24-01-2016 Sneeuwstorm VS: overlast op grote schaal en records
De Amerikaanse oostkust heeft na 36 uur durende sneeuwval tijd om de balans op te maken. Het openbare leven werd volkomen lamgelegd. Hoewel "Snowzilla" intussen tot stilstand is gekomen, zijn de gevolgen nog goed zichtbaar. Zo zitten in North- en South-Carolina nog steeds zo’n 50.000 mensen zonder stroom, en in New Jersey nog eens 20.000.
Een overzicht van de hoeveelheid gevallen sneeuw tijdens de passage van de blizzard van januari 2016 aan de oostkust van de VS.
In een aantal kuststaten geldt nog steeds de noodtoestand. De schade wordt geschat op een miljard dollar. Op sommige plaatsen is de sneeuwlaag een meter dik. Rond het Witte Huis in Washington groeide de sneeuwlaag gisteren nog met 40 centimeter.
In New Jersey werd het water aan de kust verder opgezweept dan tijdens de passage van Sandy in 2012: zo'n 15 cm hoger, namelijk 9.26 voet (2 meter en 82 centimeter). Ook nu werden bewoners geëvacueerd ne was er veel schade aan gebouwen en infrastructuur.
Bronnen: NOS, VOlkskrant en Accuweather.
HIeronder gegevens van Jeff Masters ( wundergrond.com})
Sheaf of 24-hour and storm-total records
Even as the last flakes were flying on Saturday night, a number of sites with century-plus weather histories had already notched the most snowfall ever recorded for a single storm, and/or the most ever measured in a 24-hour period. Here’s a sample of preliminary data through Sunday morning. (Thanks to Alex Lamers, NWS/Tallahassee, for digging up some hard-to-find data on previous record storm totals in the NYC area). Note that the readings below generally pertain to snowfall measurements taken during the storm and added together, with a snow measuring board (snowboard) cleared off between each reading. The final snow depth, or the amount you’d measure by sticking a ruler (or yardstick) in the snow at the end of the storm, would normally be a bit less than the amounts shown below, because of the more recent snow on top compressing the lower, earlier layers. Decades ago, snowboards were used less frequently or were cleared less often when used, which means that some past storms would yield higher snow totals if measured with today’s standard techniques.
New York, NY (Central Park)
--Calendar-day total: 26.6" (old record 24.1" on Feb. 12, 2006)
--Storm total thru Sun. AM: 26.8" (record 26.9" on Feb. 11-12, 2006)
New York, NY (LaGuardia)
--Calendar-day total: 27.9" (old record 23.3" on Feb. 12, 2006)
--Storm total thru Sun. AM: 27.9" (old record 25.4" on Feb. 11-12, 2006)
New York, NY (Kennedy):
--Calendar-day total: 30.3" (old record 24.1" on Feb. 12, 2006)
--Storm total thru Sun. AM: 30.5" (old record 26.8" on Feb. 16-18 2003)
Newark, NJ:
--Calendar-day total: 27.5" (old record 25.9" on Dec. 26, 1947)
--Storm total thru Sun. AM: 27.9" (old record 27.8" on Jan. 7-8, 1996)
Allentown, PA
--Calendar-day total: 30.2" (old record 24.0" on Feb. 11, 1983)
--Storm total thru Sun. AM: 31.9" (old record 25.6" on Jan. 7-8, 1996)
Harrisburg, PA
--Calendar-day total: 26.4" (old record 24.0" on Feb. 11, 1983)
--Storm total thru Sun. AM: 30.2" (old record 25.0" on Feb. 12-13, 1983)
Philadelphia, PA:
--Calendar-day total: 19.4" (record 27.6 on Jan. 7, 1996)
--Storm total thru Sun. AM: 22.4" (record 31.0" on Jan. 6-8, 1996)
Baltimore, MD (Baltimore-Washington Airport and earlier sites):
--Calendar-day total: 25.5" (old record 23.3" on Jan. 28, 1922)
--Storm total thru Sun. AM: 29.2" (old record 26.8" on Feb. 16-18, 2003)
Washington, DC (Dulles)
--Calendar-day total: 22.1" (record 22.5" on Feb. 11, 1983)
--Storm total thru Sun. AM: 29.3" (record 32.4" on Feb. 5-6, 2010)
Washington, DC (National Airport and earlier sites):
--Calendar-day total: 11.3" (record 21.0" on Jan. 28, 1922)
--Storm total thru Sun. AM: 17.8" (record 28.0" on Jan. 27-29, 1922)