Snowicane 2010 Time Lapse (Sort Of)

I set up my camera on the roof here in Brooklyn, hoping to catch a time lapse of the snow drifting.  What I didn't count on is that the Snowicane would actually drift OVER my camera:

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Fortunately, the camera was in my new modified Pelican case, (I drilled a huge hole in the side for my wide angle 10mm lens, and added a power cord to run my Nikon D90):

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The camera stayed nice and dry:

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Here's the last frame the camera took this morning (after I cleaned the lens off)

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Here's the video, starting at about 3am Thursday, and finishing up at about 8am this morning, one frame each minute.  I cleaned the lens off a few times:

This video starts at about 3am on Thursday morning, Feb 25, 2010 and goes through about 8am on Friday morning, February 26th, one frame each minute. Several times when you see the lens clearing, that is me manually wiping it off. I set up the camera to try and catch snow drifting but what I didn't count for was that the snow would drift over my camera! The last frame shows my weatherproof camera box drifted over.

I have to figure out how to keep the snow off the lens for next time...

Here's why it's a Snowicane (click for higher res version):

Radar loop from Upton, NY, Friday February 26

The pressure at the center of this thing was equal to a Category 2 hurricane!

I went out skiing this morning in Prospect Park:

More photos here.

Update

on 2010-02-27 23:10 by controlgeek

Welcome Gothamist readers!