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A lot of focus on the cold pattern setting up for January, but I'm glad that before then we're going to be getting quite a bit of rain. We still need it to help with the drought, so the potential of getting 2 inches by the middle of next week is good news.

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I was just outside for a run, and I saw several front lawns in my neighborhood that now have zero snow on them. But the majority of lawns are mostly or completely covered. Obviously it depends on the amount of sun a spot gets. My back lawn is completely covered, but on the front lawn it's patchy.

Yeah it just hit 40 here. It's doing a number on the snow unfortunately.

It's up to 38 here now with more sun, and the snow is melting quickly. I'm starting to see patches of bare ground in sunny spots again. But at least the shadier spots will have enough snow left on the ground tomorrow.

That's the HRRR for you. It's wildly inconsistent.

Wow, you're lucky to have so little melting where you are. Here in Piscataway a lot of lawns were bare before this morning's event. My front lawn (which gets a ton of sun) had almost no snow left ... just a few tiny patches. My back lawn (which is much shadier) did have over an inch in spots. We'll have to see if today's inch lasts this afternoon with the sun coming out and it getting up to the upper 30s. I doubt it will in sunny spots. Does it count as a white Christmas if the back lawn has snow but the front lawn doesn't? LOL. Unlike where you live, here it's going to be a mix with some ground covered with snow and some not having any. It'll be nice to at least have some in spots though.

That was a nice little band of snow. 1" exactly here. So nice to get in on the morning of Christmas Eve!

Euro looks similar to the other models ... a half inch or maybe a little bit more. We have a good consensus on a coating to an inch with the narrow band of snow that will coming coming through tomorrow morning.

Low temp of 5 here this morning.

12z Euro gives us about a half inch too.

Hopefully between what we have now and what we get Tuesday morning, we'll have enough for a white Christmas. There definitely will be some melting Tuesday afternoon though with temps getting to the upper 30s. It's going to be close. I already have patches of bare ground here in spots that get a lot of sun. I would think the shady areas will still have some on Christmas morning.

Piscataway will probably go a little lower than Plainfield but yeah, I'd be surprised if you don't get down to high single digits.

Low temp of 12 here this morning. Tonight will be the first night of the season that we get down to single digits here. Wouldn't be surprised if we get down to 5.

Took a ride out to Hunterdon County to go to Sweet Melissa Patisserie (the best bakery in NJ IMO) to bring home some dessert for tonight, and it was really nice out there (they got over 4 inches). It's always beautiful driving through the country after a snowfall .... snow falling out of the trees and beautiful scenes with the farms covered with snow. Anyway back here at home I'm already starting to see some patches of bare ground in the sunny areas. A couple inches of snow doesn't last long when it's sunny with temps near freezing, but of course the snow will stay on the ground for days in spots that get more shade.

2.7" here. So glad we had an overperformer! Absolutely beautiful out there!

Nice moderate snow. It still isn't sticking to pavement with the temp at 33 here, but a decent coating on colder surfaces. Looking forward to 1 to 2 inches of snow tonight!

Just a dusting on colder surfaces here, but overnight was always supposed to be when we get most of our accumulation. We should get over an inch.

And 18z HRRR looks pretty good with the overnight snow. I've been thinking we have a shot at an inch, but maybe we can squeeze out an inch and a half. It's looking like a nice little snow event.

Same here. Moderate snow but not sticking with the temp at 35. I'm glad we're going to get some snow overnight though when it will be able to stick. It appears we have a real shot at getting an inch of snow.

A problem is the cold air is moving out then, so it could be rain if we get precip. Still 5 days away though, so there is some hope.

I think a dusting to an inch still looks like a good forecast for our area as well. 12 HRRR looks reasonable to me with a little accumulating snow overnight. A coating to an inch for a lot of NJ on the model, with maybe a little more to the west. It will be nice to see the white ground tomorrow morning.

We hope that the Euro is correct. Would be a nice little 1 to 2 inch snowfall for most of the area.

Yep. As I said last night, I'm hoping our area can get an inch out of this. It might not be that much though. A dusting to an inch is a good forecast for our area right now.I'm taking a ride out to Hunterdon County Saturday morning, and I'm looking forward to seeing some nice snowy scenes. There should at least be a coating on the ground.

Euro looks a little better on the 0z run and gives us some snow Friday night into Saturday morning. We certainly have a shot at seeing an inch of snow out of this. It's not going to be a major event obviously, but I'd love to see a little accumulating snow. With the amount of cold air we're getting this December, it would be pretty disappointing if we can't even squeeze out an inch of snow. Hopefully it'll happen Friday night.