[ads94]

Finally light at the end of the tunnel. Walking into work this morning wasn't as terrible as it's been the past week.

[jp03]

Originally Posted by ads94

Finally light at the end of the tunnel. Walking into work this morning wasn't as terrible as it's been the past week.

You turn back into a pumpkin on us?

[ads94]

Originally Posted by jp03

You turn back into a pumpkin on us?

Storms are fun. Not knowing if I live in Iqaluit or Litchfield is not.

[Cambium]

What a difference upper 20s feels like. Wow.

8:45am-12:45pm Loop.


Getting closer.

[Poseidon3290]

Okay when's the next snow day??

[Cambium]

Interesting... 2:30pm

Shaded color is 850mb temp (5000' up)... Numbers are the surface temp.



It's above freezing at 5000' while surface is below freezing in southern NY and CT. Not good. Luckily the moisture is light in nature but I hope they are salting out there.



Philly airport reporting ice.







EDIT:: Nevermind..... Just a tiny little layer is above freezing up there. Once that cools down the entire column will be cold enough for snow

[7 Wishes]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Some stats:: Impossible to list them all.

Nobody younger than 68 yrs old experienced this streak below freezing at the coast.
Nobody younger than 56yrs old experienced this streak below freezing in Hartford area.



Bridgeport, CT 13 days in a row staying below freezing breaks the record and ended the minimum temp staying below 13°F with 7 in a row. (3rd most)


Hartford has 2nd most days staying under 28°F and 5th most with minimum under 13°F.






NYC has 13 days in a row staying below freezing. 3rd most! (should end today).
Only 1961 & 1881 had more. 146 yrs of records. Impressive. So nobody younger than 56yrs old experienced this streak.

NYC may sneak one more day in (which would still make it third, just not a tie for third as 1881 was 15 days). NWS now thinks it may hold at 27 or 28 for a few hours and only get to 30 or 31 before midnight then go past freezing overnight. But either way an impressive and historic streak.

I did notice that many eastern areas like Suffolk County, most of Rhode Island and the Boston area already went over freezing today, in some cases well over (i.e. Montauk went over 40!).

Anyone know why the difference? Sun vs clouds maybe?

[Cambium]

And nevermind again. Looks like I was right with initial concern.

Just issued.

Winter Weather Advisory
CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-090000-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WW.Y.0002.180108T1954Z-180109T0000Z/

Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-
Northern New London-Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven-
Southern Middlesex-Southern New London-Eastern Passaic-Hudson-
Western Bergen-Eastern Bergen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-
Western Union-Eastern Union-Putnam-Rockland-Northern Westchester-
Southern Westchester-New York (Manhattan)-Bronx-
Richmond (Staten Island)-Kings (Brooklyn)-Northwestern Suffolk-
Northeastern Suffolk-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk-
Northern Queens-Northern Nassau-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-

254 PM EST Mon Jan 8 2018

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Freezing rain occurring, including during the evening
commute. A light glaze of ice is expected.

* WHERE...Portions of northeast New Jersey, southern Connecticut
and southeast New York.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A brief period of freezing rain expected
for an hour or two, then quickly transitioning to sleet and
snow before ending. Cold ground temperatures will result in icy
roads, especially on untreated surfaces.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Winter Weather Advisory for freezing rain means that periods of
freezing rain will cause travel difficulties. Be prepared for
slippery roads and use caution while driving. The latest road
conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by
calling 5 1 1.

[jbgusa]

Originally Posted by in_newengland

I remember one very cold spell like this around 1960-61? It was so cold that we couldn't walk to school and my dad brought the car around but made us wait inside instead of even going out to wait on the back porch. There was some horrible low temperature overnight in Maine--like 20 below or 40 below? But the cold spell didn't go on and on like this. Seems as though it was just that one night. I also remember a foot of snow right around that same year. And a foot of snow was a BIG DEAL. I have pictures of it and wrote about it in my diary! School was called off.

That period was roughly from January 19, 1961 to February 3, 1961. There were two major snowstorms in NYC at that time; January 19-20, 1961 (the Kennedy inauguration was affected by this) and February 3-4, 1961. The latter featured about 18" of snow, with some wet snow or rain mixed in. It also broke the cold wave. There were minor events in between. Bob Dylan memorialized the period in Talkin' New York (link), on his self-titled first album where he sang:

Originally Posted by Bob Dylan

Wintertime in New York town
The wind blowing snow around
Walk around with nowhere to go
Somebody could freeze right to the bone
I froze right to the bone
New York Times said it was the coldest winter in seventeen years
I didn't feel so cold then"

Originally Posted by in_newengland

In CT I remember a big storm around 1967-68. And ice storms. This was in central CT. Then nothing much until the blizzard of '78. Remember just a few years ago when people were saying that the CT shore was becoming sub tropical? LOL. How things change!

The big storm was probably February 1967 and March 1967. 1967-8 was bitterly cold, subzero periods, but not much snow. 1978 was apparently something special but I was at college at Cornell for that storm. My friend who graduated Cornell and was at M.I.T. told me about that one.

Originally Posted by Cambium

How do people do that? Remember dates from so long ago? I just remember in general things like walking down the sidewalk with walls of snow in the 1970s. Snowstorms started my passion for weather then Gloria 1985 kicked it into gear. Extremes brings out the interest in people and hope it continues.

I didn't remember the 1960-1 cold period. My knowledge of the Kennedy inauguration and the Dylan lyrics encouraged me to look it up. I remember the following from my childhood:

1. The drought of 1964. That one because when I moved to the suburbs I wanted to play in the sprinklers and could not;
2. My first sleepaway summer, 1966, for the intense July heat and equally intense cool-down the next month;
3. The aforementioned February 6-7, 1967 (or so) blizzard since school was canceled, the first two snow days I remember.
4. A cold spell that November, mostly because I got ahead of myself and had a near-lethal plunge through thin ice on December 2, 1967;
5. Subzero weather in January 1968 since my father wouldn't let me run around the block before school. That was the prelude to my jogging;
6. The "Mayor Lindsay" February 1969 snowstorm, for its intensity;
7. A snowstorm starting on Christmas night in 1969 that I hoped would lead to a nice day skiing. It was snowing too hard the next day to drive and then it turned to rain. About 30" upstate in that storm;
8. A New Years Day snowstorm in 1971. A friend came over to play about two hours late. We played ping-pong. He is still my friend;
9. (Now we're getting outside childhood) Playing high school soccer in snow on October 19, 1972 and then having very little snow that winter;
10. Cycling five miles each way to a friend's house in a very rare late August heat wave in 1973, when it hit 98° twice; and
11. Three inches of falling ice on or about December 17-18, 1973, and skating on skates in my back yard.

Later events are after I was 16, within most people's memory. I remember the earlier events despite having an awful memory.

[Cambium]

Plows on Merrit not for plowing.. they are throwing salt down...or sand. Heads up guys.

If it looks like rain but your temp is below 32 then its freezing rain. Ice