Juliancolton Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Last night's snow goes into the books as 1.3" melted down to .34", so under 4:1... only a marginally better ratio than sleet. I guess the back and forth p-types led to rain falling into the slush and adding to the moisture content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Boy that Sunday flip flop forecasting is a real winner eh. From nothing to 4-6 to mixed wet and white... Slip slidin' awayYou know the nearer your destinationThe more you're slip slidin' away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Looks like I made it down to ~3* early this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 Low of 3° here as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 And now it looks like mostly wet tomorrow rather than that fantasy 4-6 forecast that popped the other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Gorilla Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 20 minutes ago, gravitylover said: And now it looks like mostly wet tomorrow rather than that fantasy 4-6 forecast that popped the other day But midweek looks better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 Let's hope the GGEM is right about this upcoming week. We would have to bring out the yardsticks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesussxwx Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 12 minutes ago, snywx said: Let's hope the GGEM is right about this upcoming week. We would have to bring out the yardsticks 2 feet. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 The Euro isn’t far behind from that this week for many of us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Gorilla Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 1 hour ago, IrishRob17 said: The Euro isn’t far behind from that this week for many of us. Hope the colder trends continue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Binghamton NY 916 PM EST Sat Feb 3 2018 NYZ057-062-050230- /O.CON.KBGM.WW.Y.0008.180204T1200Z-180205T0600Z/ Delaware-Sullivan- Including the cities of Delhi, Walton, and Monticello 916 PM EST Sat Feb 3 2018 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Plan on slippery road conditions. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches in the valleys, with up to 6 inches over the higher terrain. Ice accumulations of a light glaze are expected. * WHERE...Delaware and Sullivan Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM Sunday to 1 AM EST Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, SEC said: URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Binghamton NY 916 PM EST Sat Feb 3 2018 NYZ057-062-050230- /O.CON.KBGM.WW.Y.0008.180204T1200Z-180205T0600Z/ Delaware-Sullivan- Including the cities of Delhi, Walton, and Monticello 916 PM EST Sat Feb 3 2018 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Plan on slippery road conditions. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches in the valleys, with up to 6 inches over the higher terrain. Ice accumulations of a light glaze are expected. * WHERE...Delaware and Sullivan Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM Sunday to 1 AM EST Monday. You are gonna have a fun week up there! Hopefully we can join in on the party down here in O.C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 So mostly wet here today? Trying to decide which car to take to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzGuy Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 A lot of conflicting model data today with the foreign models coming in much colder than the Americans. Will be interesting for north of 84 for sure. An appropriate storm for Super Bowl Sunday because of the battleground of cold air vs warm. Gonna say that the defense wins this round for Ulster and Dutchess and we stay mostly snow. Edit...just saw the main thread and looks like the consensus is its not really close for north of 84...probably snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzGuy Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Maybe this is finally our storm here in Kingston, after years of watching deformation bands pound Danbury, Binghamton, and Boston...I'm feeling this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 8 minutes ago, HeinzGuy said: Maybe this is finally our storm here in Kingston, after years of watching deformation bands pound Danbury, Binghamton, and Boston...I'm feeling this one! You’re long overdue my friend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Gorilla Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Damm, all rain here in Poughkeepsie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Surprised to come home to snow cover. Prob 2" or so fell but the flip to ice most def compacted everything. Right now I have 1.5" at the stake and thats what im gonna go with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I had to make a quick trip up to Poughkeepsie this evening and it was pouring most of the way. Pn the west side of the Taconic crest it was pretty nasty freezing rain, you could see the ice layer creeping in from the side of the road and branches were hanging pretty low in a few places. As soon as I came back over the east side of the crest it got foggy again as the temp jumped about 5 degrees. @White Gorilla did it warm up before it finished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 We barely avoided a disaster down here even. Roads had some decent ice this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlsterCountySnowZ Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Well boys..don’t wanna jinx it, but if your north and west you look to have a shot at Warning snow, Monroe/Middletown, western Orange and Sullivan, and ulster/duchess have a shot at 6-12 imo" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsdnice Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I like where I am for this upcoming one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 3 hours ago, BxEngine said: We barely avoided a disaster down here even. Roads had some decent ice this morning. Another frozen disaster in my driveway again this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 9 hours ago, snywx said: Surprised to come home to snow cover. Prob 2" or so fell but the flip to ice most def compacted everything. Right now I have 1.5" at the stake and thats what im gonna go with. The rules seem to change every other year but I believe its back to clear the board every 6 hours (at least that's what the weather channel stated a couple of weeks ago) and add the totals at storms conclusion. Barring that, go with maximum depth that fell at some point during the event. I'd go with the 2 inches. No problem here with measuring yesterday light snow fell for a couple of hours but no accumulation. Still snow cover in most areas leftover from Friday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 32 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said: The rules seem to change every other year but I believe its back to clear the board every 6 hours (at least that's what the weather channel stated a couple of weeks ago) and add the totals at storms conclusion. Barring that, go with maximum depth that fell at some point during the event. I'd go with the 2 inches. No problem here with measuring yesterday light snow fell for a couple of hours but no accumulation. Still snow cover in most areas leftover from Friday. Back to clearing the board every 6 hours? Were you able to confirm that with the NWS? That definitely would have changed some of my snow totals this year, I’ve been doing the one measurement at the end of the snowfall. @NorthShoreWx, did you see anything on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 37 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said: The rules seem to change every other year but I believe its back to clear the board every 6 hours (at least that's what the weather channel stated a couple of weeks ago) and add the totals at storms conclusion. Barring that, go with maximum depth that fell at some point during the event. I'd go with the 2 inches. No problem here with measuring yesterday light snow fell for a couple of hours but no accumulation. Still snow cover in most areas leftover from Friday. Is this confirmed? 5 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: Back to clearing the board every 6 hours? Were you able to confirm that with the NWS? That definitely would have changed some of my snow totals this year, I’ve been doing the one measurement at the end of the snowfall. @NorthShoreWx, did you see anything on this? I figured it was the total at the end of the event that goes into the books... I could be wrong tho. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, snywx said: Is this confirmed? I figured it was the total at the end of the event that goes into the books... I could be wrong tho. Measuring every 6 hours is going to raise storm totals in most cases 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyWx Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 14 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: Measuring every 6 hours is going to raise storm totals in most cases Absolutely. I don't like that method at all. I think it's more "natural" to take one measurement at the end of the event and call it the storm total snowfall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 31 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: Back to clearing the board every 6 hours? Were you able to confirm that with the NWS? That definitely would have changed some of my snow totals this year, I’ve been doing the one measurement at the end of the snowfall. @NorthShoreWx, did you see anything on this? I searched and couldn't find anything about another change in the guidelines back to 6 hour clearing. I think one person thinks that, tells someone, who tells someone else, then it's all over that "they went back to doing it some other way". When in reality nothing has changed. But since there doesn't not seem to be a central clearing house for the latest methodologies, it's hard to make a definitive case. What I did find indicates that we wipe the board no more than once per day and measure snowfall at the peak depth before it compacts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 There is conflicting stuff all over that never gets updated. This is from the ATL NWS office and is 6 years old: https://www.weather.gov/media/ffc/snow_measurement_guidelines.pdf People will read that and not notice the date. As if they get much opportunity to practice in Atlanta. There should be a central location for the latest guidelines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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