SBUWX23 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Really snowing nicely in smithtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmc10 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 NW bergen county, by earthlight in franklin lakes is getting smoked all morning, dam that band is a thing of beauty Yep we are doing very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfsheepsheadbay Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Tornadojay jackpot no doubt. Band looks better organized during the past couple of frames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I'm under that band in northern NJ, it's snowing moderatly outside and accumulating fast. Up to about 5" or so eyeball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrials Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 it all evens out, poor jay has been skunked so many times, its good to see mother nature trying to make it up to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtd208 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Snow looks to be basically over here, just some very light snow falling, estimated accumulation of 3.5-4.0", temperature 23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 just need that band to drop south 20 miles and we can all snow another 2 hours...come on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCSuburbs Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Back edge of the storm definitely looks like it's filling up a little. Places south of NYC will probably just see some light snow/mix from now until 12 PM, although northern NJ is still on track to receive light-moderate snow through at least 12 PM, if not a bit later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgwp96 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 A little over 5.5 . Still havin heavy snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGoose69 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Why has KTEB been reporting RASN on multiple occassions this AM despite the fact an observer is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Backedge filling in. Still snowing nicely here, despite radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailstorm Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 it has nothing to do with the -PNA... the sfc low is a pretty weak one; it's not wrapped up; if it was wrapped up, (strong lifting, strong dynamics). it woud cut. But the -PNA does not induce strong amplification of heights for any shortwave heading for us; thus, the weaker and colder solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Light snow now, but its nice-looking out there. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaf316 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 hello boys (and girls? are there any of those on here?)-- i've been lurking here for years (first on eastern, now on american), but have never posted, because, frankly, i've never really felt i had much to add to the conversation. and i still don't. but as i sit here (in bklyn) staring out the window at the beautiful white fluffiness, i thought it was time i chimed in. first of all, it's been great to discover that there are other weather freaks out there as obsessed as i am (growing up in the 70s without internet or cable, i used to get my fix by calling the weather every hour--my parents thought i was having an affair with the weather lady). secondly, i want to thank you all for teaching me so much about the science (and art?) of meteorology. i'm just a hobbyist with no background in the field, so it's been fun to learn lots of cool meteorological phrases with which to impress my friends ("arctic oscillation," "high-latitude blocking," and my new favorite "significant stratospheric warming event." finally, a question about this storm: it seems like once the models caught on a couple days ago that a storm was coming, they were pretty consistent in their solutions (from model to model and from run to run). i'm wondering why that is. does it have something to do with the relative lack of dynamics with this system that makes the physics easier for the models to handle? thanks again, and enjoy the snow... j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGoose69 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 But the -PNA does not induce strong amplification of heights for any shortwave heading for us; thus, the weaker and colder solution. SW flow events with ridging on the West Coast or the trough positoned over the Pacific always go north, ones where the trough is more in the Western U.S. and is somewhat shallow and progressive are the ones where we can usually get all snow here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eduggs Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 There haven't been many happy endings this winter but this storm is definitely one of them. Many METS thought the models would trend north and warm things up giving us sleet/rain or all rain a few days ago and the opposite happened. Also it's not a marginal surface temp situation either, it's pretty darn cold for this one too so that's a plus. This storm was pretty well modeled. Snow as the predominate ptype even to the coast well expected. Antecedent cold plus a very weak mid-level low was a very strong signal that mid-level warmth would not surge much past M/D and SNJ. A weaker, suppressed storm was the correct signal. And despite the low QPF up in the Hudson Highlands, we're still approaching the lower end of the forecasted snowfall. A really nice daytime storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Beautiful flake size and rate right now. Accumulating at a great rate too. Looks like between 5 and 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstorm Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Scratch that, flurries here in NYC... probably end up with ~3"... unless that last band totally whiffs ... and whatever, there was a time in my life when I'd have gotten upset over 2.8 vs 5" ... but that difference is fairly inconsequential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelocita Weather Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 2.8" with light sleet falling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEXtreme Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Back edge of the storm definitely looks like it's filling up a little. Places south of NYC will probably just see some light snow/mix from now until 12 PM, although northern NJ is still on track to receive light-moderate snow through at least 12 PM, if not a bit later. No doubt filling in again. Looks like another heavy band is trying to set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weathergun Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Beautiful flake size and rate right now. Accumulating at a great rate too. Looks like between 5 and 6. How do you always manage to be at the right spot for a snowstorm, t-storm, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Looks like there might be some backbuilding of the snow into central NJ. Still coming down lgt-mod outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 12z RGEM finally tapers the snow to flurries out at Montauk after 5:00 PM.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 wind is picking up...snowing moderately...past 30 min has been the best all day, street finally getting snow covered again...the salt was holding its own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoSki14 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Some some local places may get that 6-8", beautiful band to the north, it must be snowing pretty heavily up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowDemon Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Wow. Definitely the hardest it's snowed so far. Visibility has been drastically reduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Must really be ripping up by Bridgeport, White Plains. Someone there might walk away with 8 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeS Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 About 3.5" here in Wayne and the temp is 20.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover11 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I got home at 9 am, shoveled my front steps and they are covered again(went out to measure) and i have gotten .7" more so has it stands right now I have 4.5" snowing pretty good right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEaster27 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Scratch that, flurries here in NYC... probably end up with ~3"... unless that last band totally whiffs ... and whatever, there was a time in my life when I'd have gotten upset over 2.8 vs 5" ... but that difference is fairly inconsequential how about 1.5 vs 5? Im not upset but just disapointed. The bands tend to always setup to my NW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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