Picard

I don't sleep well sometimes, but managed to sleep through this, so I missed out too. I did look at the past radar loop. It looked like the thickest, heaviest part of it went just to my south, which would be you. We had exactly 1" here vs your 1.7" - it must have been a sight since it probably only lasted 20-30 minutes, if that. Enjoy.

I was sleeping and missed it. 1 inch feel here in probably a short amount of time. Road is covered. I'm sure it was a sight. A snow squall warning had been issued ahead of it for my area as my phone still had the alert on it.

The bulk of it is heading to the north. Other than drizzle, the bulk of tonight's main precip (which isn't much) will be over by 8-9 pm, barring any backfilling of the radar. It will still be slick on untreated surfaces I'm sure.

I agree with using the latest 30 years as a valid forecasting tool, and those data sets are vitally important. I also think we should have readily available longer term data sets to fully understand climate shifts over the last couple of centuries, including how man made factors are contributing to the documented warmth. It's a climate vs. meteorology debate, and both are important.

We picked up an additional 1.7" of all snow overnight from the back filling that Walt and a few others correctly mentioned, bringing storm total to 2.5". Certainly, not a typical scenario, but it worked out enough. I still didn't reach the low end of predictions, although might have if not for the sleet storm at the onset. All in all this wasn't an epic bust, and it certainly did work out for many other locations. It was still flurrying here as of fifteen minutes ago, but looks to be starting to clear up now.

Just measured 0.8" of slow and sleet. Now just very light sleet and 21F. Looks like the dry slot is trying to fill in on the last few radar loops, but I don't see it contributing enough to match some of the totals out east. Maybe another 1/2 -1" if we're lucky. Or maybe nothing.

North NJ is done by 9-9:30 unless that fills in. I'm at about 3/4 to 1 " snow and sleet on the ground. Bust here is almost certain unless there is a drastic change in this storm system that hasn't played out yet. But that's looking doubtful.

Started snowing for literally 2-3 minutes, and flipped right over to sleet as precipitation became heavier. Currently moderate sleet and 23F.

Still nothing, bottom of Sparta Mountain @800 feet. Dewpoint has dropped from 10F to 8F. I suspect eventually it'll make it, but I'm doubting even the 5" now, especially with the mixing, as the front end "Thump" is virtual here so far.

You might be waiting a while.

Funny thing is, shortly after my post, it started flurrying, then stopped again as the heavier band passed by.

Accuweather app. says heavy snow is overhead. My eyes see overcast. Waiting for it to start.

22F/8DP. That's going to eat up at least the initial part of it. Radar looks a little spotty, not a lot of concentrated heavier precip currently. I'm leaning towards the 5 on the 5-8" forecast.

It looks and feels like snow is coming. Currently 22F, after a low of 15.

1.8"

Made a difference between my 800' and your 1050'. I should take a ride up the mountain later, over Glen Road, and see how much they got.

I know a couple of other folks moving down there. You'll enjoy it, and probably still see some winter. 1.8" is the final tally here. Sitting at 34 with light snow/drizzle depending on the intensity. Storm ended up about as expected here.

If it turns out like the last one, some of us up here would surprise with 6". Can it happen twice in a row?

Lots of tree debris up here, and smashed branches on local roads. No power in Lafayette, NJ - Mom lost several yard Christmas decorations that went flying in the wind and landed down the street. Power was blinking on and off several times at the work Christmas Party. Fun time of beer, food, flashing lights and torrential rain driving into the windows. Cheers!

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings issued. I feel like this happens often - any substantial cold we get abruptly ends with a wild swing the other direction and quickly eats away snowpack and ice for ice fishing.

Overachiever on this one. A solid 6.1" at my house when the forecast was for 2-3". We must've gotten into some 1"/hour+ rates overnight because when I turned in at 11, there still wasn't much more than a heavy dusting.

I'm in Sparta, and have been pretty satisfied with the winter weather so far, all things considered. There has not been any big events - but several rounds of smaller events to make things festive. My ground has been covered since last Tuesday because it's been so cold. It's been nice to have a few small refreshers since then. That said - we are still in a precip deficit out this way, so at some point I'm hoping for much bigger snows or a healthy dose of early spring rains.

Ripping snow out here (I'm outside Newton at work). Ground is recovered and the roads and sidewalks look to be accumulating some slush.

Maybe you do but that's not the case everywhere. Most of the rain events in the past two months have been small 0.2, 0.3, 0.1, etc, and while they can add up, they don't add up quick enough to reverse the long term dry trend, and we're still running below normal monthly totals in a lot of locations.

Currently at 32F which is my high for the day. We definitely have a decent glaze on everything and I anticipate lots of ice in the morning on driveways and sidewalks. Total snow was 1.5" +/- before the changeover to sleet and freezing rain. Careful out there.