CNY_WX

I thought you were going to be in Pennsylvania this weekend.

Are you even going to be in Lysander for this?

2.2 inches! I don’t drink much but I may start if this verifies.

I don’t personally have any. Back then we didn’t take pictures or videos like we do today. If we had smartphones then I would have taken hundreds. There are some videos on YouTube. I’ll list a few I’ve found. Some of them were done by local TV stations to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the storm. This one was done by a guy in Rochester: From Syracuse.com: https://cnycentral.com/news/local/50-years-later-remembering-the-blizzard-of-66 Good luck with your project.

A not living band.

I have seen the term used in other forums, especially New England.

The nor’easter that dropped 17.5 inches on Syracuse on January 4, 1994 as mainly a 7 hour storm. 9.5 inches of that fell in 2 hours when a ***** band moved through.

The band who’s name we will not mention.

https://www.syracuse.com/vintage/2016/01/vintage_archives_blizzard_1966.html

Blizzard of 66

They might have that bet on one of the sports betting sites. Over/under?

I know I’ve posted this before but this was the storm that kindled my love of meteorology. I was 11 and living in Little Falls in the Mohawk Valley. We didn’t get as much snow as Syracuse and Oswego but probably got at least 2 feet. The feature that really made this storm memorable was the constant strong winds. Whenever roads, especially in the country, were plowed they would almost immediately drift back in. We didn’t have school for a week. The thruway was closed and people became stranded. A relatively new vehicle, the snowmobile, was used to check stranded cars. Snowmobiles we’re also used to bring essential supplies to people stuck in their houses. The Indian Castle rest area just outside of Little Falls became a refuge for hundreds of travelers.

I thought that expression was banned on this sub forum, lol.

Takes the low to northern Vermont at hour 120.

It appears to dry slot Syracuse at hour 114 but removes mixing.

Do you deliver from Cargill? They’re one of the primary suppliers of rock salt in the area.

A classic extra tropical cyclone with warm conveyor and cold conveyor. Hopefully, the cold conveyor which corresponds with the deformation zone will end up over CNY.

A relatively recent development in snow and ice control is the application of brine to the road surface prior to the onset of precipitation. This forms a barrier on the road so when snow or ice falls it doesn’t stick to the road.

Part of the reason for heavy salt use on the roads is that people today almost insist on seeing bare pavement when they drive. People like to drive like its July 4 when it’s January 4. There are growing environmental concerns over the use of salt as it runs off into bodies of water. But, as I said, sand also ends up in drainage systems. Not only does it clog closed drainage systems it builds up in ditches requiring periodic cleaning out to ensure proper grade of the ditch line. Either way, we need to apply something to maintain the coefficient of friction on our roads when ice and snow covers the roads.

My wife used to work in Lacona and said they use a lot of sand up north. Can’t use sand in areas with closed drainage as it will fill up catch basins and pipes.

The trouble is we have several major models all showing the distinct possibility of a fairly major snowstorm next Monday so as weenies we naturally start getting excited. Today, we have so much information at our disposal so we hang on each model run and analyze every 50 mile move in the storm track. We have seen recently where models have given us snowy solutions within 48 hours of the event only to have warm air intrude or something else pull the football away. That’s why I have my hopes up but refuse to go over the top yet. I’ll get excited if I wake up next Tuesday and have 18 inches of snow in my driveway.

Binghamton to Utica to Montreal.

100 inches in Oswego in the Blizzard of 1966.

Yes it’s fun to have a synoptic system to track for a change.