LibertyBell Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 12 hours ago, bluewave said: This brief whiteout lasting 2-4 minutes rivaled some of the best blizzards here at their peaks. The rest of the event outside those few minutes was moderate to heavy. Easily the best few minutes of winter 18-19 so far. It reminded me of Jan 2018! Remember that? Except it only lasted like 30 min. Jan 2018 had these conditions for six straight hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 12 hours ago, Sn0waddict said: Why can’t this just happen every day lol so sick the way it just comes in out of no where. it was compared to a severe tstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 12 hours ago, Juliancolton said: Pretty wimpy in Rhinebeck, NY, on the top of Burger Hill (exposed elevation with roughly 400 feet of prominence). I had no trouble standing in the strongest gusts, and vis never dropped below about 100 meters. Still exciting to watch the scud and blowing snow envelop the Catskills and Hudson River. I thought you would do some nice time lapse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 13 hours ago, Gravity Wave said: The January 8th snowstorm last year had similar rates in the city at its peak in the early afternoon. Yes, it was actually like that for 6 consecutive hours at JFK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 14 hours ago, bluewave said: South Shore of LI gusting to 44 mph now. https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KNYGILGO1#history/tdata/s20190130/e20190130/mdaily JFK hit 52 mph and temps in the mid 30s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 14 hours ago, purduewx80 said: yep, just a rare winter-time version. this line is strongly forced by the arrival of the bitter cold air mass. see 925mb temperature advection below: the sfc-3km lapse rates posted on the previous page would be displaced much higher in the atmosphere during a summer-time event, although not to the magnitude observed today. a 140KT 500mb jet in spring/summer would also be outrageous. many of the large-scale tornado outbreaks are associated with 100KT up there. why dont we see this kind of thing every time an arctic front comes through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Any accumulation amounts for central park yesterday ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCweatherNOW Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Snow88 said: Any accumulation amounts for central park yesterday ? 0.75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, Snow88 said: Any accumulation amounts for central park yesterday ? looks like Boston got their biggest accumulation yet, with 1.8 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 hour ago, LibertyBell said: I thought you would do some nice time lapse I wasn't really sure what to expect with the squall so in case things did got dicey, I went without my camera gear to stay as mobile as possible. Planned to get some footage on my phone, but it died from the cold just as the squall approached. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Juliancolton said: I wasn't really sure what to expect with the squall so in case things did got dicey, I went without my camera gear to stay as mobile as possible. Planned to get some footage on my phone, but it died from the cold just as the squall approached. Oh well. Yes these camera batteries (and phone batteries) seem to be really sensitive to cold weather. We need to have AC power for long time lapses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 minute ago, LibertyBell said: Yes these camera batteries (and phone batteries) seem to be really sensitive to cold weather. We need to have AC power for long time lapses. OEM Nikon batteries at least seem to hold their own pretty well. I'm out shooting sunrise on the river and have been on the same battery since I got here around 5:45... it's about -3F here atm. Long or many exposures seem to be the real problem in cold wx, which is probably why I had so much trouble in the eclipse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, Juliancolton said: OEM Nikon batteries at least seem to hold their own pretty well. I'm out shooting sunrise on the river and have been on the same battery since I got here around 5:45... it's about -3F here atm. Long or many exposures seem to be the real problem in cold wx, which is probably why I had so much trouble in the eclipse For the next eclipse, astro or long lapse series do you have an alternate source of power available to you? Nikon has some pretty nice accessories like battery grips that can hold multiple batteries and alternate sources of power should you need them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NycStormChaser Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, LibertyBell said: For the next eclipse, astro or long lapse series do you have an alternate source of power available to you? Nikon has some pretty nice accessories like battery grips that can hold multiple batteries and alternate sources of power should you need them. Agreed with the battery grip for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriPol Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 degree here right now. A whole whopping 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 6 hours ago, LibertyBell said: It reminded me of Jan 2018! Remember that? Except it only lasted like 30 min. Jan 2018 had these conditions for six straight hours! At my location, the visibility at the height of yesterdays squall was lower than at the height of the January 2018 blizzard (50 - 75 yards vs 100 - 150 yards). I'll post some video. Easy to see what is meant by a white out from yesterday's example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 I’m heading west on the LiRR right now having started in wantagh snow amounts increase around the queens line. Similar to a summer thunderstorm event the ocean acted to weaken the connective line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 51 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: I’m heading west on the LiRR right now having started in wantagh snow amounts increase around the queens line. Similar to a summer thunderstorm event the ocean acted to weaken the connective line! The north shore fared well with this one relative to the typical disintegration of summer storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said: The north shore fared well with this one relative to the typical disintegration of summer storms. Nice, there is basically nothing in wantagh. Nice little snow cover up here on the uws. It’s possible it had more to do with initial temps as the wind was screaming off the water before the squall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 minute ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Nice, there is basically nothing in wantagh. Nice little snow cover up here on the uws. It’s possible it had more to do with initial temps as the wind was screaming off the water before the squall Not sure if you caught this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Nice, there is basically nothing in wantagh. Nice little snow cover up here on the uws. It’s possible it had more to do with initial temps as the wind was screaming off the water before the squall I had a whiteout similar to the video clip below here in SW Suffolk. It was the most intense snow squall that I have seen on Long Island. https://mobile.twitter.com/pcavlin/status/1090725617308438529 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, bluewave said: I had a whiteout similar to the video clip below here in SW Suffolk. It was the most intense snow squall that I have seen on Long Island. https://mobile.twitter.com/pcavlin/status/1090725617308438529 That's how it looked here. i posted video above. If you pay attention to the winds shifting during the clip, from the left is south and from the right is north. I do think that may have been the lowest visibility (outside of isolated wind gusts) that i have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 10 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said: That's how it looked here. i posted video above. If you pay attention to the winds shifting during the clip, from the left is south and from the right is north. I do think that may have been the lowest visibility (outside of isolated wind gusts) that i have ever seen. Yeah, it was pretty close to the lowest visibility in snow for me also. Similar to the peak wind gust intervals during our best blizzards. The video you posted is very close to what I experienced on the South Shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.I.Pete Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Here's how it looked at Cedar Beach in Mt. Sinai. Was getting absolutely pelted with snow and sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Short snow squall clip: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 15 hours ago, Snow88 said: Any accumulation amounts for central park yesterday ? 0.4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 On 1/31/2019 at 3:02 PM, NorthShoreWx said: That's how it looked here. i posted video above. If you pay attention to the winds shifting during the clip, from the left is south and from the right is north. I do think that may have been the lowest visibility (outside of isolated wind gusts) that i have ever seen. we had 0 visibility here too- it's just that a lot of the snow didn't stick, ended up with a coating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 On 1/31/2019 at 10:15 PM, donsutherland1 said: 0.4". did the local airports have less than that, Don? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 5 hours ago, LibertyBell said: did the local airports have less than that, Don? In general, yes. ISP, JFK and LGA had 0.2" EWR had 0.4" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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