OBS: 1/25-26 Snow/Sleet

[BoulderWX]

snow squalls again

[weatherpruf]

2 minutes ago, TJW014 said:

Times like these are when owning a 4WD vehicle is worth the 13 mpg I get year round. My winch and tow strap were busy yanking plowed in cars throughout the neighborhood. Also had to winch my brother's car out of the driveway at 4:30 this morning so he could make it to the police academy.

Currently out on the gas golf cart "plowing" (I strapped a shovel to the front) the sidewalks open. 

i had a chevy colorado for years that was 4wd and it was great i have an awd traverse now and its ok, but it was the front wheel drive minivan that was stuck in the drift. i saw a lot of cars stuck last night; awd is decent in snow.

[MANDA]

Melted total for storm just completed 1.55".  Snowfall 13.5".  Storm averaged ratio 8.71/1.  Started out at 20:1 then fell as the event progressed.

Temperature never got above 10 degrees through the entire event.  Hopefully this puts an end to the "it is so cold ratios will be beyond words" stuff.   Cold surface temperatures are not the driving factor in ratios.  Look aloft.  

[Wannabehippie]

2 minutes ago, MANDA said:

Melted total for storm just completed 1.55".  Snowfall 13.5".  Storm averaged ratio 8.71/1.  Started out at 20:1 then fell as the event progressed.

Temperature never got above 10 degrees through the entire event.  Hopefully this puts an end to the "it is so cold ratios will be beyond words" stuff.   Cold surface temperatures are not the driving factor in ratios.  Look aloft.  

The ratios fell because of the sleet, compaction. During the height of the storm ratios were pretty high.

[MANDA]

1 minute ago, Wannabehippie said:

The ratios fell because of the sleet, compaction. During the height of the storm ratios were pretty high.

I had 30 minutes of sleet here.  Storm was a minimum of 95% snow.  It warmed aloft and the ratios fell.

[Northof78]

Light snow now

[SACRUS]

[MANDA]

30 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

Except this particular one is unverifiable.  The rest were farther north...

I still think there are others on that map that are questionable, maybe not.  I'd have to believe the CoCoRaHS folks know what they are doing.

[IrishRob17]

2 hours ago, Picard said:

Now I'm questioning my own 12.2" total because it does seem a bit low compared to others around me.  Admittedly, I did not do the clearing technique which I should, so it was probably more (say 13-14") but it had compacted.  Mom in Lafayette is telling me 16" but admits it was hard to measure.  Either way, I'll take a foot plus.  It was a fun storm.

Don’t question it, you measured it correctly, you should only clear the board once a day, when the storm is over, or changes precip type. There are a lot of inflated totals out there. 

[weatherpruf]

11 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

Don’t question it, you measured it correctly, you should only clear the board once a day, when the storm is over, or changes precip type. There are a lot of inflated totals out there. 

there was widespread 8-15 so who really cares....looking at massachusetts today and they are posting some big numbers in some areas, though most are not much higher than ours. in laws in maine getting ready. but they have tractors up there.....

[IrishRob17]

Just now, weatherpruf said:

there was widespread 8-15 so who really cares....looking at massachusetts today and they are posting some big numbers in some areas, though most are not much higher than ours. in laws in maine getting ready. but they have tractors up there.....

Weenies are gonna ween and then there's the jackpot fetish. You have wonder how many know what an actual 6" looks like.  

[MANDA]

1 minute ago, IrishRob17 said:

Weenies are gonna ween and then there's the jackpot fetish. You have wonder how many know what an actual 6" looks like.  

The jokes just write themselves with that one !

[Nibor]

Flurries in lower manhattan

[MJO812]

Snowing

[Metasequoia]

Snow showers with the sun out... 

[The 4 Seasons]

if anyone has snow totals for the tri-state area let me know, include anything from today...thanks!

14.1" total pending anything today

[psv88]

1 minute ago, The 4 Seasons said:

if anyone has snow totals for the tri-state area let me know, include anything from today...thanks!

12.9" total, Commack, Suffolk County

[kat5hurricane]

There are maybe 2-3 clouds in the sky and it's snowing, wild stuff.

[psv88]

45 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

Don’t question it, you measured it correctly, you should only clear the board once a day, when the storm is over, or changes precip type. There are a lot of inflated totals out there. 

I think on the island totals are pretty accurate. When you compare what the public reports versus the official reports from Upton and Islip, its usually dead on accurate and consistent. Trained spotters usually line up with the official sites as well, so its usually ok out here. 

There is one report from Suffolk from Fort Salonga at 14.5" which seems a bit high, but its extreme north shore so it's possible

[jm1220]

Centre Island has 15.3” which I also think is probably high even though they’re right on the sound. Oceanside coming in with 11” is quite impressive right on the south shore and is likely even higher in the end since it was during heavy sleet. @uofmiami do you have a total? 

[uofmiami]

38 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

Centre Island has 15.3” which I also think is probably high even though they’re right on the sound. Oceanside coming in with 11” is quite impressive right on the south shore and is likely even higher in the end since it was during heavy sleet. @uofmiami do you have a total? 

12.2" was my total with 1.8" of it being sleet.  I agree that 15.3" reading is a little high IMO.

[wthrmn654]

Been snowing here all day

[HeadInTheClouds]

Finished with 18.5 in Hyde Park in central Dutchess county for a total of 46.5 for the season. It's been a great winter up here. 

[ag3]

This mornings snow shower got LGA up to 10.1”

[Metasequoia]

16 hours ago, Roger Smith said:

Making a run at the daily precip record of 1.80" in 1978 (for Jan 25), the warm sector phase of the famous Great Lakes blizzard of Jan 25-26 1978. That may have included a bit of snow or sleet but was mostly if not all rain in NYC.  

Also the snowfall is now (I think) ahead of the old record value of 10.0" from 1905. 

Per NOAA, CP ended the day with 1.82 inches.

[dmillz25]

1 hour ago, The 4 Seasons said:

if anyone has snow totals for the tri-state area let me know, include anything from today...thanks!

14.1" total pending anything today

12.1” here in Williamsburg Brooklyn 

23.7” year to date 

[wxman]

2 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

Weenies are gonna ween and then there's the jackpot fetish. You have wonder how many know what an actual 6" looks like.  

That's what I keep telling my wife!

[The 4 Seasons]

45 minutes ago, ag3 said:

This mornings snow shower got LGA up to 10.1”

good, felt bad for them they didn't make it to double digits. 

[The 4 Seasons]

1 hour ago, ag3 said:

This mornings snow shower got LGA up to 10.1”

where did you see this? 

[weatherpruf]

capitol weather gang has an excellent write up on the challenges of forecasting this unique storm in the washington post, not sure how to link, but it is making the rounds online with no firewall. in short, this was a historic sleet storm, one for the ages.