NorthShoreWx

Frequent light to moderate snowfalls reminds me of when I was a kid. It's not terrible if the warmups aren't too much. One of my earliest memories, which may have been exaggerated by the years, was of it seeming like every morning waking up to a new snowfall. Mid to late 60s, maybe early 70s it would have been, probably more than 1 winter. Don't care whether that was quite the reality, I'm hanging on to that memory... and 1978.

Philly looked like it was getting skunked too with the snow shield northeast of there, but then it backed up just enough to put them in a heavy band near the edge and they got 8".

Snowcover is about 50-50 here, but not all of the covered area is even an inch, so I'm going with a trace. But it still looks nice in places.

2:36 pm

It's too soon to pin down events or dates, but not too soon to be looking at these: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gfs/2025122912/gfs_mslp_pcpn_frzn_eu_40.png

I believe that FAA guidelines for airports still include wiping board every 6 hours, but all others pay cash. NWS observers, coops, etc., should clear the board once per day and report the max depth on the board between clearings. Stuff lives forever on the Internet and there's a lot of confusion, but I think that is the current practice. Personally, I wipe my boards at midnight, which is out of sync with my ~9am rainfall observation, but that's probably for the best here.

Just had a light rain shower at 31⁰. I assume it iced on some surfaces, but not enough precip to do much harm.

https://patch.com/connecticut/branford/then-and-now-three-times-a-century?fbclid=IwY2xjawO-islleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR7I7VfT2I1ml9MVxPQs5PnCcMvpFnBcO0uEYsFjjkArKVKr6InglMmr09clOg_aem_J0fJPAJ8ylgDdejmSaL_IQ

Down to 30.7⁰ / DP 26⁰. Precip will be spotty and light this evening, but probably icy.

31.8⁰ DP 25 in Smithtown. I'm well versed in the whole wind off the water/ raining when it gets here thing, but I'm wondering now if we shouldn't be looking out for a little freezing rain near the coast too.

Nice catch with the eagle!

Melted the snow that was caught in the 4" gage down to .59". That works out to 9:1 on our 5.3" snowfall. Not surprising as I noticed a lot of small crappy flakes for most of the storm. Second snowfall in a row with light winds where the catch in the gage was quite accurate. Just about all of the models had us around or over .50 LE, including the NAM. A couple runs of the GFS were .8 or .9, but otherwise the qpf modeling for LI was pretty consistent and quite accurate. The snow map algorithms were not as consistent or accurate.

Undoubtedly they found a way, but it's hit and miss. These are from when the Sound partially froze over in 2015 (can't believe it's been almost 11 years). A bit chunky, but Mrs and I found a spot to stand.

I've heard of that at other times too, but practically speaking that wasn't an easy walk. With the tides still moving every cycle, there would have been pressure ridges and cracks; not smooth ice.

Fair enough and most people feel that way, but out here we had 12 - 15" of snow from the March 2001 storm, so less than was forecasted at the time, but not a disaster imby.