OBS and Totals-12/13-14 Snow Event

[EastonSN+]

13 minutes ago, mob1 said:

They better at least crack the 2" mark when all is said and done. 

Why? Its not worth tracking central park accumulations anymore. It no longer holds any relevance to historical data.

[Krs4Lfe]

6 minutes ago, ILoveWinter said:

Yea I was concerned on the way into the City last night as my car temp showed 42. Likely a few degrees too warm but was a red flag that we would lose some precip to rain/melting snow. 

Absolutely, I figured we would lose some QPF to white rain in the beginning for the first hour or so. Now it’s sticking quite well but the damage is done. Since 2023, almost all of our snow events have been with marginal temps so it’s natural that the recording sites would get less than surrounding areas 

[suzook]

Its December 14th, stop complaining if the forecast bust low. Be happy a snowfall happened this early. Its been MANY years this has happened.

[dmillz25]

That band pushing in from the SW could push me past 3”

[SnowGoose69]

34 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Over 3 now

.11 liquid since.  Probably about 8 or 10:1 so I'd say yeah they have to be near 3.5

[WE GOT HIM]

Temp still above freezing in brooklyn Maybe like 2"

[EastonSN+]

18 minutes ago, FPizz said:

100% so useless as most have been saying. But we will let some have their wet dreams to it and argue to a wall  

Agreed. I have finally made a decision to stop tracking the record and using central park as a historical benchmark.

Now I have to find a replacement. 

[NorthShoreWx]

34 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

I think at this point its useless to use the central park measurement a a representation of our area. Major issue from a historical perspective.

It's not useless.  Thanks to this Central Park observation we now know that winter is over. 

[jm1220]

4 minutes ago, Krs4Lfe said:

Definitely over 4 here in Bayside. Will definitely crack 5 when all is said and done. Similar to the event last January 19th, almost every place had 3-5 inches but Central Park barely had 2. That will be the case this time around as well. Was just too warm yesterday temps were in mid to upper 30s until snow fell. That being said, urban heat island is making it impossible to get accurate measurements at the recording sites except JFK. LaGuardia and Central Park are consistently almost half of what every other place has. Didn’t seem to be that way up until 2020 or 2021. As winter continues to warm rapidly, I expect that problem will become exacerbated 

Yep, chance it makes it to warning amount here. Coming down hard and more banding developing. Back edge doesn't look like it's hauling either. 

[ag3]

Measured 3.8”

Whitestone, Queens.

Should end with 4”.

[MJO812]

2 minutes ago, WE GOT HIM said:

Temp still above freezing in brooklyn Maybe like 2"

Bust by the models ( temps wise )

[winterwarlock]

back edge on my doorstep

[dmillz25]

3 minutes ago, WE GOT HIM said:

Temp still above freezing in brooklyn Maybe like 2"

Where in Brooklyn are you at? Its been 32 the whole storm in Williamsburg and about 3”

[Stormlover74]

2 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Bust by the models ( temps wise )

I think the nam kept it around or just above freezing the whole time

[Stormlover74]

5 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

Agreed. I have finally made a decision to stop tracking the record and using central park as a historical benchmark.

Now I have to find a replacement. 

Problem is I dont know if there is one. Unless its a uniform type storm with temps well below freezing you're going to have large variations within the 5 boros.  You have to average them all out

[MJO812]

3 minutes ago, dmillz25 said:

Where in Brooklyn are you at? Its been 32 the whole storm in Williamsburg and about 3”

Same here 

[mgerb]

6.2" in Somerset (but well over 7" if measuring in grass, which is why it's important to use a board!). Might pick up a few more tenths before it tapers. 

[WE GOT HIM]

4 minutes ago, dmillz25 said:

Where in Brooklyn are you at? Its been 32 the whole storm in Williamsburg and about 3”

Bushwick

[psv88]

A lot of snow out there and still coming down nicely in western Suffolk. 

[NorthShoreWx]

There wasn't a lick of wind overnight.  No air advection of any kind in the boundary so the temperature basically pegged at 32 almost everywhere it was snowing, or maybe 31 inland (it's cooling north of the LIS now).  I haven't measured yet, but we have 4 or 5" in open areas and bare ground under the evergreens.  There will be a lot of snow blowing out of them when the wind picks up.

Has anyone noticed that the temperature sensor at ISP has been running consistently a couple of degrees warmer than everywhere around them?  Might be time for the NWS to do a calibration.

[BxEngine]

Temps taking a nosedive here now. Was 30-31 the last few hours, now down to 26.

[TJW014]

6" here as of 9 am

[WeatherGeek2025]

closing in on 6 inches in White Plains, NY

 

Very happy

[Stormlover74]

Just now, WeatherGeek2025 said:

closing in on 6 inches in White Plains, NY

 

Very happy

Who knew back on Wednesday when you created the storm thread

[Poker2015]

35 minutes ago, WeatherGeek2025 said:

that's in central park?

Branchburg. I just measured too, can confirm with Frank

[EastonSN+]

16 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

It's not useless.  Thanks to this Central Park observation we now know that winter is over. 

100% unfortunately people (u know who) will use this as "the new norm" for our area lol.

[lee59]

4 inches of snow here and still snowing. Temperature has been about 32 to 33 the entire event. 

[lee59]

7 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

There wasn't a lick of wind overnight.  No air advection of any kind in the boundary so the temperature basically pegged at 32 almost everywhere it was snowing, or maybe 31 inland (it's cooling north of the LIS now).  I haven't measured yet, but we have 4 or 5" in open areas and bare ground under the evergreens.  There will be a lot of snow blowing out of them when the wind picks up.

Has anyone noticed that the temperature sensor at ISP has been running consistently a couple of degrees warmer than everywhere around them?  Might be time for the NWS to do a calibration.

I have noticed that about Islip

[jm1220]

About 5.5" on my deck and it's comimg down. Maybe end up with 7". 

[golfer67]

Just hit 4" here...will probably do it, maybe another 0.1"