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5 inches? I meant heaviest at one time. It was a white out with snow blowing everywhere in wind. could barely see woods behind apartment

I was asking in general how much snow LI had for the total season, although especially after all of the blizzards over the last 2 years it's just odd to think that so far in the entire winter, a single snow squall brought the heaviest snow at one time to parts of the area.

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Its not really hard to believe. None of the snow this winter has brought visibilities down like that and had that heavy of snow here at any time. The event 3 weeks ago had 4 inches, but was light the whole time/

I was asking in general how much snow LI had for the total season, although especially after all of the blizzards over the last 2 years it's just odd to think that so far in the entire winter, a single snow squall brought the heaviest snow at one time to parts of the area.

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Its not really hard to believe. None of the snow this winter has brought visibilities down like that and had that heavy of snow here at any time. The event 3 weeks ago had 4 inches, but was light the whole time/

I would've thought that the late January event would've had more than light snow... the radar showed 20-30 dbz bands over Long Island at times with that storm, while the radar had these squalls around 28+ dbz when they moved into Long Island.

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Not all 28 dBZ snow is alike. That event had graupel, which radar beams will have a higher reflectivity from. Also, there was alot of melting and mixing going on at the radar beams height so some of the snow then was bigger in size also creating a higher reflectivity. This snow squall that we just had was loaded with snow, huge flakes and small ones alike and blowing around.

I would've thought that the late January event would've had more than light snow... the radar showed 20-30 dbz bands over Long Island at times with that storm, while the radar had these squalls around 28+ dbz when they moved into Long Island.

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Not all 28 dBZ snow is alike. That event had graupel, which radar beams will have a higher reflectivity from. Also, there was alot of melting and mixing going on at the radar beams height so some of the snow then was bigger in size also creating a higher reflectivity. This snow squall that we just had was loaded with snow, huge flakes and small ones alike and blowing around.

That makes much more sense... thanks for the explanation. I thought it had something to do with the flakes but didn't know exactly what it was.

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