NJ_Ken Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I was just glancing at storm totals up and down the east coast, and it looks like this is one of those rare storms where nobody got screwed and nobody got an insane jackpot that makes us all jealous. Looking south, it appears that from the northern DC burbs right on up through Baltimore got a solid 4" to 6" snowfall, and, even DC and northern VA appear to have gotten a nice little 2" to 4" storm. The rest of the I-95 corridor from Philly to New York and right on up to Boston looks like a solid 6" to 10" with a few higher amounts out on Long Island and the Cape (and perhaps along the northern Jersey shore by the time the final flakes are added up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtd208 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Final estimated accumulation looks to be around 7"- 8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 11.5 inches in Lincroft (Monmouth County), snow is still falling lightly, it is very cold at 12 degrees and windy. Nice more Monmouth double digits, keep bringing them in folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Damn, just took about 50 measurements. Averaged out to 10.2" for the final. The majority were within the bounds of 9" to 11". A handful sub 9" and 11"+ in the valleys and drifts in the yard. Great storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Webcam view... there were more icicles but mom broke the first ones off, those formed since 6AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkTec Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 6.5" is the total here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pohopoco Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 8" looks to be my total,(getting too old to go stick rulers in all over the property) also in brilliant sun it's 2dgs...One side note,even though it's nearing 10 A.M. it's completely silent outside,No plows,means no cars and trucks,just beautiful calm,silence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 6.75 here. Freezing nasal passages (aka frozen boogies) Looks great out Thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 8" final total here. Current temp 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDC Wx Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Excellent verification, same here, thought could be a tad more since last time. I'm too damn tired to go out again and measure. Parents said about 11" in Marlboro. Monmouth on a good run lately. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Damn, just took about 50 measurements. Averaged out to 10.2" for the final. The majority were within the bounds of 9" to 11". A handful sub 9" and 11"+ in the valleys and drifts in the yard. Great storm! Just went out again against my need for sleep and did another 10 measurements, surprisingly averaging out to the board amounts of about 11" even. (Thought the board was actually 10.9"). Awesome storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastonwx Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Webcam view... there were more icicles but mom broke the first ones off, those formed since 6AM. Nice Ray. That's what winter is all about! Just came in from shoveling, fingers very numb...12F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svh19044 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Earlier I had stated 6.5" but I didn't actually go check multiple spots, just my walkway. After checking 12 spots around the yard/table/porch/drive/car, including the board (the same as the 7.4 total), the total is actually 7.4". Currently 14.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Webcam view... there were more icicles but mom broke the first ones off, those formed since 6AM. Is that one of those water blow up pools Ray? I thought those couldn't be left out in winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Is that one of those water blow up pools Ray? I thought those couldn't be left out in winter. yeah my parents were never good about taking those down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 7.3" storm total in NW Chesco. Temp bottomed at 12.2 so far, currently 12.4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbs Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 6.6" total - solid warning event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSchwake28 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 PHL reports 9.0 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JERSEYSNOWROB Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Parents said about 11" in Marlboro. Monmouth on a good run lately. Congrats. quite possible depending on what side of town they live in. I'm in the extreme NW corner on the western side of Rt 9. Those in the eastern and southern sections might have gotten just a tad more, based on the obs in Colts Neck and Manalapan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSchwake28 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 PHL reports 9.0 inches. Should know this but what are the measurement guidelines at official reporting stations? I'm only about 3 miles from the airport and always seems to be a good 10-25% lower in totals. Granted I only got a chance to measure after all was said and done but I would have to be in an obvious drift to have measured 9". Same thing happened in the surprise December storm. Sorry if off topic, feel free to move if so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Should know this but what are the measurement guidelines at official reporting stations? I'm only about 3 miles from the airport and always seems to be a good 10-25% lower in totals. Granted I only got a chance to measure after all was said and done but I would have to be in an obvious drift to have measured 9". Same thing happened in the surprise December storm. Sorry if off topic, feel free to move if so. Airport reporters (which are not always at the airport) report 6-hour measurements. The way its supposed to work is that a snow board is set on top of the snow, snow accumulates on the board, at the end of the 6 hours (or sooner if the snow stops), the depth is measured, the board is cleared and placed back on top of the fresh snow for the next 6 hours, cycle then repeated. Its always hard to know exactly how an observer measures; the 6-hour method *should* (in my opinion) work well, *but* there are plenty of ways it can be messed up. If the snow board placed in a location where it drifts too much, or is placed lower than the surrounding snow, or is subject to excessive roof blow-off. This isn't a big problem usually (for inflation) at airports themselves, but there's the second catch: Mt. Holly's airport snow observers are all removed from the airports they serve, because most don't have on-site observers anymore. PHL does, but the FAA would rather not measure and so the PHL airport observer is actually located in National Park NJ. Anyway, as I was saying, the 6-hour method tends to run into more problems in an environment with a high concentration of structures and trees, like your typical private, off-airport observer's property. Now I say that it *should* work well because I have my parents using same method, and their numbers always seem to jive well with surrounding reports (which presumeably aren't using the 6-hour method). But I strictly regulate their practices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 7 inches here NW of Greensboro on upper eastern shore of MD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 So for those who were interested in how ratios really panned out... I have my folks measure midnight-midnight for CoCoRaHS (rare but not unheard of) and this is what they got:1/2 - 0.43" liquid out of 4.4" snow, a 10:1 ratio1/3 - 0.22" liquid out of 3.3" snow, a 15:1 ratio Overall for the storm, 0.65" liquid for 7.7" of snow, about a 12:1 ratio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonyweather Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 We had a good amount. Any one have link for up to date totals? Serious driftin here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravity Wave Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Seems like liquid overperformed for SEPA but the great ratios weren't there. The atrocious snow growth probably played a big role in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=PHI&product=PNS&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCT777 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 6.9" storm total for Spring Mount, PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JERSEYSNOWROB Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 So for those who were interested in how ratios really panned out... I have my folks measure midnight-midnight for CoCoRaHS (rare but not unheard of) and this is what they got: 1/2 - 0.43" liquid out of 4.4" snow, a 10:1 ratio 1/3 - 0.22" liquid out of 3.3" snow, a 15:1 ratio Overall for the storm, 0.65" liquid for 7.7" of snow, about a 12:1 ratio wow interesting. Very powdery snow too so I would have thought ratios would have been a bit better. Then again I think it was you and HM that mentioned that the first part of the storm would be closer to 10:1, which obviously turned out to be correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Anyone know why Mt. Holly's FA is still under a WSW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 wow interesting. Very powdery snow too so I would have thought ratios would have been a bit better. Then again I think it was you and HM that mentioned that the first part of the storm would be closer to 10:1, which obviously turned out to be correct. I think I said this elsewhere, but it occurs to me that most of you don't really know what "fluff" snow is. You guys get it SO rarely. In fact, snow that's so cold that its "dry" is not all that common, so you probably are equating "dry" snow with "fluffy" snow. Which isn't the case at all, as we've just seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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