DeltaT13

1 minute ago, tombo82685 said:

That bgm band better slacken up. I’m driving right into that in 1.5 hrs 

You can’t say things like that on a weather forum!  Geeez. 

13 minutes ago, tim123 said:

Where's delta? Looks like he is goin to get into heavy snow again. 

I was up late and slept in a bit. It’s a winter wonderland!  This is really pretty amazing. If you asked me yesterday at this time how much snow I’d have today at this time I would have told you a dusting to a half inch, if that.  From my window, I’m estimating just under 8 inches on the ground and snowing moderately right now!  This is truly an impressive surprise event. 

28 minutes ago, tim123 said:

Take measurements out Nd about?

I didn’t stop and measure but I can tell you I saw(eyeballed) some incredible differences. Just 2 miles south of me probably had a quarter inch of snow. Then further south a good 3-4”, rinse and repeat as I drove around.  Visibility dropped to probably 50 feet at times in the good stuff

 Someone might get close to 6 on the west side. I didn’t pick up much more since I last measured. Maybe a half inch. I cleared the board 10 mins ago. We’ll see what I get overnight. 

Jackpot!  Wow 3”/hr easy if not more. 

I’m down here just south of the thruway and it’s pounding good!  Heading up towards Churchville next to grab that next strong cell

Seeing as how fleeting this moment will likely be I’m heading out to cut across this band for a little awhile. I’ll report if I see anything good!  

2 minutes ago, tim123 said:

How far are you from airport delta?

1.8 miles due west from main terminal

52 minutes ago, rochesterdave said:

Heard Spencerport already has 2”. I bet Delta and the airport have 1”+. It’s really coming down now. 

Just took measurements after taking a little cruise around town. Definitely the most snow of the year. Some roads were very snow covered.   I’ve got a solid 3 inches of pretty high ratio stuff on the snowboard.  My snow depth measuring point is showing 4 on the ground. It was holding maybe half inch starting the day and probably had some drifting too. Major over-performer IMBY.  Someone was posting models a few days back showing a narrow south shore special (but mostly in Wayne county)

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16 minutes ago, Flying MXZ said:

I actually mowed a little area on Monday.  Fixed the mower and one area that was too wet to mow last time was dried up and bugging me.  The area was still snow (dusting) covered, but grass was cut!

 

Snow flurries currently!

I've had the mower out a few times in December this year to clean up some shaggy grass and rogue leaves.  The lawns are pretty lush right now and the golf courses I've been playing on are in phenomenal shape all things considered.  I imagine I'll get in some January rounds at this rate.  February is our only consistent wintry month over the last decade, so I still have hope we'll get some winter, just a smaller dose than we had hoped.  

Our winter kickball league starts next week and we don't play unless the ground is frozen or there is at least 1 inch of snow, so that looks to be in serious jeopardy.  The league threatens to cancel it altogether every year because we have had to cancel so many games, then last year we would would have 6 consecutive weeks where we could have played but of course it was canceled because of Covid, bahhhh   Can't win!

14 minutes ago, tombo82685 said:

I would take that 18z gfs run for day after Christmas. That would surely send @TugHillMattinto lake Oneida. Im Pounding fatties up here will he’s throwing a temper tantrum in puddles 

Do the women know you talk about them like that?

34 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said:

Last year started Christmas Eve. Had 30” from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. 
 

 

I'm going to be nitpicky, I think you got at least half of that on the day after Christmas.  The day I did the monster 10 hour chase!  One of the best weather days I've had around here in many years.

49 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said:

We're about to get every indice going our way into new year. If it doesn't snow something is wrong. Not posted but EPO goes negative too.

All three indices moving in the right direction at the same time with the AO diving towards ridiculous territory. Certainly looks encouraging. 

We’ve pretty much fully changed with maybe an hour of synoptic left. I see some minor lake effect on the far west end so that might give us a little boost. 

Well it’s changing over to snow and tonight’s the night we drive around and look at Christmas lights. Should work out nicely for a little while.  The wife has a tumbler of wine so she’ll be alright regardless, haha. 

So are we going to get 7 mins of snow before it shuts off?   Kind of looks like that on radar. I’ll take it. Lol. 

1 hour ago, WaistDeepSnow said:

How about 20 degrees and rain?  More exciting than regular rain, still.

I’ll take freezing rain (in moderation) over this useless shit any day of the week. At least it’s interesting and cool to look at  

32.4f with heavy rain and sleet.   Crazy to miss a solid event by some decimal dust. 

3 minutes ago, vortmax said:

All fluffy here in Ontario. 

You’re only minutes away from the changeover. Soak up those last few flakes while you can. I took mine for granted, haha. 

Switched to rain here. Blarg 

10 minutes ago, rochesterdave said:

R/S line is holding a bit firmer than I expected. Here comes my inch! 

NWS says we’ll change around 4pm. Seems like they are off by a solid 4 hours. That line is cruising steadily and further north, west of us  
 

The one thing we have going for us with this storm is that it hits on just about the shortest day of the year in regards to daylight and sun angle.  We need everything we can get because the timing of this storm is about as bad as it gets in regards to the diurnal cycle.  Should definitely help with surface accumulations.

40 minutes ago, vortmax said:

I'm thinking it's coming from Hank's Smoke Shop. 

Definitely a possibility. They sell herb on the reservations now. 

My latest theory on the mystery radar signature is dust from this quarry. It lines up well and makes sense. Kind of looks like how a dust plume might disperse. 

3 hours ago, winter_rules said:

That’s ironic, because East of Binghamton it was essentially the worst Christmas Eve into Christmas we could ask for in terms of snow.  We lost +/-30” of snow in about 24hrs with something like 2” of rain to help wash it away.  Went to bed with rain on a diminishing snowpack, woke up to brown ground with water flowing everywhere, including through my unfinished basement.  

Anywhere East of of the 3 most Western Counties was a disastrous washout last Christmas.  Rochester had hours of pounding rain.  Was a kick to the nuts.  

2 hours ago, SouthBuffaloSteve said:

Well it’s tomorrow!  Guesses?  For comparison here is what the Steel Plant Fire looked like on radar back in 2016.

So it looks like there was a fire overnight right in that area but it should have long been out by the time I captured that radar. I wonder if it flared back up?   The address of the fire is 2040 cory drive. Sanborn ny.