IrishRob17

1 hour ago, BxEngine said:

Work outside. Tell me which is worse. Ill take the cold every time. But sure, go with the insults instead. 

Physical labor is hard! And you want people to do it outside?! How dare you Sir!

1 hour ago, snowman19 said:

All joking aside, this has been a very dry winter and drought conditions are worsening. We are going to have big issues this spring into the summer if we don’t start getting a lot of rain. As @bluewave pointed out, the end of January snowstorm didn’t have a lot of liquid equivalent, just very good ratios with the Siberian cold that was in place, it’s not going to melt down to much…..
 

28 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

There’s 1.5 to almost 2” liquid equivalent in the snow on the ground here. I agree we need a lot more but it’s not powder that’s for sure. 

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, we do need precipation but that storm was anything but high ratio for me, expect for the start of it, which was very fluffy. I wound up with 13.1" of snow and 1.80" of liquid.  

43 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

sorry that was a typo, the storm that just happened Feb 6-7

@CPcantmeasuresnow

Ah, only .4" for me this weekend.

24 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

i think he meant for the storm lol. Westerly got 11.6" and there was a Voluntown 4SW report of 10.8 but thats the only report i saw over 10 in CT. 

How much did you get for the Jan 6-7th event? and @IrishRob17 what was your total for Jan 6-7th

I have like hardly any reports for Orange County, besides a few

I don't see anything for then, my notes have  .3" on 1/4 and .1" on 1/5. 

-10 for the low.

-10 was my low and low for the season, last year I managed -11 on 1/22.

8 hours ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

Still my biggest storm of all time. I ended up with 35 inches.
 

35 miles east of me in Danbury it rained much of the storm and I think they ended up with around  a foot. NYC with 21 inches. 

I think I had 28”, it’s the biggest for me too but that snow though…a heavy wet mass with destroying power. Speaking of power, I was down for almost 4 days with that storm, bought a generators after that fiasco. 

Welp, the wind went calm, -8 at the moment. 

11 minutes ago, Rjay said:

I have water!

Nice. Now go flush. 

Half of my snowpack is now covered in debris blown out of the spruce trees over this weekend. I need a legit refresher. 

1 hour ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

Tomorrow morning should be our morning but I've made that prediction before and conditions didn't always work out. Let's see if winds get calm and the skies stay clear tonight. Bottom out this morning at -2.0°.

It won’t be as windy as last night but Upton doesn’t have me going calm either so I’m not overly hopeful but we shall see, 13/-3

0 was the low here, meh as I expected with the winds. Deep winter though. 

45 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Taking a nice walk. Temp is 6.

I was just outside myself for a bit, deep deep winter, embrace it. 4/-8, windchill only -7.

25 minutes ago, wishcast_hater said:

Whats going on with the weather for the week?  

What’s your snowpack up there this morning?

Blowing and drifting snow across NYS 416 with a car off the road, as is tradition in these parts. 

What fell here is/will get blown into the woods and/or sublimate in the next day or so. 

9/-2 and dropping. 

.4” new, 11.5” at the stake, 38.9” YTD. Temp down to 12. 

1 hour ago, Pellice said:

I have a quick question about whether the NWS "Forecast Discussion" has changed.  The NWS seems to have dropped the "long-term" section of the discussion in favor of "key messages".  I had thought it was the result of my moving to a different NWS area, but Mt. Holly seems to have made this small change as well.  The long-term section was not that long ahead, usually just 4-5 days or so, but discussion  of it seems to have much diminished. Is this my imagination or has this been an across-the-board slight change?

On 12/16/2025 at 10:12 AM, IrishRob17 said:

NOUS41 KOKX 161406
PNSOKX

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
0906 AM EST Tue Dec 16 2025

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY TRANSITIONING TO A NEW 
FORMAT FOR THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION BEGINNING JAN 7 2026...

Beginning with the afternoon issuance on January 7th 2026, the 
National Weather Service New York, NY Forecast Office will 
transition to a Key Message format for the Area Forecast Discussion 
(AFDOKX).  

This strategic change aligns the Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) with 
an impacts-first message philosophy, enabling our office to 
streamline communication and reduce redundancy. This transition 
moves away from a strictly chronological layout to focus immediately 
on potential weather impacts and hazards. By prioritizing Key 
Messages, we aim to enhance clarity and eliminate duplication within 
the Area Forecast Discussion. 

A side-by-side comparison of the old format and the new format 
templates can be found at: https://www.weather.gov/erh/newAFD

The latest local AFD can be found at the following link: 
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=okx&issuedby=OKX&product=AFD

For any questions, please contact:

Nelson Vaz 
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
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The flurries earlier turned into light snow in the past hour or so, 26/20. 

3 hours ago, weatherpruf said:

because people there actually pay attention to the winter olympics.....my wife is colombian; never heard of the winter olympics before she came here.

Just watched Curling earlier this evening, good day for the USA. 

2 hours ago, weatherpruf said:

ask anyone irish....it's always cold on st patty's day....i was down in monmouth co i think it was 2003 in march, we were at a meeting at a school in matawan and it started snowing. it started coming down heavy and our district called early; but we were already stuck at this meeting. it got very bad quickly going up the gsp; heavy wet flakes.

It's St. Paddy's Day, Patty is short for Patricia   I've had St Paddy's Day parties when I had to move snow banks for parking and I've had them where we all hung out on the deck. 14/8 here currently. 

11 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Wonder if upton will follow mt holly and issue an extreme cold watch. Wind advisory also would seem likely 

They had mentioned it in their dicussion I read this morning.

6 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

Low of 2° this morning.

it seems to be a crapshoot the last couple of weeks on what mornings are gonna be the mornings of good radiational cooling. This morning seemed to be one of them at least in certain areas.

A crap shoot for sure. The wild fluctiuons, over short distances, this winter due to radiational cooling has been rad. Up to 20 now.

1 hour ago, SnoSki14 said:

Hopefully not. We'd be dealing with a lot of pot holes and even ice jams 

Not sure how bad the overall icing situation is though compared to 2015

Its been a while since we had to be concerned with ice jams but depending on how all of this thaws, this could be the year ice jams are an issue. Low of -2 this morning, making 8 below zero readings this season, my average is 3. This season is solidy in third for below zero lows IMBY, 2013-2014 had 11 and 2014-2015 had 15, my records here go back to 2005-2006. 12" at the stake.