DeltaT13

19 minutes ago, tim123 said:

Been partly sunny here in walworth most of morning. 

Yeah, filtered sun here too.  Was hoping it would clear out completely for a bit.  Seems like that ship has sailed as high clouds are working in fast and the pre frontal squall line is already setting up.

7 minutes ago, cny rider said:

Where would you start?

I'm thinking somewhere just off I-90 with a long vantage point like between Syracuse and Utica and then follow it east?
 

I'm probably going to setup near Canandaigua around 2pm and then work through the fingerlakes into the late afternoon.  We never really got much clearing so that isnt helping, but I'm hoping the overall system dynamics are enough to overwhelm the lack of low level instability.  

Just to clarify my high rain rate, I pulled the data and it looks like it had a peak of 5.8"/hr for a very short time Friday night into Saturday.  Still the highest I've seen to date!  I wonder what kind of rates they hit down on the gulf coast?


 

10 minutes ago, wolfie09 said:

This mornings storm that rolled through peaked at 1.63" per hr, obviously it did not last long.. Earlier this month a storm peaked at 3" per hour which also didn't last that long lol We have just under 2.4" for the month..

The storm that hit Friday night had some momentary peaks of 7”/hr rates on my Davis!!  Was absolutely pounding rain. 

7 minutes ago, winter_rules said:

I was on one of our jobs for about 1.5hrs this morning.  Like 8:30-10am.  Shirt soaked through, sweat running down my back, and I wasn’t even doing physical labor!  If we had 90 more days of this, our company would call it quits because the crews’ production slows WAY down in this stuff (understandably).  I don’t know how they do outside construction down south….

Working in it would not be fun. But relaxing by a pool or cruising around the yard doing some light gardening and nothing feels better. The air is like a warm soft blanket on these days. (It should be noted that I’m chronically cold 10 months a year so perhaps that’s why I have an affinity for this weather. My wife despises this heat)

I'm tempted to take a half day today and chase.  Seems like one of the rare opportunities where all the ingredients are in place.  Feels absolutely perfect this morning too.  Temp of 76 with a dewpoint of 70 at 9am, pure perfect summer morning.  Wish we could carbon copy it for the next 90 days.  

Pretty unusual to see a 988mb low passing by to our NW this time of year (Monday storm system). Almost looks wind advisory worthy. 

NWS asleep at the wheel in Ohio. That’s a damn tornado!  Upgrade that!

3 hours ago, lakeeffectkid383 said:

75 here at 5 am. Just brutal. 

Hot summer nights are literally the best part of summer!  (Gotta at least have some form of AC though) 

1 minute ago, wolfie09 said:

I had one of these bumblebees patrolling my yard today lol I've never seen one orange that I can remember..I guess they are called "orange belted bumblebees"..You learn something everyday lol

Pic from the internet..

Nice find!  I'm an avid observer (and actual beekeeper) of all the bee, wasp, and all the hymenoptera species and I have yet to see one of these around here.  Fairly rare!

54 minutes ago, Syrmax said:

Sad that I am interested in tracking Spring storms for poolwater... 

Are you on well water or something?  Isn’t water virtually free here in upstate NY?

1 minute ago, vortmax said:

I'm gonna jump into this blockchain arena. Just trying to figure out the best way in (trading and wallet).

Use coinbase to buy Ethereum.  Transfer the ethereum to metamask where you can then use that coin to buy other coins.  I suggest buying Chainlink. 

2 hours ago, vortmax said:

Hmm, something to invest in?

I mean its a straight meme stock that literally has zero value but some people are making a ton of money on this pump session.  Many more will lose it all. 

I bought some at .08 and sold at .40  

50 minutes ago, rochesterdave said:

Thanks Delta! Do you have a link? I tried to copy and paste but I’m on my phone and it comes up weird. If not, no worries! This is what we are looking for. You’re awesome 

I pulled it from here: https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=buf

24 minutes ago, rochesterdave said:

Hi guys! I’ve got a favor to ask. On or about March 1, the cabin that I goto, in Brantingham, suffered a catastrophic failure of one of its out building roofs. The garage roof caved in under the weight of the snow and ice.
The insurance adjuster is saying it wasn’t due to snow and is refusing to pay. I’d like to get some stats on the snowfall, over time and accumulated, for approximately Jan 15-March 1. NWS, being as clunky as it is, is very difficult for me to use, but I know some of you guys are pretty adept at pulling these maps and figures. 

The adjuster is trying to say it was rot. And truth be told, rot probably played a part. But we also had a huge ice damn slide off another building and smash a set of stairs- so I know there was substantial ice and snow accretion during that time period. 
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

This is the daily snowfall total from Lowville.  The closest town I could find to Brantingham.  I come up with 68 inches without a thaw from Jan 15 to March 1st, that's pretty significant.

Very nice setup for prolonged training convection along the Lake Ontario lake plain tomorrow. NAM is tossing out some hefty 2.5”+ totals.  Would make for a rainy relaxing Sunday and bust the drought wide open. 
 

Temps just dropped from 71 to 57 in 15 minutes as the front slipped south of us. That sucked! I’m trying to work in the yard and was loving the warm air. 
 

4 minutes ago, rochesterdave said:

Couple middle of summer traces in there. Crazy

They must be counting hail from severe storms in July and August. That’s just silly. 

Nasty drop off over the genny valley, even on the cold biased NAM. kROC riding the edge....yikes

2 hours ago, BuffaloWeather said:

Whats more rare May 7th 1989 or Oct. storm 2006, not in terms of snowfall just time of year? I think I ran the numbers before and they were pretty close. 

I always say that a MASSIVE snow storm coming out of the warm season is far more anomalous than a significant snowstorm coming out of the cold season.  Both were awesome but the October surprise is my greatest weather event of my lifetime. 

How can you not be pulling for this one to hit big?!  It’s a one day storm and will easily be the most snow I’ve seen this late in the year since 1989 (if it verified!). Plus it’ll be nearly 60 two days later.  Let it snow let it snow!   Some trees have put on some significant surface area with their new leaves popping out so maybe some issues with tree damage too. 

Vermont is putting up much bigger numbers than that first report from the NWS.  This was the BASE of Killington as of 2pm.  That's legit af!

11 minutes ago, wolfie09 said:

I've noticed so far here that we tend to spike early afternoon, 1-3 pm before slowly dropping off the rest of the day..Had a high of 66° at 1pm, down to 59° as of 5 pm.

 

What do the winds look like during that same time. I imagine you are seeing the lake breeze crashing through.  I have seen it happen a lot this year in my backyard.  Nice warm afternoon then a stiff north breeze takes over as the lake front passes and temps nose dive.  

Wolfie, very cool pics!  I haven't seen many of those superior mirages images during the day.  A few weeks back one of Rochester local photographers (Neil Montanus) captured an impressive superior mirage at night looking due North.  You can see all the lights from the cities on the Canadian shore.  It was pretty wild!

Well here’s a pretty solid data point that this winter/spring is highly anomalous. This is the least amount of snow on mt Mansfield on this date since 1954 (67 years). All of us snow junkies better start looking for a new way to get our fix...