JustinRP37

We will be luckily to see it growing by mid-April. Thankfully, because I have too much work to worry about mowing twice a week until May. Also, we have Banana Ball tickets for Yankee Stadium in late-April. I fully expect that game will be 33 with a light mist or 90 with a dew point of 88. No in-between.

This winter as a whole was not as windy as last winter. Much colder yes, but definitely not as windy given by the much lower number of wind holds on ski lifts throughout the season. And last springs winds... Well that was awful. But deserving a nice, warm spring and actually getting one is completely different. Springs by nature lately kind of just suck here. Windy, mist, miserable clouds for weeks on end teetering between 33 and 55. Then like heaven's gate opening we switch into summer mode. I'll actually met a guy on the gondola at Belleayre this season living my dream. Skiing all winter here and then heads to Phoenix or Florida depending on the year for 5 weeks at the end of March (to avoid the season I just described).

10 years ago...

Average high for midtown is now 44. Average for my area is exactly 40. Looks average to just below for the week.

We are back under a mega band here in Patterson, NY. Snow is really cranking.

I know you will get a lot of people saying we don't want snow, but they all should. Nobody wants a cutter with feet of snow on the ground. Basements would be flooded. I love the snow, so I'll always take it, but the absolute best thing that could happen for us in a drought would be a good snow pack that slowly melts into the spring to percolate into the soil and recharge ground water. That would help tremendously.

Pretend you lost power or internet

The drifts are so impressive and this and I have been under all morning. When I was out making a snow blower pass we were roughly 15-18 with drifts that look like they are over 2 feet.

Just got back from a nice walk! My son wanted to go out "snow plow hunting". We caught two. It is really coming down out there. He said he is moving to a place where this happens every winter.

Big update, the LIRR will be shutting down on many branches this evening. That is the first big change to MTA service.

Starting to snow here. Still have a good 3-6 on the ground still from January. This is getting exciting!

That's because you are living and dying by models runs. Globals are not as great to pinpoint amounts now. This happened 100% last storm too and the NWS was pretty much spot on. Unless the high-resolutions models and what is currently happening begins to look like it won't happen, go by the NWS forecast.

Just don't hide good information. My posts were hidden and based on the law. Many people do not know your insurance will not cover you when a travel ban is in place. It is serious and can bankrupt the average person easily. And if you MUST travel be sure that your employer will back you by calling you essential. I know there are cases in education where food service is clearly essential, but insurance didn't want to cover those employees getting to campus. The employer then had to do battle to say they were.

I'm not a met, but in environmental science at the college level. But part of the reason for what you are seeing for on-air mets, is many of them are actually not mets anymore. I think Lonnie Quinn is great, but his formal training is not in meteorology. His degree is in communications. He has really committed to learning meteorology though. Many have not though and simply follow the models.

Metro-North to be hourly tomorrow. Sigh... I hope they don't damage more trains trying to keep service going. It was a disaster after the last storm for weeks after because of the mechanical failures caused by snow getting into electronics.