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As of 3:00 am, we have 12.5" in Metuchen, so 1.7" the last 2 hours and that 12.5" is a guess. the area my board was in has drifted over, so I can't use that. In the past when this happens I try to take a bunch of measurements and average them, away from obvious drifts and scoured out areas, but it's tough. In the morning before the snow is over I'll take a ride (or walk, it's close) over to a local field and check there. Down to 29F. Also did my 3rd shovel of the storm - I do that every time we get to about 4" as that's a good number for me to shovel without crazy effort.

As of 1:00 am, we have 10.8" in Metuchen, so 0.8" the last hour as we had mostly moderate snow the past hour, but it started picking up just before 1 am. It's still 30F, but the winds have really picked up in the past hour and we now have some decent drifting - areas with 15" and some with 6-7", so measuring is getting harder.

As of midnight, we have 10.0" in Metuchen, so "only" 1.0" the last hour as we had heavy snow the first 15-20 minutes of the hour, but it has let up some since. While we haven't had the very high rates of 2"+ per hour some have seen, we also haven't seen less than 1" per hour since about 5 pm with a few 1.5" per hour rates. It's still 30F. 18" seems like a lock and 20" seems very attainable; would need to get some high end bands to get to 24" though, I think. It's frikkin amazing out there!

As of 11 pm, we have 9.0" in Metuchen, so 1.5" the last hour with heavy snowfall and it's still 30F. Lee Goldberg shows increased amounts from 95 SE-ward (18-24") and he thinks NYC will hit 20". Amazing to see NYC basically shut down with snow covered streets.'t see the start/end times...

As of 10 pm, we were up to 7.5" in Metuchen, so 1.0" the last hour with moderate to heavy snowfall and it's still 30F; Just did my second shoveling and it was pouring snow during that time and 20 minutes later we had 3/4", which is over 2" per hour if it's sustained. Also, the last few inches of snow will pack somewhat, but it's much drier now - could make a snowball, but not a snowman - should've done that earlier, lol.

As of 9 pm, 6.5" in Metuchen, so 1.25" the last hour and it's down to 30F; snowing close to heavily but radar showed that really heavy looking band to my SE kind of fizzling to "normal" heavy snow. Just shoveled the end of the driveway, since the plows just went by and I hate letting that slushy mess freeze.

As of 8 pm, 5.25" in Metuchen and it's still 31F; snowing close to heavily but radar is showing a couple of SW to NE oriented bands moving NW towards us, which look really heavy, like maybe 2" per hour heavy.

I just noticed that the blizzard warnings from 1 pm from Mt. Holly backed off the snowfall amounts vs. their event total map. It has 13-21" for Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-Mercer, and 18-24" for Monmouth/Ocean, but the map always had much of NJ at 18-24" with parts of the coast at 24-30" Not sure how I missed that. They also have a new map up for "expected snowfall" but that is not "event snowfall" as a few inches have fallen and that map starts at 7 pm. That bugs me - they should always have an event snowfall map and if they want to add a "how much more from X time" map fine. Rant over. Back to enjoying the snow.

I just noticed that the blizzard warnings from 1 pm from Mt. Holly backed off the snowfall amounts vs. their event total map. It has 13-21" for Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-Mercer, and 18-24" for Monmouth/Ocean, but the map always had most of NJ at 18-24" with the coast at 24-30" Not sure how I missed that. They also have a new map up for "expected snowfall" but that is not "event snowfall" as a few inches have fallen and that map starts at 7 pm. That bugs me - they should always have an event snowfall map and if they want to add a "how much more from X time" map fine. Rant over. Back to enjoying the snow.

As of 7 pm, we have 4.0" of snow, so 1.5" last hour as it's been snowing close to heavily (not crazy heavy, but visibility maybe 3/8 of a mile. Temp still 31F. Just finished my first shoveling and it wasn't too bad - bottom snow layer was wet but snow falling now is somewhat drier, but still packs.

As of 6 pm, we have 2.5" of snow, so another 1" last hour it's snowing at moderate+ whatever that is. Temp still 31F. Very pretty snow coating everything including the trees since the first inch or so was pretty wet and it stuck, despite ~15 mph winds with gusts to 20-25 mph now.

As of 5 pm, we have 1.5" of new snow, so 1" the last hour and we're still at 31F. All roads now covered, as expected.

Yep, 2-parter...here's a short excerpt of my write-up on it (I have a way longer version, lol). Wow, what a freakin' snowstorm. Ended around 3 am here and our final tally was 5.5" for part 1 and 12.0" for part 2, for a grand total of 17.5" for the event. Puts it in the top 10 for the last 50 years in this area. Sounds like there was a general overall 12-20" in the Philly to NYC region, which is quite an overperformance vs. the forecast.

Folks - don't forget to go outside and enjoy this gift, as it's simply gorgeous out there now and about to go nuclear. If you need an excuse to get outside, do a measurement every hour and report back. Also, if you end up with several inches less than the NWS and others are predicting, don't whine - remember back to 3-4 days ago when we were worried about a whiff

So, as of 4 pm, we have 1/2" of new snow on the ground and the snow is just starting to accumulate on paved surfaces as temps are now down to 31F, so road conditions will start deteriorating quickly now.