NorthShoreWx

I was honestly expecting nothing.

Light snow flurries in Smithtown. 38.

Edward Lorenz is fluttering in his grave.

First flurries of the new year here this afternoon.

The only news stories I believe are the ones that tell me the other side is pure evil.

December 25 - 26, 1976 snow totals. In addition to the Christmas night fun, this was significant because for most locations it established a snow cover that persisted well into February:: Patchogue 2 N 7.0 Syosset 5.8 Mineola 5.0 Holbrook 5.0 Islip LI Macarthur AP 4.0 Riverhead Research Farm 4.0 Setauket Strong 4.0 New York JFK Intl AP 3.9 Greenport 3.5 New York La Guardia AP 3.2 NY City Central Park 3.1 Bridgehampton 0.1 Montauk 0.1 Bensonhurst 3.0 Westerleigh (SI) 5.2 Dobbs Ferry 4.6 Scarsdale 5.0 Yorktown Heights 5.0 West Point 3.5 Poughkeepsie 2.7 Walden 4.0 Gardnerville 4.0 Port Jervis 4.0 Bridgeport 5.0 Danbury 5.0 Woodbury, CT 4.0 Stamford (5N) 5.0 Groton 3.5 Middletown, CT 4.0 Newark 4.6 Canistear Reservoir (NJ) 3.5 Charlotteburg Reservoir (NJ) 3.3 Oak Ridge Reservoir 4.0 Sussex 4.0 Cranford, NJ 4.8 Freehold Marlboro 5.0 New Brunswick 6.5 Plainfield 6.0 Boston 2.6 Taunton 1.0 Providence 1.0 Philadelphia 1.7 Baltimore (BWI) Trace Syosset, NY 8AM 12/26/1976: And yes, that pine tree is flipping you the bird

Must have been a wind off the water. High temp here today was 34. AM low was 23. Current is 29. rest of this week: 12/16 32 37 12/17 31 34 12/18 22 42 12/19 16 26 12/20 20 33 12/21 23 34 (through 5:45PM)

Christmas night 1976 was quite a treat for a snow loving kid.

February 1961 was 17.4" at Central Park. Perhaps you meant February 1969?

Snowfall records from Syosset 1/1/76 - 12/31/78.

Got it. I don't have anything for Oceanside, but 1/25/77 looks like a candidate. Mineola jackpot might be a clue (last column is snowfall): Bridgehampton 1977 1 25 0.27 0.5 Greenport 1977 1 25 0.2 0.6 Islip LI Macarthur AP 1977 1 25 0.09 0.5 Mineola 1977 1 25 0.1 2.6 New York JFK Intl AP 1977 1 25 0.1 1.1 New York La Guardia AP 1977 1 25 0.11 1.3 NY City Central Park 1977 1 25 0.03 0.3 Patchogue 2 N 1977 1 25 0.18 2.0 Riverhead Rsrch Farm 1977 1 25 0.14 1.5 Setauket Strong 1977 1 25 0.12 1.0 Syosset 1977 1 25 0.8

1/28/77. The windblown snow was packed rock hard. It was like cars and homes getting buried in an avalanche: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_of_1977

It wasn't 1/28/77. That was the arctic front and wave that caused a real emergency and buried Buffalo (only about 4" of synoptic snow, no lake effect to speak of off the frozen lake, but 75 mph wind gusts from the WSW blew massive amounts of snow sitting on the Lake Erie ice pack miles inland creating enormous drifts and taking quite a toll. In NYC / LI with morning temperatures well down in the teens and forecasts of a few inches of snow and near blizzard conditions accompanying the arctic front, it was quite a disappointment to snow lovers. Temps spiked to 44 ahead of the front and light rain in the evening ended as a coating of snow as temps fell back to 13 by midnight.

There I was feeling proud of myself for thinking on Monday morning that there was a lot of potential for this evening's squalls, but I see you beat me by 12 hours. I completely agree that they were well modeled for days. One look at the soundings rather than the placement on a simulated radar highlighted the potential.

Maybe 10 miles from you (maybe) and we had 0.5" on 12/24/13. It's hard to be in the bullseye for those "big" little mesoscale events. </end oxymoron>

Agree with the other LI locals. This was nice but didn't hold a candle to the one last January 30:

The warning is primarily for travel. These are the typical conditions where you wonder how 50+ cars managed to pile up in a half inch of snow. It only takes a few moments.

This has been showing up consistently for a few days with steep lapse rates progged for this afternoon/evening. PW isn't great, but these may make it to the coast. SNOW SQUALL WARNING NWS BINGHAMTON NY 1239 PM EST WED DEC 18 2019 NYC105-PAC069-115-127-181812- /O.CON.KBGM.SQ.W.0018.000000T0000Z-191218T1800Z/ 1239 PM EST WED DEC 18 2019 Sullivan County NY-Lackawanna County PA-Susquehanna County PA-Wayne County PA- ...A SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN...SOUTHEASTERN SUSQUEHANNA...NORTHEASTERN LACKAWANNA AND CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES... At 1239 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line extending from near Roscoe to near Pleasant Mount to Lenoxville, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Extremely poor visibility in heavy snow and blowing snow. Wind gusts up to 30 mph. SOURCE...Radar and webcams. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. This includes the following highway exits... Interstate 86/Route 17 between 94 and 101. Pennsylvania Interstate 81 between 201 and 206. Locations impacted include... Rockland, Carbondale, Archbald, Honesdale, Liberty, Bethel, Damascus, Neversink, Callicoon and Clifford. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Reduce your speed and turn on headlights! During snow squalls, the visibility may suddenly drop to near zero in whiteout conditions. Wet roadways will quickly freeze. Black ice will cause roads, bridges and overpasses to become slick and dangerous. Slow down and be prepared for sudden loss of traction. LAT...LON 4170 7479 4152 7556 4161 7574 4164 7572 4164 7580 4166 7582 4175 7537 4196 7492 4185 7458 4170 7479

Down to 32.3 here with light rain. Max this afternoon was 34.1 at 1:21 pm, min was 31.1 at 4:01 am (and earlier). The glaze over a coating of sleet and a little bit of snow last night was not an issue. A little colder and/or not so warm over the preceding weekend and this would have been quite an ice-storm. I hear it was so just a little bit inland. As for hours of freezing rain last night mostly running off, we just didn't get past that equilibrium point for more efficient ice accretion. Between temps near 60 over the weekend and latent heat release from the rain that did freeze, we were right on that edge and surfaces just didn't cool enough. Still I'm impressed at how well the low level cold held in place near the coast.

31 with freezing rain here. There is definitely glaze on the trees but not a lot so far. I think more water is running off than freezing. The temperature continues to drop very slowly; it's as low as it's been right now.

Still a mix here, but mostly sleet again. CC radar view is showing the mix line fairly well tonight: https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/index.php?type=OKX-N0C-1-12

Eastern half of LI is snow:

32 snow/sleet mix. Mostly snow.

Snow/sleet mix. More sleet than snow. 34

35 (34.7) and bone dry on the north shore