tim123 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 About 4 inches I Walworth snowing hard no advisory or warning. Typical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortmax Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 21 minutes ago, tim123 said: About 4 inches I Walworth snowing hard no advisory or warning. Typical Yes, and if you look at the last snowfall map, it had <1" for the area. Goes to show you how long we have until truly accurate forecasting is attainable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaT13 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 1 hour ago, tim123 said: About 4 inches I Walworth snowing hard no advisory or warning. Typical You guys are brutal. 4 inches of 30-1 fluff that has no tangible effect on anything. Do you really think it was worth an advisory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNash Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 19 minutes ago, DeltaT13 said: You guys are brutal. 4 inches of 30-1 fluff that has no tangible effect on anything. Do you really think it was worth an advisory? Yeah that styrofoan that will blow away if you so much as look at it may mean something to record-keepers, but there's no point in highlighting it for the general public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortmax Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Considering how much it affected travel this morning, I'd say it was worth a headline of sorts. Also there are plenty of times where a WWA was issued and almost nothing fell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaT13 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 33 minutes ago, vortmax said: Considering how much it affected travel this morning, I'd say it was worth a headline of sorts. Also there are plenty of times where a WWA was issued and almost nothing fell... So here is the real philosophical question then. If they had issued an advisory would it have made any difference? The answer is almost always no. The roads would still be messy, people would still drive like idiots, and that's that. Watches, warnings, advisories, how much do they really do? It certainly depends on the scenario, but hoisting an advisory for a 4 inch snowfall, in a known snowbelt, during the end of January is like posting a heat advisory in Arizona in August. Who cares....Its routine business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortmax Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 35 minutes ago, DeltaT13 said: So here is the real philosophical question then. If they had issued an advisory would it have made any difference? The answer is almost always no. The roads would still be messy, people would still drive like idiots, and that's that. Watches, warnings, advisories, how much do they really do? It certainly depends on the scenario, but hoisting an advisory for a 4 inch snowfall, in a known snowbelt, during the end of January is like posting a heat advisory in Arizona in August. Who cares....Its routine business. Then what's the point of issuing advisories in the first place? A philosophical question indeed - I guess the NWS should reopen discussions regarding public communications... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Picked up 2" lastnight, nothing like a NW flow regime and its light steady snow all day, it's better then nothing I guess lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 18 hours ago, CNY-WXFREAK said: When I saw your post the other day I laughed when you said you were from Staten Island as I'm from Bloomingdale rd and Amboy rd myself, lol, small world cuz! Nice bro!, small world indeed.. I grew up mostly in the port Richmond part of SI but I have lived all over.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Euro and Canadian both look great over the next 5-7 days but wether that comes to fruition is another story lol Looks like a westerly flow (what else is new) with bouts of WNW .. u can see some "greens" popping up on radar from time to time indicated some heavier snow burst.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revracer800 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Nice moderate to heavy snow here for the last couple of hours. Big fluff flakes. Picked up about 3" overnight and a good 2-3" in the last couple hours. Looks like another couple tomorrow maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Yea, really starting to add up as the sun went down, almost up to 3" myself.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 just dumping snow right now, way harder then anytime over the last 4 days.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_WX Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 53 minutes ago, wolfie09 said: just dumping snow right now, way harder then anytime over the last 4 days.. Snowing pretty hard here too. Looks like about an inch so far. Funny how we have to wait until the band is on it's last legs before we get into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Syrmax Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 1 hour ago, CNY_WX said: Snowing pretty hard here too. Looks like about an inch so far. Funny how we have to wait until the band is on it's last legs before we get into it. About same here, around an inch so far. Closer to 2" up in phoenix where i just was. This'll be our fate for the next week it appears. An inch or two here and there till the pattern changes again. Maybe 6-8" or so for the week is my guesstimate, for our area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Approaching 5" imby, still snowing pretty good out.. My pup enjoying the snow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY-WXFREAK Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 workin on a trace, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY-WXFREAK Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I couldn't care less TBH, but whats gonna happen is very usual for Winters that come on strong in Feb and March, Spring doesn't arrive till Summer, lol!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY-WXFREAK Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I've accepted this yrs fate so hopefully we hit triple digits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 18 minutes ago, CNY-WXFREAK said: I've accepted this yrs fate so hopefully we hit triple digits! We will get to 100" here i think. Granted, it may be like chinese water torture getting there and likely will require a solid March and who knows, maybe April as i am at about 64" now IMBY for season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Good 2" per hr stuff under this band.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_WX Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 2 inches here. I'm in good position with respect to the orientation of this band but winds are just not strong enough to carry the good stuff that Wolfie is in down this way. Band is starting to move north so I'll be out of it within an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Nice to see a "widespread" light snow moving thru the area this morning. Seems almost impossible for non-lake effect snow to fall across Upstate NY the last 2 winters. It shouldn't be this hard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 52 minutes ago, Buffalo Bumble said: Nice to see a "widespread" light snow moving thru the area this morning. Seems almost impossible for non-lake effect snow to fall across Upstate NY the last 2 winters. It shouldn't be this hard... I was just thinking about that this morning.... I can't remember the last time we had a nice synoptic snow of 12"+ across most of upstate. It's unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 2 hours ago, WesterlyWx said: I was just thinking about that this morning.... I can't remember the last time we had a nice synoptic snow of 12"+ across most of upstate. It's unreal. Well, don't look at the GFS for next week then...its advertising another lakes cutter for mid next week. Gotta hope that doesn't actually happen or winter cancel calls will be flowing like water...;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 2 hours ago, WesterlyWx said: I was just thinking about that this morning.... I can't remember the last time we had a nice synoptic snow of 12"+ across most of upstate. It's unreal. Last year we had one in February I believe. 1" so far today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 12 minutes ago, Syrmax said: Well, don't look at the GFS for next week then...its advertising another lakes cutter for mid next week. Gotta hope that doesn't actually happen or winter cancel calls will be flowing like water...;) Lots of meltdowns ongoing in other forums b/c of that GFS and now the Candadian run for next week. A torch cutter for next week would just be a continuation of the trend all winter. Get some cold and decent snow for about a week, then watch it all wash away as quick as it came. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 People forget the synoptic storms so quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Congrats Minneapolis on the Euro for next week. Let's see if we can get that storm to trend further west over about Montana so we can hit 70 degrees and bust out the jeans shorts and hackey sack... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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