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Same thing around here.  It is nuts.  Never used to be this way.
I get it if you want to put some salt down but several places as of late this afternoon were literally dumping it.  I came out of an office building and had to do a double take to realize what was on the ground.

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Burst of light snow just ended. Snow on pavement mostly melted but some slush left. There was a half inch or so when I took the pics overnight. I’ll go with what @NorthShoreWx says for final total lol but glad to see we’re on the board and it was unexpected since this is a storm on a southerly flow. I guess the land component was enough not to completely torch it? 

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8 hours ago, MANDA said:

Same thing around here.  It is nuts.  Never used to be this way.

I get it if you want to put some salt down but several places as of late this afternoon were literally dumping it.  I came out of an office building and had to do a double take to realize what was on the ground.

Years ago, counties were putting out bans on dumping snow directly into waterways because they were concerned about the road salts mixed in and affecting the water quality.  Now they pre salt even though no freezing/accumulation is likely.  

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16 minutes ago, the_other_guy said:

Ill eat crow on this one.

Not even a flake.

Nice big warm up coming thru past mid month.

Another warm, snowless first 2/3 December to remember in NYC.

It sucks seeing places around us getting snow and nothing here. Not even a coating yet in the city. Awful .

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8 hours ago, RU848789 said:

Can you comment on whether the ECMWF AI model one sees in the model sites, like Pivotal (ECMWF-AIFS, for AI-enhanced deterministic global forecast) is the Google DeepMind GraphCast model referred to in the article below about AI and weather forecasting?  The quote in one of the embedded tweets in the link below says, "The Google DeepMind GraphCast model is available on the ECMWF platform. It's open-source and can predict weather conditions 10 days in advance with better accuracy than current methods."  If so, certainly the article below is at odds with your commentary on their accuracy.  

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/12/ai-weather-forecasting-climate-crisis/

 

They aren't the same. 

 

I have access to the Graphcast platform and people are already downloading the package and attempting to bias correct it in real time.  Graphcast has, in the open source format, so far failed to beat regular ensemble EC forecasts far more often than not.  If there's a skill impovement, I really haven't seen it so far.

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6 hours ago, WxDom said:

Good early Thursday morning folks. If you have any snowfall measurements or other notable reports of conditions through the event, I'll be keeping an eye out for them.

Stay safe!

-Dominic (Upton)

Wilton CT: 0.5"

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13 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

Years ago, counties were putting out bans on dumping snow directly into waterways because they were concerned about the road salts mixed in and affecting the water quality.  Now they pre salt even though no freezing/accumulation is likely.  

It is really bad. Amphibians and many fish species are struggling near roadways. I firmly believe the salt use when not needed is to justify not cutting the treating budget as we warm. It is insane to see all the salt and brine used. It runs off and increases salinity in all our freshwater systems. It is also stressing plant life along roadways and one thing you can see is the trees near roads with heavy salt in the winter typically drop leaves earlier in the fall because of stress. There is currently a lot of research being done in this area. Our modern society needs to be able to accept delays during inclement weather.

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18 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

It sucks seeing places around us getting snow and nothing here. Not even a coating yet in the city. Awful .

I’m well north of you and I have nothing. Wasn’t even close for you. still mid 30s everywhere which means you had to be well north and west or have a heavy burst of snow (which explains the Long Island)

 

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