IrishRob17 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 44.2". Probably a little above average but I'd still like to break 50. Just poured snow and sleet for a few minutes with some heavy echoes in that band, seems to be mostly snow now. Good stuff It looks like wads of tissues falling from the sky now, huge flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 You've done pretty well in a lot of these storms... think this is the third or fourth storm where you about doubled me. 3.8" inclusive maybe a tenth of ice. 6" seems to be what most ended up with in Orange County.. Some may have picked up a quick inch with this latest band. Flakes were the size of fist at one point lol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 44.2". Probably a little above average but I'd still like to break 50. Just poured snow and sleet for a few minutes with some heavy echoes in that band, seems to be mostly snow now. Good stuff Interesting,... Whats your seasonal avg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Some places in eastern orange county have to be well over 60" for the winter now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Some places in eastern orange county have to be well over 60" for the winter now.. I have about 54" now, average is around 43" I believe. Your average over there is probably around 45" I'm guessing based on the Upton map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I have about 54" now, average is around 43" I believe. Your average over there is probably around 45" I'm guessing based on the Upton map? Im up to 58" now.. That Upton map looks suspect. I think many places above 1000' in the county are closer to 55" for an average with most above 500' around 50".. I would say I'm about 5-6" above average now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Interesting,... Whats your seasonal avg? KPOU I believe is officially 36", and I'm at about 42". That band actually dropped about another inch here, some of the heaviest rates and definitely the biggest aggregates I've seen all winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold&cloudy Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Had a nice heavy burst of snow about an hour ago. Roads were absolutely awful last night around 6PM....including Rt. 23. Thank goodness for 4WD, otherwise I would have been stranded on the side of the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I know this is being said all across western New England at the moment, but it's incredible how big those snowflakes were. Must have been 2" across and pouring out of the sky, visibility down to 1/2 mi. My Oregon Scientific has me at 39F/36 which I think might be a few degrees too warm, but still impressive dynamics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I know this is being said all across western New England at the moment, but it's incredible how big those snowflakes were. Must have been 2" across and pouring out of the sky, visibility down to 1/2 mi. My Oregon Scientific has me at 39F/36 which I think might be a few degrees too warm, but still impressive dynamics. Actually, I don't think it's that far off. It feels warm outside and you can watch the thermometer rise... 44F now and still flurries. Quite a vertical contrast between surface and mid-levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntenseBlizzard2014 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 It's partly sunny now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Thick overcast but very bright here. The amount of salt they spread this afternoon is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWCCraig Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 It's partly sunny now. That was forecasted no? Models had some clearing this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 The flakes that flew around 12:30 were some of the largest I've ever seen. Easily 1/2 dollar sized if not larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Now it's just miserable . 35* and misting but bright enough you need sunglasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sussexcountyobs Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Snow has started to fall here about 5 min ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 And it all ended with a wonderful, crisp sunset. Another one in the books and maybe one more for Sunday night. Dig it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sussexcountyobs Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Yup. Just a 10 min snow shower. Clouds look like there may be a few more moving in from the NW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold&cloudy Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 And it all ended with a wonderful, crisp sunset. Another one in the books and maybe one more for Sunday night. Dig it... Turning out to be a fantastic March (and winter in general). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Im up to 58" now.. That Upton map looks suspect. I think many places above 1000' in the county are closer to 55" for an average with most above 500' around 50".. I would say I'm about 5-6" above average now. I agree that the higher elevations likely average a little more than that map shows. This discussion got me to crunch some numbers for my neck of the woods. Using Uptons climate page I found that the closest location to me is Walden and that is where I get my 30 years average of 43.3". I then crunched the numbers for my backyard over the past eight winters that I have been here, including this year's total thus far and found the average to be 43.8". Although a smaller sample size I found it interesting that my average is that close to the 30 year average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I agree that the higher elevations likely average a little more than that map shows. This discussion got me to crunch some numbers for my neck of the woods. Using Uptons climate page I found that the closest location to me is Walden and that is where I get my 30 years average of 43.3". I then crunched the numbers for my backyard over the past eight winters that I have been here, including this year's total thus far and found the average to be 43.8". Although a smaller sample size I found it interesting that my average is that close to the 30 year average. I would say 45--55 is the county wide average with higher elevations closer to 55" and places right along the Hudson and low lying places ( <500') right around 45".. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I would say 45--55 is the county wide average with higher elevations closer to 55" and places right along the Hudson and low lying places ( <500') right around 45".. The places along the Hudson have a hard time breaking 40" let alone 45". West Point has an average in the mid 30's for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 The places along the Hudson have a hard time breaking 40" let alone 45". West Point has an average in the mid 30's for example. But then you have Storm King Mtn right on the Hudson which is probably averaging 50" or so.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 But then you have Storm King Mtn right on the Hudson which is probably averaging 50" or so.. I would bet the over on 50" in a heartbeat for Storm King. I took a little time to research some averages for the areas of some of us in this thread. I have a number of NY locations as I'm the most familar with those, those of us in NJ or CT can look around for something closer to home perhaps. I used this site http://ggweather.com/normals/snow.html along with Uptons and Mount Hollys NOWData on their Climate pages. For the locations that have two seasonal totals the one I got from the NWS are in parenthesis. The website uses totals through 2010 while the NWS data I saw included 2011, it's interesteing to see how 2011 affected the average for places that I have both. DOBBS FERRY ARDSLEY, NY 30.4 GARDNERVILLE, NY (western Orange County near Wawayanda) 40.9 MOHONK LAKE, NY 61.7 PORT JERVIS, NY 42.5 (42.7) POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 32.8 STORMVILLE, NY 57.5 WALDEN 1 ESE, NY 42.2 (43.3) WEST POINT, NY 35.2 (35.3) WESTCHESTER CO AP, NY 27.7 YORKTOWN HEIGHTS 1 W, NY 39.2 GREENWOOD LAKE, NJ 34.2 SUSSEX 2 NW, NJ 40.7 (42.3) DANBURY, CT 45.3 (50.2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I would bet the over on 50" in a heartbeat for Storm King. I took a little time to research some averages for the areas of some of us in this thread. I have a number of NY locations as I'm the most familar with those, those of us in NJ or CT can look around for something closer to home perhaps. I used this site http://ggweather.com/normals/snow.html along with Uptons and Mount Hollys NOWData on their Climate pages. For the locations that have two seasonal totals the one I got from the NWS are in parenthesis. The website uses totals through 2010 while the NWS data I saw included 2011, it's interesteing to see how 2011 affected the average for places that I have both. DOBBS FERRY ARDSLEY, NY 30.4 GARDNERVILLE, NY (western Orange County near Wawayanda) 40.9 MOHONK LAKE, NY 61.7 PORT JERVIS, NY 42.5 (42.7) POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 32.8 STORMVILLE, NY 57.5 WALDEN 1 ESE, NY 42.2 (43.3) WEST POINT, NY 35.2 (35.3) WESTCHESTER CO AP, NY 27.7 YORKTOWN HEIGHTS 1 W, NY 39.2 GREENWOOD LAKE, NJ 34.2 SUSSEX 2 NW, NJ 40.7 (42.3) DANBURY, CT 45.3 (50.2) lol.. Wow those are some ridiculously low numbers. I live in Wawayanda and that 41" mark is a bit low. I would assume the data is incomplete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold&cloudy Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 32 and overcast at 12:40PM...enjoying this January weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 lol.. Wow those are some ridiculously low numbers. I live in Wawayanda and that 41" mark is a bit low. I would assume the data is incomplete. Honestly, I've been around this neck of woods for 30 years or so and those numbers make sense to me. Sure there could be a little adjustment here or there perhaps but they are not off, at least for Orange County, as much as you think. You have to remember that you live at 850 feet which is higher than most of the rest of Orange County and that makes a big difference. The Gardnerville hamlet is around 500 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Honestly, I've been around this neck of woods for 30 years or so and those numbers make sense to me. Sure there could be a little adjustment here or there perhaps but they are not off, at least for Orange County, as much as you think. You have to remember that you live at 850 feet which is higher than most of the rest of Orange County and that makes a big difference. The Gardnerville hamlet is around 500 feet. So according to those numbers Danbury is alot snowier than areas of equal elevation in orange county.. Also I know my elevation plays a factor but for it to increase my average by 9-10" ? I guess its possible.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 btw.. It feels like January outside! lol.. Full snowcover & overcast conditions.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 So according to those numbers Danbury is alot snowier than areas of equal elevation in orange county.. Also I know my elevation plays a factor but for it to increase my average by 9-10" ? I guess its possible.. Yeah, according to those numbers, which is all we have to go on. Do I believe that about Danbury? I have doubts too. All I can say for sure is I ran my average over the past eight seasons and came darn close to what the average is for Walden. Edit: I forgot to ask, how long do you have records for where you are now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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