On 2/23/2025 at 9:02 AM, Andrew said:

The blizzard of March 1988 was the greatest snowstorm ever in New York City it’s not even close. 
 

Temperature is dropping into the single digits, winds well over hurricane force……. I believe the winds were between 90 and 100 mph.  and the snow amounts were greatly under measured. I believe there was over 30 inches in New York City Queens and Nassau County 30 to over 40 inches. But then again who knows how much we really got. That storm was under measured everywhere. People couldn’t even get out of their homes. There were snow drifts up to the roofs of many houses. 

 

Snowdrifts 15 to 20 feet high. There is a picture of the Long Island railroad I believe it’s somewhere on the Montauk branch not far from me. It was a steam engine nearly buried in snow. I cannot even fathom that. 
 

all you have to do is look at the pictures in New York City. There have been many many big snowstorms in the city and a lot of pictures nothing even approaches what happened in that storm. Look at how high those snow drifts and snow piles were. 
 

If we had a storm of that magnitude today nobody will be able to move. No cars no trucks no trains….. nothing would be moving. 
 

 

 

Mar ch 2001 hype storm was supposed to be like 1888 with a loop back to land and out similar track

4 hours ago, VIRGAMAN said:

Mar ch 2001 hype storm was supposed to be like 1888 with a loop back to land and out similar track

Not nearly as cold

the Ash Wednesday storm in early March 62 was another miss for NYC...parts of Virginia got 20" of snow...The coast was ravaged by wind and flooding...This came after a record cold outbreak in early March...the storm was blocked and went out to sea...

5 hours ago, Analog1888 said:

Not nearly as cold

Talking g about track and prediction of originally 50 inches, I remember Paul kocin saying that lots of similarities to 1888 especially track with the loop, they busted on temps also, was suppose to be much colder. Was a total bust

1 hour ago, VIRGAMAN said:

Talking g about track and prediction of originally 50 inches, I remember Paul kocin saying that lots of similarities to 1888 especially track with the loop, they busted on temps also, was suppose to be much colder. Was a total bust

Maybe if it really snowed as heavily as they thought it would, it would have been colder.

2 hours ago, Analog1888 said:

Maybe if it really snowed as heavily as they thought it would, it would have been colder.

all models failed on that one, Euro had historic amounts and stalling for two days, most models had it and all failed, just goes to show you, the weather will do what it wants to do regardless of these stupid models, would be nice if they busted the other way for once hahahaha

19 minutes ago, VIRGAMAN said:

all models failed on that one, Euro had historic amounts and stalling for two days, most models had it and all failed, just goes to show you, the weather will do what it wants to do regardless of these stupid models, would be nice if they busted the other way for once hahahaha

Jan 25 2000..

30 minutes ago, Analog1888 said:

Jan 25 2000..

That storm had the most wicked dry slot I have ever seen in any snowstorm. The snow went from the rate of falling at 3 in./h to absolutely nothing and not even 15 seconds. I wish i had a radar loop of that that dry slot was racing at over 70 mph. Usually when you get a dry slot it’s a gradual drop off but this one was just  boom the snow completely disappeared in seconds, not even flurries. 

6 hours ago, VIRGAMAN said:

Talking g about track and prediction of originally 50 inches, I remember Paul kocin saying that lots of similarities to 1888 especially track with the loop, they busted on temps also, was suppose to be much colder. Was a total bust

Had the retrograding low from Canada come in in time that may have happened.    It was slower than forecast and the bombing storm was thus further N and E.  You could tell by Monday morning it was going to bust but it took another 12 hrs for forecasts to catch up.

1 hour ago, Andrew said:

That storm had the most wicked dry slot I have ever seen in any snowstorm. The snow went from the rate of falling at 3 in./h to absolutely nothing and not even 15 seconds. I wish i had a radar loop of that that dry slot was racing at over 70 mph. Usually when you get a dry slot it’s a gradual drop off but this one was just  boom the snow completely disappeared in seconds, not even flurries. 

True, but I was so thrilled with that storm that I didn't even care.

Just now, Analog1888 said:

True, but I was so thrilled with that storm that I didn't even care.

Yeah it was bonus since a day before we were forecast to be partly sunny lol

1 minute ago, Brian5671 said:

Yeah it was bonus since a day before we were forecast to be partly sunny lol

Funny thing is, that storm ultimately tracked a little TOO FAR west.

We would have gotten 12-20" if it were 100 miles further east!

2 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

Had the retrograding low from Canada come in in time that may have happened.    It was slower than forecast and the bombing storm was thus further N and E.  You could tell by Monday morning it was going to bust but it took another 12 hrs for forecasts to catch up.

yup you hit it right on the head, that is exactly why it did not happen and models had it happening

2 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

Had the retrograding low from Canada come in in time that may have happened.    It was slower than forecast and the bombing storm was thus further N and E.  You could tell by Monday morning it was going to bust but it took another 12 hrs for forecasts to catch up.

was funny watching jim cantore cornering paul Kocin, like when is this thing going to happen lol

2 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

Had the retrograding low from Canada come in in time that may have happened.    It was slower than forecast and the bombing storm was thus further N and E.  You could tell by Monday morning it was going to bust but it took another 12 hrs for forecasts to catch up.

the day before we had a smaller storm and gave me 4 inches

25 minutes ago, VIRGAMAN said:

was funny watching jim cantore cornering paul Kocin, like when is this thing going to happen lol

Kocin kept slowly backtracking....moving the big snows slightly further NE each update.   I wonder how it would be modeled/handled in today's times.     I would think the plug would be pulled earlier.

7 hours ago, Analog1888 said:

It takes one cold day

March 31, 1997 70 degrees, April 1st rain to a foot of snow temps falling to 30 @uncle w or was that 1996

1 hour ago, VIRGAMAN said:

March 31, 1997 70 degrees, April 1st rain to a foot of snow temps falling to 30 @uncle w or was that 1996

It was 1997.

2 hours ago, VIRGAMAN said:

March 31, 1997 70 degrees, April 1st rain to a foot of snow temps falling to 30 @uncle w or was that 1996

April Fools storm of 1997...I had flooding in my basement at the time...Staten Island got an inch or two...

33 minutes ago, uncle w said:

April Fools storm of 1997...I had flooding in my basement at the time...Staten Island got an inch or two...

I had lots of damage from that storm, i first had 2.8 inches of rain then a wind whipped snow that snapped many tree limbs, measured 12.6 inches of snow.  it is a myth when you hear the day before it can be in the 60s or 70s and the next day NOT accumulate snow, it happens, a split personality weekend April 8th 9th 2000, on april 8th had sunny 75 degrees wearing a t shirt and shorts with winds over 40 mph, next day april 9th blizzard like conditions 6 inches of snow and temps in the low 20s.  I remember hearing Winter storm watch, and wearing a t shirt and shorts washing my car the day before