Logan11 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 A foot here... Some steady light snow yet, but accumulation is probably just about done. Now I have a lot of shoveling to do. Picked up around 8" at home when I left for work a little while ago, I'll see if there was anything additional to add later on. Looks like NWS Albany just reported even more down at their office with 10". I wonder how many times all the "big" Upstate NY cities reached double digits in snowfall from the same storm system? Pretty incredible. I'm sure it happened during the March 1993 storm, but nothing else is coming to mee off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Western areas of the Hudson Valley, including the city of Albany, are only very rarely shadowed during snowstorms. Same can't be said further east however, especially in parts of Washington and Rensselaer Counties. About 9.5" on the ground here, maybe we'll pick up another half inch with some light snow. This event definitely exceeded my expectations with downsloping not being much of an issue, at least on the west side of the Hudson River. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Big shadow over there near route 22 today. They may be recouping a bit now, but mostly places were at only 1 to 3 inches around 7 AM. Western areas of the Hudson Valley, including the city of Albany, are only very rarely shadowed during snowstorms. Same can't be said further east however, especially in parts of Washington and Rensselaer Counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Some sort of Lake Ontario enhanced band developing in so. Oswego and no. Onandaga attm. Enough to get an accumulation, maybe 1/2"/hr and I'm on the fringe of it. That's what's great about this area for snow, a lot of opps for 'bonus' snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 That's great, I figured you would do very well there with this. Figures a week after I move out of western Rotterdam, they get upwards of 11" so far. I was on the edge of the heaviest stuff much of the night, with a lot of it falling just barely to my west. Overall I'm not losing too much in terms of average snowfall with the move, but I will miss all those rotting lake effect snow bands that reached just far enough east to be an annoyance to most locals. Down at work in Albany, steady light snow as well with occiasional gusty winds to blow it around. Don't know if its still the decaying band that sat overhead most of the morning, or if the hudson-mohawk convergence is setting. A foot here... Some steady light snow yet, but accumulation is probably just about done. Now I have a lot of shoveling to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revracer800 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 That band of snow off ontario is right over me right now(Hannibal)... snowing hard with the wind picking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 looks like this snow is caused by being underneath the upper level low/weak warm-air advection and lake-enhancement. Nice little bonus snow, could amount to another 1 or 2" on our totals.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixny Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 14" here. Snow is picking up again. Hearing reports of moderate to heavy snow in Fulton. Nice storm. Intrigued on arctic shot modeled late next week. Not sure if Euro has it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorizer Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 "The machine" has done its job. Now it's time for "the back" to do its job. Good thing I went to PT for my back yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Nice pics! Looks like you got over a foot too there near "unnamed Mt. Duanesburg." "The machine" has done its job. Now it's time for "the back" to do its job. Good thing I went to PT for my back yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Best synoptic storm in quite awhile here in WNY. Pretty much a broad brushed 10-15 inches across the area. Definitely fulfilled expectations for the first time in awhile in a synoptic event. Well forecasted a week in advanced as well, models handled this storm perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 9.5" here in Slingerlands. Snow growth started out nice but quickly got worse with lots of needles. Shoveling this stuff was nasty. Hoping for some HVMV convergence to set in. Heading up to Thacher Park to do some skiing. Looks like steady snow there still. I'm thinking they're around 12"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying MXZ Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Looks like a total of 9.0" here. Not too bad, and the snowmobiling isn't too bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Was just up at Thacher Park on the Helderberg Escarpment. Measured about 13" on the ground at 1200' and 16" at 1450'. Beautiful skiing today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revracer800 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 The snowmobiling is great here also, just got back in but it has started to freezing rain here a bit so tough keeping the goggle lenses cleared grrrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Buffalo NWS total from this storm was 12.4 inches. Brings the airport up to 18.9 inches of snow on the year, still 13.1 inches behind the normal for this time of the year at an even 32.0 inches. At this time last year we had a total of 3.0 inches on the year. Still got a lot of catching up to do but fairing much better then last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying MXZ Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Saw these trees on my am snowmobile ride. Pretty good start to a base, but lots of water yet. Depths probably range from 8" to well over a foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 According to all guidance packages I've looked at, we have a nice little follow up to the last storm coming our way. 2-4 inches across all of this viewing area, outside chance of 5 or 6 inches in up-slope regions. Last few runs of most models have been much deeper with this system and quite a bit more qpf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Around .40" for kuca on the euro.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Around .40" for kuca on the euro.. Wow not bad, thanks for posting! Is that for most of UPNY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Looks good for most of the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Looks like a few inches of snow will be possible throughout much of NYS. It should be a nice addition to the solid 8" snowpack here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 euro had kalb 0.33" kuca 0.38" kbuf 0.32" syr 0.37" I didn;t count the scattered snow showers afterwords.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 http://forums.accuweather.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=183821 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Local News Stations calling for 3-5 inches of snow across majority of WNY tomorrow. Highest amounts to the hills to the south and east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 There we have it... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER. * TIMING...EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS...SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL HINDER TRAVEL DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE MODEST...BUT STEADY FOR ABOUT A SIX HOUR PERIOD ON SATURDAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 WWA for WNY. edit: sorry BuffaloWeather I didn't see you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 000 FXUS61 KALY 290356 AFDALY AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1055 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL CREST OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING AND SLIDE OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST ON SATURDAY. IT WILL THEN MOVE NORTHEAST AND BRING LIGHT SNOW TO THE REGION. COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION INTO THE NEW WEEK. ON NEW YEARS EVE A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION...BRINGING THE THREAT OF SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... -- Changed Discussion -- AS OF 1055 PM...BASED ON CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORINGOFFICES AND 00Z GUIDANCE...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE NOW POSTEDFOR THE ENTIRE REGION.AS OF 930 PM...STRATUS DECK REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS APPROXIMATELY 60PERCENT OF THE REGION. MOST OF THE BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER WEREACROSS THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...NW CT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGIONAND EASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY OF VERMONT. THE 00Z SOUNDING FROM HEREREVEALS A RATHER STEEP INVERSION AT 900MB SO EXPECTATIONS ARE THECLOUDS SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE AND PERHAPS EXPAND OVERNIGHT. INADDITION...UPSTREAM HIGH AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE ARE ADVECTING INTOTHE REGION AS STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN CONUS BEGINS ITS APPROACH.MAIN UPDATE THIS EVENING WAS TO SKY COVER...RAISE TEMPS ANOTHER 1-2DEGREES WHICH IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE LATEST LAMP/LAV...AND REMOVETHE MENTION OF FLURRIES FROM THE DACKS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I'm assuming BGM will follow suit within minutes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 ..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AMEST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...ALL OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE IN INTENSITY BY THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH BY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS SATURDAY RANGING FROM THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGING FROM THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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