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  1. NorthShoreWx
    Maybe he broke it over one of those warminista groundhogs.
  2. NorthShoreWx
    25 year average here is 39". I think Upton is similar.
  3. NorthShoreWx
    February 2015 around here. We were building snow pack from January into the second week of March. Pretty much every snowfall that winter fell onto previously existing snowpack. 20" snowpack of mostly old snow a week into March isn't typical around here. /understatement
  4. NorthShoreWx
    1.6" new here since last evening. This storm is the Energizer Bunny; snow intensity is increasing again. 16.5" total since Sunday. 13" at the stake. Smithtown, LI
  5. NorthShoreWx
    Been snowing continuously here since 5pm yesterday. Mostly very light with an occasional burst.
  6. NorthShoreWx
    Snow showers in the area seem to be expanding coverage and consolidating. Could get interesting for the overnight if this continues, but sometimes they fizzle just as fast as they flared.
  7. NorthShoreWx
    0.9" more this evening, so 15.8" since the storm began Sunday night.
  8. NorthShoreWx
    That or some swfe was probably the last time.
  9. NorthShoreWx
    About a half inch so far from the current snow shower. 30F (Smithtown) I was out and about and the roads are snow covered and slippery. I was suprised how eager the anti-lock brakes were to engage and I was babying them. Lesson is...the ground was frozen before; 12 hours at 33 or 34 isn't going to keep things liquid on the roads once the sun goes down.
  10. NorthShoreWx
    It reminds me of when I was a slightly younger adult reading Walt's AFDs. Good times!
  11. NorthShoreWx
    It's "interpolated" data and only uses official NWS measurements. So all of western Suffolk County is represented by ISP which reported 11" and central Suffolk is represented by Upton which reported 14".
  12. NorthShoreWx
    Did I do this correctly?
  13. NorthShoreWx
    14.9" storm total in Smithtown. May or may not be some additional bonus snows on Wednesday. This was a storm when we might have recorded close to 20" by wiping a board every 6 hours. I wiped at midnight Sunday and at midnight Monday. Total as of 7:30 PM was 14.6". An additional 1.7" of snow and sleet accumulated on cleared surfaces between 7:30PM and midnight but the depth on the snowboard only increased by 0.3" and I recorded the 14.9" total. Since this was a long duration storm, wiping once per 24 hours was appropriate rather than waiting to the end. I use midnight for snow totals; most Cocorahs types use around 9AM but it can vary. Of course I measure more frequently than once per day...hopefully no Central Park-type measurement hijinx here. I know a lot of people still wipe the board (or picnic table or deck) more frequently. I am not philosophically opposed to wiping the snow board more frequently, but I am doing it the way we are currently supposed to. I do believe that it would be more appropriate to wipe the board at a phase change, which is also not currently part of the protocol. So if someone wants to say we got 16", I won't argue it, but 15" goes in the books (plus any bonus...). Splits were 1.3" on January 31 and 13.6" on February 1. Temperature went above freezing in the past 30 minutes (~1am 2/2). Currently 32 with the barest hint of drizzle. Freezing drizzle and very light IP occured before that.
  14. NorthShoreWx
    Looks like this might be the last band off the ocean for a bit, but it's been snowing nicely for the past half hour. Next up is probably freezing drizzle or plain old drizzle for a while overnight. Hopefully a little pack freshener after that. Temp up to 31.4 at 10:35 pm with S-
  15. NorthShoreWx
    Smithtown, NY 14.6" storm total snowfall as of 7:30PM. Snow mixed with sleet shortly after 6pm. Was mostly light sleet for a while, then went back to mostly snow when it got heavier and so forth. All snow at the moment. At 8:15pm: 30.9 S- 15" on the stake.
  16. NorthShoreWx
    Probably a combination of UHI and much of LI being farther north than Central Park. Also sometimes with a cold high to the N or NE and the right wind direction, we might benefit from some colder air draining down the CT River valley. Basically cold air damming. If the mid level warming from the SE was more robust, or the boundary winds were more easterly, NYC would likely have been a few degrees colder than LI. Could still trend that way
  17. NorthShoreWx
    They had to get rid of the reliance on Flash. It looks like they tried to add a lot of features. Not the first project to be totally ruined by gold plating it Project Management 101 fail!
  18. NorthShoreWx
    0z NAM had us going above freezing (33) by 5pm. Instead we've fallen a degree back to 29 over the past 30 minutes. Not sure what that means, except that the snow won't be too heavy to shovel yet...and I'm heading out now with shovel in hand. 29, light to moderate snow. Wind is strong gusting much more frequently than before. It's a technicality, but I think not doing a blizzard warning was actually the right call. The wording is somewhat subjective, but allows for a warning if there are frequent gusts over 35mph. They weren't especially frequent before. They are now, but the viz is up a bit. Can't speak for the entire island, but that's how I'm seeing it. Edit, Smithtown, NY (2N Smithtown)
  19. NorthShoreWx
    I'm a couple of miles northwest of there, but a good friend literally lives right behind Nicks on Marlan. Ironically, this is the friend who is always pinging me for snowfall forecasts.
  20. NorthShoreWx
    What is the nearest landmark to your sister's house? Don't name a block...just the rough neighborhood.
  21. NorthShoreWx
    4:19PM, Smithtown, NY
  22. NorthShoreWx
    Sleet is indeed included in snow totals, but it isn't snow. Graupel on the other hand is snowflakes with a coating of rime.. Anyhow, the main point was that nothing has fallen here to indicate any above freezing air anywhere in the column overhead. S+ again here in Smithtown. I have no complaints about this one!
  23. NorthShoreWx
    Not here either. I did see some graupel bouncing off my sleeve briefly earlier this afternoon, but nothing that isn't a form of snow. Viz flirting with 1/4 mile again here now. I'd call it moderate snow, but it's close.
  24. NorthShoreWx
    That pivot on radar is a thing of beauty. I can see it, but I can't touch it; yet its still pretty to look at. 3:30PM: That being said, we just keep firing up more light to moderate to briefly heavy snow here. Temp is up to 30.3 Snow stake has edged past 13" (Smithtown, NY) I was looking at 18z NAM soundings right over my head (40.88, 73.21). Despite precip type maps showing in green overnight (rain), the only place that gets over freezing is right at the surface ... and just barely. We are currently 2 degrees (F) colder than modeled. I can see some drizzle or snizzle being the main p-type for a few hours. All levels cool to freezing around sunrise and after that the 18z NAM keeps light snow going until almost July. We may yet wind up with a very impressive total. But that crazy band that has pivoted away from us sure is pretty.
  25. NorthShoreWx
    Still S+ here. Radar looks like it is trying really hard to dryslot and at the same time trying really hard not to and it seems we are about to step it up another notch. Lots of potential being right on the edge. So far we keep pulling the lever and coming up all cherries. On a roll. 1:30 temp 29.1. We've gone past 12" on the snow stake. Official total measured on the snowboards was 11.6" at 1:00pm.
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