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

[donsutherland1]

4 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

15.3 seems off to me.  They had 5.3 as of 7am...I don't know if that was 5.3 total or 3.3 today and 2.0 yesterday.  They had only .55 liquid 12-18Z so unlikely they could get 10 inches out of that, nevermind 8

Through 1 pm, NYC had 15.3” total snowfall and 1.02” precipitation (roughly a 15:1 ratio). LGA has averaged almost 16:1 through 5 pm.  

[sussexcountyobs]

5 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

15.3 seems off to me.  They had 5.3 as of 7am...I don't know if that was 5.3 total or 3.3 today and 2.0 yesterday.  They had only .55 liquid 12-18Z so unlikely they could get 10 inches out of that, nevermind 8

I was thinking same thing? But my father in Hackensack says 14". Not a reliable ob, but it is what it is. 

[rclab]

Just now, jm1220 said:

The zookeepers hit the whiskey bottle early.

If it was the zoo keepers it would have still been 5.3 at 1 pm. As always ....

[Cygnus X-1]

Has the Low stalled as modeled way back when?

[jm1220]

Just now, rclab said:

If it was the zoo keepers it would have still been 5.3 at 1 pm. As always ....

Yeah, forgot. The Conservancy Conservators were taking one shot per inch I guess.

[hooralph]

 

[Nibor]

More banding forming and being thrown at LI from the Atlantic. You love to see it.

[HVSnowLover]

Odd how a lot of LI is colder than nyc. Somehow this always happens even in setups that you’d think would favor nyc 

[weatherpruf]

31 minutes ago, dave0176 said:

Wondering if we will ever switch back to all snow

It's been hours now. we are likely done with serious accumulation here. Precip isn't heavy and what falls is mostly sleet. Take the 12-15 we got. It was a good storm, but it was mostly over for us by early afternoon. Some areas stayed snow and for longer. Some never got going good. Way it is.

[jm1220]

Snow/sleet here.

[Marsguy]

14" in Sea Cliff LI.

[Heisy]

21 minutes ago, NJwx85 said:

 

It’s been unreal here, dover. I’ll be stuck here until Wednesday afternoon

[etudiant]

3 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

Yeah, forgot. The Conservancy Conservators were taking one shot per inch I guess.

Have to say, the details of how the Central Park site is run are murky, so I've low confidence that the numbers produced are truly representative.

The site is split afaik between the Castle, a high point in the Park and the remaining sensor array, surrounded by shrubbery and perhaps 30 feet lower.

Snow fall measurements are manual iirc, so not automated and consequently less uniform.

[hudsonvalley21]

3 minutes ago, Nibor said:

More banding forming and being thrown at LI from the Atlantic. You love to see it.

It’s still forming out there south of Long Island and pivoting into Ct and the Hudson valley 

[Snowshack]

Sleet, temp down to 30f.  First non-snow of the day here. 

[Snowlover11]

another dryslot moving in lol, nyc got screwed compared to other’s around the region.

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

My parents in Yorktown are sending ridiculous pics.  No idea of the total but gotta be 18+ at this point. They’ve been getting banded for a while.  Gonna be some gaudy numbers up there. 

[gravitylover]

First lull I've had since 11am, it's still snowing but nothing like the last 8 hours. That was intense and if the radar is right it's just a few minutes before I'm back in the soup.

[gravitylover]

1 minute ago, DCTeacherman said:

My parents in Yorktown are sending ridiculous pics.  No idea of the total but gotta be 18+ at this point. They’ve been getting banded for a while.  Gonna be some gaudy numbers up there. 

I'm the next town north and yeah, we got pounded. 20+ so far.

[MJO812]

5 minutes ago, Snowlover11 said:

another dryslot moving in lol, nyc got screwed compared to other’s around the region.

15+ isn't really screwed

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

Just now, gravitylover said:

I'm the next town north and yeah, we got pounded. 20+ so far.

I grew up in yorktown, was thinking about coming up for this storm, should’ve done it.  Looks ridiculous. 

[Nibor]

[SnowGoose69]

Now the Central Park report makes sense...The NWS PNS has the 15.3 as of 4pm...not 1pm...that I can believe

[nycwinter]

Just now, SnowGoose69 said:

Now the Central Park report makes sense...The NWS PNS has the 15.3 as of 4pm...not 1pm...that I can believe

13.3 inches as of 1:00pm and between 1 and 2 pm it snowed really heavy in the park hard to believe only 2 inches of snow in those 3 hours

[SnowGoose69]

Just now, nycwinter said:

13.3 inches as of 1:00pm and between 1 and 2 pm it snowed really heavy in the park hard to believe only 2 inches of snow in those 3 hours

Initially I thought they meant 15.3 as if 1pm and that made no sense.  This also shows their ratios fell down closer to 10 to 1 as we moved through late morning into afternoon which makes sense as well

[HVSnowLover]

8 minutes ago, Snowlover11 said:

another dryslot moving in lol, nyc got screwed compared to other’s around the region.

Yea nothing heavy here since like 4 pm but still been steady snow for the most part 

[jdt]

35 minutes ago, NJwx85 said:

 

I was over 25” two hours ago in Sparta. There will definitely be a 30” total somewhere and perhaps 36”. 

[jm1220]

7 minutes ago, HVSnowLover said:

Yea nothing heavy here since like 4 pm but still been steady snow for the most part 

By now they're probably up to 17". Edit-18.3”!! 

[sussexcountyobs]

1 minute ago, SnowGoose69 said:

Now the Central Park report makes sense...The NWS PNS has the 15.3 as of 4pm...not 1pm...that I can believe

Now that makes more sense. Good for them. Glad to see the city folk cashing in.

[doncat]

Another 1.5" of snow and sleet since 3pm so 15.5" so far.