LibertyBell

the elusive long island max average seasonal snowfall is likely within that circle somewhere

Was it compaction though or was it melting? Because I saw puddles of water when the snow lightened up around 11 am and the sky brightened up.

Some people don't like the guy, but at least he has guts and he's outspoken.

Don, weren't the 50s almost a perpetual el nino state until the 1955-56 la nina? I think 1955-56 was another one of those la nina after el nino scenarios very hot summer followed by a snowy winter.

Thanks, I see this is why people are saying, we have one more snow event in all likelihood and that will be it for the winter. Next Saturday.....

Don when do you see the unseasonably mild pattern coming back? And dry too? Around the 24th? And do you see that continuing into March?

colder? day time event? quick mover too I see.

the east wind ruined it for them, they're too close to the ocean.

wow 1784 was the gift that kept on giving lol

Yeah I was a little shocked to see all those huge puddles when snowfall rates slowed down after 11 am lol. The funny thing was at JFK it was 32 for six straight hours and then at the end of the storm as soon as the temperature creeped up to 33, it started melting.

Thanks, at least JFK, ISP and EWR seem right in line with expectations. The LGA number seems a little low to me too but the NYC seems to be even more so. I take it the snow at EWR was drier?

Yep, and it was announced by Lee Goldberg during his 5:20 PM broadcast.

Now we go for the 6 inch record I guess.

announced on WABC TV at 5:20 PM 8.7 inches Islip had the same number as JFK -- 4.2 inches. I found that interesting.

New highest amount on Long Island for this storm 9 inches at Locust Valley in northern Nassau County.

1783-84 was a lot better than 1995-96. We need those big volcanic eruptions!

This is where a layer of sleet that fell here first helps although it'll all be gone soon enough either way.

I don't even remember what his forecast was lol. You must have had one of the higher numbers though, did you measure this storm? The highest number I could find from either the city or long island was 8.1" from Glen Cove. Lots of 8.0s from northern parts of the city and northern parts of long island though.

8 inches does seem to be the high end for NYC-LI and there were widespread 8" amounts from The Bronx to the northern parts of LI. 4-6 for the southern and central parts of NYC-LI 4-8 was a really good overall prediction for our area.

4-8 was a good range for NYC and Long Island. The highest amounts I could find for either area was 8" in Woodlawn in The Bronx and 8" in a few different places on the northern part of Long Island in both Nassau and Suffolk County. 4-6 was what the rest of the NYC-LI area got outside of the northern parts of the city and the island. I'm not sure about that 7 inch figure from Coney Island, it seems to be a little too high.

You can do it because you guys up there got 8 inches of snow somehow, that's a big weenie lol.

This wasn't exactly a great storm, but it was a nice storm to get after 2 years of nearly nothing. Pretty much everyone got this storm wrong, even the people who thought the city would get a foot of snow or that north of the city would get barely anything lol. All the models were wrong too, don't beat yourself up about it lol.

Oh I feel the same way and I also feel that way about preserving the natural environment instead of these densely populated concrete jungles that humankind likes to pollute the planet with.

I measured 4.6 about 5 miles to the east of JFK's 4.2 so that is one number I can vouch for. Not sure about the other 2, a 4:1 snow to liquid ratio seems suspect lol. Also, add this in, JFK didn't change over completely to snow until 6:15, I actually woke up when the last sleet pellets were falling right around 6:08 or so. And there was only a coating of snow and sleet on the ground here until about 7 AM when Central Park already had an inch and a half on the ground and that's when the heavier bands moved in for us. So I guess we somehow caught up to them and then passed them and ended up with an inch to an inch and a half more than them lol.

I feel the same way, I just like taking pictures of it after it's finished. After that it can melt.