NorthShoreWx

Some photos from the Adirondack high peaks region.  If I hadn't seen the way the moments entering into totality and emerging from it were like throwing a light switch, I wouldn't have understood it.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/C3s51MsN7tygGgs9A

4 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

where is this Ed?

Adirondacks, a few miles south of Lake Placid

Ready!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/uVwL5YsqvFpyJwLB7

Damn, I'm upstate and missed it.  My wife said the house shook violently for 10 seconds.

Nice April forecast for Mt Washington.  High end over 40"?  Not too shabby.

Overnight
Snow, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all snow after 1am. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 9. Wind chill values as low as -16. Very windy, with an east wind around 60 mph, with gusts as high as 95 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible.
Thursday
Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 16. Wind chill values as low as -21. Very windy, with an east wind 65 to 70 mph decreasing to 60 to 65 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 110 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 10 to 16 inches possible.
Thursday Night
Snow. Low around 13. Wind chill values as low as -12. Very windy, with an east wind 45 to 55 mph, with gusts as high as 70 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches possible.
Friday
Snow. High near 19. Wind chill values as low as -8. Windy, with a north wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Friday Night
Snow before 7pm, then snow showers likely after 7pm. Low around 9. Windy, with a northeast wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

The die is cast.  It's sink or swim for me at Heart Lake.  It's not the max 4 minutes of totality, but 3 out of 4 ain't bad.

Got my cellphone camera ready to go 

36 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Hey Tony, with last night's downpour did either LGA or JFK make it to 10.00" of rain for March?

I know NYC couldn't have.

 

Last nights downpour was 0.04" here.

10.71" precipitation in North Smithtown for March.  This is our wettest month, eclipsing the 10.23" from this December. Kind of a wet winter (6.49" in January, a dry-ish 2.43" in February).

12 month rainfall (4/1/23 - 3/31/24) is 61.79" !

Note: I've only been tracking rainfall here since 1/1/2013

2 hours ago, forkyfork said:

anyone who still wants snow now should be in a prison camp 

You gotta catch me first.

9 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

 

If you do apply this early you'll need another application to cover you for the entire growing season. 39 and drizzle here, blah and 20s are a lock up here in he coming days. 

Any advice for hairy bittercress, which is already running amok?

4 hours ago, donsutherland1 said:

Although there will continue to be snowy winters, what has been disappearing are winters with a combination of very cold weather and excessive snowfall. In contrast, the very warm/very low snowfall winters have been increasing in frequency.

Note: Winter 2023-24 is based on snowfall through March 19th. Should no additional snow be measured in NYC, Winter 2023-24 would rank 4th in terms of winter warmth and lack of seasonal snowfall.

Without doing any actual digging, it looks like snowfall is weighted more heavily than cold in the right column.

14 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

The January 2015 blizzard was also a fail IMBY but I did manage 2.7" out of that one but managed a decent winter overall.

We had almost 70" in both 13-14 and 14-15, which is right in line with your experience.  Then 2016 was more than just the one late January blizzard here.  Seems like it's the lame winters that cement your better averages, although this is about as small a sample size as one can conjur up.

1 hour ago, IrishRob17 said:

I have the opposite, the back yard has bare spots, front yard still covered, as of this morning anyway. Here's a snapshot of my stats, you can see what I meant by three out of the last four seasons

I didn't realize you got shafted that bad in 2016. That year really stands out 

25" or 26" of snow here is a lame (but not disastrous) winter.  Spinning low teens snowfall with almost no cold air into something somehow acceptable is irrational exuberance.

Low temperature here was 16.7⁰. Snow depth =6”

Some areas of blowing snow and minor drifting by east end fields this morning.

1 hour ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

That's the era that owns the longest stretch without a six inch storm right?  Only much warmer too.  Two words:  ugh.

 

It was the definition of ugh.  However, much colder than now.

3.0" snow here melted down to 0.24".  Ratio 12.5 : 1

1.17" liquid fell as snow here this week (9.4" total).

Season total 14.6"

A good solid early 1950's winter, except much warmer.

54 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Macungie, PA: 14.8”

Nice.  With todays 3", I have 14.6" for the season.

3.0" here on the snow boards.  Light snow continues, but we're probably into the compaction phase.

Snow depth on the front lawn is 7".  There's still nothing under the tall hemlocks in the back.

Haven't seen this view of the statue before:

https://www.earthcam.net/livedemos/

13 minutes ago, psv88 said:

It’s not our storm. Can’t get em all. 
 

Light snow and 31, not even a dusting though. 

32/24 here.  Watching that awesome band look for all the world like it wants nothing to do with the north shore.

It also looks to be about a mile south of weatherpruf.

A pondering question related to snow ratios:

If location A measures 12 inches of snow with 0.5" SWE and location B gets 6" with 1.0" SWE, who got more snow?

3 hours ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

Saturday is gonna  go full Gordon Barnes on us southern folk.  Just sayin...

Among my earlier childhood memories is listening for Gordon's forecasts.  I wish I could actually remember any of them, but I can still hear his voice.