gravitylover Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 What a mess. On the drive home last night it was raining in the city, slushy in the Bronx and it hit freezing right at the Westchester line and was freezing rain and sleet for the next 30 miles. Road conditions got progressively worse as I went and finally got really "fun" around Yorktown. When I got home it was mixed snow and zr/sleet at my house and stayed that way until around midnight when it turned to plain rain. When I went out this morning it was 3-4" of the wettest, heaviest glue we've had in two years. All I did was open a drain from the driveway to the street so there's somewhere for the runoff to go and I left. More on Saturday!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Yeah, just flipped over here too. Driveway on a hill, big mess this morning. Snow blower was useless as it game out the chute like glop. Shoveling was a heart attack waiting to happen. Took 20 min to get my wife's car from garage to the street, jamming my way up the hill and rolling back down. But my persistence (and her 4 wh. drive) payed off. She's at work and I can go back to bed and take a nap. I guess I finished up between 5-6" for the storm but the ZR really matted it down.Maybe Saturday will be another 3-6" (of fluff this time) Try spraying it with Pam cooking spray, my brother and father have used this trick for years with decent results on both single and two stage blowers. I have a stone driveway...FTL. Both my wife and I have 4WD though but it's kind of like driving on a bobsled run. I had 5.5" in the yard this morning but as you point out, it was matted down a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Just finished shoveling probably the heaviest crap we had in years! My back is a mess right now.. smh Took some measurements and came up with 6.2"and thats padded down from all the sleet. Lgt Snow still w/a temp of 32.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Getting a nice surprise band of moderate snow here. Probably another half inch or so has fallen and freshened everything up again. Looks like winter out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 on and off lgt-mod snow all morning.. Finally looks like winter!! And this weekend looks wintry as well. 2-4?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Point, NY Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Unlike all the others, root this one further west. Maybe it's time to throw the coast a bone for once. Forgot all about Pam. I hit it with some WD40 and helped a bit.....LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJay Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 FYI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xram Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 we got around 4 1/2" - 5". Couldn't really measure it accurately. This was like concrete to shovel. I should of gone out last night while it was fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 on and off lgt-mod snow all morning.. Finally looks like winter!! And this weekend looks wintry as well. 2-4?? I am not really too excited by the storm this weekend.. My concern is we get fringed up here as the coastal low energy transfer takes place. Our best hope is to have an over-performing vort from the initial low pressure system as it swings through ahead of the surface low developing off the coast. I would be happy to get a refresher of 2" out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 I am not really too excited by the storm this weekend.. My concern is we get fringed up here as the coastal low energy transfer takes place. Our best hope is to have an over-performing vort from the initial low pressure system as it swings through ahead of the surface low developing off the coast. I would be happy to get a refresher of 2" out of this. ^^^^^^^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 1-3" is good enough for me.. Freshen up the existing snowpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Yeah, exactly. Not going to complain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Now that we have a solid snowpack I wouldn't be surprised to see lows drop below forecast.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Now that we have a solid snowpack I wouldn't be surprised to see lows drop below forecast.. And it literally is a solid snowpack. The plus side of the mess on top of the fluff from earlier in the strom is that this snow/ice isn't going anyplace for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 And it literally is a solid snowpack. The plus side of the mess on top of the fluff from earlier in the strom is that this snow/ice isn't going anyplace for a while now. Yeap.. Thats why I don't mins a little sleet. This snow isn't going anywhere anytime soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Yeap.. Thats why I don't mins a little sleet. This snow isn't going anywhere anytime soon You had a good idea in the NYC forum for a thread we could post in there but it doesn't look like it worked out as easily as it should have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 You had a good idea in the NYC forum for a thread we could post in there but it doesn't look like it worked out as easily as it should have. Looks like John created a sub forum for us.. It just makes sense for ppl in the NW burbs to post together rather than 3 different forums. Anyone from Sussex right through Danbury are usually gonna have similar outcomes especially when it comes to marginal events. So lets all boost up the new thread for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Looks like John created a sub forum for us.. It just makes sense for ppl in the NW burbs to post together rather than 3 different forums. Anyone from Sussex right through Danbury are usually gonna have similar outcomes especially when it comes to marginal events. So lets all boost up the new thread for us! I'll be sure to post some obs from the next storm in there.. I like the NW burbs concept, especially in these marginal events where the metro area gets shut out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Definitely.. Ill be posting in there as well as here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Definitely.. Ill be posting in there as well as here Count me in on that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Hey guys, quick question. Originally was supposed to head way upstate this weekend, but had to cancel. I still want to head north a bit tomorrow and see a decent amount of snow, something my son can sleighride in, maybe a town nearby, etc. any recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Hey guys, quick question. Originally was supposed to head way upstate this weekend, but had to cancel. I still want to head north a bit tomorrow and see a decent amount of snow, something my son can sleighride in, maybe a town nearby, etc. any recommendations? You don't have any snow down in Rockland?? Thomas Bull Memorial Park here in Orange County has tubing/sleigh riding/ice skating etc.. Its been awhile since I've been there but I'm pretty sure they still have it. Since he lives in Montgomery IrishRob might be able to answer it better.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 Hey guys, quick question. Originally was supposed to head way upstate this weekend, but had to cancel. I still want to head north a bit tomorrow and see a decent amount of snow, something my son can sleighride in, maybe a town nearby, etc. any recommendations? Yeah, http://www.orangecountynyparks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25.. We have 4-5" of snow/ice making for fast sledding I would presume. While the tubing hill isn't open yet there is a smaller sledding hill that is now available since Mother Nature provided some snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 You don't have any snow down in Rockland?? Thomas Bull Memorial Park here in Orange County has tubing/sleigh riding/ice skating etc.. Its been awhile since I've been there but I'm pretty sure they still have it. Since he lives in Montgomery IrishRob might be able to answer it better.. Only have like an inch left. Want to go explore and make a day of it basically, to make up for missing out on lake placid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Yeah, http://www.orangecountynyparks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25.. We have 4-5" of snow/ice making for fast sledding I would presume. While the tubing hill isn't open yet there is a smaller sledding hill that is now available since Mother Nature provided some snow. Hmmm that might not be a bad idea. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 Hmmm that might not be a bad idea. Thanks! You'll get to see the snow guns on the tubing hill although it'll probably be too warm during the day for them to be running. I'd recommend coming up for tubing too once its open next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 You'll get to see the snow guns on the tubing hill although it'll probably be too warm during the day for them to be running. I'd recommend coming up for tubing too once its open next week. Yeah i probably will, thats not a bad drive for me at all. I still need to be talked out of driving to lake placid and home in one day tomorrow though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 You don't have any snow down in Rockland?? Thomas Bull Memorial Park here in Orange County has tubing/sleigh riding/ice skating etc.. Its been awhile since I've been there but I'm pretty sure they still have it. Since he lives in Montgomery IrishRob might be able to answer it better.. Hell, I actually live in the park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Yeah, http://www.orangecou...article&id=25.. We have 4-5" of snow/ice making for fast sledding I would presume. While the tubing hill isn't open yet there is a smaller sledding hill that is now available since Mother Nature provided some snow. I thought they had snow guns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Hell, I actually live in the park Its practically your backyard lol.. How far are you from MGJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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