hudsonvalley21

1 hour ago, BxEngine said:

Btw i have 6" 

Did you measure 3 times

2.8 here now went over to a light mixed bag.

12 minutes ago, gravitylover said:

A couple more hours with these rates and I might just end up with the best storm of the season so far. I'm well over 5" now and it's just dumping. Nice snow too, wet and sticky but light and fluffy  Too bad it'll be gone by Monday afternoon.

1.5 here. Sharp cutoff.

5 minutes ago, snywx said:

If guidance bumps north again on 0z I can see 4-6" verifying for us up here.. as of now I see a general 2-4" up here

My thoughts too.

2 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

I was surprised to see that, still expecting a WWA tomorrow but as you said, lets see what the 00zs do.

I'm surprised too. 4-6 is advisory amounts for our county

7 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

NAM is much more robust compared to 12z, so that's nice to see. Early risers FTW on Sunday morning since we're into the mid-40s under full sun by noon. 

Upton posted WSW for Orange and Putnam counties in their afternoon package. Saying a general 4-6". We'll see what the 00z runs do. 

4 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

@hudsonvalley21leaving the snow worked like a charm for me this morning cleaning up. The shovel was able to just flip all the ice off thanks to that layer of snow at the bottom keeping the ice from bonding to the surface below. I hope it goes as easily for you too. I guess that’s one plus of having to deal with so many of these type of storms in the 80s, we learned the best ways to deal with them LOL

Yup worked the same for me too!  We both learned the hard way in the past. Putting down a base coat of calcium chloride works great!

16 minutes ago, gravitylover said:

...And now it's large flakes coming down heavily with no pellets 

Same here 23/19

1 minute ago, IrishRob17 said:

That’s more bullish than I would have thought. 

Agree, the trends for those numbers aren't going in that direction.

Dusting here. Suns out now and took care of that.

6 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

Send it this way, still under a shower here!  Of course my driveway will be a mess for a couple months at least still but lets freeze it back up for a while, shall we?

Yup, the mud sucks in the mid-winter thaw. Let's freeze it back up.  Total of 0.67  in the bucket for the day.

0.52 in the bucket so far today.

4.8" total for this event.

4.1 with light snow.

27 minutes ago, gravitylover said:

Yeah I've never been sure how to phrase it but frontogenesis makes more sense than upslope, these aren't exactly big hills, I mean they're not the Tetons or Green Mountain Spine by Stowe  It does seem that it happens like that frequently though and I benefit from it more often than not.  

 

Yay my car warmed enough for me to get in 

26 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

So do you think he NWS upgrades to Warnings later?  Again, whatever the NWS chooses doesn't affect what actually falls.  I remember a few years ago I had a WWA and cleared over 7" from the board.  

Along with that would be the snow ratios. With the warmer temps I'm not sure they will be 10:1.

Light snow now. Quick dusting OTG.

8 minutes ago, gravitylover said:

I did open the doors and thought they had dried sufficiently. I was wrong  2 door car with thick doors and the latches are well protected deep in there behind the apparently also frozen molding. My old Volvo you could open the window with the key, I did that once then was able to pull on the door rather than yank the door handle and break it off. Who thought that designing a trunk lid that drains around it and is ringed by thick rubber molding and putting the latches in such a well protected area was a good idea  The drains must be blocked enough with leaves and such that there are actually icicles growing up out of them 

The only other thing I can think of is to get a tow truck instead of a flatbed and have them lift it up from the back and move it a few feet 

6 minutes ago, gravitylover said:

I thought about lifting it from the tow hitch but it's parked on dirt so I doubt the steel wheels on my floor jack will roll. Such a silly thing to be dealing with I blame it on IrishRob for issuing a door freeze warning on Friday 

That sucks that it's on dirt. That wipes out the floor jack idea. Robs idea of rainX might work and will be safe on the paint.

12 minutes ago, gravitylover said:

Just pour it in from the top? Would that bubble the paint off?

 

It doesn't have to be boiling maybe 150-175 degrees.  Also maybe the  parts store rents a floor jack and you could lift the car from the rear axle. If they don't rent the floor jack, what's the return policy if you tried it and did not like it.

1 hour ago, gravitylover said:

My car is so frozen shut I can't even get in through the trunk and crawl into the front. I'm so bummed because it's parked at the edge of the driveway and when the plow comes by it's either gonna get clipped or at least damaged  I called a tow company I know and they won't even try to put it on a flatbed because it's in gear with the e-brake pulled and they won't take the chance at damaging it. 

Have you tried lock decider. Also you could could try a hair dryer on the key hole and the crack of the door jamb where the lock is. You could also heat the key with the hair dryer too a few times to warm up the lock cylinder 

3 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

Rockland, Putnam and northen Westchester in Uptons area as well. 

And the ground temps are cold along with all of the salt being washed off the roads the other day. It will make for an slick commute tomorrow afternoon.

2 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

WWA for OC was issued a little while ago, they are going with 2-4” 

Thanks 

48 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

I always have reservations about being in the jackpot since that means statistically I'll be out of the running for another few years... lol. I'm definitely a fan of that look, though. Pretty crazy that most reliable guidance has double-digit snowfall starting within 24 hours and there aren't even any advisories up.

In Uptons AFD they were mentioning that inland sections were going to meet advisory levels. I would think that advisories would be hoisted in the afternoon package coming out in about an hour from now. I would think that Albany would be hoisting them up too for your area.

10 minutes ago, Brasiluvsnow said:

oh what a shock insert sarcasm,,,,,models are back onto something today for Tuesday 

As yogi Berra said ' it ain't over till it's over'. We'll see in the next runs what the trends are.

7 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

WWA posted for tomorrow morning and the DP is currently 61.  Just plain stupid.

64/63 here with 0.93 in the bucket so far. Well I guess they will be spreading salt on the roads tonight since it was all washed off. Stupid it is. We will work again on the snowpack Tuesday