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March 13-14, The Blizzard of 2017: Obs


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22 minutes ago, JetsPens87 said:

What we should have probably taken into account earlier was the extreme STJ. That raced pretty well out ahead of the northern stream energy and thanks to the steering pattern as doorman posted it gave it a clear shot to move almost due north along the coastline, had the southern stream energy hung back even a little bit the northern stream would have caught up and not only made the phase but aided in pushing things further east, instead we see a partial phase and a northern stream piece of energy that slung shot this right up the coast along the steering pattern in place at that time.

I mentioned a while back that sooner or later the storm would be slingshotted north by the trough, earlier models had it happening further east but the trend came back west and the slingshot happened on the coast, so it became a coast hugger. 

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14 minutes ago, mikeysed said:

bizarre - in the heavier bands it goes back to sleet... that doesn't seem to make sense, usually the heavier echos it goes to snow...

Stubborn warm layer between 700-800 mb. 

SFC  986    20  -0.1  -1.5  90  1.5  -0.6   2  20 274.2 274.8 273.2 283.6  3.46
  2  950   317  -2.6  -2.9  97  0.4  -2.7  18  19 274.6 275.1 273.1 283.4  3.23
  3  900   748  -3.1  -3.3  99  0.2  -3.2  42  43 278.3 278.8 275.3 287.5  3.32
  4  850  1203  -1.4  -1.5  99  0.1  -1.4  81  44 284.7 285.4 279.6 296.2  4.03
  5  800  1685   1.4   0.5  93  0.9   1.0 124  30 292.7 293.6 284.2 307.1  4.96
  6  750  2208   1.2   0.6  96  0.6   0.9 185  28 297.9 298.9 286.6 313.7  5.32
  7  700  2762   0.4  -3.4  76  3.8  -1.4 211  22 302.9 303.7 287.3 315.9  4.25
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Just now, bluewave said:

Stubborn warm layer between 700-800 mb.


SFC  986    20  -0.1  -1.5  90  1.5  -0.6   2  20 274.2 274.8 273.2 283.6  3.46
  2  950   317  -2.6  -2.9  97  0.4  -2.7  18  19 274.6 275.1 273.1 283.4  3.23
  3  900   748  -3.1  -3.3  99  0.2  -3.2  42  43 278.3 278.8 275.3 287.5  3.32
  4  850  1203  -1.4  -1.5  99  0.1  -1.4  81  44 284.7 285.4 279.6 296.2  4.03
  5  800  1685   1.4   0.5  93  0.9   1.0 124  30 292.7 293.6 284.2 307.1  4.96
  6  750  2208   1.2   0.6  96  0.6   0.9 185  28 297.9 298.9 286.6 313.7  5.32
  7  700  2762   0.4  -3.4  76  3.8  -1.4 211  22 302.9 303.7 287.3 315.9  4.25

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8 minutes ago, NJwx85 said:

Well over a foot here. About 60/40 snow to sleet. Coming down moderately. That last band should hang around for awhile as the SLP takes more of an ENE direction.

Over a foot here as well. Lost accumulations to sleet and not being in the best banding but still a solid storm.

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This reminds me of the storms of my youth..go to bed with the promise of a big snowfall and wake up to...never mind, not the best of memories.

Temp is up to 37 now with light rain and still an occasional ice pellet sliding down the window pane.

Snow/ice depth = 5" on the ground. That's actually a better outcome than those long ago storms I am trying to forget.

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6 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

This reminds me of the storms of my youth..go to bed with the promise of a big snowfall and wake up to...never mind, not the best of memories.

Temp is up to 37 now with light rain and still an occasional ice pellet sliding down the window pane.

Snow/ice depth = 5" on the ground. That's actually a better outcome than those long ago storms I am trying to forget.

You're talking about the snow drought era, when storms missed south, north, west and east of here eh?  Do you remember the virga storms which hit DC but never made it up here and the even more infuriating ones which hit DC and somehow skipped over NY and then hit Boston lol?

 

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25 minutes ago, WeatherFeen2000 said:

Billy and snow got hit big time but anyone south of Yorktown heights was a bust!  No real wind either in manhattan!

I'm south of Yorktown and I have 12.0" here in Dobbs Ferry...I hiked up to 450' and there may have been a bit more.

Still light to moderate snow and sleet.

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4 minutes ago, Paragon said:

You're talking about the snow drought era, when storms missed south, north, west and east of here eh?  Do you remember the virga storms which hit DC but never made it up here and the even more infuriating ones which hit DC and somehow skipped over NY and then hit Boston lol?

 

Vaguely, but more so I am remembering going to bed with the smell of snow in the air and a Heavy Snow Warning and waking up to rain.  It was a thing back in those days.  Didn't realize it could still happen.

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14 minutes ago, Nibor said:

Over a foot here as well. Lost accumulations to sleet and not being in the best banding but still a solid storm.

Yeah probably lost a good 6" to sleet. Can't complain for Mid March. The wind and heavy sleet are still appealing. 

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3 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

Vaguely, but more so I am remembering going to bed with the smell of snow in the air and a Heavy Snow Warning and waking up to rain.  It was a thing back in those days.  Didn't realize it could still happen.

We didn't have a single snow day back then, but it's what made you treasure the new golden age even more.  It's the same reason why I treasured the late 90s Yankees, having been through no winning for 20 years, you knew what you had was special for the time that they were winning.

I have a lot more company in the second regard- they understand how I feel about the Yankees, not many people understand my love of snow (in my day to day life.)

 

Good thing is no more heavy snow warnings :) I think that last bust in Jan 2008 ended that!

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1 minute ago, mweisenfeld said:

Brighter here.  Still sleeting but not as hard.  Should be over soon, and will go measure again.  Only had 5.5 at 11:30, but it was 1.8" of QPF

Same here. Went out to finish cleaning and the sleet started pinging again. it's March maybe I'll just leave it. It can't last long. 

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