LaGrangewx Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Hitman said: Valentines ‘07 had more than 4 feet up in vt. I want to say there were 5-6’ in spots. I was up there afterwards and it was bat shit crazy. So much snow. Yup I knew Vermont and Adk in New York absolutely crushed with 3-5 feet but I don’t think it made it over quite the same to NH and Maine like this has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IrishRob17 Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 Well that didn’t go as expected...1.35” melted down giving me around a 8:1 ratio. I know I had crappy flakes, some resembling tiny styrofoam balls, but I wasn’t expecting a ratio that low. I know I dumped it after Monday’s event. I’m melting down a core sample off one of my snow boards now to see what I get there. Anyone else calculating ratios? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrangewx Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 58 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: Well that didn’t go as expected...1.35” melted down giving me around a 8:1 ratio. I know I had crappy flakes, some resembling tiny styrofoam balls, but I wasn’t expecting a ratio that low. I know I dumped it after Monday’s event. I’m melting down a core sample off one of my snow boards now to see what I get there. Anyone else calculating ratios? I saw a 1.61 in Poughkeepsie. If I had 9 or 10 to 1 ratio that adds up to about what I measured 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, IrishRob17 said: Well that didn’t go as expected...1.35” melted down giving me around a 8:1 ratio. I know I had crappy flakes, some resembling tiny styrofoam balls, but I wasn’t expecting a ratio that low. I know I dumped it after Monday’s event. I’m melting down a core sample off one of my snow boards now to see what I get there. Anyone else calculating ratios? 24 minutes ago, LaGrangewx said: I saw a 1.61 in Poughkeepsie. If I had 9 or 10 to 1 ratio that adds up to about what I measured The core sample I took when I measured 11.9" this morning melted down to 1.62". Good pack-building snow, in an alternate universe where we can avail of such things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Pack building? Yeah, I don't see it. Looks warmish and dry for a while. I did move the snowbanks as far back as I could just in case though I was so right about how that long duration wind direction would affect the snowfall amounts here, a few miles west along the Taconic spine got significantly more than I did and IMO it's all due to the exposure and duration. It certainly isn't because it saw a band that the rest of the region didn't since the higher amounts are only along the easterly faces and fall off immediately as you pass to the west. I didn't expect how dramatically the amounts fell off going E and SE but I'm not all that surprised as it seems to happen that way pretty often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North and West Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Checking in after shoveling and work; I hope you guys enjoyed it up there! I'm guessing we were 6 to 10 or 8 to 12 around here, but there was sleet and a bunch of wind. In fact, told a meteorologist friend, "This storm had some 1994 vibes to it... Super cold, mixing, huge totals way north and west of here, cold winds, cold nights... the ludicrous snow totals hundreds of miles from me while it was 19 and sleeting here. That’s 1994." Hopefully there's something new to track soon; keep me posted if there is! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Oh and my hands fkng hurt from hours of shoveling. I bet I'm gonna be sore by the morning. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North and West Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, gravitylover said: Oh and my hands fkng hurt from hours of shoveling. I bet I'm gonna be sore by the morning. Every winter this reminds me I'm getting older. I'm beat right now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Juliancolton said: The core sample I took when I measured 11.9" this morning melted down to 1.62". Good pack-building snow, in an alternate universe where we can avail of such things. My core was 1.53” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Napped when I came in from snow blowing and shoveling the front porch. Agree with all of the above posters about aging. When snow blowing knocks me out, from a task I use to do by hand 10-15 years ago you really do realize your getting older. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 My old fat ass feels pretty good this evening especially after reading the posts in here...so I’ve got that going for me...which is nice. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I’ve taken to lying down with a heating pad on my back after shoveling. I think it helps but I’ll still be sore tomorrow. There is a nice pack which will brighten things up at least for awhile. Heading up to vt tomorrow. Unfortunately I’ll be 30 miles north of the real heavy totals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I'm whining about my hands after shoveling for over 2 hours and you guys are hurtin' after snowblowing? I have what, 10 years on most of you... Yeah I went there. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 It took me fully three hours to clear even with a snowblower and tractor, and I'm definitely sore. That's a heavy snow that doesn't like to be bossed around. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 9 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Well that didn’t go as expected...1.35” melted down giving me around a 8:1 ratio. I know I had crappy flakes, some resembling tiny styrofoam balls, but I wasn’t expecting a ratio that low. I know I dumped it after Monday’s event. I’m melting down a core sample off one of my snow boards now to see what I get there. Anyone else calculating ratios? 1 hour ago, Juliancolton said: It took me fully three hours to clear even with a snowblower and tractor, and I'm definitely sore. That's a heavy snow that doesn't like to be bossed around. Had some real crappy flakes here too. Snow was real dense and and like packed powder. Could be from the winds destroying the dendrites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Juliancolton said: It took me fully three hours to clear even with a snowblower and tractor, and I'm definitely sore. That's a heavy snow that doesn't like to be bossed around. Yea it wasn’t the depth it was the density Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Just now, hudsonvalley21 said: Yea it wasn’t the depth it was the density 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdrag Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Just a tease: May have a topic started late today or tomorrow morning (Christmas eve). Sunday: A pretty good chance for a period of Trace-3" snow I84 high terrain. Monday the 21st: Right now models have a storm just offshore. This could end up closer, bringing a hazardous snow event of several inches for the I84 corridor, especially CT/MA. Christmas eve into Christmas morning: Definitely a storm coming. It could be mostly heavy rain melting our I84 snow pack Christmas eve with a quick coating of 1-4" in its wake Christmas morning. Monday the 28th: another opportunity for wintry precipitation. One event at a time. Have a good Friday. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 This new NWS radar product sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 26 minutes ago, gravitylover said: This new NWS radar product sucks. This Christmas Eve rain event as depicted currently on several models will suck worse, if it happens as currently depicted. Why do setups like those never seem to change much even 7 days out? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 20 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said: This Christmas Eve rain event as depicted currently on several models will suck worse, if it happens as currently depicted. Why do setups like those never seem to change much even 7 days out? A coastal low has to hit a ~100 mile keyhole for us to see snow. A cutter can go anywhere from EWR to ORD and it's still a cutter. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 It's not going to be a cutter/rainstorm. This is one of those years where it wants to snow. Watch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rclab Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 17 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: My old fat ass feels pretty good this evening especially after reading the posts in here...so I’ve got that going for me...which is nice. You should be proud, Irish, I’m sure there is a lot of money invested in that. As always .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 33 minutes ago, gravitylover said: It's not going to be a cutter/rainstorm. This is one of those years where it wants to snow. Watch... It would be a Christmas miracle, but maybe this is where 2020 finally throws us a bone. Would love it if it happened, it is six days out so who knows, but I won't expect it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, gravitylover said: It's not going to be a cutter/rainstorm. This is one of those years where it wants to snow. Watch... Now look what you've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Yeah, that was one ugly run, lots of wind too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 40 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: Yeah, that was one ugly run, lots of wind too... We La Nina. Hope everybody enjoyed winter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Juliancolton said: Now look what you've done. At this point let's hope it just keeps cutting farther west, and spares us most of the rain. It would be the last 2020 kick in the ass to wipe out this beautiful snowpack on Christmas Eve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North and West Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 At this point let's hope it just keeps cutting farther west, and spares us most of the rain. It would be the last 2020 kick in the ass to wipe out this beautiful snowpack on Christmas Eve.I would not want to be anywhere near a riverbank on Christmas Eve and Day. Makes sure your storm drains are clear.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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