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I got another short burst of decent snow right at the end there and then the sun came out and it popped to 35* and the glaze and crust on things melted right off. The groun is covered in a crunchy, slippery mess and the cars are encased in a .5" grainy ice coating. 

5 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

It depends on which region you're in.  What made it really good is that it had something for everyone   In March I only got significant snow in the last event and the one in early April.  So 3 events, 15 inches in the January storm with 6 straight hours of blizzard conditions and around 8 inches in the late March event and 6 inches in the early April event.  That January event for me was by far the best storm I've seen since Jan 2016.  Which I think you missed out on also

 

 

Yep. 

And it's back to dense micro flakes mixed with frzg mist. 

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

Well if we are talking about something like March 1998 style, then yes.  If it's like last year then no.

But to be honest, last winter would have been mediocre without the January blizzard.

There is literally nothing like a big snowstorm during the coldest part of winter.

 

I only got a couple of inches in the January storm. Went into March with something like 23 or 24 inches but finished with nearly 70. Good early season snow, extreme cold for an extended period of time, a freak rager in the middle of golf weather in February and then a stellar, power destroying, forest mangling March. Last winter was far from mediocre.

It went over to white mist for a while and added a new layer of opaqueness to the aggregate on the ground. Now it's back to 31* freezing mist. So gross outside...

I got a flaky, sleety coating and topped it off with a nice slickery glaze.    I've got a nice moderate density freezing fog going on, makes for a dreary day.

It sleeted on and off most of the night then turned to freezing mist a while ago. It's still a heavy frzg mist and everything is glazed. 

@Hitman So, ya got your fill of snow for the season? 

Back to light snow. Everything is nicely coated now. 29/22/SE/SN-

Of course, I type that and a minute later it flips from nice light snow to huge sleet pellets. 

It's been flurrying for an hour and it's picking up just a bit now, we have a nice dusting. 29/21/NNW/SN-

31/15 and headed down/up.

45 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

Good luck with that.  It’s not likely we will hold SE ridging like this much longer.   I’m not saying by any means April and May will be miserable but when you’re in this sort of pattern now which would correlate to very mild weather in April the odds are we flip to something different in the next few weeks 

I don't like your odds   I rarely hope for you to be wrong but this would be one of those times. Bring on the warmth  

27 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

The always overamped RGEM at 40-54 not being too far north with the snow makes me feel the metro has a shot at this still as far as getting 2-3 inches.  Even the Euro which came way north still shows around 2 in NYC

What about frozen or wet on the tail end?

My p&c doesn't change to plain rain but does have 6 hours of freezing rain after 1-3" of snow. 

^^ Wow. I've had to drive on interstates and other big roads a bunch of times in the snow and it's always a crap shoot whether or not you make it to where you're headed without a problem or long delay. I'd much rather be on smaller secondary or tertiary roads if I have a choice. 

I think that it could be debated which is higher impact on travel. Sleet mixed with (even just a little bit of) snow, which is the most common way for it to fall up here, is a disaster to drive in. Just snow is difficult but usually manageable if you have decent tires on the car.

Being on the west slope of the Sierra it always seems to have different (wetter) weather than at the lake, I guess that's why I thought it was further down. I looked at what some of the people that live there are talking about on another forum I frequent and it's a mess trying to get into the basin. Most people are turning around and heading home rather than fight their way up to end up sleeping in their cars somewhere. I80 is not open over the top and US 50 is backed up for 20+ miles. Gonna be a lot of bummed out skiers missing a great weekend.

And that's 'down the hill', I wonder what it's doing up at lake level and mid mountain.

19 hours ago, weatherpruf said:

No Ant, the people there aren't happy about it. Most put up with it because the few warmer months are really special. I spent many summer vacations there on the lakes.

I know more people that live in ME and the other snowy zones of New England because it snows a lot and has serious winter weather than otherwise. In fact ME or NH are high on our hit list for when we finally get to leave here. I'm torn between there and the middle Keys, terminally warm sounds appealing but rising sea levels may put the kibosh on that line of thinking. 

I was wondering what the temps were over that way when it went through. It had just popped above 32 when it went through here so cleared surfaces are just wet.

How much of this glacial mess will degrade today and how much will be left when it locks up again tonight? 

It may have been a low impact storm in some places but here it made moving around really challenging and dangerous. 3" of snow topped by 1" of sleet capped by 5 or so hours of freezing mist/rain. Everything is still encased and the whole place is a block of ice. I'm pretty sure most of the crust will degrade with the warmth today but whatever is left will be locked up again tonight and won't go anywhere for the next week or so. Where the storm was high impact it left it's mark and will be a problem for some time to come.

There are quite a few along the Croton River corridor. I drive up and down between Croton Falls and Brewster at least 5 days a week and see one or two most days, I bet if I stopped and paid attention I'd see more. There is also at least one peacock in the area. I have 2 hawks nests in the yard, we saw a big one the other day sitting on a branch waiting for breakfast to make itself evident.

It looks like the drizzle has already moved through this morning, maybe we get a nice(ish) dry day today 

10 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

The ol' southeast ridge hanging tough threatening to ruin our chances for a snowstorm here next week.....

It sure would be nice to see that bowling ball roll across and only gain ~250-300 miles in latitude.

54 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

The shine of a large undisturbed snow filled field with a coating of ice on top is still impressive to me. 

Well yeah but...

38 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

It was ridiculous trying to shuffle around in Verplanck/Peekskill this morning. Just 1" of completely smooth ice. Almost comical with a few of us flailing about while chasing eagles and trying to land on our keisters rather than our $$$ lenses. At least at home I have a little soft snow under the crust, so you can dig your heels in for traction.

Sketchy right? You need to get YakTrax or similar. I'm looking forward to some warmth tomorrow.