Winter Weather — Northwest Suffolk, New York

2025-01-19 to 2025-01-20 · Northwest Suffolk, New York

Event narrative

NWS Employees reported 3.2 inches in Stony Brook, 3.2 inches in Centereach, and 2.8 inches in Mt. Sinai. A Cooperative observer reported 3.6 inches in Centerport, with the public reporting 3.1 inches at 1 NNE Greenlawn, and 3.1 inches at 1 SSW Port Jefferson. Most of the zone, especially further north reached advisory criteria.

Wider weather episode

A cold front pushed through, with a secondary cold frontal boundary lingering back to the west. Low pressure formed along the boundary and began to strengthen as it pulled away quickly to the east and northeast. The accumulating snow was generated mainly from frontogenetical forcing which occurred to the north and west of the developing surface low. Winter Storm criteria was reached in Orange and Putnam Counties, but fell just short of warning criteria across Northern Westchester. The remainder of SE New York either achieved advisory criteria or fell just short of advisory criteria.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1224309. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.