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Light snow here in Bayside. Looks light and fluffy. Nice to see winter storm warnings posted to our west. We won’t get one here, just wondering how much qpf was lost to white rain in the beginning

Light snow in bayside queens. Sticking to all surfaces 33 degrees. I’d exited most urban areas to pretty much just be wet, but it’s enough for the boards to measure at least

If it’s still rain within 1 hour, I’d definitely start looking at the low end of the projections for Manhattan. Still in the mid 30s over there, that won’t cut it until there’s heavier precipitation

Light snow here in Queens. More like white rain but sticking to grass and car tops. I think Manhattan will definitely come in with the lower side of the 3 inches, barely. Our urban heat Island is notorious for making snow totals sometimes a few inches less than surrounding areas

I feel like the boroughs will be a bit limited in how much snow accumulates. Just feels like it should be colder at the moment in order for the recording sites to get that magic number Toniht. Just figured it would be closer to freezing point by now

What’s your temp over there

Light snow here in Bayside. Nothing sticking yet, but temps should hopefully cool off when the snow becomes heavier

Nothing in north Queens except flurries still

It’s astonishing how quickly winters have changes from the 2010s to the 2020s. This was peanuts a decade ago. This decade; a 4 inch snow storm feels like a lot. Makes me realize how good the 2021 winter was. Only above average snowfall since 2018. 2022 and 2019 were around 20 here in NYC, but the other 4 years were almost complete ratters.

Yeah usually you don’t want a storm to move in later because the later it moves in, you always lose some QPF. Nothing but flurries in NYC. Accumulating snow to the east and west though.

Central park measuring is a joke. That storm in February had most places in NYC at 4-5” and they were at 3”. Last year, the 1/19 storm; most of the city had 3-5” and they had like 1.8”. Saving grace is this storm comes in at night so maybe that’ll reduce melting as the snow falls. I’d still expect some white rain at the onset because temps are still warm right now.

Snow was definitely beefier than expected in the Midwest. Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburgh went under winter storm warnings but yesterday they were only under winter weather advisories. Maybe it’s a good sign to see more snow than expected to our west. Hopefully that transfers to our area

This storm reminds me a bit of the early January 2022 snow event. That one was more wide-reaching of course, but 3-5" of snow expected, but NYC ended up with 5-8", a fluffy snow because the temperature was around 31 for most of the event, and it was a complete nighttime event. Not expecting anywhere near 5-8" with this one, and we're also starting out a bit warmer with temps in upper 30s, so I'd expect some white rain in the beginning.

That seems unlikely unless we start off above freezing mark. Some of the more amped model show freezing line running right through NYC and Long Island during the event, so I guess this will be like a pasty snow, not fluffy

The craziest thing is that before 2020 I would have laughed at a statement like this. But after the near complete shutouts in 2020 and 2023, something like this could actually happen.