NorthShoreWx

Light snow began in Smithtown at 7:50am. 34/31

February 1978 looped! That's still my benchmark storm (no pun intended). I wouldn't mind experiencing that one again.

I think it started out near freezing early that Sunday morning. At some point it dropped into the 20s. Some of the old newspaper photos from western LI show insane drifting. Woke up to about 5" of fresh powdery snow this morning near Jackson, NH. About to head for the LI ferry; we're catching both storms

Some of us might. My mom had a few standard admonitions.

Very sorry JM.

No rain or freezing rain during the February 1978 blizzard (except possibly right near Montauk for a bit, but I'm not sure). You might be thinking of the big January near blizzard that year which ended as a mix. Temperatures prior to the Feb 6 storm were very cold (near 0 on LI the morning of the 5th) and well below freezing except for a couple of hours late on the 6th from ISP south and east as they got involved with a coastal front and the temp rose to around freezing. We had snow up to my keester but my most vivid memory is the wind; it was insane.

The bambino will sleep through the night because you'll be up anyway. Murphy's law.

Only need gusts to at least 35 for 3 consecutive hours. There's a visibility parameter as well. That's why there can be blizzard conditions without a cloud in the sky.

That would be a disappointment out here.

Nah, we like Lee.

But that's very valuable

Perspective; affects of this storm won't start to show up in the far reaches of the short range models until tomorrow...and many like to say how worthless they are at that range. So having canceled and/or uncanceled this storm multiple times in the past 24 hours is head-scratching stuff.

42/23 today in Smithtown. 29 now

If I had a dime for every time I've seen language like that posted in this forum over the years...

Imagine doing it without a ruler.

30 in Smithtown too. Way too warm for snow to accumulate

I think the snow will have trouble accumulating on the old snow pack, especially since temperatures are now falling back towards freezing. The new snow will rapidly melt the old snow. /social commentary

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEg9tVQPsEN/?igsh=MTdja3R1MG9xNWRiZQ==

They might. The sea effect there has been over the top. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/winter-grips-japan/

Nah, it's fake snow. Easy to move.

The good news, is that it snows outside of the rectangles. It's not gonna happen anyway because this thread was unlocked.

Snowman19 is using his limited posts to flood Anthony's zone with alternative facts.

Syosset, NY, 2/12/1983: Bronx, NY (Riverdale) 2/12/1983: More: https://www.northshorewx.com/19830211.html

In the unlikely event that this pans out we should seriously consider making a habit out of locking storm potential threads.

The March 2019 snowfalls were during a cold spell...mostly 30s