doncat Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:23 PM, uofmiami said: Muttontown one (my weather station) is frozen FYI! The ZR froze it up as winds are calm and wind direction is stuck. Yeah same here... happened the other day also with the wet snow clinging to it for almost a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:32 PM, Rjay said: 95+% frozen for the storm. Mikehobbyst, yes there was ice accretion but maybe now you will understand why your call was absurd. Yea we stayed mostly frozen but temps weren't in the mid and upper 20s with freezing rain so it wasn't too bad. Anyway nice winter storm. Has sleet or freezing rain for many hours but didn't cripple MY area by any means. And it didn't wash my snow pack away. Who are you talking to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:33 PM, YanksFan27 said: Who are you talking to? Mikehobbyst...did you miss him ranting last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:34 PM, Rjay said: Mikehobbyst...did you miss him ranting last night? Must have... Anyway the ice threat was very serious. Consider yourself lucky that it didn't happen. Places to our southwest weren't as fortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:33 PM, YanksFan27 said: Who are you talking to? He lives 20 mins east of my and was calling for an epic ice storm for us. He guaranteed it. "100% chance" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:35 PM, YanksFan27 said: Must have... Anyway the ice threat was very serious. Consider yourself lucky that it didn't happen. Places to our southwest weren't as fortunate. That's why I wrote "MY area" and put my in capital letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:32 PM, Rjay said: 95+% frozen for the storm. Mikehobbyst, yes there was ice accretion but maybe now you will understand why your call was absurd. Yea we stayed mostly frozen but temps weren't in the mid and upper 20s with freezing rain so it wasn't too bad. Anyway nice winter storm. Has sleet or freezing rain for many hours but didn't cripple MY area by any means. And it didn't wash my snow pack away. 2.5" of snow and sleet here. I was really worrying for a time last night when our temps rapidly dropped off, but they came back up and basically behaved as modeled. Had things been a couple of degrees colder at the surface, we likely would've had more problems for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:35 PM, YanksFan27 said: Must have... Anyway the ice threat was very serious. Consider yourself lucky that it didn't happen. Places to our southwest weren't as fortunate. He called for .5 to an inch of ice accretion for southern nassau co...anyway carry on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:32 PM, Rjay said: 95+% frozen for the storm. Mikehobbyst, yes there was ice accretion but maybe now you will understand why your call was absurd. Yea we stayed mostly frozen but temps weren't in the mid and upper 20s with freezing rain so it wasn't too bad. Anyway nice winter storm. Has sleet or freezing rain for many hours but didn't cripple MY area by any means. And it didn't wash my snow pack away. 2.5" of snow and sleet here. Ice storms have happened in the city and the island before as we all know but it is difficult. Hopefully this storm (though not over and not without impact) will be good learning lesson for all of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:37 PM, jm1220 said: I was really worrying for a time last night when our temps rapidly dropped off, but they came back up and basically behaved as modeled. Had things been a couple of degrees colder at the surface, we likely would've had more problems for sure. Yup but temps were modeled fairly well (a couple degrees too high by the globals). The short range high res models handled the temps decently except the HRRR. The nam temps were good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 PECO now over 500,000 customers without power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:43 PM, YanksFan27 said: PECO now over 500,000 customers without power. Wow! Geez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The radar is now filling in a bit more to our southwest. Also precip type radar is showing a narrow band of rain heading northeast towards NYC while at the same time Monmouth county flipping back to mixed precip. I think this event still has a few good hours left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU848789 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Great post/analysis by Craig Allen, linked below, highlighting that the warm-up is over and colder air is filtering back in, which will likely keep most folks north of maybe a Trenton to Perth Amboy line in the freezing rain/sleet for the next few hours. Just went outside and it's still freezing rain here (no more sleet right now) and 30F with about 0.25" of ice accreted on trees/branches - and a friend of ours just posted pics of a power line down and on fire here in front of their house in Metuchen. Yikes! It's pretty bad out there with 84 closed between PA and CT, several hundred thousand without power in our region, NE corridor trains suspended, and tons of accidents. Back edge of the precip should get here in the early afternoon. https://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152193793942720&id=230609267719 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Manhattan subways are effed right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyDop Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:53 PM, BxEngine said: Manhattan subways are effed right now. What happened, icing issues on the outdoor sections of the tracks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Be aware also that the column is quite saturated so even if the radar doesn't look impressive it could still be freezing drizzle or light freezing rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:57 PM, JohnnyDop said: What happened, icing issues on the outdoor sections of the tracks? Sounds like fire in some insulation, has slowed or stopped numerous trains from midtown north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 New RAP shows 3-4 more hours of precip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJwinter23 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:52 PM, RU848789 said: Great post/analysis by Craig Allen, linked below, highlighting that the warm-up is over and colder air is filtering back in, which will likely keep most folks north of maybe a Trenton to Perth Amboy line in the freezing rain/sleet for the next few hours. Just went outside and it's still freezing rain here (no more sleet right now) and 30F with about 0.25" of ice accreted on trees/branches - and a friend of ours just posted pics of a power line down and on fire here in front of their house in Metuchen. Yikes! It's pretty bad out there with 84 closed between PA and CT, several hundred thousand without power in our region, NE corridor trains suspended, and tons of accidents. Back edge of the precip should get here in the early afternoon. https://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152193793942720&id=230609267719 I think temps should hold pretty steady to where they are now/around freezing..not drop back..Remember freezing rain leads to gradual warming of surface temps with latent heat release too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Star Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:53 PM, BxEngine said: Manhattan subways are effed right now. and NJ Transit NE corridor shut down? Mayor DeBlasio urged commuters to use mass transit earlier this morning. I knew that was a bad statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 2:53 PM, BxEngine said: Manhattan subways are effed right now. Neither power outages nor subway disruptions will close the NYC schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 3:02 PM, Dark Star said: and NJ Transit NE corridor shut down? Mayor DeBlasio urged commuters to use mass transit earlier this morning. I knew that was a bad statement. Not sure if it is shut down completely. Dropped someone off in Metuchen at 845 and he made it in to NYC a little bit ago, so maybe it only applies to trains further south near Trenton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 3:04 PM, donsutherland1 said: Neither power outages nor subway disruptions will close the NYC schools. i wonder how many teachers who live in the suburbs called out today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sey-Mour Snow Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 any reports from redding CT? they are the northern extent of our viewing area and looking for an official total as I assume they are over 10" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metsfan Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Precip has stopped, Temp still 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 3:06 PM, BxEngine said: i wonder how many teachers who live in the suburbs called out today. Probably quite a few. I heard on the traffic reports that vehicles were having difficulty making it up hills, there were some spinouts, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 On 2/5/2014 at 3:05 PM, Plfdwxdude said: Not sure if it is shut down completely. Dropped someone off in Metuchen at 845 and he made it in to NYC a little bit ago, so maybe it only applies to trains further south near Trenton? It's the entire northeast corridor. Completely shut down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Question now is does the precip down near Baltimore/DC make it up here and how much does it hold together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Moderate to heavy snow just flipped to very light sleet here in the past 15 minutes. Right at 9.0" total so far... maybe another inch of snow/sleet as residual precip heads this way through the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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