Juliancolton Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Hitman said: Are you looking for bald eagles? my wife and I kayak/paddle board on the croton river and this past summer there were some flying around there. To my untrained eye, there was an adult and two young ones which appeared to mature as the summer progressed. Yeah, they've been congregating down by the Verplanck waterfront. This morning there were "only" five visible at one time, so at least one guy just packed up and said he'd try again another day. That's how you know the reintroduction efforts have been successful. In truth, he was right... the eagles weren't really doing anything interesting. I liked this expression though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 There are quite a few along the Croton River corridor. I drive up and down between Croton Falls and Brewster at least 5 days a week and see one or two most days, I bet if I stopped and paid attention I'd see more. There is also at least one peacock in the area. I have 2 hawks nests in the yard, we saw a big one the other day sitting on a branch waiting for breakfast to make itself evident. It looks like the drizzle has already moved through this morning, maybe we get a nice(ish) dry day today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Sneaky slick out there IMBY as a freezing rain shower come through earlier, the deck and driveway were rather slick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 I was wondering what the temps were over that way when it went through. It had just popped above 32 when it went through here so cleared surfaces are just wet. How much of this glacial mess will degrade today and how much will be left when it locks up again tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Soda Springs, CA, Caltrans reporting 40” of snow since 6am their time, a bit under 10 hours... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 And that's 'down the hill', I wonder what it's doing up at lake level and mid mountain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 46 minutes ago, gravitylover said: And that's 'down the hill', I wonder what it's doing up at lake level and mid mountain. Soda Springs is 6,700 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 Being on the west slope of the Sierra it always seems to have different (wetter) weather than at the lake, I guess that's why I thought it was further down. I looked at what some of the people that live there are talking about on another forum I frequent and it's a mess trying to get into the basin. Most people are turning around and heading home rather than fight their way up to end up sleeping in their cars somewhere. I80 is not open over the top and US 50 is backed up for 20+ miles. Gonna be a lot of bummed out skiers missing a great weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasiluvsnow Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 well it appears we might get a little more than was expected tomorrow night !!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestHillWx Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Colder morning than I expected. 24 right now. My folks are up in Vermont outside of Fair Haven for the weekend, it was 2 degrees at 9:00 am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 This system continues to look moisture starved to me based on radar and obs. The HRRR seems to have a slightly better handle on precip distribution at 00z than the NAM... the former has clearing skies by dawn tomorrow after C-2", while the NAM fully supports warning criteria snows with mood flakes lasting until tomorrow evening. It's an interesting battle between the known NAM wet bias, and the known HRRR bad model bias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Glad to come home to see some snow partial snow cover, as well the lake still partly covered in ice. A shot from bc. Good snow out there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 @Hitman So, ya got your fill of snow for the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Got out of the Dropkick Murphys concert in Poughkeepsie last night and was surprised to see the amount of snow there was at point but still 2” or less. By the time we got south of Milton there wasn’t even that much and it was only a coating at home. The classic eyeball measurement this morning is an inch tops here but I will measure in a bit. Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 9 hours ago, gravitylover said: @Hitman So, ya got your fill of snow for the season? Never, but I am temporarily satisfied. Still disappointed to awake to the thin coating we got here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgwp96 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Another storm another under performer , poor Mt holly and upton are having a really bad winter for snow forcasting. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 I got a flaky, sleety coating and topped it off with a nice slickery glaze. I've got a nice moderate density freezing fog going on, makes for a dreary day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 It looks pretty nice outside with the sun breaking through the altostratus now and lighting up the fresh snow. I know last night was a Category 5 stinker in most areas, but if you lived north of POU (there are dozens of us, dozens!) and went into it expecting 2-5", then eh... it was a nice refresher, nothing more and nothing less. 24.6" now on the season. All we need is 2" of slop on Thursday, a respectable storm in March, and the inevitable 3-4" daffodil downer in April and 40" is in reach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 I think I'm at ~16-17" so need 30 to get to average. I'm not feeling it In fact, if it turned into golf weather tomorrow I'd be alright with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 4F with a couple hours of potential cooling left. Could get a sneaky 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 19f here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 Looks like I only made it to 14, it's 18 now. So tomorrows storm looks like another icy mess. This is really getting old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Juliancolton said: 4F with a couple hours of potential cooling left. Could get a sneaky 0. Nice! Forecasted low was 15, only made it to 19 though, blah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 1 hour ago, IrishRob17 said: Nice! Forecasted low was 15, only made it to 19 though, blah! That's a pretty incredible difference. I was disappointed when I checked my station from the road and saw I "only" made it to 3 - had no idea most places stayed relatively warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 17.6° was the best I could do this morning, disappointing again. My 7 consecutive days of snow cover I will probably call an end to today. There are enough bare spots around that I can't in good conscience continue to call it a snow cover. This brings the days with snow cover to 23 this season and the total snowfall for the season to 24.1 inches. Combined with the above normal temperatures December thru February and so far this winter season is a solid D in my book. It will take a damn good March to get a passing grade this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 I'd call it 85-90% snow cover here. Actually it's solid ice cover Sunny, exposed south faces are burned out but otherwise it's complete. I did a lap around CT today and some places have real winter going on with real snowpack and snowbanks, you don't even need to go up into the hills. I'd give this winter a D at best and that's only because it did get cold. If we don't get a storm with snow rather than ice I'll probably drop that to a D-. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 There was some solid drift action going on along the south shore of the Ashokan today, although I guess anything short of deep winter in the Catskillls in February would be the bigger surprise. I'm not doing too badly imby - a nice uniform 3" base with no bare spots yet. On tomorrow, the NAM continues its multi-run trend of more moisture further north. Good if you want more ice, slush, slop, gloop, etc. Bad if you're not a psychopath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 19.2° Hoping for at least a couple of inches of snow today to keep the consecutive days streak of coverage going. It now stands at 8 but barely, about 75% coverage in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 19 for the low here as well, 2.5” at my stake which we know gets logged at 3” again for today. Far from deep snow cover but better than nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Solid inch down here. Let’s call it a win. Got the big broom out and swept the snow off the walkway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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