Thinksnow18 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Flake size and intensity has improved in the past 30 minutes...radar looks good for the next few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 24 minutes ago, SouthBuffaloSteve said: Oh... you man the parking gate at the airport? Wanna make $20 every 6 hours and drop this yard stick in a snow bank? (Sticks foot in snow) "Uh, we got, uh, a foot of snow here at the ROC today..." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Been snowing some big flakes here in the Northwest Cuse burbs. Only about a half inch so far, but things are looking pretty good for more overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Just like kbuf cooking the books literally over the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 Holiday Valley with some big flakes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 44 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said: Save my nest cam link should be public. Let me know if you can see. That's looking north towards the city. https://video.nest.com/live/7Lel0fR0Ox Nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 20 minutes ago, tim123 said: Just like kbuf cooking the books literally over the summer Except that was a temperature sensor error not human error lol. Maybe ROC would be better off with an automated snow sensor to measure like they do at the SNOTEL sites in the Sierra Nevada’s haha. Or pay Dave from ROC or Vortmax to do it so it’s accurate lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, lakeeffectkid383 said: Except that was a temperature sensor error not human error lol. Maybe ROC would be better off with an automated snow sensor to measure like they do at the SNOTEL sites in the Sierra Nevada’s haha. Or pay Dave from ROC or Vortmax to do it so it’s accurate lol. I’m too lazy. I usually peak out my window and measure it against my dogs leg. I’m legitimately in awe of how so many of you guys do snow boards. Delta is the only one to do the job. Or Vortmax. But I know Delta keeps records. Someone at SUNY Brockport must do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 Getting a little lake enhancement here. Moderate snow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 15 minutes ago, rochesterdave said: I’m too lazy. I usually peak out my window and measure it against my dogs leg. I’m legitimately in awe of how so many of you guys do snow boards. Delta is the only one to do the job. Or Vortmax. But I know Delta keeps records. Someone at SUNY Brockport must do it. lmao. Yes Delta. How did I forget about him. Delta for snowkeeper of KROC LOL. I stopped reporting to the NWS and just use my snowboard for my own records, it’s kind of half assed as I do it to CoCoRahS way and only clear it off once every morning between 6 and 7 am so my numbers may be a little lower with settling and compaction. I will go out and measure and clear off the board if we’re getting a moderate to heavy event where not clearing until morning would greatly skew the numbers. For example for today’s event I had a lousy .5” this morning then that melted and it snowed all day and accumulated and melted off and on but since I won’t clear it again until tomorrow morning I may only have 1 or 2” on the board by morning so my storm total may only be 1.5” or 2.5” when KBUF clears much more frequently allowing them to account for the melting and reaccumulating that takes place so they’ll definitely have a higher total than me in a wimpy event like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 11 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said: Getting a little lake enhancement here. Moderate snow This won't make up for missing a lot of the storm but it's a nice consolation prize. Im thinking most of WNY wakes up with 2-5" of snow on the ground which judging from your seasonal total so far easily doubles it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 I have an official 24 by 24 snowboard now that I try to swipe off every 6 hours. Just need to get my ruler installed, have been just manual doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaT13 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 9 hours ago, lakeeffectkid383 said: lmao. Yes Delta. How did I forget about him. Delta for snowkeeper of KROC LOL. I stopped reporting to the NWS and just use my snowboard for my own records, it’s kind of half assed as I do it to CoCoRahS way and only clear it off once every morning between 6 and 7 am so my numbers may be a little lower with settling and compaction. I will go out and measure and clear off the board if we’re getting a moderate to heavy event where not clearing until morning would greatly skew the numbers. For example for today’s event I had a lousy .5” this morning then that melted and it snowed all day and accumulated and melted off and on but since I won’t clear it again until tomorrow morning I may only have 1 or 2” on the board by morning so my storm total may only be 1.5” or 2.5” when KBUF clears much more frequently allowing them to account for the melting and reaccumulating that takes place so they’ll definitely have a higher total than me in a wimpy event like this. I do keep a pretty decent weather journal/log and live less than 2 miles from the airport so I can usually give a pretty good estimation of what's really going on. That said, for all the shit we give Rochester, their numbers are probably pretty accurate by the book; but not representative of what most of us see. As many have stated, the times that the snow actually gets measured plays a big part because of compaction. If Rochester gets lucky and has snow fall closer to the measuring time, it ends up on the high end. On the other hand, there may be some human error with people are measuring at incorrect intervals, or clearing it at the wrong times (Last year seemed to have excessively inflated totals). Throw in the possibility for localize drifting in the measurement area and suddenly we are 20 inches above surrounding towns. I'm not a huge stickler on measuring exactly to the book through most of the winter. I'll clear it around 8am each day if not much is happening. If we have a legit storm I will attempt to clear it at 6 hour intervals but I obviously cant (well I shouldnt) leave work to measure, and getting out of bed to measure once during the night isnt all that fun either (although I've done it a few times). In summary, I'll try to keep a good log this year but my numbers will always be more conservative because of my admitted longer durations between measurements. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 The European with another nice run especially for the adirondacks and catskills, ggem is a little farther SE (still gives the area a few/several inches), ukmet, gfs and icon are misses for our region. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Starting to see some better returns off Ontario.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 "New" map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY-LES FREAK Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Its already 3° colder than was first forecasted as were down to 30°. I've seen this occur quits a bit lately as I've been keeping track since I first noticed. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY-LES FREAK Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 "New" map.Yeah I agree, I seriously doubt we see anything close to 4" around here anyway. The Tug may be a whole different story Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY-LES FREAK Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 lol, where the NWS has 0 snow, will see more snow than most of us. Yeah I'm talking to you KBGM, lol!Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Gonna go out on a limb and say the European is off on this weekends system, 6z took another jump east.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Getting some moderate to at times heavy snow here right now. I think I will finally reach the 1st inch of snow this season within the hour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Looks like a hefty snowband forming over Cayuga County right now and heading east. Won't last long...but will look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie09 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Eyeballing about an inch or so, coming down at a decent clip but flake size is pretty small.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_WX Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 0.7 inch here overnight and snow is picking up in intensity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 3.2 inches at rochester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericjcrash Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 28 minutes ago, wolfie09 said: Gonna go out on a limb and say the European is off on this weekends system, 6z took another jump east.. Maps? East is ok(and probably good) for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 30 minutes ago, wolfie09 said: Gonna go out on a limb and say the European is off on this weekends system, 6z took another jump east.. Yeah. They all jumped ship 0z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Couple inches in Irondequoit. It’s beautiful. Took a Jen Walk at 1 am and it did my soul good. Which is fortunate because latest models look meh. But it’s an active pattern. This weekend’s thing needs a Hail Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 The Roc total (3.2) is unrealistic. The NW towns, where it snowed harder, are coming in with 2.5”. Same old story. Delta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 Snow Totals. 2.8" storm total here. https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=PNS&issuedby=BUF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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