February 24th & 25th Storm

[snowplowjay]

Well as the day is progressing the trend is for this storm to travel further north and the Met boards are pushing up their predictions...........it went from NYC getting 1 to 2 inches to now some Mets hinting at 6 to 10 inches!!!

Im not holding my breath but I thought I would start a thread to start discussing what you fellas are hearing in your states........


Jay

[jt5019]

Well Jay considering im only a town away from you im willing to bet we hear the same reports :)

Channel 8 geoff fox says he changed his forecast and is now calling for a plowable snow for us thurs night.

Nbc 30 was holding back a little but did add light snow in the forecast and said stay tuned...

NWS says snow as of this morning, still not sure on how much but said good chance of advisory level snows.

If the trend keeps up me may getting busy again real soon :)

[snowplowjay]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1055 AM EST WED FEB 23 2005

...ANOTHER POSSIBLE WINTER STORM ON THE WAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES
LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE LOW WITH MOVE NORTHEAST THURSDAY
NIGHT...TO A POSITION WELL SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND BY FRIDAY
MORNING.

CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-232200-
BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-ESSEX NJ-HUDSON NJ-
KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-
NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-
NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-
NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY-ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-QUEENS NY-
RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-ROCKLAND NY-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON CT-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK NY-
UNION NJ-WESTERN PASSAIC NJ-
1055 AM AM EST WED FEB 23 2005

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EDGE INTO THE TRI-STATE REGION VERY LATE IN THE
DAY THURSDAY WITH THE GREATEST THREAT COMING THURSDAY NIGHT. THE
TRACK OF THE LOW IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...BUT IT SHOULD
TRACK FAR ENOUGH NORTH TO PROVIDE THE LOCAL AREA WITH A STEADY
SNOWFALL. IT IS STILL A BIT EARLY TO SPECULATE ON ACCUMULATIONS...
BUT THE AREA STANDS A FAIRLY GOOD CHANCE AT SEEING A SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE A FAIRLY
QUICK MOVER SO MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE SNOW SHOULD END BY EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

$$

[jt5019]

wtnh dr Mel at noon said his first guess is 6 to 8 inches with the possibility of heavier snow depends on what the final track is.

[snowplowjay]

Another "comical" setup.........one day its a glancing blow with a dusting if that the next its SUBSTANTIAL SNOW..........

Looks like another LOOK OUT THE WINDOW FORECAST STORM...


Jay

[Mustang]

Right now the latest consenus from the local mets is 5-8 inches for NYC. Got my fingers crossed!:)

[apgarconstruction]

my area of NJ is calling for 1-3, could be more. who knows. starting here sometime thursday(24th) in the afternoon/evening and letting up by midnight. looks like it might be a good week after all. :D

[CT18fireman]

4-6" for my area, another one coming in for Friday night as well.

[jt5019]

Winter Storm Watch - URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY VALID FROM WED FEB 23 2005 03:29 PM EST UNTIL WED FEB 23 2005 11:00 PM EST.

BRONX NY-KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY- NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT- NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY-QUEENS NY-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY- SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON CT-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY- SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- 251 PM EST WED FEB 23 2005 ...

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EDGE INTO THE TRI-STATE REGION BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE GREATEST THREAT COMING THURSDAY NIGHT. THE TRACK OF THE LOW IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...BUT IT SHOULD TRACK FAR ENOUGH NORTH TO PROVIDE THE LOCAL AREA WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. AT THIS POINT...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIX INCH OR GREATER SNOWFALL IN THE WATCH AREA. THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE A FAIRLY QUICK MOVER...SO MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE SNOW SHOULD END BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

[2004F550]

This one snuck up on me, since im in ME i wasnt paying much attention...ill be back in CT just in time thursday tho hopefully. Looks like the real deal could be coming monday/tuesday.........

[BWhite]

4 to 8 for our area turning into a busy winter !

[cat320]

Bill is that what they are calling for tommorrow night? 4-8 And to think I thought this would be a slow winter for plowing .Now will this be a dump and run or all night teaser?

[BWhite]

Rick they are calling for 4 to 8 starting 2/24/ 6PM ending 2/25/ 6AM . There was talk that they may up the amounts . Look like night plowing :D

[John Banks]

Originally posted by BWhite
Look like night plowing :D

I prefer night plowing to day plowing! It's such a PITA tyring to plow the roads when people are all over the place during the day. No one wants to give an inch and everyone is so impatient. It's perfect when we go out overnight and can finish up by 6 am or so. Of course it hardly ever works out that way, but it does seem like we are out much more at night than during the day.

:grinz

[cat320]

I would rather plow at night too no jerks up your behind .

[chipsearthworks]

Originally posted by cat320
I would rather plow at night too no jerks up your behind .


Amen to that less ***holes on the road just you,your truck,and fellow plowers everything goes much smoother

[drobson]

Now looks like the 4-8 will be on the cape with less to the north. Saying up to 4" north of the pike, goes down to 2" up towards the NH border. Also supposed to be very light powder.

[gslam88]

I agree with everyone else... night time is so much easier than days... no idiots on the road...

I also have a couple of customers that are on a road that during the day time are near blind sections of the road... night time at least I can see the car coming ...

and for me and probably most others.. less cars on the road .. and also less having to stop at stop signs... at 3am who really stops for a stop sign in a blizzard while plowing ...

[apgarconstruction]

yes, that's true, i have several driveways that are on bad corners or have lots of shrubs at the end of the driveway. my plow or spreader is far out int he road before i can even start to tell who's coming during the day.

my gold center lot that is located on a busy highway, i have to clear out two entrances, which means sometimes backinginto the slow lane of traffic to get the right angle. you would think when a single car or maybe two are coming up the highway, they see me trying to back out. and they are in the slow lane, why can't they move to the fast lane instead of just staying where they are and making me wait. my light is flashing, backup lights on, etc. and people are so stupid. i've even had other plowers just stay in the slow lane and force me to wait until they pass to go. where did common sense go in this country? i'm starting to think we are a dying breed.

[BWhite]

I too prefer night plowing (early morning ) the lack of traffic is really nice and it is so quiet since I installed the urethane edge

[BRL]

Well the NWS finally upped us to a WSW for 5-8", joining all of the other local forecasters. :) You guys are talking about the night vs day plowing, and the NWS caster summed it up well in their AM discussion:

.OVERVIEW...
FIRST WIDESPREAD WINTER STORM TO OCR ON A WORK AND SCHOOL DAY THIS SEASON. THIS WILL NOT BE AN EASY COMMUTE HOME TNGT.

Will have to remember how to manage storms with the traffic & BS again. Been a lucky season so far here with all night or holiday or weekend events. Will actually have to salt before plowing again, been a while since we did that too. Good luck to everyone in the path & be safe! plowing! payup

[jt5019]

School is out for the week here so atleast there will be less busses on the roads. If it comes in around rush hour we will have an hour of so of spinouts and crashes on the highway (happens everytime)I dont plan on heading out untill later tonight its supposed to be a very light fluffy snow.

[Assured Services]

Nothing for us;) We got our 9" Sunday all day long an stopped at midnight. So we had all night to play and then some. Was heavy cement snow too:headwall

[cat320]

About 4-5 on the ground just a light snow right now. Just waiting for it to finish to go out nice and light stuff .

[snowplowjay]

Just stopped in for a few minutes..............ive got 8" again at my house...............2nd time this week :D


Jay

[chipsearthworks]

Went out at 3:30 quarter to 4 just finished up got about 4 inches in shelton at my house. Nice and fluffy does not stack good but easy on the truck. If we get one of these a week till spring I will be happy not to big not to small just right payup payup plowing!

[John DiMartino]

Storm was a bust here,they called for 3-5,we got a whooping inch or so.One area of my route got just a dusting.I got a salt run in and plowed 2.

[2004F550]

About 5" nice and light

[JD PLOWER]

Two 6+ inchers this week :cash :cash :cool:

Beautiful day here, 25 and sunny, best winter since '96 and easily our most profitable.

[drobson]

Just got in from a full run. Started about 5am, snow was just about done by then, got maybe 1/2" from 5 until it stopped completely around 8. Got about 4-5" of light fluff, nice and easy to push.

[BWhite]

HAd about 4" here . Got full run in

[MCYoder]

We got around 3" and got a full run in also...:D

[gslam88]

Guys,

Got a 3" - 7" or so amount...

full run on everyone today....

now just trying to get my time clock back to normal

Pete

[PSDF350]

alls we seem to be getting this year is these little 1-2 inch snows. enough for me to plow my driveway but not enough to plow anyone else:(

[Mustang]

We ended up getting six inches. The snow wrapped up around 3:30 am. We finished around 8 am. Went and loaded up on more salt in anticipation of a possible "major" event for Tuesday. I hear you on that time clock issue, Pete. I don't know what day it is, is it morning or night? :confused:

[urethane dino]

Started at 2 AM and was done by noon. 8" of powdered sugar. It was easily the fluffiest powder snow I have ever plowed. Alot of fun to play with. Billing is done for the week.
Dino

[JustUsDe]

Good one for us!! 7" nice powder. By time we had to plow there was alot of hard pack. Long night it could of been shorter we started plowing to soon based on the report snow should end at 1 am but it didnt stop until 430 am. Went thru alot of salt. Still have to refuel equipment tomorrow and pick up the bobcat from one of the jobs. To tired to do it tonight. No breakdowns or incidents to report. Ran low on salt but found some today and picked it up. Time to get ready for the next one. Hope everyone had a good run.

Ray

[cat320]

It was some nice light fluffy snow I think we got around 5" +/- enought to get a good run in at least for the paying customers ;)

[gordyo]

5" for me. Looks like most models are calling for rain for me on the coast first of next week. We will see!

[cat320]

Rain then a change over to snow wet heavy 6-12" stuff .

[JCurtis]

All in all a really easy push... light powdery snow...

Storm on President's day was much wetter and heavier to push.

This last one made my eigth plowable event this season... not great as far as quantity but then again its alot better than 2 plowable events or less.!!!!

Upcoming storm looks like 1 - 3" and change over to rain so far but way tooooooooooooo early to nail it down.

[John Banks]

Originally posted by dapgar
i have to clear out two entrances, which means sometimes backinginto the slow lane of traffic to get the right angle. you would think when a single car or maybe two are coming up the highway, they see me trying to back out. and they are in the slow lane, why can't they move to the fast lane instead of just staying where they are and making me wait. my light is flashing, backup lights on, etc. and people are so stupid. i've even had other plowers just stay in the slow lane and force me to wait until they pass to go. where did common sense go in this country? i'm starting to think we are a dying breed.


We have this all the time. When we're cleaning up the intersections, people will not wait or sometimes even slow down. We plow town roads, btw. Typically our first run is to get things opened up. We'll break, then our second run is to clean up, eg curb to curb, all intersections and cul-de-sacs. It's like people can't be bothered waiting a minute for us to get an intersection cleaned up. Then they get pissy if they can't get through it too! It's a no-win situation.

Recently we've been taking more time during the first run to get the roads curb-to-curb and will also clean up the intersections at this time. It's been better, especially during the overnight, than trying to do it once the traffic starts. That leaves us with the cul-de-sacs to go back and clean up. I like it better this way.

[gslam88]

Jeff,

Your hearing only 1"-3" ... my brother in law just told me today of 10" to 15" for mon tues... we can hope for a couple nices ones still to come...

Pete