sferic Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, nycwinter said: first of all sandy you had no subways service to many parts of the city buses did not run till next day and they were crowded many schools had no power... the 96 storm was a blizzard this won't be no 1996 storm... bad comparisons.. NOT REALLY, IF IT IS STILL SNOWING DURING RUSH HOUR TOMORROW IT WILL BE TOO HAZARDOUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetbulbs88 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Light to moderate now in NW Harlem. My dog is watching the snow with great longing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrye Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, nycwinter said: i have never heard of the city ever doing early dismissal.. so it had to be schools open or closed...the mayor picked the wiser choice... Just cause you've never heard of it doesn't mean it couldn't be done, and doesn't mean it wouldn't have been the smartest choice. Other districts do it all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasiluvsnow Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, nycwinter said: i have never heard of the city ever doing early dismissal.. so it had to be schools open or closed...the mayor picked the wiser choice... NYC schools do not do early Dismissals but Up in Rockland they do----ps radar is looking good to our South and this storm is going to crawl , add the cold temps and I think this has more bomb than bust in it,,, we will see where those higher bands wind up later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooralph Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Wetbulbs88 said: Light to moderate now in NW Harlem. My dog is watching the snow with great longing. Hard to believe there's that much difference. We are definitely at 1/4 or less here (low 100s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liwxfan Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Miller place here on the north shore central Suffolk. Been all snow here giant flakes for over an hour. All surfaces already covered even the roads already covered in white. Really like my spot for this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mophstymeo Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 minute ago, larrye said: Just cause you've never heard of it doesn't mean it couldn't be done, and doesn't mean it wouldn't have been the smartest choice. Other districts do it all the time. The City just doesn't do it. I know. I work in a school that follows the public schools' snow-day calls. The public schools service over 1 million kids, some of whom would have no one at home if the system just decided, mid-day, to close. Mid-day closures are more common in smaller communities and districts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycwinter Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 12 minutes ago, Gravity Wave said: Sticking basically everywhere in the city, there was easily over an inch on cars and grassy surfaces when I left my place half an hour ago. Currently heavy snow in Midtown. temps are now at 31 in the city that degree under freezing makes a big difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestatis014 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Snow finally falling. Needle shape to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Mophstymeo said: The City just doesn't do it. I know. I work in a school that follows the public schools' snow-day calls. The public schools service over 1 million kids, some of whom would have no one at home if the system just decided, mid-day, to close. Mid-day closures are more common in smaller communities and districts. Yep; back in PA we did early dismissals frequently in events timed like this (usually between 11:30am-12:30pm or so). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetbulbs88 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, hooralph said: Hard to believe there's that much difference. We are definitely at 1/4 or less here (low 100s) Moderate to heavy now. You'd be surprised how long it takes for DBZs to get up here to Harlem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycwinter Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Wetbulbs88 said: Moderate to heavy now. You'd be surprised how long it takes for DBZs to get up here to Harlem. is the subway not working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetbulbs88 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Just now, nycwinter said: is the subway not working? Lolz. 12k NAM cut back a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpruf Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 20 minutes ago, RU848789 said: 1" on the ground an 31F; only got about 1/4" the past hour with light/moderate snow; streets now mostly black again as we've had some melting. Need greater rates to cover them, which look to be coming, based on radar filling in. Good thing about higher ratio, drier snow is less sticking to trees and power lines and less outages... Yes drier is good, don't want to lose power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduewx80 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 really nice convective elements showing up over delaware bay. some up this way too, but that's the deeper stuff that should contribute to 2"/hr rates later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravity Wave Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 We got a lot of early dismissals in Allentown, PA growing up (120,000 people and a lot of kids from poor backgrounds and single parent homes). Anyway, the HRRR is a lot further west with the heavy banding than the NAM. Interested to see the RGEM soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mophstymeo Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, NortheastPAWx said: Yep; back in PA we did early dismissals frequently in events timed like this (usually between 11:30am-12:30pm or so). I live in a district that closes way too easily and it causes quite a few headaches, especially given where I work. I will often need to take off in prep for a storm because I *know* what will happen if I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetbulbs88 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Gravity Wave said: We got a lot of early dismissals in Allentown, PA growing up (120,000 people and a lot of kids from poor backgrounds and single parent homes). Anyway, the HRRR is a lot further west with the heavy banding than the NAM. Interested to see the RGEM soon. HRRR is over an inch with more to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cfa Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Coming down hard now and sticking on all surfaces in Lake Grove, the sleet/freezing rain must’ve made it easier to accumulate on the roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrye Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 13 minutes ago, Mophstymeo said: The City just doesn't do it. I know. I work in a school that follows the public schools' snow-day calls. The public schools service over 1 million kids, some of whom would have no one at home if the system just decided, mid-day, to close. Mid-day closures are more common in smaller communities and districts. I hear you. But the reason why other districts do it is because they have a plan. That's all it takes. If NYC had a plan, they could do it. If they announce the day before that it is likely that they will have early dismissal, it requires the same type of planning for parents as it does if they announce a complete closure. It's something NYC needs to do IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravity Wave Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Wetbulbs88 said: HRRR is over an inch with more to come. Yeah, looks like 1.25"+ for the city proper from 9:00 AM to 3:00 AM with a few hours of snow still remaining. That 12-18" could verify, if only at the low end for the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbear5 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Wetbulbs88 said: HRRR is over an inch with more to come. It's absurd in a good way. 1.75" LE popping up on LI and still snowing at a good clip verbatim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 First inch in the books. Coming down pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 18 minutes ago, Mophstymeo said: The City just doesn't do it. I know. I work in a school that follows the public schools' snow-day calls. The public schools service over 1 million kids, some of whom would have no one at home if the system just decided, mid-day, to close. Mid-day closures are more common in smaller communities and districts. When our kids were still in elementary school there was one storm where they made a snap decision to send the kids home early and both me and my wife were working. She left work right away but got stuck in traffic behind a big accident and instead of the regular ~30 minute drive it was almost 3 hours. She called me and I left work but my 40 minute drive was well over an hour. The kids sat outside in the driveway for almost an hour waiting for me to get home. Early dismissals suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drz1111 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, bluewave said: We continue to see the impressively steep midlevel lapse rates with these late season winter storms. Funny how they have become more prevalent in the cold season. We used to get them more with warm season EML severe events in the past. FWIW, I think the airmass in the midlevels is actually a modified EML that got advected across the south and is now being swung up and around the low into the northeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northshorekid Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Melville, NY-no worse than mod snow right now 32 degrees. Amazing scene so early in the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan76 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, gravitylover said: When our kids were still in elementary school there was one storm where they made a snap decision to send the kids home early and both me and my wife were working. She left work right away but got stuck in traffic behind a big accident and instead of the regular ~30 minute drive it was almost 3 hours. She called me and I left work but my 40 minute drive was well over an hour. The kids sat outside in the driveway for almost an hour waiting for me to get home. Early dismissals suck. https://www.americanwx.com/bb/topic/50505-winter-2017-18-banter-thread/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastonSN+ Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 41 minutes ago, NJwx85 said: The 12z NAM sim radar looks nothing like the HRRR or the RAP HRRRR gets sketchy after hour 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherlogix Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 @jm1220same sh-t different storm...we find a way to underperform... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpruf Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 minute ago, gravitylover said: When our kids were still in elementary school there was one storm where they made a snap decision to send the kids home early and both me and my wife were working. She left work right away but got stuck in traffic behind a big accident and instead of the regular ~30 minute drive it was almost 3 hours. She called me and I left work but my 40 minute drive was well over an hour. The kids sat outside in the driveway for almost an hour waiting for me to get home. Early dismissals suck. There is no good way to do it really. But most schools have skeleton crew staff for cleaning ( ours are outsourced, 2 to a building ) and the adults who work in the schools also have to get home, and usually have to get their own kids who are being dismissed early. No matter what you do, people will complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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