Official Snowstorm Discussion Thread - Winter 2012-2013

[xfirefighter484x 234]

As it stands right now, only 3 1/2 Counties in NYS are NOT under a Winter Storm Warning:

Easter Ulster, Dutchess, Westchester and Rockland.

Here is my go-to source!

https://www.facebook.com/HVWX1

Please use this thread for all discussions. There is no need to copy and paste EVERY NWS update word for word. Please use this to discuss all events, and IMPORTANT SAFETY issues, and PLEASE do NOT flood the Shoutbox with Weather related posts, that's what this thread is for.

Thank you!

[Disaster_Guy 96]

The New York State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) opens at 18:00 hours. SKYWARN weather spotters have been activated; listen here: http://skywarn.org/local-skywarn-groups/new-york/

Official forecasts from the National Weather Service for our area can be found here: http://www.weather.gov/okx/

Con Edison live Outage Map: http://apps.coned.com/stormcenter_external/default.html

New York State official traffic reports: http://www.511ny.org/mapview.aspx

Edited December 27, 2012 by Larchmont_Boy

[x635 4,066]

Apparently, they don't plow the Taconic northbound anymore. Maybe it was too crowded with bumper to bumper traffic moving at 10-20MPH to effieciently get in there and plow-but they could have gotten in there with a plow team. Or maybe they don't have enough manpower or sand/salt due to NYS budget cuts.

[vtach39680 23]

Yes very upsetting. No traffic everything moving fine till I just hit the Rt 6 exit and it is shut down

[peterose313 345]

They can't plow with less than 2 inches. Yorktown had a structure fire earlier and had to avoid that. Croton had to come through the village of Ossining due to impassable road conditions. Roads were/are bad everywhere.

[vtach39680 23]

State plowed RT9

[drgripsthrowawaytowel 72]

Yorktown had a structure fire earlier and had to avoid that.

Wrong. Yorktown was first dispatched to an MVA SB in the area of rt 134. That call went unfounded, and as E270 was turning around on Fairhills Dr, the fire came in approx 5 houses down. The Taconic was used by all incoming Yorktown apparatus to access the scene.

[bronxfireradio 45]

Skywarn is active on the local Westchester amateur radio frequency (147.060 MHz) of the Westchester Emergency Communications Association. Hams are encouraged to report hazardous weather conditions. NOAA in Upton monitors - I was net control for the ARRL Southern District Net tonight. Non-hams may report to Skywarn by using this form:

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/report.php

I can see transformers popping off south of me, in the area of Cross County, now that winds are really picking up.

Adam, KD2AYV

[grumpyff 1,159]

I-84 just reopened entrances thru Putnam County, starting to switch to rain in Patterson

[helicopper 1,050]

As it stands right now, only 3 1/2 Counties in NYS are NOT under a Winter Storm Warning:

Easter Ulster, Dutchess, Westchester and Rockland.

Here is my go-to source!

https://www.facebook.com/HVWX1

Please use this thread for all discussions. There is no need to copy and paste EVERY NWS update word for word. Please use this to discuss all events, and IMPORTANT SAFETY issues, and PLEASE do NOT flood the Shoutbox with Weather related posts, that's what this thread is for.

Thank you!

As stated above, do NOT repost NWS updates in this thread or the shoutbox. It is counterproductive as that information can be accessed readily by other means. This thread is for OUR discussion!

[CG206 29]

New 12z models now show that tomorrow's (Sat) storm will be stronger than previous models. With this new data it shows snowfall of 6-12" from NYC north into New England

[firedude 985]

Precipitation Forecast for this weekend:

From the National Weather Service: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/stormtotalprecip.php

Edited December 28, 2012 by helicopper

[peterose313 345]

Looks like most of the heavy snow is diminishing over NJ. Joe Rao's 2 pm update thinks maybe another inch or 2 before all is said and done.