January 2014 United States blizzard

January 2014 United States blizzard
Category 1 "Notable" (RSI: 1.30)
The winter storm developing off the Mid-Atlantic coast on January 21.
Type	Extratropical cyclone Winter storm Bomb cyclone Blizzard
Formed	January 19, 2014 (2014-01-19)
Dissipated	January 24, 2014 (2014-01-24)
Lowest pressure	962 mb (28.41 inHg)
Maximum snowfall or ice accretion	18.3 in (46 cm) in Norwell, Massachusetts
Areas affected	Eastern United States (especially the Mid-Atlantic states)
Part of the 2013–14 North American winter

In mid-to-late January 2014, a fast-moving but disruptive blizzard moved through the Northeast, mainly the Mid-Atlantic states, dumping up to 1 foot (12 in) in areas around the New York City area.^[1] The storm also brought cold temperatures behind it afterwards, similar to how a previous snowstorm had done before.

Meteorological history

On January 19, a weak Alberta clipper exited out of Canada, and quickly moved through the Upper Midwest on January 20, dropping little to no accumulations of snowfall. As it moved eastward early on January 21, frontogenesis occurred, and precipitation expanded from Indiana to western Pennsylvania. At the same time though, an upper low was tracking through the area, and this was holding the clipper system along with it. Then, as it neared the coast, a new area of low pressure developed off the Outer Banks and began to move northwards, as snowfall expanded into parts of the Mid-Atlantic, reaching into areas like Connecticut. Most of the precipitation associated with this system was snowfall, due to an ongoing cold wave, which due to this made forecasting very easy. As the new low continued to move northwards, winds began to pick up along the coast, which at times led to blizzard conditions. The system also started to rapidly deepen as it started to pull away from the Northeast, dropping from 1,004 millibars (29.6 inHg) at 15:00 UTC January 21, to 979 millibars (28.9 inHg) at 15:00 UTC January 22, a drop of 25 millibars (0.74 inHg) in 24 hours.^[2]^[3] Snow from the system continued to linger into January 22–23 even as it continued to pull away from the New England coast. The system continued to intensify up to its peak intensity of 962 millibars (28.4 inHg), after which it gradually started to weaken before dissipating on January 24.

Impact

Snowfall totals

Below are a list of snowfall totals above 12 inches. Snowfall totals from the lake-effect snow that followed is not included.

Source:^[1]


Amount	City/location	State
18.3 inches (46 cm)	Norwell	MA
18 inches (46 cm)	Hanover	MA
16.8 inches (43 cm)	Sharon	MA
15.8 inches (40 cm)	Manalapan	NJ
15.1 inches (38 cm)	Englishtown	NJ
14.8 inches (38 cm)	Brookhaven	PA
14.5 inches (37 cm)	Selden	NY
14.5 inches (37 cm)	North Babylon	NY
13.5 inches (34 cm)	Philadelphia	PA
13.3 inches (34 cm)	Lindenhurst	NY
13 inches (33 cm)	East Rutherford	NJ
12.2 inches (31 cm)	West Glocester	RI
12.1 inches (31 cm)	Scarsdale	NY
12 inches (30 cm)	Pike Creek	DE

Naming phenomenon

The winter storm saw several mentions in social media, most of it due to graphical errors that occurred during The Weather Channel's coverage of the storm. The network had assigned the name Janus, named after the God of the same name, to the storm. However, because of a computer graphic error, the "J" in the storm's name was omitted and could barely be seen, making the wording look like it read Winter Storm Anus. This small glitch caused major buzz across the Internet, with some people even criticising The Weather Channel for this.

The glitch in the graphic was first posted on Reddit on January 22, and from there quickly spread across the Internet and news. Huffington Post described the humorous error as "a storm that would never want you to leave home",^[4] while other news outlets described it as "a pain in the butt".^[5]

References

1 2 "Winter Storm Janus Snow Totals: Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Get Hammered". The Weather Channel. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
↑ "WPC Surface Analysis Archive". Retrieved 29 March 2016.
↑ "WPC Surface Analysis Archive". Retrieved 29 March 2016.
↑ "Weather reporter warns country of 'Winter Storm Anus'". metro.us. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
↑ "Winter Storm Janus awkwardly loses a letter in on air graphic". newscaststudio.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

Major snow and ice events in the United States

Pre-1900	1717 (Feb 27–Mar 7) 1886 (Jan 6–10) 1888 (Jan 12–13, Mar 11–14) 1899 (Feb 11–14)

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2000s	2000 (Jan 18–30, Dec 27–31) 2002 (Jan 29–31, Feb 7, Dec 4–5) 2003 (Feb 14–19, Dec 5–8) 2004 (Dec 21–24, Dec 24–28) 2005 (Jan 20–23, Dec 14–16) 2006 (Feb 11–13, Oct 11–13, Nov 20–24, Nov 26–Dec 1, Dec 20–Jan 1) 2007 (Jan 11–24, Feb 12–20, Apr 13–17, Nov 29–Dec 5, Dec 8–18) 2008 (Jan 3–11, Mar 6–10, Dec 11–12, Dec 19–25) 2009 (Jan 25–30, Oct 13–20)

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