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Up a degree to 23, wind still very light NNE @ 2. There was a very short graupel/sleet shower a little while ago.

Graupel/sleet here too but only for a few minutes. Temp up a degree at 23 with the wind out of the NNE @ 2<>4.

Up to 22 here, wind has gone nearly calm, ceiling to the north and east is still high with breaks in the clouds but south and west is gray and ominous. Are we going to see enough ice down here that I should be worried about the power going out? I haven't test run my generator in a long time :blush:

Wow @ the Berkshire high country with 3'+ Looks like Berkshire East is going to have their season nicely set up. I'm not real happy that the heavier focus has tightened up on the west side of the river and it's like it stole the moisture from the east side as I'm down to ~5" on this.

20*/NNE 3-5/DP 12* in Mahopac at ~750 feet where this particular station is a few blocks away from me.

IOW if it's good for me it's obviously doing the right job.

They took the snow out of my Sunday overnight forecast and changed it to freezing rain and sleet. It's time for a south trend to start. Added up the two day total looks like 9-12 here.

It's been a long time since we've had a good old fashioned long duration storm. Bring it!

Tight for a semi is different from what todays passenger vehicles handle without breathing hard. Even our Forester is comfy at 10 over through there. No I don't think 84/81 would be any better at all, in fact I think it will be worse. The Poconos get it just as bad as the Endless Mountains and southern Catskills in these setups, they all run similar elevation and are only separated by about 75-100 miles. Take a look at that WSW posted above and tell her to leave tomorrow afternoon or at 5am (not 7 ) unless she wants to wait for Tuesday. I have 20 year old twin daughters and there's no way I'd be ok with them heading into this on Sunday. It's going to take her at least 8 hours and probably more like 10 if she waits until 9am to leave. It doesn't matter which way she goes she has to go over 1800 feet and will spend 100 miles or so above 1500, that's where this storm will really be firing on all cylinders.

84 gets quiet but never really goes dead, it's just too important a route for trucks. 17 sees next to nothing for truck traffic other than local deliveries because the section east of Binghamton sucks. It's tight and twisty and the speed limit is too low. Speaking of speed limits watch out around Monticello, the troopers out of Thompson have some pretty high numbers to hit and they're aggressive. I got pulled over less than 1/2 mile from where it goes up to 65 doing 65 (in a 55) and it's crazy expensive. I get the college kid not leaving early thing (I have 20 year old twins that are juniors at West Conn)but this is one of those times where she needs to grow up and get it done. Either that or leave Saturday. What's usually a 4 or so hour drive will be 8 on Sunday.

84 is a bigger road but also has more traffic. That does two things, one it beats up the snow on the road and makes it more challenging, the second is there are more other vehicles around to do dumb things and ruin your day for you. While 17 is a bit isolated in spots it's a good road and with less traffic should be fairly easy to travel on as long as it's not icy. I'd leave super early, like 5am, to get out ahead of it because once she pops north of 17 and is on the small roads things can get dicey in a hurry.

24 @ 6:30 with a really nice sunrise in progress. That radar thing is annoying. Not because they need to maintain and upgrade it but that there isn't an alternative. The space between the NOAA radar sites is pretty good and gives reasonable coverage outside of the most mountainous areas and I've never had a problem with that, what gets me is an alternate system has never been put in place. Whether that system is gov't run or commercial it seems to me that there should be one but there isn't. Do airport radars have the ability to be used as weather radar in addition to their primary purpose?

P&C for here has 80% chance of snow from Sunday afternoon into Monday morning. I guess I gotta get the driveway cleaned up so it can be shoveled, tomorrows project.

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Microclimates for the win. I'm sitting at 37 up towards the top of the hill here but down in town it's 28 and the difference was a couple of degrees wider a few minutes ago.

57 tomorrow afternoon? I'm so glad I work for myself and choose when I (don't) work so I can get out and go for a nice mt bike ride tomorrow. Who's coming?

4 feet for me! Woot That area ranges from 1600-1800 feet and can be super sketchy even in the rain. How was that windswept stretch west of Binghamton out to Corning?

A little under 1.1 here.

I got lucky and while not quite dry slotted it's been mostly light to occasionally moderate for short periods for the last 4-5 hours, I'm at 1.05" since last night and it's up to 37

If only... Yup. .85" on a dreary, soggy, raw 36 degree day.

It's been so long since we've had a good 4 Corners low that runs east along that 30N line then finds that juicy warm water as it goes off the coast.

So all we need is to drop them 500 miles or so south and we're good to go. See what ya can do about that would ya please

Wow that's a lot of numbers.

I'm so bummed getting skunked again on a meteor shower because it's cloudy. I have the perfect dropaway to the southeast too so if it was clear I'd have a great viewpoint right from my front door.