February 13 wet snowstorm

February 13 wet snowstorm February 15, 2024

Posted by Mike C. in Jazz, Personal, Photography, Video, Weather.
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The next snow event came nearly a month after the last one, on Tuesday, February 13. I didn’t even know about it until the day before when my mom said a storm was expected. I had not checked the weather forecast in days and was blindsided by what I saw on the National Weather Service website. 3 to 7 inches were expected! That meant I’d have to shovel. Yes, my dad got a snow blower in 2018, but I still need to shovel what he can’t get.

Despite reassurances from Facebook friends that the forecast was media hype and little to no snow would fall, it fell nonstop from about 6AM to about 1PM. I didn’t measure afterward, but going by the NWS snow report for neighboring Levittown, I figure my neighborhood in Wantagh got 6 inches.

Needing to get to his office, my dad used the snow blower at around 11AM. Thankfully, any snow that fell afterward did not accumulate, an upside to above freezing temperatures. Just before 2:30 PM, I went outside to shovel what was left. I shoveled the left side of the house up to the oil burner pipe, the corners of the driveway, the center of the driveway where snow had been cleared off my parents’ cars, the curb, and the sidewalk up to the property line. Aided by the first six tracks of McCoy Tyner’s Double Trios album on my iPhone and Beats Fit Pro earbuds, it took me 43:03 (timed on my watch) to do the job.

Skies cleared within an hour of returning inside.

The next chance of snow comes via a mix with rain tonight and then all snow early Saturday morning.

For now, a photographic timeline of Tuesday’s wet snow follows below. (There’s even a video.)

6:30 AM: