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Yes, having lived here for only 1 year I can safely conclude that NW winds are not good for this area at all when it comes to sustaining decent snow intensities. .

There is definitely a weird dynamic in that sub-forum.. There are some really good posters over there - e.g. earthlight, tombo, tornadojay, am19psu, ALEX etc.. but there are some folks that seem to want to create a hostile atmosphere.. When I compare it to the New England forum dynamic, it is still night and day. The NE guys always seem so laid back and the banter works well over there, without disrupting the good analysis they also tend to come up with. It's nice to come over here and post outside of the huge "crowds" of people in the NYC forum... I am intrigued by this up coming event, sort of a snow lottery, where there is that outside chance that somebody could get a heavy accumulation, but regardless, it will be nice to see the flakes flying again tomorrow afternoon!!

Here is a post from Don Sutherland from the main forum that I thought I would share.

Latest NAM 12Z hammers the Catksills and central NY State.. Less for us lower Hudson Valley folk but still a nice hit.

Happy New Year to All!! Let's see if we can all crank up our snow totals and get in on some decent clippers, overrunning and swf events over these next few months

Forecasts definitely busted to high last night - I got down to 10 on my weather station, but KPOU airport had a low of 6.. I think i need to move my weather station to a better location, as it consistently reads a little too high.. Too many trees around it.

I just went outside and did some measurements - I averaged 17-18 inches of snow in most locations with drifts much higher. Looks like somebody from Hopewell Junction (2 miles down the road) reported 24 inches. Here are some obs from NWS Albany: NEW YORK...ALBANY COUNTY... RENSSELAERVILLE 12.0 530 AM 12/27 WNYT - DRIFTS TO 4 FEET LATHAM 11.0 750 AM 12/27 COHOES 10.8 700 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER ALTAMONT 9.0 528 AM 12/27 WEATHERNET6 ALBANY 9.0 657 AM 12/27 NWS OFFICE COLONIE 9.0 642 AM 12/27 WEATHERNET6 GUILDERLAND 9.0 600 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER SOUTH BERNE 7.5 542 AM 12/27 WEATHERNET6... COLUMBIA COUNTY... NORTH CHATHAM 20.3 802 AM 12/27 DRIFTS TO 4 FEET NORTH HILLSDALE 20.0 714 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER KINDERHOOK 19.0 700 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER TAGHKANIC 19.0 800 AM 12/27 WEATHERNET6 LIVINGSTON 16.5 712 AM 12/27 WEATHERNET6 CHATHAM CENTER 16.0 532 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER ANCRAMDALE 14.5 601 AM 12/27 WEATHERNET6 COPAKE 14.0 557 AM 12/27 WEATHERNET6 ...DUTCHESS COUNTY... PINE PLAINS 25.0 758 AM 12/27 WEATHERNET6 HOPEWELL JUNCTION 24.0 538 AM 12/27 WEATHERNET6 WINGDALE 15.0 714 AM 12/27 1 TREE DOWN RED HOOK 15.0 734 AM 12/27 DOVER PLAINS 15.0 809 AM 12/2

Snow continues here, given up trying to measure with this wind... I have 19 inches on my drive but I really don't believe that is the total, seems too much, but who knows...

I just measured in a few places and I am now at around 14.5", but who knows how accurate this is... i will try again in an hour or so, and see if I can get a better idea..

Yes, 2 hours worth, who knows what proportion of that 1 inch or so has already fallen though. I get the impression that the snow ratios are insane.

Don't know if you saw, but the RUC prints another inch + over the hudson valley from 0Z to 12Z http://www.meteo.psu...UCNE_0z/f12.gif

I continue to get crushed!!! Nearly 11 inches of snow here now. 3 inches in the last hour.

The band over me just won't move... If it stays this way, these totals are entirely believable.

I would say that I have had 2 inches over the last hour or so... Somewhere between 6 and 7 on the ground now, but it is impossible to know for sure due to the drifting and blowing snow. Some really intense snow coming down now.. Just epic.

Awesomeness!!! Thanks for sharing.

Seeing some impressive snow under this band... Closing on 5 inches here.

Here, between Hopewell Junction and Wappingers Falls, over the last 30 minutes, the snow has really started to increase in intensity, nice fat dendrites starting to show up, swirling in the wind... If this keeps up, then we could see some decent totals here.

Thanks for the insight!!! I am quietly hopeful that this will not disappoint once we get into the real show from 8-9pm onwards... I think POU could hit 18 if the bands set up.. Probably not as much as the snowicane in Feb, but i would take 18" of powder and drifting over 24" o heavy slop and power outages any day.

Game time!!! I have been tracking this thing for like 10 days and everything has finally come together - I am staying up for the overnight duration if banding sets up... This is looking to be an epic setup.

I am ready.. Bring it on.

I wait here for the usual slow NWS Albany to put me under Winter Storm Warning!!! I am like 10 miles from Upton's domain in Putnam, so I usually look at the Putnam area to get a feel for Upton's take.

Euro follows the GFS - close to 1" qpf for most of the HV... Let's hope it holds serve now tomorrow.. As each hour passes, our chances increase tremendously at this range.

R.E. GFS 0Z BUFKIT for KPOU

We NEED consensus from the Euro now... I won't feel comfortable until I see it.

Merry Christmas my fellow HV posters! I will of course be keeping a watchful eye on the all important 0Z model suite... What a soap opera, but here's to hoping for a nice christmas present from our foreign models!