Sounded like a crazy one at JFK last night...

John Kirksey wrote:

I was working late last night and decided to tune into JFK Tower/Ground on
liveatc.net. I don't know what it looked like up that way last night, but it
must have been pretty crappy out.

I'm about 35 miles to the southeast. It started snowing early in the afternoon
with the temperature around freezing. By 8:00, the temperature was around 20
degrees and the snow had pretty much stopped. With that kind of temperature
drop, much of the snow was actually tiny ice crystals. By around 4:00, a crust
had formed on what snow was already on the ground. The wind kept a lot of the
stuff airborne and the gusts would form clouds of snow.

From my kitchen, it was interesting to watch the snow traveling *up* during wind
shifts. When I was out walking the dog around 8:30, visibility went to about 50'
during a few of the gusts.

George Patterson
I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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John Kirksey wrote:

I was working late last night and decided to tune into JFK Tower/Ground
on
liveatc.net. I don't know what it looked like up that way last night,
but it
must have been pretty crappy out.

I'm about 35 miles to the southeast. It started snowing early in the
afternoon
with the temperature around freezing. By 8:00, the temperature was around
20
degrees and the snow had pretty much stopped. With that kind of
temperature
drop, much of the snow was actually tiny ice crystals. By around 4:00, a
crust
had formed on what snow was already on the ground. The wind kept a lot of
the
stuff airborne and the gusts would form clouds of snow.

I think we got it worse up in Boston. In the late afternoon the temperature
dropped about 20 degrees in less than an hour, and the rain we'd been
getting all day froze solid. By 7pm there were 2-3 inches of wet snow on top
of 1/4" of hard ice and of course not a plow or sander in sight. Logan was
shut down for a while.

-cwk.

In article . net,
"Colin W Kingsbury" wrote:


I think we got it worse up in Boston. In the late afternoon the temperature
dropped about 20 degrees in less than an hour, and the rain we'd been
getting all day froze solid. By 7pm there were 2-3 inches of wet snow on top
of 1/4" of hard ice and of course not a plow or sander in sight. Logan was
shut down for a while.

Some recent winds for KBOS (gusts still 30 mph)
02:54 W 31 G 41
01:54 W 31 G 40
00:54 W 30 G 41
23:54 W 33 G 44
22:54 W 28 G 45
21:54 NW 37 G 48
20:54 NW 29 G 44
19:54 NW 31 G 43

--
Bob Noel
looking for a sig the lawyers will like

Bleep that. I was on Storrow Drive at 8pm and it still hadn't seen either a
plow or sander. Snow removal in the city this year has been abominable. So
much for the Great Menino, not that anyone challenges him and lives to tell
the tale these days.

-cwk.

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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In article . net,
"Colin W Kingsbury" wrote:


I think we got it worse up in Boston. In the late afternoon the
temperature
dropped about 20 degrees in less than an hour, and the rain we'd been
getting all day froze solid. By 7pm there were 2-3 inches of wet snow on
top
of 1/4" of hard ice and of course not a plow or sander in sight. Logan
was
shut down for a while.

Some recent winds for KBOS (gusts still 30 mph)
02:54 W 31 G 41
01:54 W 31 G 40
00:54 W 30 G 41
23:54 W 33 G 44
22:54 W 28 G 45
21:54 NW 37 G 48
20:54 NW 29 G 44
19:54 NW 31 G 43

--
Bob Noel
looking for a sig the lawyers will like

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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I'm about 35 miles to the southeast.

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Of JFK? Isn't that in the ocean?

Joe Johnson wrote:

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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I'm about 35 miles to the southeast.

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Of JFK? Isn't that in the ocean?

True. Should've been southwest.

George Patterson
I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company.