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31 minutes ago, Snowlover11 said:

unless something changes i dont see how we get the 2-4” of rain forecasted. 

Yeah these frontal events always seem to underperform when it comes to rainfall totals

Gusting up to around 30 for the most part in the past hour or so here, there have been a few up to 35 mph, highest so far, 36 mph. Temperature is steady at about 56.5 F

Currently 56 here, temp has been steady for the past few hours. It's already pretty gusty out, as high as 36 mph already for me 

1 hour ago, Brian5671 said:

Evergreen trees would be the main concern-some of them were completely uprooted here in the 11/15/20 event

True, there was actually one near me that uprooted in last weeks storm, luckily I don't have a lot of evergreen trees on my block so I should be alright. The last time I saw widespread deciduous trees fall in the winter was back during the March 2010 storm, but I doubt the wind will be that bad here.

I'm not expecting to lose power here. Even with if the winds are actually as strong as indicated, if I didn't lose power in TS Isaias then i probably won't on Christmas. My dad and I got the generator ready just in case though...

4 hours ago, etudiant said:

Skunked by a wall of clouds over the south western horizon, looking from the Central Park Reservoir.

Guess I have to wait another 800 years.

Yeah we had pretty crappy visibility out in suffolk county as well, kinda disappointed...

I forgot to post my final totals before I fell asleep earlier lol. Front half, before the changeover to sleet I received 4.7" and I picked up another 1.6" from the back side of the storm, so overall total is 6.3" of snow. I also got 1.1" of sleet between the 2 layers of snow. Highest wind gust I recorded was exactly 50 mph at around 7 am. Between 5:30 and 7:00 this morning I had near-blizzard conditions with wind consistently gusting into the 40s and moderate to heavy snow

Moderate snow and breezy in Lindenhurst, picked up about 1.5" so far and temp is holding steady at 29. Highest wind gust I've recorded is 27 mph.

1 minute ago, wizard021 said:

The neg nao is trending stronger each run, allowing a stronger cold signal. Lack of a more prounced pna is not allowing the upper trough to close off, but as it, it should be a beautiful storm.  A first of many this season. But perhaps the most impactful. 

I'm still excited, just a bit skeptical after the last couple winters. Hopefully it actually does become what the models are currently advertising and the positive trends continue

41 minutes ago, wizard021 said:

This is clearly a KU storm and likely a mecs. 12 to 18 inches of snow is the likely outcome here after the models stop trending. 

500 mb is very similar to the presidents day storm of 79.

Ill believe it when the warnings go up and okx forecasts those totals, until then it's still a dream for me

8 hours ago, psv88 said:

Where’s your anemometer? You seem to record solid wind gusts. 

I have it on the roof of my aunt and uncles house, I was originally gonna put on the roof of my parents but my house is only 20 ft tall. Her house is about to 30 ft tall or so so it's closer to the official height the nws recommends. As for the good measurements, I thought maybe it's because they live by the water. It definitely helps with southerly winds. They also don't have a lot of trees on their block that obstruct the measurements (another reason I asked if i could place it there). I also thought there might be a chance it over estimates the wind a little but idk.

Saw a couple of sloppy flakes mix in but other than those few, nothing. Total rainfall is 1.22", while my highrst wind gust today was 39 mph

Ive gotten about .76" of rain so far. Wind is just starting to pick up

29 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Euro and Nam has 2 feet + for NYC a day before the storm was supposed to hit. Upton also put out an afd saying " Dangerous life threatening  blizzard is on the way "

Yeah I guess everyone has that one storm that busted that they despise, for me personally it's probably march 2017,  if i remember correctly okx predicted 18" a day or 2 before the storm for western long island and we got 2-3" before it changed to rain. Of course that wasn't as bad of a bust as Jan 2015 though

I didn't realize how bad January 2015 was for a lot of my fellow nyc metro weenies until I first started browsing weather forums a few years ago...... It might be my 3rd favorite storm after Jan 2016 and Feb 2013 

Does anyone remember the Valentine's Day storm in 2015? We had a blizzard warning in effect in suffolk county and then I remember waking up to like half an inch of snow. Eastern New England cashed in though, the model trends yesterday reminded me of that a little, albeit for the most part they're not all that similar

1 hour ago, gravitylover said:

You weren't around here in the 70's and 80's were you? 

I'm only 20 so I've been spoiled my whole life lol

1 hour ago, jm1220 said:

I guess we should note it’s about the 1 year anniversary of the last miserable windy cold rain event here where we watched I-90 get crushed. Can’t go too long without those. Joys of our climate.  
 

Note-many of us including me did end up with a couple inches at the end from the lingering CCB. Made up 1/3 of all the snow we got last “winter”. 

I think this is the 4th year in a row now up north got crushed while we got a cold windy rain, March 2017, March 2nd 2018, December 2019, and possibly this weekend now

Pretty good wind event today, highest gust I had in batch #1 (12pm - 3pm) was 51 mph, then there was a slight lull (winds were still gusting 35-40 mph though), then in Batch #2 (5 pm - 6:30 pm) I recorded some more high winds including a peak gust  of 53 mph. Final rainfall total for the event is .93"

Got some pretty high gusts with these heavy showers moving through before including one to 53 mph 

That 60 mph gust at Farmingdale Airport was right around the time I recorded a 51 mph gust in lindenhurst (1:53 pm)

22 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Yes. Wind gusts into the 60s used to do a lot of damage. The weak trees have come down and the trees that are still around are stronger.

Yep, only times there are widespread outages on LI now is when gusts approach hurricane force. Not that I'm complaining or anything though lol. Ever since the one-two-three punch of the March 2010 noreaster, Irene, and Sandy, it's been like that

@psv88 Actually looking back at my comments on the thread from the last wind event, my peak gust was 51 mph with that one, not 53, so same as today

26 minutes ago, psv88 said:

What the highest gust you recorded in the last event?

53 mph, I think overall both events peaked at a similar level

Some really strong gusts within the past 2 hours here, highest one I recorded was 51 mph. Picked up about .68" of rain so far