12-18-20 – Old School again – Review, Upcoming active cold pattern – Sunday Night? Tuesday? Xmas? New Years?
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Peeps,
Peeps,
GRADE = B-(?)
Review – Every good teacher does a review each class with your students somehow someway and since it is my 29th year in this very rewarding profession that I think I have down I will share with you my review:
Well the great AL Q Storm Birthday of 12-16/17 MAY NOT have lived up to snowfall expectations in your or my backyard (called for 12-18”) BUT MOTHER OF GOD 50-100 miles from NNJ got absolutely HAMMERED!
From the National Weather Service (NWS) https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=202012171928-KOKX-NOUS41-PNSOKX
NEW JERSEY…
…BERGEN COUNTY…
FORT LEE 10.1 IN 1100 AM 12/17 PUBLIC
EAST RUTHERFORD 9.5 IN 1030 AM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
WESTWOOD 9.3 IN 1020 AM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
HILLSDALE 9.0 10:30 am 12/17
AL Q
1 SE OAKLAND 8.0 IN 0800 AM 12/17 COCORAHS
2 NNW RAMSEY 7.8 IN 1100 AM 12/17 PUBLIC
RIDGEWOOD 7.3 IN 1000 AM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
BERGENFIELD 7.1 IN 0846 AM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
DUMONT 7.0 IN 1035 AM 12/17 BROADCAST MEDIA
FAIR LAWN 6.5 IN 0852 AM 12/17 PUBLIC
FRANKLIN LAKES 6.3 IN 0800 AM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
GLEN ROCK 6.1 IN 1200 PM 12/17 PUBLIC
TENAFLY 1.3 W 5.8 IN 0730 AM 12/17 COCORAHS
1 NNW SADDLE BROOK 5.4 IN 1016 AM 12/17 COCORAHS
…ESSEX COUNTY…
NEWARK 11.4 IN 0100 PM 12/17 OFFICIAL NWS OBS
2 NNE ELIZABETH 11.0 IN 0700 AM 12/17 OFFICIAL NWS OBS
1 NNE WEST ORANGE 7.5 IN 1040 AM 12/17 PUBLIC
CEDAR GROVE 7.5 IN 1015 AM 12/17 PUBLIC
1 ENE NORTH CALDWELL 7.1 IN 0500 AM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 N MONTCLAIR 7.0 IN 0800 AM 12/17 COCORAHS
1 W VERONA 6.7 IN 0845 AM 12/17 COCORAHS
BELLEVILLE 6.4 IN 0945 AM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 SE MAPLEWOOD 5.6 IN 0800 AM 12/17 COCORAHS
…HUDSON COUNTY…
KEARNY 10.5 IN 1137 AM 12/17 COCORAHS
HARRISON 10.2 IN 1115 AM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 NE EAST NEWARK 10.2 IN 1115 AM 12/17 CO-OP OBSERVER
…PASSAIC COUNTY…
1 WSW HALEDON 8.0 IN 0800 AM 12/17 COCORAHS
1 E PROSPECT PARK 6.5 IN 0700 AM 12/17 COCORAHS
LITTLE FALLS TWP 0.5 WNW 5.8 IN 0700 AM 12/17 COCORAHS
…UNION COUNTY…
ELIZABETH 8.1 IN 0926 AM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
UNION 6.7 IN 0938 AM 12/17 PUBLIC
CRANFORD 6.4 IN 0810 AM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
PLAINFIELD 6.0 IN 1000 AM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
WESTFIELD 1.2 SE 5.6 IN 0700 AM 12/17 COCORAHS
NEW PROVIDENCE 0.8 ESE 4.5 IN 0800 AM 12/17 COCORAHS
…NEW YORK…
…BRONX COUNTY…
1 NE FORDHAM 12.8 IN 1100 AM 12/17 PUBLIC
1 S EAST TREMONT 12.4 IN 0145 PM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 NNE EAST TREMONT 12.1 IN 0200 PM 12/17 PUBLIC
1 W WOODLAWN 10.5 IN 0630 AM 12/17 PUBLIC
1 ESE EAST TREMONT 10.1 IN 0630 AM 12/17 CO-OP OBSERVER
1 NW MOTT HAVEN 10.1 IN 0630 AM 12/17 CO-OP OBSERVER
1 SE WASHINGTON HEIGHTS 9.0 IN 0700 AM 12/17 PUBLIC
RIVERDALE 6.7 IN 0700 AM 12/17 EMERGENCY MNGR
…KINGS COUNTY…
BAY RIDGE 9.6 IN 1130 AM 12/17 EMERGENCY MNGR
1 W GREENPOINT 9.0 IN 1145 AM 12/17 PUBLIC
2 NE CONEY ISLAND 6.5 IN 0830 AM 12/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 SSW FLATBUSH 5.9 IN 0945 AM 12/17 BROADCAST MEDIA
CENTRAL PARK NYC MEASURED ……10” – WOW!!!
The Low pressure system passed as far North as Point Pleasant and then was blocked like the O line for the old 1990-91 Giants O line (Remember that team??) due to the High Pressure System over Quebec that was stronger than modelled. So what happened? Pure and simple it gained latitude further in the last 24 hours before the storm and brought the deadly dry slot with it which happens in every coastal storm. So around 10PM until about 1AM we were dry slotted so we have very light precipitation and actually had a change over to sleet for many in NNJ and NYC during this time frame. Then as the storm pulled away the cold air rushed back in and changed us back over to all snow. Here in H’dale it snowed until about 11AM.
Areas about 50-150 miles away from us in the NYC Metro got clammed because there was no dry slot and they just poured snow. Even further away they got OBLITERATED with 3-4’ – Guerci Land – Rich and Carol, and Sarah M up in Albababany (Just made that up LOL!) She texted me, was a fav student and athlete of mine as is her bros Will, Fudge and the Bayou Brawler (not really) James!, and said have fun shoveling all that snow – then in a matter of 12 hours BAM! She received 24” – 27” .
.Broome County… (upstate NY)
2 SW Nws Binghamton 41.0 in 0640 AM 12/17 NWS Employee
Endicott 40.5 in 0550 AM 12/17 Trained Spotter
Nws Binghamton 39.1 in 0605 AM 12/17 Official NWS ObsOver 40" in Binghamton!
— Doc (@DocTooch) December 17, 2020
SNOW MAP
For SNOW PRINCESS AND QUEEN!!! IMAGINE THIS – AL Q………………FAINTS!
6 INCH AN HOUR SNOWFALL RECORDED IN SWAMPSCOTT, MA. This is the heaviest snow band I've ever seen in my life. 3 inches before this band, and now I have almost 6…. and the band is still going with more behind it. Unbelievable. No words. pic.twitter.com/207XA5q926
— Michael Ferragamo (@Ferragamo_wx) December 17, 2020
Upcoming active cold pattern – Sunday Night? Tuesday? Xmas? New Years?
Peeps no rest for the weary as we have a very active pattern upcoming with some small but refreshing possible snow events.
Sunday Night and again Tuesday BUT each storm really depends on the other. So Monday system we want to be a tad stronger and off the coast as is now being shown to a degree. This will drag the cold air in and take what we call the heights field off the coast – storm like to follow each other and this height field.
Snnday night Coating to .5″ possible at this time
GFS is a little stronger – good to see
IF we can have this – believe me I am trying to will this – then it may just set up a Tuesday light snow event and then…..wait for it…….a……snow event Xmas Eve after a very strong cold front with rain switched over to snow into Xmas morning!!!!!
Then again Dec 27-Jan 1st – we may see a bigger storm then – and longer term a few Nor’easters in January as the pattern is setting up.
Buckle up peeps going to be a bust few weeks! Updates to come.
Al Q
