Stash Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Oh that's right, there's you and Mt. Duaneburg too. I almost got the wife to bite on a new place in Mariaville, but no such luck. Oh well, I was pleasantly surprised at getting over 5" today. With this being another winter where we've been on the fringe, I'll take it. Can't speak for Albany County, but here in Western Schenectady County at around 1400 feet I've gotten a bit over 6 inches and it goes over to snow any time the intensity picks up (like now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eduggs Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Can't speak for Albany County, but here in Western Schenectady County at around 1400 feet I've gotten a bit over 6 inches and it goes over to snow any time the intensity picks up (like now). Great report. Thanks. That's what I figured. Might have to head up that way to investigate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNash Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 An inch of wet snow in North Buffalo and at north campus. Gross. Feels like March already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 An inch of wet snow in North Buffalo and at north campus. Gross. Feels like March already.well tomorrow is March 1st (the meteorlogical start of spring) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNash Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 well tomorrow is March 1st (the meteorlogical start of spring) True enough. The late start to the snow season has me a little disoriented. Actually was about a half inch at north campus, but light wet snow continues to fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 True enough. The late start to the snow season has me a little disoriented. Actually was about a half inch at north campus, but light wet snow continues to fall. Had another wet coating here last night which melted by mid morning. Definitely feeling like the end of winter with much of our snow pack gone and 37 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaT13 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I had a very unique experience on the slopes last night. I headed down to Bristol Mountain with the hopes that a little elevation would be all that was needed for some fresh tracks on new snow. The entire drive down it was raining lightly, and even in the parking lot at the base of the hill it was raining. However, I jumped on the lift and about 200 feet up the hill, it quickly changed to snow, and by the time I got to the summit, it was snowing heavily! This continued all night with light rain at the very base and heavy snow at the top, all of this over an elevation change of 1200 feet! Absolutley awesome to experience this little micro-climate in WNY. Anyway, the low-land rain scared away most everyone, so I had virtually the entire mountain to myself and amazing fresh snow for 3/4 of the mountain. Best night of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 It's a day late and a dollar short. But here at1k feet the stuff turned to a soup of light rain/wet snow after around 11 AM and when it got heavier in the afternoon the best we could manage was the wettest of snow...so accumulation was finished at 7 inches. Very possibly they got more in the really elevated Helderbergs such as parts of southern Berne and Rensselaerville where humans live at 1700 to 2100 feet. About 4 inches of yesterday's snow left ....although in the woods and shaded areas there was maybe 2-5 inches of pre-existing old snow. Looks like pretty heavy upslope enhanced precip in western ALB county. Anybody know if there is any snow mixed in there or all rain now. I see most mesonet obs are mid 30s or higher even in elevated terrain around the NE, but I suppose dynamics could locally cool the column. Any reports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Mini lake forming in my front yard due to the snow melt/rain, still a couple inches on the ground.. http://forums.accuweather.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=194131 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Melting is suspended here anyway...31F now. Mini lake forming in my front yard due to the snow melt/rain, still a couple inches on the ground.. http://forums.accuweather.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=194131 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champy Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I declare this crappy winter officially over! Another lame winter for the immediate CNY area...we barely got more snow than last year...one or two weak synoptic systems and hardly any lake effect. Oh well....maybe next decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Picked up 0.7″ of snow overnight bringing my seasonal total to 62.9″ here. Heres a breakdown by month of my stats here in OP. October 2012 – QPF: 8.04″ Snow: 0.0″ November 2012 – QPF: 2.08″ Snow: 3.4″ December 2012 – QPF: 3.98″ Snow: 23.8″ January 2013 – QPF: 2.54″ Snow: 15.1″ February 2013 – QPF: 2.98″ Snow 19.9″ March 2013 (as of 9am today) – QPF: 0.08″ Snow 0.7″ Total QPF: 19.70″ Total Snow: 62.9″ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortmax Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I had a very unique experience on the slopes last night. I headed down to Bristol Mountain with the hopes that a little elevation would be all that was needed for some fresh tracks on new snow. The entire drive down it was raining lightly, and even in the parking lot at the base of the hill it was raining. However, I jumped on the lift and about 200 feet up the hill, it quickly changed to snow, and by the time I got to the summit, it was snowing heavily! This continued all night with light rain at the very base and heavy snow at the top, all of this over an elevation change of 1200 feet! Absolutley awesome to experience this little micro-climate in WNY. Anyway, the low-land rain scared away most everyone, so I had virtually the entire mountain to myself and amazing fresh snow for 3/4 of the mountain. Best night of the year. I've had an experience like that at Bristol many years ago...soaking wet at the base, but heavy snow from mid-way up. Me and my buddies stayed on the top half the whole night with all sorts of new snow. Very fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Lately It has been all about elevation. As many of you are sitting with green/mud/water, i have been snowblowing the driveway at least every other day for the past week. Nuisance stuff for sure, but, I have been in winter mode for a couple weeks. I am no pro spotter, but yesterday and wednesday alone i bet i plowed the driveway with 3-4 inches each nite after work, and that's after a day of settling. Wet sticky snow that turns to cement once it gets moved and compacted. Oh, and the plow driver cleaned my mailbox off it's pole yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Light snow right now which has been going on and off throughout much of the day here. Looks to be much of the same for at least the next few days, though I'm not sure we'll get much of an accumulation here. Areas farther southeast of Lake Ontario may see a couple inches as the flow becomes more northwesterly. There will be a bit of a diurnal contrast in precipitation intensity as the sun angle continues to increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny rider Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Well despite us being in the "snow hole" I went cross country skiing today for the first time in 2 weeks and I have to say that conditions are darned near perfect. Bums me out that it took until March to get this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Quite cold today with a high of only 25F so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 A surprise 3.1" of fluff fell overnight. In fact its still snowing now. Nice little event that was not forecast at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 A surprise 3.1" of fluff fell overnight. In fact its still snowing now. Nice little event that was not forecast at all. Yeah we got a few inches here to, was out at a friends house last night in Strykersville last night and they had like 6-7 inches on the ground and was snowing all night. Looks like a nice streamer from Huron is parked around the airport right now. A chilly 22 degrees out right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 We've been getting very fine, light snow grains all day with little accumulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Yeah we got a few inches here to, was out at a friends house last night in Strykersville last night and they had like 6-7 inches on the ground and was snowing all night. Looks like a nice streamer from Huron is parked around the airport right now. A chilly 22 degrees out right now.got about 4.5" on the ground here which for the beginning of March is good IMO especally this winter. Im just being clipped by the southern edge of that Huron streamer with light snow falling here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Got a half inch here from the extended period of very light snow. It was probably associated with the upper low that is parked over NE and the Maritimes and sending spokes down. NIce cold day for March 3rd.. High of only 26, low of 16 and a flurries and 20 now. I got another good 4 mile snow shoe in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Snowing pretty heavily here right now surprisngly. Radar just exploded in the last 2 frames just to my north with the band slowly drifting south. Already got a fresh coating on everything. Maybe another quick inch or so of fluff the next couple hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Looks more like winter now than it has for most of the year. 4-5 inches of snow on the ground with snow falling the last 2 days straight. Albeit lightly but adding up over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Picked uo a little more than a fresh inch tonight, and close to 6" on the ground and still a couple flurries in the air. BuffaloWeather is certainly correct as this is one of the most wintry feeling time periods (past several days) weve had all year. If anyone thinks my 6" snowdepth is impressive head to Springville just 20 minutes to my south where theres easily 14" on the ground and snowpiles over my head all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNash Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I just took sort of a cool picture that shows the effect of the sun angle on snow in Buffalo at this time of year. I took this at 1230 hrs facing SSE. The black railing is absorbing energy and casting a "shadow," despite an overcast sky, evident in the snow melt pattern. Sun azimuth at Buffalo at 1230 on 4 March per the USNO Sun Altitude/Azimuth Calcutor is 181 degrees, sun altitude is 40.9 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 I just took sort of a cool picture that shows the effect of the sun angle on snow in Buffalo at this time of year. I took this at 1230 hrs facing SSE. The black railing is absorbing energy and casting a "shadow," despite an overcast sky, evident in the snow melt pattern. Sun azimuth at Buffalo at 1230 on 4 March per the USNO Sun Altitude/Azimuth Calcutor is 181 degrees, sun altitude is 40.9 degrees Wow, awesome photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNash Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Astronomical noon is around 12:20 or 12:30 PM at this latitude today, by the way, so that was about the maximum sun elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I just took sort of a cool picture that shows the effect of the sun angle on snow in Buffalo at this time of year. I took this at 1230 hrs facing SSE. The black railing is absorbing energy and casting a "shadow," despite an overcast sky, evident in the snow melt pattern. Sun azimuth at Buffalo at 1230 on 4 March per the USNO Sun Altitude/Azimuth Calcutor is 181 degrees, sun altitude is 40.9 degrees Wow awesome picture! Figures storm last week goes to far northwest and this weeks storm goes to far south. I am officially ready for Spring and warmth!! Bring it on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNash Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Thanks! By the way, the air temp was 28.0 F when I took that picture, and that coating of snow was about .5 inches deep before the sun went to work on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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