Gravity Wave Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Looks like the Euro scored a last-second coup. I doubt we got more than an inch here before it all melted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortmax Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 In only 12 hours we go from a Winter Weather Advisory/Lake Effect Snow Watch (total of 7-13) to a Wind Advisory to a High Wind Warning. There's got to be a better way than to follow the models so much that in situations like this, the NWS looks indecisive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Not too long ago the Euro had this raging up the St. Lawrence Seaway sending me well into the 50's with possible t-storms. In any case, there were more 'flakes' roaming around the streets in downtown Schenectady than there were falling in my yard this morning. Went down to ALB and they managed a dusting. Looks like the Euro scored a last-second coup. I doubt we got more than an inch here before it all melted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 A dusting here, but would just go in the books as a T. Still scattered around out there as we have not really warmed at all today. OVC, getting increasingly socked in with a bit of mist and 31.5F at 1:20 PM. So gonna be some very cold rain showers when that WNY stuff gets here - maybe we can flip to some flakes before it ends. Not too long ago the Euro had this raging up the St. Lawrence Seaway sending me well into the 50's with possible t-storms. In any case, there were more 'flakes' roaming around the streets in downtown Schenectady than there were falling in my yard this morning. Went down to ALB and they managed a dusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Point, NY Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Just got in from shovelling about 3 inches down here in my hilltop abode in Orange County. Very heavy, wet and gloppy. Funny how my snow blower is on vacation up in Queensbury while I'm breaking my back again down here an hour north of NYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 From the NWS report at 18z ... NIAGARA FALLS LGT RAIN 35 34 96 SE8 29.22F FOG WCI 29 BUFFALO LGT RAIN 37 37 100 SE8 29.24F FOG WCI 31 DUNKIRK LGT RAIN 49 42 77 W13G23 29.27R JAMESTOWN CLOUDY 43 39 87 SW10 29.28F WELLSVILLE LGT RAIN 39 35 86 S17G25 29.29F WCI 30 ROCHESTER PTSUNNY 80 60 50 SW15G25 29.51R PENN YAN CLOUDY 41 36 82 S15 29.31F Now that's a warm sector !! (I know it's wrong) Would say watch out in Ottawa-Montreal region for 20-30 cms of snow and overnight heavy snow developing in upstate NY and VT as low begins to intensify, warm air advection process cuts off with coastal secondary near ACK. Can't see Albany getting more than an inch or two, but heavy squalls likely in SYR tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying MXZ Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Did see a report of 6" in Delaware County NEW YORK ...BROOME COUNTY... BINGHAMTON 1.9 700 AM 2/24 NWS OFFICE ...DELAWARE COUNTY... LORDVILLE 6.0 724 AM 2/24 TRAINED SPOTTER Wow. A little under an inch here in the northern part of Delaware County (which has since mostly melted). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Had a nice 2-3 hour period of mod/heavy snow here in Jay. About 3 new inches on the ground. Letting up a bit now, hoping for a couple more heavy bursts through tonight. Fantastic hike in the high peaks yesterday. Hiked up Wright Peak (4,600) from the ADK Loj through 6-12 inches of fresh powder. First ones on the trail, so it was an arse kicker hike. Awesome conditions on the peak - moderate snow and winds gusting well over 50 mph. Will try to post a few pics later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 WOWowow woke up this morning and saw the delay in snow, and took off for ottawa around 8am. got in around 11am and the snow was just starting....very mild around 32F and saw the bust in toronto, thought this is going to be nothing around an hour ago headed out to costco for a minute, saw a band organzinign on radar before i left.....just drove back....insane snow rates out there, must be 3-4+ inches /hr, don't think i've ever seen it snow this hard in ottawa except in march 93 and december 07 storms. total and complete whiteout, just dumping..couldnt see more than 25 feet driving all the way back, felt like I was on I-81! was not expecting this with the lack of cold air around....just shocked! i have NEVER seen all my north facing windows here at my parents home snowed over completely....i cant see anything. here is a downtown intersection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steffen Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Thunder here in downtown BUF. Kind of surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hopefully the les turns out a little better then this storm did, i think i counted about 18 flakes this morning Getting some moderate rain/sleet right now with a temp of 33.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 ottawa int'l airport knocked offline lol never seen that before im guessing the heavy wet snow has coated the sensors?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hopefully the les turns out a little better then this storm did, i think i counted about 18 flakes this morning Getting some moderate rain/sleet right now with a temp of 33.. See/goto "This Winter Sucks" thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 ottawa int'l airport knocked offline lol never seen that before im guessing the heavy wet snow has coated the sensors?? I saw that. Yeah, it looks like you guys are getting pounded. Honestly Toronto is really awful for snow and always has been regardless of what some of my friends say about it always snowing when we were kids. A heavy snowfall for Toronto is honestly 6", 8" max 90% of the time. Interestingly, this is one of the most snowfree winters Toronto has seen in the past 90-100 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Overall, a bust for Toronto, although not a complete disaster in the northern part of the city where i am. We did see about 90 minutes of steady snow with dendrites falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 2nd wwa of the day THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTERWEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SOME SLEET OR WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...HELDERBERGS...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...THE TACONICS...SOUTHERN VERMONT...AND THE BERKSHIRES. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCRETION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET...AND UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ELSEWHERE...ALONG WITH A COATING OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...ALONG WITH SOME SLEET AND WET SNOW...WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL RAIN DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO ICE ON UNTREATED...LESS TRAVELED ROADWAYS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S...RISING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S LATER THIS EVENING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub_Zero Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 INSANE!!!! OL I agree, I've never seen it snow like this in Ottawa before. I just shoveled a solid wet 8 inches of compacted snow. I'd not be surprised if we got 12+ with this storm. Complete whiteout, heavy, heavy snow. I'm glad you were able to join the party OL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 WKTV snow map for les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Sounds great! A mild, but reasonably snowy winter in Ottawa at least. That's about the latitude it took in this miserable winter. About 2.5 degrees in latitude more than was required in the La Nina winter of 07-08. Rain here mixed with snow at times...intensity driven Id say. A slushy coating on the roads and grass so at times it must have been mainly wet snow. Just nuisance junk of course. 33F, but obviously the boundary layer is pretty roasted. WOWowow woke up this morning and saw the delay in snow, and took off for ottawa around 8am. got in around 11am and the snow was just starting....very mild around 32F and saw the bust in toronto, thought this is going to be nothing around an hour ago headed out to costco for a minute, saw a band organzinign on radar before i left.....just drove back....insane snow rates out there, must be 3-4+ inches /hr, don't think i've ever seen it snow this hard in ottawa except in march 93 and december 07 storms. total and complete whiteout, just dumping..couldnt see more than 25 feet driving all the way back, felt like I was on I-81! was not expecting this with the lack of cold air around....just shocked! i have NEVER seen all my north facing windows here at my parents home snowed over completely....i cant see anything. here is a downtown intersection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Same here...its lightened up so mostly on the -rn side. About 10 minutes before 4PM today I had...well, thunderslush is the best way to describe it. Thunder with a heavier burst of rn/sn which left a bit of slush on the deck/grass. Sounds great! A mild, but reasonably snowy winter in Ottawa at least. That's about the latitude it took in this miserable winter. About 2.5 degrees in latitude more than was required in the La Nina winter of 07-08. Rain here mixed with snow at times...intensity driven Id say. A slushy coating on the roads and grass so at times it must have been mainly wet snow. Just nuisance junk of course. 33F, but obviously the boundary layer is pretty roasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I was in Albany and missed the excitement. LOL You know how bad things are this winter when we are posting about slushy coatings on decks. Really this thread is sounding like we were in Richmond, VA or something...kinda pitiful. Same here...its lightened up so mostly on the -rn side. About 10 minutes before 4PM today I had...well, thunderslush is the best way to describe it. Thunder with a heavier burst of rn/sn which left a bit of slush on the deck/grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEaster27 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 maybe 3 inches of heavy wet snow here in bolton landing, not much but biggest of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 3rd wwa of the day lol WE had 1 for overnight, 1 for this afternoon and now 1 for tonight lol ..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ESTSATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY IN NEW YORK AND WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY SNOW...PERHAPS MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S OVERNIGHT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I wouldn't hold my breath expecting much. And it's tough to get all worked up over a few inches of LES at this point - the late February sun will cause that fake stuff to vanish faster than you can blink an eye I'm afraid. LOL But hey if a few inches wants to fall here then I'll enjoy the ambiance for what it's worth. 3rd wwa of the day lol WE had 1 for overnight, 1 for this afternoon and now 1 for tonight lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 A great lake effect band wavered north over me for about 45 minutes and dropped at good 1.5" ...hard to tell with blowing. Near white out at the peak of it and dropped the temperature to 28.2F. Now sagging south again sadly. Areas south/southwest of here look to get this consistently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard92 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 SPECI KITH 251732Z 29022G33KT 1/8SM R32/1200V1800FT +SN FZFG VV003 M02/M04 A2959 RMK AO2 P0000 PK WND 30033/1728 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying MXZ Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 A great lake effect band wavered north over me for about 45 minutes and dropped at good 1.5" ...hard to tell with blowing. Near white out at the peak of it and dropped the temperature to 28.2F. Now sagging south again sadly. Areas south/southwest of here look to get this consistently. Looks like roughly 3" here today. I was gone most of the day and it was a surprise to see some somewhat real drifts on the ride home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roady Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 6" todaybiggest event of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 INSANE!!!! OL I agree, I've never seen it snow like this in Ottawa before. I just shoveled a solid wet 8 inches of compacted snow. I'd not be surprised if we got 12+ with this storm. Complete whiteout, heavy, heavy snow. I'm glad you were able to join the party OL. i was happy to be a part of it, almost missed it!....and its snowing heavily again right now from the clipper, im headin back to VT tomorrow but a nice memory this evening to go out on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FULLAUTO Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Had to go to the snow. Tug Hill 2-26-12 Sunk past my knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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