IrishRob17

His camera is running as well.

Need some fresh snow to cover up all the tree debris all over the snowpack.

4" at the stake, had a coating this morning that blew all over due to the glacier out there, 28/13 currently.

Looks to be 3-4" and definitely 100% coverage out there. The minimum time of juicy dews today, the denser snowpack to begin with and the close to .1 of ice from the freezing rain on top were all factors here.

Whew, made it through with solid snow cover. The temp is 45 now but will be dropping very shortly, the dews thankfully started dropping over an hour ago, after a high of 41 the dew is now back down to 26. Only had two hours of dews upper 30s, which is when the pack really starts to go.

I spiked up here, up to 41 now.

Up to 33 here. I was thinking the same thing while looking at the solid 5” snow cover out there at the moment, if it can make it through the next 6 hours or so it won’t go anywhere for a while. Glad I had the banks pushed back this morning.

Wasn’t their someone here saying that all it ever does is rain on New Year’s Eve? Hmmm

32.2 here, I was still below freezing until the last 30 minutes when it started creeping up.

Why anyone would post an operational 288 map is beyond me.

That and "getting crushed"

Now that I've had some time for various thighs to settle down this post just came to mind. Correct at the 7am time. Your screen name mocks the lack of proper snow measuring and you're debating if it was a white Christmas for you? You either had 1" or more or you didn't? Were you saying half your yard had more than an inch? I had spots with more than an inch but none of them were in my snow board or at my snow stake. It would be interesting to get a ruling here. @NorthShoreWx

They were tougher back then IMO. I’d bet people just put more layers on and kept the heat lower in general. I work with people that remote start their car from their work desk at the end of the day so the car is the perfect temp for them before they even open the car door to drive home. 25 degrees now after a high of 26 under gray skies and a decent snowpack, what a winter day.

Not gonna lie, you’re doing better than I thought you would.

Melted down to .81 and I have 6" at my stake, trying to make sense of that since it was 5.4" on the board.

I have more confidence in this pack than the one earlier in the week.

@The 4 Seasons 5.4" here, 17.2" for the season.

Nice, glad you got into the fun. 5.4" here making 17.2" for the season. No complaints here. I could feel the various layers of the different types of snow as I pushed the snow ruler down on the board. I had some sleet and freezing drizzle at some point. So the clean up and piles makes it seem like more since there's a dense layer in there.

Only 4.5" here about 45 minutes ago. I never went full sleet but there definitely was a change in the snow at one point, thought I'd flip to sleet but didn't and then it was full flakes again right after that.

Many of those areas reporting sleet flipped back to snow already, including out near Port Jervis. All snow here still.

This discussion got buried quick in the other OBS thread so I figured I’d post it here too Mesoscale Discussion 2276 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0541 PM CST Fri Dec 26 2025 Areas affected...Upstate NY to eastern Long Island...including parts of southern New England Concerning...Heavy snow Valid 262341Z - 270545Z SUMMARY...Heavy snow bands will spread/develop southeast across upstate NY toward southern New England over the next few hours. Snow rates of 1-1.5"/hr are expected. DISCUSSION...Low-amplitude short-wave trough is progressing southeast across western NY/PA early this evening. Latest water-vapor imagery depicts a notable midlevel vort max southwest of Syracuse, and this is reflected well in radar data. Multiple heavy snow bands have developed ahead of this vort max, strongly influenced by low-level warm advection, extending across upstate NY into the lower Hudson Valley. Boundary layer moistening supports this with dew points now rising into the mid teens (F) where snow rates are increasing. Over the next few hours snow rates are expected to increase downstream across western CT and Long Island, largely in response to this well-defined short wave digging toward the northern Middle Atlantic. Snow rates of 1-1.5"/hr can be expected prior to the short wave passage. ..Darrow.. 12/26/2025 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...BOX...OKX...ALY...PHI...BGM...

Mesoscale Discussion 2276 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0541 PM CST Fri Dec 26 2025 Areas affected...Upstate NY to eastern Long Island...including parts of southern New England Concerning...Heavy snow Valid 262341Z - 270545Z SUMMARY...Heavy snow bands will spread/develop southeast across upstate NY toward southern New England over the next few hours. Snow rates of 1-1.5"/hr are expected. DISCUSSION...Low-amplitude short-wave trough is progressing southeast across western NY/PA early this evening. Latest water-vapor imagery depicts a notable midlevel vort max southwest of Syracuse, and this is reflected well in radar data. Multiple heavy snow bands have developed ahead of this vort max, strongly influenced by low-level warm advection, extending across upstate NY into the lower Hudson Valley. Boundary layer moistening supports this with dew points now rising into the mid teens (F) where snow rates are increasing. Over the next few hours snow rates are expected to increase downstream across western CT and Long Island, largely in response to this well-defined short wave digging toward the northern Middle Atlantic. Snow rates of 1-1.5"/hr can be expected prior to the short wave passage. ..Darrow.. 12/26/2025 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...BOX...OKX...ALY...PHI...BGM...

Business picked up quickly once it starts, ground quick covered here, 21/11.

Close call here, my sister in laws car wouldn’t start this morning…I jumped it and got it all warmed up. The car, not my sister in law, sickos!

Certainly enjoyed it, although I made a little too much merry on Christmas Eve so no holiday hammered for me yesterday but perhaps this evening