CNY_WX Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 54 minutes ago, Buckeyes_Suck said: Was originally at late 80s toro with a 7.5 HP motor handed down by my wife’s grandfather. When the original motor threw a rod I swapped it for a 13hp harbor freight and added the battery. I changed the pulley for the auger so it spins a little faster, and recently added rubber paddles to the second stage. The lid is Ss, I had to add that to keep snow out of the carb and governor linkage. Added the autobots logo while I was at it. The distance that it can throw snow is comical. Maybe I’ll finally get some video with this storm tomorrow. Holy crap and I thought mine was a monster. You can probably throw snow over your neighbor’s house. I thought that was stainless steel. My father worked as a sheet metal cutter mostly cutting stainless steel for dairy storage tanks. Way back in the day his employer let them make things out of stainless scraps. He made things from ash trays to a Christmas tree stand, a desk for my younger sister and probably the only stainless steel Christmas manger in the world. Those modifications probably added 50 lbs to your blower. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_WX Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 17 minutes ago, DeltaT13 said: You can see layers of sleet moving through that area with the correlation coefficient No reports of sleet at KPIT yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_WX Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 13 minutes ago, BGM Blizzard said: First flakes here. Temp is 23.7°. Snow began at the airport at 6:49. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, CNY_WX said: No reports of sleet at KPIT yet. As of now no sleet but earlier we did have sleet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I m tracking progress of the dryslot. The sleet is just a bonus. Is there such thing as a Dryslot Warning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Central PA board has very few reports of sleet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, CNY_WX said: No reports of sleet at KPIT yet. There are lots of reports in the Pittsburgh thread of the snow mixing with or changing to sleet and then back to snow like every other minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortmax Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 So KBUF said the precip is coming an hour early. Is that because of the storm moving faster or a larger precip shield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homie J Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, TugHillMatt said: There are lots of reports in the Pittsburgh thread of the snow mixing with or changing to sleet and then back to snow like every other minute. Lots of sleet mixing in here still. Had only 2 inches of snow but radar showed .6 inches of liquid. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGM Blizzard Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Steady light snow now. The street and paved surfaces already coating over. No initial melting with the recent cold snap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 It looks like the coastal low is taking over faster and the primary is dying out? Perhaps Pittsburgh is dealing with the dwindling effects of the primary (on easterly winds) while Central PA (where there isn't any sleet as of yet) is getting the effects of the secondary on more of a NEly wind. Maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 minute ago, BGM Blizzard said: Steady light snow now. The street and paved surfaces already coating over. No initial melting with the recent cold snap. I saw a snowflake land on the ground here and it just "poofed" into a cloud of steam. The sizzle is real. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaT13 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 40 minutes ago, vortmax said: Trying to understand why the HRRR jumps the LP to the coast, weakens the primary, then re-strenghtens it, and ultimately merges the 2 again further west. Anyone wanna explain that one?? Looking at these 500mb charts, you can see that the two waves finally begin merging right between 7pm and 1am. Look at how diffluent the upper levels are over central and western Pa in the second frame! That drives a ton of surface based upward vertical motion and the surface low pressure surges NW. Not good for anyone east of the Genny. Going to be some incredible rates for those who stay all snow though. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Have fun, western NY guys. .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... Regional radars early this evening showing leading edge of snow entering the western Southern Tier. Observations along the western Southern Tier into northern Pennsylvania supporting a rapid increase in intensity to the snow once it starts, with visibilities dropping to an mile or less. Snow will move quickly to the north likely reaching the south shore of Lake Ontario by 9 pm. The heaviest snowfall rates still look to be several hours away, but we should start see snowfall rates exceeding an inch per hour across western New York by midnight and increasing to perhaps as much as 3+ inches per hour overnight into Monday morning. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Congrats to the WNY crew. Glad someone got some big totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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