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OBS thread Feb 20-21, 2019


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Was in New Brunswick around 130 and it was snowing good; soon as I crossed the Driscoll Bridge intensity slacked off; moreover, there was only a dusting covering my footsteps from where I had left them in Woodbridge an hour earlier. This isn't going to cut it. It is snowing lightly and I guess dry air here is the problem, yet again. Models showed the cutoff just east of New Brunswick. For reasons that remain a mystery, this area is still a snow hole ( within a snow hole this year ).  And folks, please don't come on here and tell me what I'm looking at. I can see for myself.

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1 hour ago, RU848789 said:

Had 3/4" in Rahway when I went outside to go home around 12:30 pm and Ijust got home to Metuchen and we have 1.5" of snow OTG as of 1 pm. Snow has definitely decreased in intensity, but another band looks close, but might slide just to our south.  

After that, the NWS is expecting lighter precip for much of the afternoon, then an increase in intensity again. Question then will be how much snow do we get before the change to sleet (late afternoon here, likely) and then how much sleet and freezing rain we get before ~1/2" of plain rain falls later tonight for most locations, except well N/W.

Local roads are snow-covered and slippery and even Route 1 was slushy in many spots, so travel is not going to be easy this afternoon (unless the current lull lasts longer than expected). Hoping I make it to my 2.75" prediction for my house - NWS seems to think the 2-4" forecast for most will verify, as per their updated discussion. 27F here.
 

 

Have had intermittent light to moderate snow the last 90 minutes and we now have 2.1" of snow on the ground, as of 2:30 pm (0.6" in 90 minutes isn't great, but it's not zero either). Radar looks dried up for the next hour or so, will be interesting to see if the precip builds back up or not, while we still have enough cold air for snow/sleet.  Most models are showing sleet by 6 pm in the Edison area and then maybe a bit of ZR before the plain rain comes.  Let's see if we can eke out 3" total.  

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4 minutes ago, RU848789 said:

 

Have had intermittent light to moderate snow the last 90 minutes and we now have 2.1" of snow on the ground, as of 2:30 pm (0.6" in 90 minutes isn't great, but it's not zero either). Radar looks dried up for the next hour or so, will be interesting to see if the precip builds back up or not, while we still have enough cold air for snow/sleet.  Most models are showing sleet by 6 pm in the Edison area and then maybe a bit of ZR before the plain rain comes.  Let's see if we can eke out 3" total.  

2" so far here. I see on radar echoes are starting to increase some in eastern PA. We might get one more pickup in the snow to get us close to the 3" mark before it changes over. Let's hope.

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