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0.91” so far. Temp is 46.

I noticed a few last weekend. It hasn’t even been that warm lol.

I noticed this with the last event, it was slightly colder with more snow when I was in Commack. I finished with 1.2” which was actually less than what ISP got (2.0”), I normally track closely with ISP with snowfall. Also, I recall last winter when you went subzero while here and ISP bottomed out at +2°, I wonder if elevation/topography plays a role. Does the terminal moraine even rise high enough for a slight cold air damming affect?

I see, LI climo is quirky. I’m east of the Sagtikos and next to the LIE, neither south or north shore. ZR here still, though I’m now technically above freezing at 32.4, rainfall/snowmelt slowly beginning to accumulate in my PWS’s rain gauge.

Idk, it’s pretty close here, 29.3 to 31.8 in under 45 minutes. I’m not too far away from you.

Highlighting the lack of snowfall during met winter doesn’t take away from the fact that snow fell in November (met fall), nor the fact that it can snow in March (met spring). Even including November’s little storm this season is still far below normal for most of us. My seasonal total stands at 6.1”, with 70% of that coming from the November event (4.3”). 1.8” for DJF so far, not including today’s event.

When I first really started getting into weather/climate in the late 2000’s it was the impending solar minimum that was going to send the earth into the freezer, I’m still waiting.

I always forget about KWO35 being offline until I see my weather radio’s still illuminated. It’s been like 2 years.

33/29 and sleet in central LI.

32/26 here.

These pileup videos give me anxiety. For the life of me I can’t understand why they’d be driving that fast with such poor visibility + snow/ice.

My PWS is reporting a UV Index of 6 for the first time this year. I can feel it. Today’s sun angle is equivalent to Oct 27.

34.2 and slowly rising. Snow/sleet finally melting in my rain gauge. 0.25” so far.

32.4 now. 1.2 inches, final total, twice my snow total for met winter before today. Total now stands at 1.8 inches.

29/28 and moderate to heavy snow.

Temp creeping back up, now 28/26 with pure sleet.

25 and heavy snow in Selden (central LI).

26/24 with moderate snow. No accumulation worth measuring yet.

28/10 with very light snow beginning in central LI.

A cold west warms my heart.

School buses and snow days sound like a dream lol. I was taking the city bus and the E train to school in the 3rd grade. I think that’s partly why I hate winter so much, having to brave the elements for hours each day, and having the cold air trigger my asthma. Waiting for and squeezing onto crowded, wet, and slow MTA buses in the snow isn’t fun at all either. Driving (or a school bus) makes it all far more tolerable.

Why have more people/vehicles on the roads during major storms? There’s nothing “tough” about forcing people to be stranded, it’s nonsensical. Also, the 2000’s have trounced the 80’s and 90’s in terms of snowfall. My daily commute to/from school was 3 hours on a sunny day, if it was going to snow an appreciable amount I wasn’t going, snow day or not. One time I got home at 8-9PM when dismissal was at 2PM, 11 years old, no phone, no money, only a student metro card with sporadic bus service. Public schools didn’t see regular snow days until I was in high school, private schools always had regular snow days.

February still has 18 more days, anything can happen. We were way overdue for a quiet snowfall season, this decade has been out of control. Our 1991-2020 snowfall averages will look radically different than previous 30 year periods even if it doesn’t snow again until 2021.

For me, this is the least snowiest met winter I’ve experienced. Only 0.6” here, I’ve no conscious memory of 97-98 but even that winter had 0.7” by now at JFK (I’m from Jamaica, Queens).

Time’s ticking....