Obs and nowcast Major Nor'easter near blizzard Sunday afternoon Jan 31 - Sunrise Wednesday Feb 3

[alexj7]

So far amounts seem slightly lower than expected for immediate NYC metro

Central Park 7 AM: 5.3"

3K Nam before the storm estimated 7.1" at 7AM for Manhattan.

My immediate area seems under 5" still, but it is near impossible to judge here. I can still see huge areas of bare ground due to the winds. My immediate area never accumulates snow, just too windy.

[SACRUS]

 sunrise on the vis satellite 

[BxSnowWx37]

Just now, sussexcountyobs said:

Not sure about the northern shield getting spotty? We have heavy snow falling here Vernon, NJ Sussex county.

I'm talking more up towards upstate ny..and ct..if look at the radar you can see everything transferring to the coastal..we are in great position but the more north and west you go it might be interesting 

[Rtd208]

Moderate to heavy snow falling here. Estimating 10"-11" on the ground. 

[friedmators]

About 8" 78/287 intersection

[psv88]

5 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Light to moderate snow here in SW Suffolk and 31°. I am under that 30 DBZ yellow band on radar. The higher reflectivities are  more a function of the very large snow flakes than the actual rate of the snow here.

Your temps falling back at all? I’ve lost a degree in the last hour 

[LibertyBell]

5 hours ago, SnowGoose69 said:

The Euro caught this on most of its recent runs.  The period from 05-10Z was going to be fairly quiet. 

whens the next quiet period coming lol- tonight?

 

[Rjay]

Radar is sick

[Northof78]

Incredibly heavy snow, roughly 2"/hr., will go out and measure shortly

[SnoSki14]

I have to be nearing a foot. The rates are insane right now. I'm in the orange on radar.

[lee59]

3 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Your temps falling back at all? I’ve lost a degree in the last hour 

I have dropped about a 1/2 degree in the past 1/2 hour.

[Rjay]

I'm having issues loading gifs on here right now.  Shocking. 

[MJO812]

Nam crushes the whole area this afternoon and continues through tonight. Its going to get wild.

[ChineseFood4Snow]

Just now, SnoSki14 said:

I have to be nearing a foot. The rates are insane right now. I'm in the orange on radar.

Do you still have sleet mixed in like me in Bound Brook?

[weatherpruf]

5 minutes ago, alexj7 said:

So far amounts seem slightly lower than expected for immediate NYC metro

Central Park 7 AM: 5.3"

3K Nam before the storm estimated 7.1" at 7AM for Manhattan.

My immediate area seems under 5" still, but it is near impossible to judge here. I can still see huge areas of bare ground due to the winds. My immediate area never accumulates snow, just too windy.

Yeah it doesn't have the look of an 18-20 incher to me: but this is longer duration than storms we've had in recent years, which were quicker and heavier IIRC. We've not seen sleet here since daybreak; not sure what happened over night; it is snowing steadily but not "puking" as some would characterize it.....I already had some pretty heavy duty drifts this morning that challenged the machinery; so can't really complain. We'll see what Act 2 has to offer....

[winterwarlock]

maybe 8.5 inches here in Belle Mead with heavy snow

[weatherpruf]

Just now, MJO812 said:

Nam crushes the whole area this afternoon and continues through tonight. Its going to get wild.

Maybe its good I got out this morning and cleared some of it; I'm estimating 6-8 so far, hard to tell with drifts; flat areas only had 4-5 but it was plenty deep elsewhere; over a foot on the drift on my car.

[weatherpruf]

1 minute ago, ChineseFood4Snow said:

Do you still have sleet mixed in like me in Bound Brook?

A friend works at the mall; he reported sleet in Bridgewater for a time but heavy snow now. 

[justinj]

37 minutes ago, lee59 said:

Radar shows rain coming into beaches of Long Island from about Fire Island east. Also on central Jersey shore. 30.1 degrees here with light snow. Wind picking up with gusts to 27mph

That will sink SE again then back up again later 

[LibertyBell]

Just now, justinj said:

That will sink SE again then back up again later 

it depends on the rates....we have 6 inches so far from the overnight stuff

 

[Rjay]

5 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Nam crushes the whole area this afternoon and continues through tonight. Its going to get wild.

Crazy run

[patrick05]

Looks like KISP reporting mod snow with 4" OTG so far.. sounds about right for my neck of the woods as well

[Cerinthe Major]

Are wind speeds supposed to increase dramatically from where they already are? Because it seems, to use a technical meteorological term, pretty blowy out there as it is.

[eduggs]

Pouring dense small/medium flakes in Montville, NJ. Just like it has in all the big ones over the years. Currently 1"/hr min. and 1/4 mi vis. 25F and at least 7" otg.

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, Rjay said:

Crazy run

it always seems to happen just before the storm starts (remember Jan 2016 lol), this is the first time I've seen it do this DURING a storm lol

[chrisNJ]

What’s another 20” on top of the 9 we already have?  Thanks Nam. 

[HVSnowLover]

It’s really not that heavy yet but wouldn’t expect it to be. The coastal stuff hasn’t even really started yet

[bluewave]

14 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Your temps falling back at all? I’ve lost a degree in the last hour 

Holding at 31.3° with the snowfall rates approaching moderate.

[nflwxman]

Any one have observations from the New Brunswick area? The radar there is insane and the HRRR is spitting out 6" hour rates.

[ebwx]

Back to sleet with occasional large flakes mixed in.