gravitylover Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, sn0w said: I just drove the 3 miles from my house at 450 feet up to King's Ridge Road which is at about 950 feet. Crazy how different of a world it is up there than here. Here the roads are wet, maybe 3 inches in the grass because of the melting as it snows today. Up there they probably have 8 inches otg and roads are completely snowcovered. Kings Ridge Rd is just a few blocks uphill from me. It's nuts right now. I can't say I'm disappointed haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 10.3 inches here should do it. 28.8 now for the season. Great storm but stating the obvious, if this happened in January or February at 5 degrees colder it’s a 20 inch plus easy. Reiterating Gravity’s point, I measured 10.3 on the board when snow letup a little after three, and just checked and the board now has 9 inches. I think this might have been 15 if it all came at night. I will never mock the March sun angle people again. Now the ones that start that crap in early February I’ll always mock. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Even 3° colder would've done wonders, just as important would've been a cold day preceding so we didn't lose so much from the bottom. It's still going pretty good here but the flakes are small and the wind is coming up. It started to brighten to the west but it's the wrong time of day for that to continue. At this point the accumulation rate probably equals the melt rate so I could call it at 12-13 and feel no guilt. Well, not much anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Hmm, last gasp? I thought it was done but, nope. Back to heavy with good sized flakes. Crazy... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 46 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said: Great storm but stating the obvious, if this happened in January or February at 5 degrees colder it’s a 20 inch plus easy. If we even had a half-decent high to the north, it would have been widespread 16+. But still nice especially in the context of the season, like you say. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NepaJames8602 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 6pm update for here in the Poconos, 9.0” and moderate snow continues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossbowftw3 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Likely no more snow here so final total ends at around 3-4”. Areas all around with elevation went for at least double of my totals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Still going and accumulating nicely at 31° 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Interesting if nothing else. Spotty coating at my house at 200’. Half mile up a hill at maybe 500’ everything’s covered with 4-6”. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpalm5 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Hefty accumulations @ 1,450’ on Schunnemunk Mountain! Game cam picked up a couple deer earlier today. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 @sn0wyou should come back up this way, it's still coming down. Winding down but still low vis. A bunch of cars tried to get up and slid back down so be careful if you come up this way. 29/28/WNW 2-4 SN- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 43 minutes ago, Tpalm5 said: Hefty accumulations @ 1,450’ on Schunnemunk Mountain! Game cam picked up a couple deer earlier today. My folks live right next to the reservoir on the slope of Schunnemunk and they are telling me they have 14”. Monroe is checking in with a 15 spot also. That stationary band must of been something special 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpalm5 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 16 minutes ago, snywx said: My folks live right next to the reservoir on the slope of Schunnemunk and they are telling me they have 14”. Monroe is checking in with a 15 spot also. That stationary band must of been something special Definitely a local jackpot. Highland Mills/Monroe area seems to reliably outperform over the years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I'm interested to see if there's anything to corroborate that 16" report in Hopewell Junction. Hopefully I get a reliable internet connection tomorrow and can snoop around social media reports. Edit: looks like 17" near Lake Carmel. Really impressive without much elevation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 ^ So my ~14" isn't too far off from that, hopefully a few more will validate my unorthodox measurements. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn0w Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 12 hours ago, gravitylover said: @sn0wyou should come back up this way, it's still coming down. Winding down but still low vis. A bunch of cars tried to get up and slid back down so be careful if you come up this way. 29/28/WNW 2-4 SN- How much did you guys end up actually otg by the time all was said and done? I'd say down the hill we had maybe 4 or 5 inches when it finally shut off last night. My parents who are between me and Kings Ridge at 650-700' or so had probably 7 inches on the ground when I dropped the kids off there this morning. I had taken a second drive up to Kings Ridge around 5 PM yesterday and the car tops looked like they had maybe 8-10 inches on them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 4 minutes ago, sn0w said: How much did you guys end up actually otg by the time all was said and done? I'd say down the hill we had maybe 4 or 5 inches when it finally shut off last night. My parents who are between me and Kings Ridge at 650-700' or so had probably 7 inches on the ground when I dropped the kids off there this morning. I had taken a second drive up to Kings Ridge around 5 PM yesterday and the car tops looked like they had maybe 8-10 inches on them. Somewhat related to that, I'm across the river in Highland Mils in Orange County at 600 feet. The maximum depth on my snow board was 10.3 inches around 3:00 pm after the last heavy snow band passed through and it snowed lightly until about 7:00. Despite it being later in the day and below freezing 31° the depth of the snow had already compressed to 9 inches two hours later at 5:00 pm. I'm at 8.8 inches this morning so most of the settling and compression seems to have occurred during those first couple of hours after the snow intensity decreased drastically. My point being those that are measuring this morning or even last night after the snow was over are not getting a true total from the storm. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 8 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said: Somewhat related to that, I'm across the river in Highland Mils in Orange County at 600 feet. The maximum depth on my snow board was 10.3 inches around 3:00 pm after the last heavy snow band passed through and it snowed lightly until about 7:00. Despite it being later in the day and below freezing 31° the depth of the snow had already compressed to 9 inches two hours later at 5:00 pm. I'm at 8.8 inches this morning so most of the settling and compression seems to have occurred during those first couple of hours after the snow intensity decreased drastically. My point being those that are measuring this morning or even last night after the snow was over are not getting a true total from the storm. For those playing at home, keep in mind that snow depth is not measured in tenths but rounded to the nearest half inch so if CP is keeping records I'm sure he has the snow depth for today as 9". @BxEngineyou understand? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 7 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: For those playing at home, keep in mind that snow depth is not measured in tenths but rounded to the nearest half inch so if CP is keeping records I'm sure he has the snow depth for today as 9". @BxEngineyou understand? Good point! So does this apply to the airports too? I couldn't find the maximum snow depth that JFK had for the Jan 2016 HECS but I always assumed it was less than the 30.8" total they measured in the storm, perhaps 28"? And I believe Allentown measured 34.6" in that storm, so their maximum snow depth would have been around 32"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 10 minutes ago, LibertyBell said: Good point! So does this apply to the airports too? I couldn't find the maximum snow depth that JFK had for the Jan 2016 HECS but I always assumed it was less than the 30.8" total they measured in the storm, perhaps 28"? And I believe Allentown measured 34.6" in that storm, so their maximum snow depth would have been around 32"? Its true that the max snow depth will nearly always be less than the snowfall but there are too many variables to take a guess at the depth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 And I should have been more clear, the half inch is used for rounding purposes only, depth is recorded to the inch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 55 minutes ago, sn0w said: How much did you guys end up actually otg by the time all was said and done? I'd say down the hill we had maybe 4 or 5 inches when it finally shut off last night. My parents who are between me and Kings Ridge at 650-700' or so had probably 7 inches on the ground when I dropped the kids off there this morning. I had taken a second drive up to Kings Ridge around 5 PM yesterday and the car tops looked like they had maybe 8-10 inches on them. At one point there was 10" on the ground but total was around 15". I lost 4" in the first round of melting and settling then another 4" in the next two melt offs. At 1am, after the snow finally stopped there was 7.5-8" on the ground and a bit over 10" on the undisturbed car top in a cold, wind sheltered spot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 53 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: For those playing at home, keep in mind that snow depth is not measured in tenths but rounded to the nearest half inch so if CP is keeping records I'm sure he has the snow depth for today as 9". @BxEngineyou understand? My ruler goes to 64ths. Thats what i measure to. Its gotta be accurate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 27 minutes ago, gravitylover said: At one point there was 10" on the ground but total was around 15". I lost 4" in the first round of melting and settling then another 4" in the next two melt offs. At 1am, after the snow finally stopped there was 7.5-8" on the ground and a bit over 10" on the undisturbed car top in a cold, wind sheltered spot. My head hurts... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, Juliancolton said: My head hurts... I guess sometimes a slide rule is required lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 1 hour ago, gravitylover said: At one point there was 10" on the ground but total was around 15". I lost 4" in the first round of melting and settling then another 4" in the next two melt offs. At 1am, after the snow finally stopped there was 7.5-8" on the ground and a bit over 10" on the undisturbed car top in a cold, wind sheltered spot. According to the NWS most recent guidelines the snowfall for the day is the maximum depth measured during the day so in your case 10 inches. According to the @IrishRob17most recent guidelines the depth is measured to the nearest inch which for you this morning would be 8 inches and for my purposes 9 inches. Just kidding with Rob of course as the depth measurements are also the NWS guidelines. One editorial comment. The new guidelines, passed several years ago I believe, replaced the old guidelines which were wipe the board clean every six hours and total at the end of the day and begin anew at midnight. For official reporting sites I always thought that made the most sense. For average people like us, I do consider myself a little above average, it should not be this complicated, we do the best we can and go with it. That is all for today. I do have a business and I have put in 0 hours since last Friday tracking this thing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 1 hour ago, BxEngine said: My ruler goes to 64ths. Thats what i measure to. Its gotta be accurate Just to be clear, we are talking about measuring snow, not whatever else you measure to that increment but I digress. We all know that snowfall measurements are by far the most inaccurate of all weather measurements. Sometimes it's innocent enough, sometimes its done because folks need to stoke their ego for some odd reason, and sometimes is because there are old and new guidelines out there as CP mentioned above. My highest total on the snowboard was 3.1" yesterday but OTG I had 4.3" (gotta keep the grass longer next fall). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Just speaking for my yard, I can't imagine having reported anything other than the 24 hour max depth during this particular event... and even that was a rather fleeting high-water mark, obtained only by watching the board like a hawk. But my final total was 9.0", with the core melted down to 1.52" for a 6:1 storm SLR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Yup, which is why I mention max and final depth. This time I also did the old 6 hr which would have me a bit over 12" but there was another band that dropped more that disappeared quickly that I add (mostly for my own entertainment) because it was easily measurable but didn't fit the rules. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Nice wind. Good thing all the heavy wet snow melted off the trees already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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