NorthShoreWx

Awesome. LOL the drunk guys with the makeshift sled. PS the Earthcam site is awful.

Here's what I had that storm. Snowfall (wiped daily at midnight) and rainfall (usually 9am-ish) are a little out of synch, so the comments help. I'm going to wipe the boards every 15 minutes going forward and see if we can salvage a decent season. Only at 7.5" so far and despite all the whining about how cold it's been, January has been a little above recent averages out here as of yesterday. At least it's seemed like winter, so that's something. I hope this formats well enough to decipher: YYYY MM DD Low High Precip Snowfall Snow Depth Comment 1 Comment 2 2021 1 31 18 26 1.3 0 2021 2 1 26 32 13.6 6 2021 2 2 29 34 2.37 0.9 14 melted core = 2.37" (1/31 + 2/1 snowfall) 2021 2 3 28 35 0.13 0.8 13 SWE from 1.7" snow 2/2 & 2/3 occasional periods light snow persisted. Storm total 16.6" snow, 2.50" melted Edited to include 1/31

Who's laughing now.

ICON 6 days ago was pretty good for the Gulf.

Given that it's the first time, it's no better than a tie.

Please no.

Still above average at this location vs the past 20 years. Next few days should fix that, but it isn't a lock everywhere. Bottomed out at 6.8⁰ this morning. Up to 8.8⁰ now.

https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=HGX&wwa=blizzard warning Pretty cool! URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 415 AM CST Tue Jan 21 2025 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... .A coastal low moving across the northern Gulf of Mexico is producing periods of visibility reducing heavy snow and wind gusts in excess of 35 MPH in bands moving onshore. These bands will continue to move in and out of the warned area through the morning creating hazardous conditions to anyone exposed outdoors for extended periods of time. LAZ044-073-074-141>143-152-241>243-252-TXZ515-516-615-616-211800- /O.UPG.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-250122T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.BZ.W.0002.250121T1015Z-250121T1800Z/ Lafayette-West Cameron-East Cameron-Northern Calcasieu-Northern Jefferson Davis-Northern Acadia-Upper Vermilion-Southern Calcasieu-Southern Jefferson Davis-Southern Acadia-Lower Vermilion-Upper Jefferson-Northern Orange-Lower Jefferson- Southern Orange- Including the cities of Welsh, Jennings, Carlyss, Morse, Klondike, De Quincy, Iota, Lafayette, Fenton, Port Arthur, Sea Rim State Park, Sulphur, Church Point, Hackberry, Cameron, Nederland, Abbeville, Grand Lake, Beaumont, Rutherford Beach, Forked Island, Westlake, Johnson Bayou, Sabine Pass, Orange, Hathaway, Vidor, Topsy, Intracoastal City, Elton, Maurice, Gueydan, Bell City, Meaux, Kaplan, Moss Bluff, Lake Arthur, Hayes, Vinton, Rayne, Iowa, Creole, Mauriceville, China, Grand Chenier, Bridge City, Branch, Crowley, and Lake Charles 415 AM CST Tue Jan 21 2025 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions. Additional snow accumulations between 2 and 4 inches. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas. * WHEN...Until noon CST today. * IMPACTS...Visibilities may drop below 1/4 mile due to falling and blowing snow. Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Tuesday morning and evening commutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Travel should be restricted to emergencies only. If you must travel, have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded, stay with your vehicle. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1. Persons should delay all travel if possible. If travel is absolutely necessary, drive with extreme caution and be prepared for sudden changes in visibility. Leave plenty of room between you and the motorist ahead of you, and allow extra time to reach your destination. Avoid sudden braking or acceleration, and be especially cautious on hills or when making turns. Make sure your car is winterized and in good working order. A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds are likely. This will lead to whiteout conditions, making travel extremely dangerous. Do not travel. If you must travel, have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded, stay in your vehicle.

Only came up with .30 on the melted core. Some of the initial snow melted plus I didn't do a 100% job of catching all of the snow out of the grass when I grabbed, so I think initial catch in the 4" gage was more accurate. I made the mistake of clearing the snow boards without first taking the core from them. Not sure what the latest accepted procedure is on clearing snow boards, but so far I'm still doing it once per day, generally at midnight for calendar days. No rain here, it was 100% snow, but it would coat the ground during heavier showers of graupel and melt out in between during the day Sunday. Conclusion: better than 10:1 during the accumulating snow.

I do. Slightly less than 10:1 here from what the gage was able to catch (3.6" / 0.37"). Have a core sample melting now. They usually show more water.

3.4" as of midnight. 25⁰ S- North Smithtown

Looks like there could be a quarter inch or so after midnight.

Some truck with a big metal blade just went by here pushing snow out of its way. What was that thing?

This would be true if your ratios were 200:1

We got a quick coating from a heavier graupel shower about 40 minutes ago. Mix of light graupel and some nicer snowflakes now. 35⁰

Tee-hee

No, a lot more than that. You cherry picked a good run. Average here was 41.4"

Difficult to interpolate that chart, but it looks more like just after 18z. Plus it's the boundary layer. If it's snowing above, it'll be snowing there. A sounding would be better.

Your root cellar is empty already?

Back in the 70s they used to say the same, that NYC's coldest weather was on a northerly flow down the Hudson Valley. The difference was attributed to downsloping, rather than to lake ice or lack thereof.

A fitting tribute.

Been a bit nippy on top of the Greenland ice cap: https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=GEUSNAE&hours=72 Thousands of feet below, its between 0 and +10 on the beaches.

Those 3 charts illustrate the "January thaw" in the early years.

30 or 40 years ago it was probably 36ish for the North Shore. I'm old enough to be unwilling to let that go. When I see a high of 33 vs 36, I think a chilly day, but not outside of a range of normal ( +/- 2⁰C). We all perceive things different, but I think that range is reasonable.

This might be a function of the high winds. The urban heat island really shows itself when the winds drop.