Ric Werme says:
December 28, 2010 at 11:09 am
One chicken, two eggs, and that second egg isn’t looking very healthy.”
Big deal, let me cut out that last bit from the quote *snips out “& 29-30th Dec.”*
Piers is correct so far… sheesh killjoys.
The point is that here we have a skeptic who is fighting a battle against the so-called “experts” (UK Met Office) and he is winning.
Wow guys, this is great. My heartfelt thanks to all who have provided commentary and data.
Local weather reports say we’ll be getting frigid cold and snow by Thursday (thank the Lord), but this La Nina is a real killer. The report of record low snow totals squares well with my anecdotal experience.