The Iceman

With this last storm in the books it looks like we can finally take a break from tracking for a bit as the pattern turns somewhat hostile to snow for the remainder of met winter. Still no torches on the horizon though, mostly just looks seasonable maybe slightly above normal. What a run though this month. Barring something else popping up last minute, looks like we will finish with 31 inches of snow here since Jan 31st. Now let's root for a big slow moving bowling ball MECS sometime in March to cap off the season. If this was it though, it's been a great season for 95 N and W.

1.5" on Friday and 3.5" today brings our seasonal total up to 38" in Hopewell. Crossing my fingers that we can get 1 more event in March to bring us over 40" on the year.

Looks like the final tally will be 3.5" in Hopewell. Not bad considering we didn't even have a winter weather advisory until the event was pretty much over.

Girlfriend at home says it's mostly rain at the moment after flipping back and forth the last half hour. Snowboard right at 3.5" before the changeover. We ll see if we can flip back as that heavy slug of precip moves NE, would be sweet to get to 4".

You still all snow? I'm not at home right now, but my place is also in the Sourlands, straddling the county line between mercer and huntington. Based on radar it looks like the mix line is at our doorstep.

3" on the board in Hopewell, snow still hanging on.

I'm over to all rain in trenton. Definitely not a bad little event here. Still think mercer should have had a WWA. Conditions up near my house are awful according to my girlfriend. Between 2-3" up there.

Changing over now in Trenton. 50-50 snow and rain. Looks to be around 2" but roads are still a mess. Still snowing hard up in Hopewell based on my webcam.

Latest HRRR is 3-5" for 95 n and w. All snow until the last hour when it flips to light rain

potentially dangerous situation if that ends up being right... I don't think any municipalities along 95 prepared for a possible plowable event since there isn't even a Winter Weather Advisory. Roads are going to be a disaster this afternoon.

29F/21 @ my house in Hopewell when I left 31F/22 @ work in Trenton Should wet bulb nicely. If precip is heavy enough, and the radar looks it, this is going to be a major snow thump for everyone along 95 N and W. Special Weather Statements don't mean dick to the general public...

I'm sorry but if they are expecting 1-2"in a hour to fall, they really need to update those areas to winter weather advisory. Don't understand why they are erring on the side of caution here... Going to be a lot of people complete caught of guard as is...

06z 3k nam... Game on! Mt holly better hope it's wrong as it has some areas that aren't under a winter weather advisory getting 4-6" lol

Didn't expect much with half the forwards out.

Yup! Class of 2015(5.5 year plan ftw lol). I was a met major there but switched my junior year to environmental geography because school wasn't a priority in my young mind but Thats awesome you founded a club golf team! I wish there would of been club golf when I was there, I definitely would have chose it over hockey... Don't get me wrong, hockey was fun, just a lot of work... Totally agree about MUs met program, professors were all amazing, I wouldn't have traded my experience there for the bigger schools either.

HREF is surprisingly bullish. Gets the 1" line down to 95. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/href/?model=href&product=snowfall_012h_mean&sector=conus Not surprisingly N and W are the favored areas for 2-4" accumulation.

I don't man, I'm on a hike right now in the D and R greenway... There's like A 4-5" powderish snow on top then a hard layer that I can't even get through with my hiking poles to see the depth. Seems to be at least 6" under the powder that is just frozen like a glacier. I'd be pretty shocked if we see green spots by March at least imby especially if we see more snow tomorrow. This pack has some serious staying power imo, days in the 40s aren't going to melt it in a week. I'll take a pic so you can see what I mean.. there's still a foot of snow here that's pretty much glacierized with the cold temps and freezing rain. Best pack we've had in years, reminds me of being up in new hampshire.

Possible Flood threat March 1- 3? GFS rockets temps to the 60s plus brings 1-2" of heavy rain. Something to keep an eye on with the dense snowpack n and w of 95. Does anyone know where I can find snow water equivalent maps? I'm betting there's at least 1-2" qpf in my snow pack.

What's your low score at Crossgates? I shot a 76 there when I went to school at MU...I'm a 12 handicap so it was a big deal to me. 5 handicap with no lessons or anything is incredible. I take a lesson at the beginning of every year to warm up and get my swing in a good place with someone watching it and I still can't break a 10 handicap.

Mets fans are just as bad... I've been to both cities as a Braves fan.. Phillies fans literally cursed me out/harassed me all game long when I was ten years old... Mets fans ruined a chipper jones jersey of mine because one of their asshole fans chucked a soda at it... I was definitely under 18 for that too. The northeast in general have shitty fan bases. Going to pro sporting events anywhere else in the country is so different than the northeast.

Way too early to say that. March is a weird month, you can have a +nao/+ao/-pna and still get snow.. all it takes is one perfectly tracked bowling ball. It's become pretty rare that we get completely skunked in March. I bet there will be one more 'threat' after this one that comes probably after the first week of March. If not though, still a great winter.

Icon likes it too.. all snow for se pa. Plus check out the euro: Really the nams are the only one that don't give se pa anything.

I might be wrong but I think it's a joke the mets are up there with the Braves. The Braves have a better line up and better pitching, they're clearly the class of the division. Think the Phils/mets/nats are all in that next tier but honestly I see the mets 4th. Phils were a decent team last year besides their bullpen. If the pen is just average this year, I think they'll cruise to 2nd and fight with the braves.

I think this will come down to how cold we end up getting on Sunday night. Places that drop into the low 20s or teens will have a shot at 1-3". Right now that looks like N and W of 95 but with the snow cover in place, there's definitely a shot that immediate burbs could see some accumulation as well since rates seem decent. Don't see this being anything more than white rain for the city and easy of 95.

Have you seen Ken Burns Baseball? One of my favorite sports documentaries.. I have been re watching it this past week to get ready for the season.