snywx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I'm staring at Central Park right now and I can assure u there isn't 6" here. Many many spots where grass is showing. If this is 6" then I have a 5' snowpack back home lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaner587 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I'm staring at Central Park right now and I can assure u there isn't 6" here. Many many spots where grass is showing. If this is 6" then I have a 5' snowpack back home lol That's what the climate report has. And it's pretty obvious they measure in one spot. What would you expect them to so measure around the whole park and average? It's a huge space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Pretty much a glacier out there at this point. One can run and stomp on the snow and barely leave footprints. Something very satisfying about it. About 10" left except around tree trunks and buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 That's what the climate report has. And it's pretty obvious they measure in one spot. What would you expect them to so measure around the whole park and average? It's a huge space Isn't snow depth actually supposed to be an average of 10(?) data points or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaner587 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Isn't snow depth actually supposed to be an average of 10(?) data points or something? Not sure but I didn't mean it wasn't an average I meant you can't expect the measurer to span the entire park getting an average. They probably do that at a specific spot and take average measurements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Not sure but I didn't mean it wasn't an average I meant you can't expect the measurer to span the entire park getting an average. They probably do that at a specific spot and take average measurements Well it's wrong lol plain and simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Piles of black, gray, and in some cases yellow snow here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Pretty much a glacier out there at this point. One can run and stomp on the snow and barely leave footprints. Something very satisfying about it. About 10" left except around tree trunks and buildings. Still have 13-14" back home.. The way things are lookin now we might be back to a 2'+ snowpack by next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 That's what the climate report has. And it's pretty obvious they measure in one spot. What would you expect them to so measure around the whole park and average? It's a huge space They should measure in a bare spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 They should measure in a bare spot. Do you still have around 6" on the ground? Or 4-5" now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Well it's wrong lol plain and simple I am not sure what the situation is in Central Park, but I doubt it is simple. Snowpack is a variable thing. Think of a mountain in spring that is snowless and dry on the south facing side and still fully encased in feet of snow on the north facing side. Central park isn't that extreme, but I don't doubt it is possible that some parts of the park stay snow covered a lot longer than others. How far are they supposed to roam from the official measurement site to find an area with less snow that they can measure? Now if all around you is bare ground and you have a small patch 6" deep right at your usual measurement site, then the proper thing to do would be to record a Trace of snowcover. I know here, the sides of Main Street down in town (2 miles south) are mostly bare within 10 - 20 feet of the roadway. In my neighborhood, we've had some bare spots develop over the past few days (in places where you would expect them to develop first), but I doubt you'd argue with me that we are maintaining good snow cover. My point is I am measuring snow cover in this neighborhood, not in the next one over or down in town (or the other side of the mountain). I am not vouching for the accuracy or reasonableness of the central park observation, only that it is theoretically possible. FWIW, I was the one who questioned how they could have reported 18" for days on end recently. I doubt that was accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Do you still have around 6" on the ground? Or 4-5" now? It was 5" this morning. It's about 6" now. The sun melted most of the new snow off of paved surfaces, cartops, etc. this afternoon, but not the new snow that was laying on the old snow. Tomorrow morning's depth will either be 5 or 6" depending on how much of the new fluff evaporates over night. I record snow depth at 9AM. Our deepest snow depth this winter (21") isn't in the record because it occurred around mid-day, then settled to about 18" by the next morning. On the other hand, we've had continuous snowcover here since about 1/22, but what doesn't show in that particular set of observations is that on Super Bowl Sunday we were down to a trace in the evening before more snow fell early in the morning...so it works both ways. I made my own notes about both the 21" and the Trace, but most likely no one will ever see them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 53.5" for the season in Long Beach. It was a very fluffy snow that seemed to blow away/melt through yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersWx92 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 56.1" now in New Brunswick after the 1.7" yesterday. 20 inches away from our all-time record now, and only 2 inches from second place so that looks like a lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Todays new snow brings our season total to 64.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yhbrooklyn Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Central Park still supposedly has 6". Looks like the continuous snowpack should remain for at least another week. Can't imagine much melting before the next storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 This afternoon before the squalls came through: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU848789 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Still about 5-6" here in Metuchen - no bare spots yet on properties in my neighborhood, except a few very sunny ones. No doubt we'll now have snow through the end of next week, assuming we don't get 40F and rain with this next storm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Puppet Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Mostly piles of blackened ice here in Brooklyn, but in shady spots and parks there are still a few inches of snowcover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHSnow Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Ariel photos across Long Island on my flight in from Europe of the snow cover. First is North Shore by 107 and just south of 25a. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHSnow Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 South shore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHSnow Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Long Beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHSnow Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Labrador Coastline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikehobbyst Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Nice plane pics... they are just plain nice... On a plane is it only possible to make a BM while flying over the BM (40/70) badjokesaturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHSnow Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Here is the yard in Laurel Hollow this morning. I have not seen the grass since mid January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Great photos...about 3 to 4 inches of snow left on the ground here in Port Jeff...but can't put ruler through as its basically glacier quality / easy to walk on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelocita Weather Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 40 days straight, probably about 55-60 total days with cover for most? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersWx92 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 40 days straight, probably about 55-60 total days with cover for most? Rutgers is up to 39 days straight of snowcover, and 55 days total. I believe we still need about 20 more days to break our all-time record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 the 6" Central Park has for the last week is suspect to me...Where do they take this observation?...It sounds like it's in a shady spot...even a shady spot melts when temperatures go above freezing...My area is down to traces in spots and shoveled piles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjr231 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 the 6" Central Park has for the last week is suspect to me...Where do they take this observation?...It sounds like it's in a shady spot...even a shady spot melts when temperatures go above freezing...My area is down to traces in spots and shoveled piles... I travel between Staten Island and Hoboken (2 miles west of Central Park basically) and there is a huge difference in remaining snow cover between the two. Staten Island changed to rain so much earlier on that one storm than the Park did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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