NorthShoreWx

In 93-94 I lived in Babylon and was commuting to Port Washington. It was frustrating seeing the difference every day. My oldest was born that January and on the day we brought him home from the hospital, there was 3" of snow in Manhasset and it rained at home. February made up for it a little, but so much sleet. 95-96 was my first winter here and I've never looked back, although haven't come within 2 feet of that winter's 95"

So is this an Ohio Valley storm yet?

Barely 5 o'clock and pickled already

Not sure why that always comes up for February 2014. It was great here (2/13-14/2014). I think that was a storm where the south shore didn't fare as well, but a huge dump of snow here ~15" followed by a little freezing rain.

I could settle for a slop fest on this one if it leaves us with a frozen covering, but that might be too much to ask for. Would prefer some kind of snowcover/base while waiting for the next potential heart breaker.

Depends on the species, but a good snowpack actually keeps the ground warmer ... Plus what Justin said.

Sub zero without snow cover bad for plumbing, good for slowing the spread of invasive species.

This. Less downsloping and when the lakes are wide open, less influence from them.

Definitely overblown. I usually think about great lakes temperatures as impacting snow belt areas, but it mattered here. A friend in Tupper Lake told me they were -17 this am and barely got to 0 today. Not record cold, but definitely less modified there. 12 here now.

Let's ask the magic 8 ball

Nice. I've got Maine and Vermont left (19 peaks)

Have you done the 3500?

Might be true, but don't know how you'd know that from living in the city.

Truckers view of last weeks storm in Virginia. Actually kind of fun to watch:

Nice coating in Southampton:

Nice. Very nice.. Watched the eastern edge of this slide about a hundred meters to my west. We got a non-measureable coating in the street, but not as much as to the west and south. Even if it was a half inch, this type of snow will blow away and evaporate by morning. I see psv88 replying. I bet he had a nice little squall in Commack.

NW Suffolk looking good on radar, but I may be a little too far east for this one. It looks like its trying to develop towards here, but can't tell. Wouldn't be the first near miss. Still flurrying and been stuck at 25 all evening. I imagine it will drop quickly behind the squalls.

Started flurrying here. I noticed a dusting on Southampton webcam from the cell out that way.

.65 here and similar from other stations in this area.

Gunga galunga

Roughly 60-40 cover. Patchy is a good word, but it still looks like winter. Overnight max was 40 at 2am, so there was more melting after going to bed.

NJ too. OMG they're terrible on the Thruway. There was an old saying that all of the worst drivers in NYS have yellow plates. I agree that the left lane crap is an epidemic. That needs to get ticketed more often.

Still full cover here except under the hemlocks out back where its always thin. There's still time. More rain to come and it usually warms a few degrees before the fropa. Still 38°

38° Light rain Yum High 42° 1:30pm, Low 15° @ 2:30am

Got down to 15 here, up to 17 about an hour ago and back to 15.9 now. I know it's gonna go up fast when the wind kicks up. I don't use the south shore temps to gage what going to happen when the wind kicks up; I look at the temperature in Manhattan and the 100 meter temperature on the tower at BNL. It's 30° in Manhattan. On the tower, the current temperature at ground level (2 meters) is 14° and the 50 meter temperature is 28°. For some reason the 100 meter sensor has been out a while; it's generally warmer than at 50 meters with an inversion. So, a breeze mixing things up will get us close to 30°, but it'll take WAA to get us warmer than that. With temps in the mid-teens for many hours, some surfaces may ice if the precip comes in early enough even if the air temperature is already above freezing. Think of those red brick steps outside your front door, if you have them.