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Oneonta current weather

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(Note: These are NOT official NWS observations)

 

These data are from our Vantage Pro2 system by Davis Instruments

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Weather (and other) Stuff you might check out        
Brolly Umbrella and People for Rain
AMS online store
American Science and Surplus (a few weather items, but all great stuff)
Sargent-Welch scientific supply
Davis Instruments


Time Lapse Cloud Videos

  Right-Click here to save a time-lapse movie of the clouds thickening January 31, 2011 as a snowstorm approaches from the southwest. (mpeg file ~ 9 megabytes)  
5-second time-lapse movie from April 2, 2011.  Lots of cumulus, growing into showers (mp4 file ~ 59 megs!)
More from April 2 (afternoon).  Showers subside into the evening (mpeg ~ 25 megs)
April 6:  Starts out almost clear, but the clouds and precipitation move in quickly.  3 sec Lapse looking south (mp4 file ~37 megs)
April 7:  Fog lifts to reveal cumulus congestus (spectacular!).  Looking south
April 9:  Watch the contrails zip across the sky, then lots of small cumulus (mp4 file ~ 32 megs)

Commencement Day, May 21, 2011 cold front passage from north (1 sec timelapse mp4 file ~ 70 megs)
This is a REALLY big storm on June 1, 2011 around 8 p.m..  The storm is over western Massachusetts where tornadoes occurred. (1 sec lapse mp4 ~15 megs)
June 24, very turbulent cumulus with wind shear.  Looking SW (5 sec lapse mp4 ~ 18 megs)
July 6, showers/T-storms.  Watch for rainbow at 5:47.  Looking SE (5 sec lapse mp4 ~ 72 megs)
Sep 6, looking SE at stratocumulus.  Develops wind shear (clouds moving in different directions)  (5 sec lapse mp4 ~ 41 megs)
Sep 30, fog lifting, looking south-southwest.  (1 sec lapse mp4 ~ 28 megs)
Oct 14, turbulent sky culminates in a shower, looking west (3 sec lapse mp4 ~ 36 megs)
June 6, 2012 slow timelapse of unsettled summer day looking east (1 sec lapse mp4 ~ 19 megs)
June 14, 2012 slow timelapse of fair weather cumulus looking east (1 sec lapse mp4 ~ 66 megs)
Aug 27, 2012 unstable sky, growing cumulus coming toward camera from west (3 sec lapse mp4 ~ 25 megs)
 

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Information about SUNY-Oneonta meteorology



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Oneonta Mean Temperatures and Precipitation in Excel format  (Unofficial)

Graph of the 1971-2000 mean daily temperatures 

Chart of the 1971-2000 mean monthly precipitation 

Chart of the 2012 observed monthly precipitation

Table of the 2012 observed monthly rain and snowfall (Excel format)

New York State Weather NEXRAD Doppler Radar
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Severe Weather Tropical Cyclones
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This page was created by Marty Snyder ('97). Marty is now a TV meteorologist in Rochester, NY
This page is maintained by J. Blechman blechmjb@oneonta.edu (Last major update: September 2012)    

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