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NYC Area January 26-27 Bomb Discussion and OBS Part 5


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bands of heavy to very heavy snow still flaring up across CT and parts of LI.

to recap (best estimates):

storm total: 13.0 inches as of 2:15am

hourly snowfall from 1:15am to 2:15am: 1.5 inches

snowfall from midnight to 1:15am: 5.5 inches (4-5"/hr rates)

currently +SN with visibility at about 1/16SM

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...QUEENS COUNTY...

NYC/LA GUARDIA 12.6 100 AM 1/27 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER

...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY...

CENTRAL PARK 15.3 100 AM 1/27 CENTRAL PARK ZOO

...UNION COUNTY...

ELIZABETH 14.6 1200 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

...ESSEX COUNTY...

NEWARK AIRPORT 14.2 100 AM 1/27 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER

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Historic night. Truly amazing. I must turn in for the night though as I am not optimistic about my office closing but who knows. Glad I got to share this experience with all of you snowhounds. Visibilities improving, snow lightning up, plows scurrying. Totals here are likely in line with EWR or more likely Teterboro.

Good night snow weenies.:snowman:

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...QUEENS COUNTY...

NYC/LA GUARDIA 12.6 100 AM 1/27 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER

...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY...

CENTRAL PARK 15.3 100 AM 1/27 CENTRAL PARK ZOO

...UNION COUNTY...

ELIZABETH 14.6 1200 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER

...ESSEX COUNTY...

NEWARK AIRPORT 14.2 100 AM 1/27 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER

LGA reported 3" from 12:51-1:51, so they are over 15" now.

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bands of heavy to very heavy snow still flaring up across CT and parts of LI.

to recap (best estimates):

storm total: 13.0 inches as of 2:15am

hourly snowfall from 1:15am to 2:15am: 1.5 inches

snowfall from midnight to 1:15am: 5.5 inches (4-5"/hr rates)

currently +SN with visibility at about 1/16SM

I did not stop going under the heaviest stuff from midnight to 1:45 and picked up 7". Around 4 early this afternoon, 4.5 in the evening, and 9" at midnight puts me at 16 in north Stratford. Your depiction of the midnight to 1:15 rate is perfect and what I kept going to 1:45 though it has eased up a lot now (compared to before).

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This is one of those Special Weather Statements to savor for life: :snowman:

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

113 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011

CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ069>075-078>081-176>179-270730-

BRONX-EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN

UNION-HUDSON-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-NORTHEAST

SUFFOLK-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN

NASSAU-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHERN

QUEENS-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK-RICHMOND (STATEN

IS.)-ROCKLAND-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN

MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN NEW

LONDON-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK-WESTERN

BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-

113 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011

...HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT BERGEN...BRONX...ESSEX...FAIRFIELD...

HUDSON...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...MIDDLESEX...NASSAU...NEW HAVEN...NEW YORK

(MANHATTAN)...PASSAIC...QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...

ROCKLAND...SUFFOLK...UNION...WESTCHESTER AND WESTERN NEW LONDON

COUNTIES...

AT 1257 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING

A WIDE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

THROUGH LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY.

SNOWFALL RATES WITHIN THIS BAND ARE BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES PER

HOUR...BUT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 4 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST

PORTIONS OF THE BAND IN NASSAU...WESTERN SUFFOLK...NEW HAVEN AND

MIDDLESEX COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL

GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING

SNOW....AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

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SACRUS, to answer your question from previous thread. It was hard to tell what I got in first batch because I was at work all day out in Mercer County and didn't get home till 6:30ish and there was only about 2 inches left. So who knows what we really got. It looks like Colts Neck and Manalapan had about 4 so I'm guessing we had about that much too. The 11.5 inches that I measured tonight around 2am was all new snow from the 2nd part of the storm as I cleared off the earlier slush before the 2nd portion began. Still coming down so I'm sure we are over a Foot already.

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Anyway, continuing that little saga about JFK, its no wonder the FAA was trying to pull the plug on the guy measuring the snow there a couple of weeks ago. As some of you may have noticed (something which Ray brought to my attention) they have no snow measurement for the mixed bag event that dropped 1-2 inches here. Well, the FAA was going to drop their contract observer and no longer measure snowfall there but the NWS managed to persuade them to not discontinue snowfall measurements there. I just wish they were a bit more represenative of the region as there is no way the snowfall totals could be that low with 4 straight hours of heavy snow with 0.1 or 0.0 visibility! We have widespread reports of 16-18.

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Well enjoy your storm guys. Amazing stuff. These are the types of storms that are studied/researched and published both because of intensity/impact, but also because of the forecast challenge.

Where have I heard this before? Amazing winter.

Thanks for all of your contributions bud. :thumbsup:

The winter's only half over :lmao:

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