IrishRob17

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Its legit light snow up here in central Orange County right now.

Low of 1 this morning, 15" at the stake. A nice solid pack out there this morning, https://maps.cocorahs.org/

Low of 1 at 8:17am, up to 13 now.

We know that snowfall is the most poorly measured element of weather, although I guess PWS wind measurements are right up there for different reasons. We almost need a separate thread for those of us that use a properly placed snowboard and clear using the same metrics. Your post though reminded me of many years ago, 2015 I want to say, a poster had say a 12” snowpack then reported 6” of pure fluff. The next day I asked them what their snowpack was and they said 18” and I just rolled my eyes as the odds of zero settling of fluff snow over 24 hours were zero to none. That’s not even getting into people not understanding sublimation.

I definitely had freezing drizzle this morning. I didn’t hear any sleet but if you got pellets up there it’s hard to imagine I didn’t have some too. It’s a meaty pack kinda like baking soda out there.

13.1” on the board melted down to 1.80” of liquid. Season total sits at 38.3”.

I didn’t even get that good a ratio, the core from the board which had 13.1” on it melted down to 1.80”. It started out at much better ratios as the snow was fluffy but it changed during the storm. It also shows it was compacting under its own weight on the board for 24 hours. Again, shoveling felt much more like 18”, which also makes more sense now.

Weenies are gonna ween and then there's the jackpot fetish. You have wonder how many know what an actual 6" looks like.

Don’t question it, you measured it correctly, you should only clear the board once a day, when the storm is over, or changes precip type. There are a lot of inflated totals out there.

Just finished with outside. I shoveled out my downspouts and oil fill area, this stuff ain’t going anywhere with more to come. I really hope we have an easy slow melt when the time comes… I also already benched and moved some of my piles to make room for whatever’s next.

It's all light snow now.

Freezing drizzle/mist with the occasional flake thrown in there, 18/16.

@The 4 Seasons mark me up with another 13.1”, 38.3” for the season.

mulen, good to see ya!

I have a very dense 16" at the stake this morning.

13.1” on the board. Had I cleared the board the old way or measured the deck each time I shoveled and added that up it would’ve been at least 18” I’m guessing. I chuckle reading the snow reports with some of the discrepancies between trained spotter and public reports. I also wonder how many public measured in their yard and forgot there was already snow on the ground. Anyway, the snow was more dense than I had expected, I’ll grab a core sample from the board to see how much liquid it was. A dense solid snow pack out there, 16” at the stake 16/13 with an occasional flurry.

I have 11.5" on the board, which has not been cleared, but I've shoveled more than that. The snow is more dense than this morning so the pack is really settling in under the weight of what's been falling this afternoon.

Latest discussion: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0064.html

Yeah, the snow earlier this morning was fluffier, what I was clearing this afternoon had some more weight to it.

Measured 9.5" about 15 mins ago, it's starting to blow a bit now too. Gonna be some nice drifting tomorrow afternoon.

It says the CT shoreline. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0058.html

Heavy snow and the temp is still dropping ever so slightly, 6° now

Have a great birthday!

I certainly didn't get .40 in liquid, it was a total of .4 inches of snow, total, period, end of story. That sucked cause I knew not that far away was rather different. I didn't even have to shovel. Today, I'll need to shovel with snow falling and 7 degrees out there.