Winter Weather in Northwest Suffolk, New York

Winter Weather February 27, 2023 – February 28, 2023 · Northwest Suffolk, New York

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trained spotters reported 5.0 inches in Centereach, 5.0 inches in Smithtown, 4.5 inches in Farmingville, along with a COOP observer reporting 4.2 inches in Mt. Sinai. An NWS Employee reported 4.2 inches in Stony Brook, and Broadcast Media reported 3.5 inches in South Huntington.

The wider storm

Weak high pressure and a marginally cold air mass was locked into the northeast with blocking to the north across Eastern Canada, while low pressure over the Midwest moved east and redeveloped off the Northern Mid Atlantic coast. This led to the first widespread accumulating snowfall across the CWA.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1075116. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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