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Dec 16-17, 2019 snow-sleet glaze OBSERVATIONS ONLY


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Suffolk coming in with big ice totals, lots of winning

LOCATION          STORM TOTAL     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS                   
                          ICE           OF 
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT

CONNECTICUT

...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
   BRIDGEPORT AIRPORT    0.17   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    
   NORWALK               0.12   900 AM 12/17  SOCIAL MEDIA            
   DANBURY AIRPORT       0.10   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    
   WESTON                0.08   630 AM 12/17  TRAINED SPOTTER         

...NEW HAVEN COUNTY...
   NEW HAVEN AIRPORT     0.17   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    
   MERIDEN AIRPORT       0.08   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    

...NEW LONDON COUNTY...
   LEDYARD CENTER        0.20   600 AM 12/17  TRAINED SPOTTER         
   GROTON AIRPORT        0.09   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    

NEW JERSEY

...BERGEN COUNTY...
   RIDGEWOOD             0.10   718 AM 12/17  TRAINED SPOTTER         

...ESSEX COUNTY...
   CALDWELL AIRPORT      0.04   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    

...PASSAIC COUNTY...
   WEST MILFORD          0.05  1200 AM 12/17  PUBLIC                  

NEW YORK

...NASSAU COUNTY...
   MERRICK               0.05   600 AM 12/17  TRAINED SPOTTER         

...NEW YORK COUNTY...
   CENTRAL PARK          0.02   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    

...ORANGE COUNTY...
   MONROE                0.21   815 AM 12/17  TRAINED SPOTTER         
   MONTGOMERY AIRPORT    0.15   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    

...QUEENS COUNTY...
   NYC/JFK AIRPORT          T   700 AM 12/17  TRACE OF FREEZING RAIN  

...ROCKLAND COUNTY...
   CHESTNUT RIDGE        0.10   745 AM 12/17  PUBLIC                  

...SUFFOLK COUNTY...
   ISLIP AIRPORT         0.19   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    
   WESTHAMPTON AIRPORT   0.19   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    
   NORTH BABYLON         0.12   545 AM 12/17  PUBLIC                  
   SHIRLEY AIRPORT       0.08   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    
   UPTON                    T   700 AM 12/17  TRACE OF FREEZING RAIN  

...WESTCHESTER COUNTY...
   SOMERS                0.10   745 AM 12/17  SOCIAL MEDIA            
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12 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Suffolk coming in with big ice totals, lots of winning


LOCATION          STORM TOTAL     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS                   
                          ICE           OF 
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT

CONNECTICUT

...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
   BRIDGEPORT AIRPORT    0.17   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    
   NORWALK               0.12   900 AM 12/17  SOCIAL MEDIA            
   DANBURY AIRPORT       0.10   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    
   WESTON                0.08   630 AM 12/17  TRAINED SPOTTER         

...NEW HAVEN COUNTY...
   NEW HAVEN AIRPORT     0.17   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    
   MERIDEN AIRPORT       0.08   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    

...NEW LONDON COUNTY...
   LEDYARD CENTER        0.20   600 AM 12/17  TRAINED SPOTTER         
   GROTON AIRPORT        0.09   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    

NEW JERSEY

...BERGEN COUNTY...
   RIDGEWOOD             0.10   718 AM 12/17  TRAINED SPOTTER         

...ESSEX COUNTY...
   CALDWELL AIRPORT      0.04   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    

...PASSAIC COUNTY...
   WEST MILFORD          0.05  1200 AM 12/17  PUBLIC                  

NEW YORK

...NASSAU COUNTY...
   MERRICK               0.05   600 AM 12/17  TRAINED SPOTTER         

...NEW YORK COUNTY...
   CENTRAL PARK          0.02   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    

...ORANGE COUNTY...
   MONROE                0.21   815 AM 12/17  TRAINED SPOTTER         
   MONTGOMERY AIRPORT    0.15   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    

...QUEENS COUNTY...
   NYC/JFK AIRPORT          T   700 AM 12/17  TRACE OF FREEZING RAIN  

...ROCKLAND COUNTY...
   CHESTNUT RIDGE        0.10   745 AM 12/17  PUBLIC                  

...SUFFOLK COUNTY...
   ISLIP AIRPORT         0.19   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    
   WESTHAMPTON AIRPORT   0.19   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    
   NORTH BABYLON         0.12   545 AM 12/17  PUBLIC                  
   SHIRLEY AIRPORT       0.08   700 AM 12/17  ASOS                    
   UPTON                    T   700 AM 12/17  TRACE OF FREEZING RAIN  

...WESTCHESTER COUNTY...
   SOMERS                0.10   745 AM 12/17  SOCIAL MEDIA            

How does FOK get 0.2" of ice when they're right on the water lol?

 

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41 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

How does FOK get 0.2" of ice when they're right on the water lol?

 

the airport itself is actually north of the town of westhampton, not on the water. And the south shore got plenty of ice last night, the winds were from the NE, so it really didnt matter how close they were to the water. 

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Just now, psv88 said:

the airport itself is actually north of the town of westhampton, not on the water. And the south shore got plenty of ice last night, the winds were from the NE, so it really didnt matter how close they were to the water. 

Yes but we recorded very small amounts (trace, under a tenth) here in Nassau county, so I think urbanization plays a major role here.

 

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30 minutes ago, gravitylover said:

28/28/E2/freezing mist

That Somers number might be right, it's been above freezing in most of the town since about 10 this morning. Unfortunately the high spots, like where I live .25 miles from the Somers line, is still stuck at 28.4.

 

I thought there was a mid level warm layer in there somewhere, shouldn't the valleys be colder than the high spots?

 

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5 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Yes but we recorded very small amounts (trace, under a tenth) here in Nassau county, so I think urbanization plays a major role here.

 

Agreed, FOK was sitting at 31 for much of the night. 

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7 hours ago, purduewx80 said:

This is a good signature for significant turbulence and compression on the JFK TWDR. NE winds near 10KT at the surface and SW winds 50KT+ at 4000 feet.  This wind difference often slows down air traffic into the NY metro airports. A 767 reported severe turbulence coming into JFK earlier this morning.

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RGEM forecast soundings valid at 15Z show what would be a nice hodograph if there were surface based instability.

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Clearly a wedge

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Down to 32.3 here with light rain.  Max this afternoon was 34.1 at 1:21 pm, min was 31.1 at 4:01 am (and earlier).  The glaze over a coating of sleet and a little bit of snow last night was not an issue.  A little colder and/or not so warm over the preceding weekend and this would have been quite an ice-storm.  I hear it was so just a little bit inland.

As for hours of freezing rain last night mostly running off, we just didn't get past that equilibrium point for more efficient ice accretion.  Between temps near 60 over the weekend and latent heat release from the rain that did freeze, we were right on that edge and surfaces just didn't cool enough.  Still I'm impressed at how well the low level cold held in place near the coast.

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1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

I thought there was a mid level warm layer in there somewhere, shouldn't the valleys be colder than the high spots?

 

Yeah sure if the hilltops were a few thousand feet higher ;)  It's not an inversion.

Just to play by the rules since it is an OBS thread... 28/28/RN This is terrible, going on 18 hours of freezing precip now. Power lines are sagging, trees are leaning, it's just a matter of time before the problems start.

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3 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

I guess I've always worried after a couple of close calls we've had (LGA has had them too.)  Remember December 1995 when a plane slid off the runway at JFK?  I think a similar incident happened at LGA more recently too.

 

Ice on the wings, the ultimate disaster in DC in 1982...

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Wantage NJ 8 s High Point probably had 0.2" glaze on branches, grass blades and thicker ice on paved untreated surfaces this morning.  Our max today is right now at 31. Under 100 customers were without power in Sussex Counties Sussex Rural Cooperative. 10,000 customers were without power in threat of NJ late this afternoon with most in Morris and Hunterdon Counties. 

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NOUS41 KPHI 172256
PNSPHI
DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-
070-071-101>106-181056-

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
556 PM EST Tue Dec 17 2019

...FREEZING RAIN REPORTS...


...Morris County...
Randolph, NJ                 0.33 in   0400 PM 12/17   Public
Denville Twp                 0.30 in   1000 AM 12/17   Trained Spotter
Ledgewood                    0.25 in   0955 AM 12/17   Trained Spotter
Randolph, NJ                 0.25 in   1127 AM 12/17   Public
Butler                       0.25 in   1130 AM 12/17   Public
2 E Lake Hopatcong           0.20 in   0856 AM 12/17   Trained Spotter
Mountain Lakes               0.15 in   0846 AM 12/17   Broadcast Media
Parsippany                   0.13 in   0903 AM 12/17   Trained Spotter
2 NNW Gladstone               T in     0719 PM 12/16   Public
3 SSW Long Valley             T in     1039 PM 12/16   Public
Flanders                      T in     1042 PM 12/16   Public
2 NNW Gladstone               T in     1051 PM 12/16   Public
3 SSW Long Valley             T in     1118 PM 12/16   Public
1 NE Morristown               T in     1121 PM 12/16   Public
2 NNW Gladstone               T in     0359 AM 12/17   Public
3 NNW Budd Lake               T in     0515 AM 12/17   Public
Randolph, NJ                  T in     1058 AM 12/17   Broadcast Media

...Sussex County...
1 WNW Stockholm              0.40 in   0200 PM 12/17   Cocorahs
Highland Lakes               0.30 in   0245 PM 12/17   Public
Wantage Twp                  0.25 in   1000 AM 12/17   Public
Sussex Airport               0.21 in   0653 AM 12/17   ASOS
2 NE Hamburg                 0.20 in   0946 AM 12/17   Broadcast Media
Montague                      T in     1149 PM 12/16   Public
Stockholm                     T in     0136 AM 12/17   Dept of Highways
3 N Pellettown                T in     0413 AM 12/17   Trained Spotter
3 N Pellettown                T in     0416 AM 12/17   Public

 

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