Interior NW & NE Burbs 2025

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

41 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

Ended up with 8.5" here for another nice December event

What's your season to date now in Saugerties?

[IrishRob17]

2 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

Nice, glad you got into the fun. 

5.4" here making 17.2" for the season. No complaints here. I could feel the various layers of the different types of snow as I pushed the snow ruler down on the board. I had some sleet and freezing drizzle at some point. So the clean up and piles makes it seem like more since there's a dense layer in there. 

Melted down to .81 and I have 6" at my stake, trying to make sense of that since it was 5.4" on the board. 

[NorthShoreWx]

14 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

Melted down to .81 and I have 6" at my stake, trying to make sense of that since it was 5.4" on the board. 

Maybe the ground isn't frozen yet 

[gravitylover]

Holy compaction batkidz  I measured a bit under 8" in some sheltered areas and 2 hours later the same area was under 6! For the most part I came up with about 7" of dense, sugary, heavy shit. It makes for great driveway piles  

[Juliancolton]

2 hours ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

What's your season to date now in Saugerties?

18.0", pretty much in line with everyone else across the area

[IrishRob17]

2 hours ago, Juliancolton said:

18.0", pretty much in line with everyone else across the area

Not gonna lie, you’re doing better than I thought you would. 

[IrishRob17]

On 12/25/2025 at 12:37 PM, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

I've been debating this one. I'm calling it a white Christmas as of 7am observation, and I believe official time to declare a white Christmas or not. If I did it as of right now it's 50-50.

Anyway it was much better last year with a 4 1/2 inch snowpack Christmas morning that had been freshened up on Christmas Eve with the inch and a half that fell that morning, but I digress. 
 

Merry Christmas North and West and northeast people, where our best winters start around Thanksgiving and begrudgingly leave us in late March.

Now that I've had some time for various thighs to settle down this post just came to mind. Correct at the 7am time. Your screen name mocks the lack of proper snow measuring and you're debating if it was a white Christmas for you? You either had 1" or more or you didn't? Were you saying half your yard had more than an inch? I had spots with more than an inch but none of them were in my snow board or at my snow stake. It would be interesting to get a ruling here. @NorthShoreWx

[NorthShoreWx]

10 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

Now that I've had some time for various thighs to settle down this post just came to mind. Correct at the 7am time. Your screen name mocks the lack of proper snow measuring and you're debating if it was a white Christmas for you? You either had 1" or more or you didn't? Were you saying half your yard had more than an inch? I had spots with more than an inch but none of them were in my snow board or at my snow stake. It would be interesting to get a ruling here. @NorthShoreWx

I try to be honest, but it can be rather subjective.  More than 50% with at least an inch; is there an app for that?  If my snowboard or snow stake spot is bare, that's an argument against, although there are exceptions to every rule.  If the wind strength and direction scoured my entire property bare, but every where else is buried...calling that 0 snowcover is inaccurate.  If I have an eight foot deep drift remaining while the rest of planet earth is bare, averaging it out against the rest of Tara and calling an average of an inch is BS too.

It's a judgement call and no one who wasn't there can dispute it with any certainty.  For reference, we haven't actually had any accumulating snow here since 1978.

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

11 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

Now that I've had some time for various thighs to settle down this post just came to mind. Correct at the 7am time. Your screen name mocks the lack of proper snow measuring and you're debating if it was a white Christmas for you? You either had 1" or more or you didn't? Were you saying half your yard had more than an inch? I had spots with more than an inch but none of them were in my snow board or at my snow stake. It would be interesting to get a ruling here. @NorthShoreWx

Declaring the second White Christmas in a row is much more complex than just measuring snow. At 7am Christmas morning I would say for sure it was a white Christmas. The viewable area from my house had at least a one to two inch snow cover over 80% of the land mass which is my criteria for snow cover.

However as you yourself stated our current snow has staying power, the snow consistency from the 23rd did not. By noon on Christmas Day snow coverage was less than 50% and by sunset 20%. How is that really a White Christmas? 
 

And there we have the White Christmas Paradox. How is it a white Christmas when more than half the day is green? The Fermi paradox may be answered before this. I'm considering changing my declaration of this year being a White Christmas. 
 

No question about today's snow cover. After a morning low of 9 snow cover at 5.5. I believe the consistency and LE of the current snow pack will easily survive our rain tonight and mid 40's tomorrow. 

[crossbowftw3]

Gearing up for between .1-.25 of ZR before any rain, well up north might be in for a legitimate ice storm. Doubt we see 50 tomorrow but 40s sounds more realistic