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Nomad/Flatiron about to get lit up. Booming thunder with lightning.

Aw man I’ve forgotten what it’s like to watch storms fall apart as they approach Boston.

Still on the Colonnade roof. Turned out to be a great afternoon. Occasional clouds are welcome since I don’t have sunscreen. Widowmaker Blue Comet in hand. 

Greatings from Back Bay. Hanging on the rooftop of the Colonnade Hotel under the overcast. Not looking like a great pool day.

Hail on the UWS!

Saw the Mish news today. So sad. Always loved her through the 00’s and my days in Boston. RIP.

ok, that 1.6" at KNYC is ridiculous.  I was eyeballing a solid 3" + on surfaces around UWS/Riverside Park between 12 and 1.

51 minutes ago, LoboLeader1 said:

Given how well-treated road & sidewalk surfaces are here, any accumulation would be minor.

It's like walking in a salt desert here on the UWS. A dusty haze clouds the sun and leaves your lips salty.

8 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Yes. I run snow removal for a famous college on the uws and have been outside in and among every storm for the last decade. This was a 10” storm. I think it’s more of a psychological issue that the park didn’t record double digits. But as far as impact (drifts, road conditions and lasting power) this storm is pretty much a mirror image of 1/15. 

I walked around the quad of a very famous college on the West side late this afternoon - and if those nearly dry, spotless sidewalks are your handiwork, then a tip of the hat to you, good sir...

I also walked in some fresh powder in sheltered areas of Riverside... and I'm more open to the idea that it could have been 9-10"

9 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Yes. I run snow removal for a famous college on the uws and have been outside in and among every storm for the last decade. This was a 10” storm. I think it’s more of a psychological issue that the park didn’t record double digits. But as far as impact (drifts, road conditions and lasting power) this storm is pretty much a mirror image of 1/15. 

Appreciate the ground truth, but I'd counter by saying that in about 2 hours of walking in Riverside and Central Park I never felt the snow was threatening to top my 8" bean boots. Maybe there was enough compaction... I agree on the impact - it's a colder, denser snow... I think the LE is what always drives that (memories of the 2007 storms in Boston that formed immovable glaciers).

8 hours ago, Nibor said:

The snow that fell here never developed into good dendrites. I think our area if you looked at the DGZ was just outside of the best dynamics.

Exactly. I'm dumbfounded by people who are not in and around Manhattan gaslighting and saying it had to be 10" or more. It is powder, but a silky, denser powder. The kind you slip and slide on, nut crunching underneath foot. Is there anyone in Manhattan who can provide ground truth that there was more?

14 minutes ago, dmillz25 said:

I’m not but I just think it’s a bit too low. 0.87” LE with those ratios should be about 10” of snow

Yeah, but we never had good dendrites. Never good snow growth. Never had heavy snow. It’s that very silky, dense powder, so I think 10:1 won the day. 

25 minutes ago, dmillz25 said:

Nope it was definitely 10” plus. Finished with 12” here in Brooklyn 

So, were you in Manhattan to measure?

I’m not trying to be argumentative, but there was a clear and well forecasted tight gradient from the city out to Long Island. 

1 minute ago, hooralph said:

Disagree. I walked all over the park and it was a 8-9” storm.

That was my estimate based on walking in it for 90 minutes before I even saw the official measurement a little while ago.

Just now, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

It was more like 10.3 in NYC in the park but as usual the NWS dropped the ball and decided to just throw out a bogus low number just so it would look like they actually measured. It happens all the time and people just accept it as gospel. 

Disagree. I walked all over the park and it was a 8-9” storm.

What a storm. Wish I were there. 8.3” here in NYC in the park. No complaints.

Picture time

Cab at the bottom of this hill was stuck

Just did a glorious 3 mile Jebwalk through Central Park. Probably approaching 8" on the ground. Go out and appreciate whatever snow you got.

From about 9 AM. Riverside Park

Looking across the Hudson. Henry Hudson moving fine

nice wind tunnel 

Just in from a Jebwalk. Probably 5-6” of champagne powder OTG in Riverside Park. Est .5 visibility. Pics shortly

I just put my contacts in and visibility is better than I thought 

Better bands are stopping at the east river.

C’mon… c’mon… come to daddy…

animation was too big to post, but better returns are just backing into Manhattan now.

Morning from the UWS. As well modeled, the better band backs up to queens and stops. Nevertheless, still appears to be about 1/2m vis in small flakes. Looks lovely out

43 minutes ago, North and West said:

This entire thread should be speed read from the beginning to the Yakety Sax theme.


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No.. Benny Hill music.