NorthShoreWx

I'm sure there were multiple factors. There must have been some other source of convergence other than the usual frictional convergence on the north shore. But the sound may have helped. dT around 14 or 15° C is more than enough for some enhancement.

I'd have wanted better for being on the windward side. It was primarily a south of 495 enhancement.

Well worth the price of admission!

Jinkies, temp is down to 12° here. Visibility is about a half mile in snow and blowing snow, but lower in the stronger wind gusts.

Just measure on the deck and report it to the NWS.

Lucky you. Spent over an hour doing basically nothing here. Except for the wind which was howling to feed into the surrounding bands.

Southampton has been getting obliterated. Then again, a lot of places have. But here:

Except for the wind really cranking, that subsidence was kinda boring. Back into good rates now Depth on the snow stake hasn't increased since about 9:30, despite having a couple of hours of approx. 2" rates during that time. Safe to say we have at least the 13" on the stake and probably a good bit more. I was happy with my 9am obs, but since then measuring this one is a royal mess. No idea how to get an accurate number now. The stake is near my boards on flat ground in the most open spot I have. My neighbor has more of a hill in front of his house and the "waves" on his lawn look a little like swells on the ocean. My lawn has more uniform snow depth, but clearly a lot of that snow is going somewhere else.

Excellent timing

Like 14 or 15 hours during the Blizzard of 1978:

Two more videos from Smithtown @ approx 10:37am

Nearly 13" here so far. S+, 17° Some video:

I measured snowfall at 9am (three boards) and averaged out 11.4". Placement of the boards must have been pretty good because there was only about an inch difference between the high and low measurement. It's been pounding pretty good since then and looking out the window, we're past 12" on the snow stake. 10am temperature is 17° Snowflakes have been smallish. I doubt ratios are much better than 10:1, but will have to figure that out later. Smithtown, NY 40.88, -73.21

Alright, I went out for one more observation before bed. 3.5" as of 1AM (1.1" in the past hour). 28° , moderate snow / blowing snow 3.5" storm total Smithtown. NY

This live webcam reminds me of driving at night in a snowstorm. The kind when you get home and close your eyes and still see snow in the headlights for about an hour:

Smithtown, NY Midnight (12am 1/29) 28°, moderate snow, Viz ~ 3/8 mile, Can hear the wind gusts through the trees from inside. 2.4" storm total. Averaging from 3 boards. Liking what I am seeing on radar and out the window...this has been more fun since I stopped looking at models. I'm thinking it even looks kind of promising for the HV, especially east of the river but possibly west too...unless that is going to get eroded by dry air. Gonna turn in soon and get a few hours (if I can sleep).

Smithtown, NY 11:30PM 29, moderate snow About 1.5" down Getting windy. Occasionally gusting to around 25 mph.

Feels like I've read this before: HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NCEP...NWS...WASHINGTON DC 2:27 PM EST FRI MAR 02 2001...PRELIMINARY VERSION. ... WE NOW HAVE HIGHER CERTAINTY THAT THERE WILL INDEED BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MAJOR STORM ALONG THE EAST COAST...MAYBE EVEN A BLIZZARD...IN THE DAY 2-3 PERIOD. THE VERY STRONG BLOCK NW OVER THE SOUTHERN DAVIS STRAIT WILL DRIFT WESTWARD AND WEAKEN SLOWLY OVER THE NEXT DAYS...BUT CONTROL THE WEATHER OVER NOAM THE ENTIRE TIME. CONCERNING THE EAST COAST CYCLOGENESIS...MODELS ARE GROUPED INTO THREE SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT. THE ECMWF HAS NOW JOINED THE AVN/MRF NOGAPS IN FORECASTING STRONG CYCLOGENESIS EAST OF CAP HATTERAS IN THE 60-72 HOUR PERIOD...POSSIBLY EVEN A SNOWSTORM OF HISTORICAL PROPORTIONS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

Steady very light snow for hours here. 30° Dusting on some of the evergreens, base of the trees, etc, but not on most of the ground. Must be that March sun.

Pixie dust here with variable skycover from bright sunshine through overcast.

but its soooo beautiful...

I do too. He's been offline 24 hours, which normally isn't a long time. Hope he and family are ok and we are just being noodges.

12:1 would be a coup. I'd take that and run like a thief.

Lost my dad 4 years ago. He was a lot older and able to tell stories from the winter of 1934 through Hurricane Donna in 1960. He wasn't really a wx weenie, but had some cool memories that fascinated me as a kid.

On a slightly different topic, is any of the precip showing on the radar now hitting the ground? It looks fairly impressive, but I can't find any surface confirmation from ASOS sites or mping.