I was working in Sandy Hook, Connecticut during February, 2011 (after I got back from Lisbon.) The snow was 36 inches deep – going into early March.
I am already seeing news stories that 12-18 inches of snow would be historic. Historic, as in the biggest storm in two years.
Meanwhile, across the Bering Sea, sea-ice looks to approach last year’s record extent by the beginning of next week.
Look how far south of the Bering shelf the ice gets.
http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/data/ice/icef.png
So far, in fact, they’ve yet to issue the forecast for certain sectors of the Anchorage ice desk forecast area due to what’s looking to be rather unprecedented sea-ice advance in this region.
Nemo? What a joke… where do you find the names, Mr. Goddard? I looked on NOAA and could not find the names.
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-nemo-20130206
Thanks. Since when do regular, everyday winter storms deserve a name? Are they going to start naming tornadoes now? They are more destructive, after all. Just think of all those tornados to be named each season!?
Unprecedented! Unbelievably rare! This must be the first time the name of a winter storm started with an “N”! It is probably related to AGW or the Chicken Little Brigade that promotes BS like this! 😉
Unless the media hype it, its just some bad weather. In this case, it is ‘unprecedented’, proof of AGW etc etc. etc…
This storm will be puny compared to the one that hit the northeast in 1888. That’s why no mention is made of it.
More about it at this link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1888
“Thanks. Since when do regular, everyday winter storms deserve a name? Are they going to start naming tornadoes now? They are more destructive, after all. Just think of all those tornados to be named each season!?”
I’m in agreement with Luke of the D. When did run-of-the-mill winter storms start getting names? When I saw the storm name on weatherunderground, I didn’t believe that an average storm had a name. WTF?
Driving to work this morning I kept hearing the nonstop storm hype (Severe Weather Alert!), all over 24 inches of snow in the northeast. WTF? If it was Atlanta, I might understand. When I was a kid, we simply called it a ‘snow day’.
Is this because it is a thing of the past?
Someone had to find Nemo again, so I guess it’s fitting the clowns pick a proper name to keep the hook all their little fishies….