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More than mood flakes out here. Moderate snow with the ground now coated. 30*

Now having steady light snow.

Flurries in the air here. 33*

My Holly issues Snow Squall Warning for north central NJ

This is only putting down a quarter to a half inch at the most.

Now it’s lightening up here. Looks like a quick hitter.

Same here.

I have 0.2 mile right now in a snow squall.

Agreed - I saw only 3” out here from Boxing Day.

Best part was how it moved under the radar while crossing central Pennsylvania and many posters thought it had dissipated. That really was crazy.

Did you get icing?

In January of ‘78 the temperature hovered around 28 with a low level flow coming from the north. This drained cold air down the Hudson Valley from Upstate NY. Rainfall rates were quite heavy resulting in tremendous icing on the north shore.

Ant - that depends on how you define a bust. It’s true that there was no snow in the region but anyone who followed the models knew that this was not likely to produce much if any snow anyways. We all know that with this type of pattern the mid levels tend to torch fairly quickly and this does not appear to have been any different. Where it overperformed was the strength of the low level cold air advection along the coast. Freezing rain was reported at the NWS reporting stations on LI during much of the night. This included along many parts of the south shore especially in Suffolk. I have a station out on Fire Island and the wind direction sensor was stuck between 2am and 6 am. If I am correct then that means that rain was freezing on some surfaces even out there during that time period. Temperatures during that period were at or near freezing.

Plenty of icing out here. Trees are laying on power lines in many areas due to the ice. Strange thing in my local area the roads have not been affected. Icing events are fairly common here in any case and this one falls within the range of other recent events. Accretion here looks to be about 0.15”. Temperature is at 32. Local schools are open. Districts in some rural areas have delayed openings or are closed.

Still 31 out here in Bethlehem PA with freezing rain.

Still holding at 32 at my station on Fire Island. NWS stations all reporting freezing rain on LI. No WWA from Upton. Yup.

Temp has actually dropped a full degree out there since 12:30 am. Cold air can actually hold in pretty tight out in eastern LI in these situations. Just rare to see this in mid December.

I am at 31.8 out here in Bethlehem PA with freezing rain. I have a station on Fire Island that is also at 31.8. I don’t know about the precip type. Reports of frozen precip at the NWS sites in Suffolk Cty. WWA from Upton for Suffolk?? So far only a SWS.

It’s on Weather Underground. KNYSAYVI32

Here’s something for you guys on the island and the city to ponder. I know that there have been reports of sleet in many areas out there. I have a station right on Fire Island. Temp / Dew is 33/29 now with a light East wind. No sign of any warm air rushing in off the ocean so you may hold on to the frozen precip mix for a little longer than you might think.

Light freezing rain 31*

I lived out there during the 70s and 80s and yes that is what you got. As they say the good times don’t last. The flip side is it is only December and there is plenty of winter left.

All NWS reporting stations in eastern PA are reporting cloudy skies without any precipitation as of 4pm. I saw a brief period of light snow during the midday hour and that has been it with the exception of some very light snow grains from time to time.

Steady light snow has broken out here. 33*

Light snow now falling. Ground covered 33*