NorthShoreWx

I lived for several years in West Babylon after we got married and commuted to the North shore. Many disappointments in WB.

Almost moderate snow here, but it's a proper snowfall at this point. Temp is essentially unchanged over the past few hours, but has actually dropped a couple of tenths recently to 28.6 (dp 26). Edit 9:56pm Moderate snow now. Righteous.

Fingers crossed that we stay on the cold side of the the coastal front. All of the short range models have it making its way into the sound, but not to the CT coast. They wouldn't need to be off by more than a few miles to change our forecast significantly.

Up to 28.8/24 and snowing a little better plus radar is building nicely over the North shore. Could be one of those North shore specials, but on the other hand the short range models have been aceing it here this winter, even when they seem strange immediately prior to the event. In short, hope springs eternal. Side note, it's a nice change of pace (after a more seasonable January than recent years) that every flake of snow that has fallen today is still lying unmelted in the street.

February 1972, 6" to heavy rain that washed most of it away to 6" more on the backside in Syosset. I was a wee one at the time, but it must have been a range of emotions. Not ironically, I mostly remember the snowy parts...and great sledding the next day.

December 2000 we had about 30 minutes of light rain before flipping back to a half inch of bonus snow. Totalled just over 11". Closer to 15" all snow just a few miles west of us.

Everything is covered, but it's basically pixie dust falling.

We have a dusting from earlier. Waiting for more. Still 28/22

Up to 28⁰ as of 5:30pm (max for the day). DP 21 N. Smithtown

Probably earthquake and a flood too. Thanks for the heads up. Get it sold before brush fire season.

NWS Local point and clock has a little bit of snow: Ground Hog Day Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. East wind around 7 mph. Tonight Snow, mixing with rain after 10pm, then gradually ending. Steady temperature around 34. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Ground Hog Day Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. East wind around 7 mph. Sunday Night Snow, mixing with rain after 10pm, then gradually ending. Steady temperature around 34. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Ground Hog Day Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. East wind around 7 mph.

Here was Tuesday morning's squall on Route 28 near Phoenicia, NY: https://photos.app.goo.gl/eBJrGqRtnRPunUAN6

I'd have to check my records, but I think we were over 20" for a week.

Snow depth peaked about 26" 15" fell in that storm on top of consolidated 12" pack.

Side note; not shown on these maps, but has anyone noticed how warm the winter has been in eastern Europe (i.e., Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)? NYC has mostly been colder than Moscow lately.

Interesting disparity between the surface and 850 anomalies. The biggest warm anomalies are showing east of Hudson Bay with some bleed down as far as Maine.

Open lakes definitely add warmth to the air flowing over them, but when cold air is advecting into this region from the west or southwest, the lakes have little to do with warming here. Hudson Bay was a bigger deal for a bit, but it's closed up now. I'd be more impressed with the lake argument if I saw a reasonable study of how, when, and how much modification we see down here. It would not be a simple study...wind speed, humidity, wind direction with height, heat transfers related to lake effect formation (evaporation - endothermic and deposition - exothermic), and probably tons of things that I would have no clue about I'm sure the effect is non-zero, but how significant is it under different conditions?

Full sun areas here, like school grounds, have good snow cover. Cover is thinner near trees...kinda the opposite of usual.

14" here too. That's the one of of the few major storms where I'm pretty sure we were in the jackpot.

Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 113 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011 CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ069>075-078>081-176>179-270730- BRONX-EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN UNION-HUDSON-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-NORTHEAST SUFFOLK-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NASSAU-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.)-ROCKLAND-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK-WESTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- 113 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT BERGEN...BRONX...ESSEX...FAIRFIELD... HUDSON...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...MIDDLESEX...NASSAU...NEW HAVEN...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...PASSAIC...QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)... ROCKLAND...SUFFOLK...UNION...WESTCHESTER AND WESTERN NEW LONDON COUNTIES... AT 1257 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A WIDE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. SNOWFALL RATES WITHIN THIS BAND ARE BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...BUT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 4 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST PORTIONS OF THE BAND IN NASSAU...WESTERN SUFFOLK...NEW HAVEN AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW....AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

January 27, 2011 (14 years ago)

It's about the same from here, but that is correct for NYC.

66-67 was a great winter, but lots of thaws, some with cutters. 75" seasonal snowfall at OKX would have made people here happy, but the way it got there might have driven some over the edge. My earliest memory of snow (or just about anything) is from that winter.

Your memory is failing you. It occurred during a work day during a LIRR strike with no train service. The traffic chaos on LI was epic. There might not have been any school closings because the snow started around 9am. The afternoon change to rain east of about Rt 135 did little to help.