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30 minutes ago, snywx said:

U were 14f colder! 
 

6 for a low here 

Perfect conditions for it. You'll see in the NW thread I post a screenshot that includes Legoland, 7 miles away as the crow flies, almost 19 degree difference. I thought I might have beat KMGJ for once but they got to -9 in between hours. When I was at -8 KMGJ was around 0. Cool stuff, only 2 miles away.  

Looks like -8 will do it for the low here, up to -7 currently. 

My forecasted low was adjusted from 4 to 2 last I checked around 9pm. It's currently -8

Today was .2 here. 2.9° currently. 

1 minute ago, wishcast_hater said:

Knowing is Half The Battle.


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Like knowing how to crop a photo?

10 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

Of the mesos available on TT, FV3 and RGEM seem to have the best handle on where there is precipitation right now (18z).  Both give a coating to most of us this afternoon.  Not saying I believe it, but they are off to a good start.

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.

14 hours ago, NorthShoreWx said:

I'm in the 'wipe the board on phase changes' camp. 

Here is an example scenario illustrating some of the possible outcomes of only wiping once per 24 hours and not at phase changes.   Some of it isn't that far off from the reality of yesterday's event:

 - location 1 gets 8" of low water content fluffy snow and the storm ends.

 - location 2 gets the same 8" of low water content fluffy snow which then switches to sleet and 2" of sleet accumulate on top of it.  By the end of the storm later that day the snow depth has compressed to 8" (or less).

 - location 3 gets 2" of sleet first, followed by the same 8" of fluffy snow.

- locations 1 and 2 report snowfall as the maximum depth of 8"

 - location 3 reports a maximum depth of 10" as the daily snowfall.

Location 3 no doubt had the deepest snow depth.  Location 2 and 3 had the exact same amount of snow and sleet, but a different entry in the climate record.

Location 2 had more than twice as much frozen precipitation as location 1, but the only way to tell that is from the SWE.  They each report the same amount of snow and sleet.

On thing that stands out as being lost in these examples is the standard that snowfall includes snow and sleet.  Does it really include sleet for location 2?

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.  

5 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

Did you get any sleet? I woke up to a nice crust of pellets glued together with some freezing drizzle.

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”. 

28 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

Melted down to 1.45" for a meaty 10:1

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. 

Just now, weatherpruf said:

there was widespread 8-15 so who really cares....looking at massachusetts today and they are posting some big numbers in some areas, though most are not much higher than ours. in laws in maine getting ready. but they have tractors up there.....

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

2 hours ago, Picard said:

Now I'm questioning my own 12.2" total because it does seem a bit low compared to others around me.  Admittedly, I did not do the clearing technique which I should, so it was probably more (say 13-14") but it had compacted.  Mom in Lafayette is telling me 16" but admits it was hard to measure.  Either way, I'll take a foot plus.  It was a fun storm.

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. 

10 minutes ago, mulen said:

• 25.5 My cousins house Pearl river NY sweet . Me 0 inches Port ST Lucie Fla.

mulen, good to see ya!

41 minutes ago, EasternLI said:

Burial if this thing goes off. What's out there now isn't going anywhere. Might have to fire up the snowpack thread this year.

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

13 minutes ago, MattyR said:

Just about 8” in Poughkeepsie.  Finally getting better flake size after about 2 hours of arctic sand 

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

40 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

9.2 inches as of 1:30 so 2.7 inches in the last hour and half. 
Best rates of the day right now. 5.4° with heavy snow.  

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