ZeeTwentyFour Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 This is nuts! I just got back to check the radar again and this thing is still hanging over eastern LI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 So I have a question, though it might be premature. It looks like Boston will be the only major city to receive 10" of snow from this storm. However a large populated area of LI/CT and the Hudson Valley got 12-28" it looks like. With that being said where does this storm end up ranking on the NESIS list? My guess would be a high 2 due to the heaviest axis of snow affecting a relatively small area and lower population than 12/26-27/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Puppet Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Measured a total of 9". Took a beautiful drive through Brooklyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 12 inches here in Fresh Meadows. Central East Queens. Hmm, you sure about that? I am just a tad south in Kew Garden Hills and I feel its more 7-9 inches around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeRain Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 20" in Suffolk, 12" by me in NE Nassau and 9" in Central Park, it seems to me Upton's (automated?) snow maps nailed these totals yesterday. Also wasn't the low forcasted to go just east of Montauk as it did? I know there was a lot of talk about the low being further west, but I'm not sure that was the case. Anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I believe it was further west than most of the models showed at least initially near Delaware/South Jersey and then it tracked as expected east of Montauk 20" in Suffolk, 12" by me in NE Nassau and 9" in Central Park, it seems to me Upton's (automated?) snow maps nailed these totals yesterday. Also wasn't the low forcasted to go just east of Montauk as it did? I know there was a lot of talk about the low being further west, but I'm not sure that was the case. Anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeRain Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I believe it was further west than most of the models showed at least initially near Delaware/South Jersey and then it tracked as expected east of Montauk Yes, that's what I'm thinking. The low transferred closer to the coast, but the track was not futher west as some had suggested last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 9" here in Manhattan, but man what a quick moving pounder. Between 2-4, I was getting raked with heavy snow and just awesome dendrites probably from a deform band that drove right across Manhattan from SW CT, which quickly moved out. It was so fast, but it was so fun just to watch as well all happen in such a short time. Another beautiful storm. Enjoy! ... I had to go to school today. and I went to sleep at 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoAko Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 20" in Suffolk, 12" by me in NE Nassau and 9" in Central Park, it seems to me Upton's (automated?) snow maps nailed these totals yesterday. Also wasn't the low forcasted to go just east of Montauk as it did? I know there was a lot of talk about the low being further west, but I'm not sure that was the case. Anybody? Those snow maps aren't automated. They're done in a computer program but the forecaster edits it on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 BTW, 31.9" here and it's only January 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjr231 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Measured just under 10 inches on Staten Island at 9.8. Pretty solid snowfall, ratios couldnt have been too great because it looked like it was coming down much harder than that for a while. Still had to go to work today and thankfully it didnt take 3 days for my street to get plowed this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonli18t Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 BTW, 31.9" here and it's only January 12th. looks like i passed manhattan after this last storm...just barely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 BTW, 31.9" here and it's only January 12th. Dude..I'm at ~42 " now..30" 12/26...3 scrappy inches with 0.5 type events prior plus the norlun..and now the roughly 9-10 with this one. If somebody told me I would have this much snow on 1/12 I would have laughed in their face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 By the way, excellent discussion..and great job with the OBS throughout this thread. This thread has improved about 150x over since last winter and the winter before that. You guys are a great crew. So big kudos to everybody (yes, that means every single one of you). Enjoy the snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARyan Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I had 8.5" on my road several hours ago, then it snowed moderately for another hour, but I crashed and fell asleep so I never got a final measurement--was still snowing when I went to bed--albeit lightly. It's beautiful outside. I'd say 8.5" is probably the max for RVC. I just did a final "measurement" and I could only find 5.5" but it was likely a couple more inches this morning before melting, compression, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Dude..I'm at ~42 " now..30" 12/26...3 scrappy inches with 0.5 type events prior plus the norlun..and now the roughly 9-10 with this one. If somebody told me I would have this much snow on 1/12 I would have laughed in their face. I wish I got the 30" you got, that would been the best thing ever, but yeah you're right just an incredible winter thus far on all fronts, from snow to cold. Last night was memorable for the peaceful barrage of snow that was occurring right in front of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I'd say 8.5" is probably the max for RVC. I just did a final "measurement" and I could only find 5.5" but it was likely a couple more inches this morning before melting, compression, etc. that is really surprising...8.5? NWS reported 10.2 garden city, 10.8 new hyde park, 12 levittown...i guess it missed some of the bands by like 3 miles... it is incredible to me how i can have 2 inches more than someone 5 miles away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I wish I got the 30" you got, that would been the best thing ever, but yeah you're right just an incredible winter thus far on all fronts, from snow to cold. Last night was memorable for the peaceful barrage of snow that was occurring right in front of me. From an outside perspective, can you believe we saw these two radar images about two weeks apart? This winter is unreal so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARyan Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 that is really surprising...8.5? NWS reported 10.2 garden city, 10.8 new hyde park, 12 levittown...i guess it missed some of the bands by like 3 miles... it is incredible to me how i can have 2 inches more than someone 5 miles away Not really. There was a lot of mesoscale banding. Also outside of the deform band, which only lasted for maybe a half hour, snowfall rates struggled to reach 1"/hr. Compound the fact that a lot of snow pellets/sleet mixed in for a good portion of the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 From an outside perspective, can you believe we saw these two radar images about two weeks apart? This winter is unreal so far. Just ridonculous, both of these storms were so unique, and I stayed up for all of them.....I slept on 2/26/10. lol BTW, you already know I saved those images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Just ridonculous, both of these storms were so unique, and I stayed up for all of them.....I slept on 2/26/10. lol BTW, you already know I saved those images. I have 200 images saved from each storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadojay Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I have 200 images saved from each storm I wish I saved some images. Those are some classics you got there. I wish I had Jan 1996. I'd love to go back in time and see that radar progression, being that was the highest storm total in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I have 200 images saved from each storm Did the whole deform band hold together to cross nassau? i fell asleep from 2-6, woke up at 4 and it was still snowin hard, but didnt see where the band was....you have the image saved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I have 200 images saved from each storm Goodness, I have too many videos from 12/26. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJwinter23 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hey guys, I got home at 1PM today in Holmdel, and still consistently measured 9-9.5" in northern Holmdel. That was about 7 hours after snow stopped falling and it was sitting in the sun all day so I'm sure some compaction took place. I possibly could have had over 10" but will never know. Went with 9.3". My snowpack is back over a foot including the glacier underneath the fresh stuff. Seasonal total through 1/12 is now 36.2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I wish I saved some images. Those are some classics you got there. I wish I had Jan 1996. I'd love to go back in time and see that radar progression, being that was the highest storm total in my area. When I get home I'll PM you the archived radar and model images I have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodd321 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 From an outside perspective, can you believe we saw these two radar images about two weeks apart? This winter is unreal so far. It's amazing seeing how the 12/26 storm just crawled and how fast yesterdays was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkrangers Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 It's amazing seeing how the 12/26 storm just crawled and how fast yesterdays was. Another thing to note is the difference in the style of the banding. 12/26 was broader, bigger, more "solid" bands. Last night seemed like a lot more narrower, finer bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jconsor Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hourly national Radar loops back to 1997(not so high-resolution, but good for getting a general idea of a storm): http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?WWNEXRAD~Images2 Radar data back to 1991: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/nexradinv/ I wish I saved some images. Those are some classics you got there. I wish I had Jan 1996. I'd love to go back in time and see that radar progression, being that was the highest storm total in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL03 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 9-10 inches here on Staten Island still have little over 8" where I measured.... that 5.8" is low imo. We where in the heavy bands like NYC at the time and they have between 9-10". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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