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

[forkyfork]

this lingering banding might get someone in nw nj to break the state record. it's 34" and so far the highest report is 33.2" 

[MANDA]

33 minutes ago, wdrag said:

I didn't google but am sure it's related to water content and light passing through. 

Thanks!

[NorthShoreWx]

1 hour ago, jm1220 said:

The map in much of Nassau and W Suffolk is low. Every recent report from this area was over 12” and it shows 8-12”. 

It's "interpolated" data and only uses official NWS measurements.  So all of western Suffolk County is represented by ISP which reported 11" and central Suffolk is represented by Upton which reported 14".  

[Wild Turkey]

Who was it in the forecast thread that said if people were looking for 27" they were going to be disappointed? Whoops. 

[jm1220]

Boston only ended with 1-2”. Yikes. Central Park about 4” above them for the winter now. 

Snow/drizzle here, temp 33. 

[jm1220]

Just saw Hicksville with the highest Nassau total at 17.6". Another yikes. I'd have to say that's a little high but the snow has compacted a good bit and has more water because of the light drizzle so who knows. Next door there's a lowball 9.7" in Plainview. 

[mikem81]

Heavy Snow band here in western Nassau

 

 

[nycemt123]

Snowing again in monsey/spring valley

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

[crossbowftw3]

non-accumulating snow now 29/27. another inch or so fell in the last few hours so final total probably ends at around 23". Easily a top 3 or 4 storm I've ever personally witnessed.

[donsutherland1]

A snow shower dusted the ground.

[tamarack]

6 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

 

You’re a trusted wealth of knowledge here, please see my post above from the NW thread, would you record the 17.7 or the 19.5 for the event?

I think there's a data point missing.  You had 13.6 on the "24-hour board" but did you take two measurements during that time that added up to 15"+?  If so, I'd go with the 19.5.  I've been measuring temp/precip at 9 PM since moving to northern Maine on 1/1/76 as my 5 AM wake-up precluded midnight obs.  Joining cocorahs in 2009 automatically meant 2 obs (at least) daily as I didn't care to corrupt 30+ years of data by measuring only at 7 AM. 
As for knowledge, I say that while I may know a lot, at least 1/3 of it is flat-out wrong and I don't know which third.     One of my favorite sayings, that dates back to the Lincoln administration, is: "It ain't so much people being ignorant; it's them knowing things that ain't so."  (But thanks for your comment!)

[IrishRob17]

2 hours ago, tamarack said:

I think there's a data point missing.  You had 13.6 on the "24-hour board" but did you take two measurements during that time that added up to 15"+?  If so, I'd go with the 19.5.  I've been measuring temp/precip at 9 PM since moving to northern Maine on 1/1/76 as my 5 AM wake-up precluded midnight obs.  Joining cocorahs in 2009 automatically meant 2 obs (at least) daily as I didn't care to corrupt 30+ years of data by measuring only at 7 AM. 
As for knowledge, I say that while I may know a lot, at least 1/3 of it is flat-out wrong and I don't know which third.     One of my favorite sayings, that dates back to the Lincoln administration, is: "It ain't so much people being ignorant; it's them knowing things that ain't so."  (But thanks for your comment!)

Yeah, there were a couple other posts I didn’t quote.  Long story short I had one board I only cleared once in 24 hours and another board that I cleared “close to” every 6 hours (I wasn’t getting up in the middle of the night to clear it and I was an hour late on one clearing yesterday afternoon).  It was just a little experiment for me.  The total of the board I cleared once a day was 17.7” and that’s the total going into my records.   

 

[HVSnowLover]

Nice to have some mood flakes that have whitened the ground again 

[jm1220]

Light snow, dusting now since the temp is 31. 

[Islandersguy]

Moderate snow falling again in white plains. Just doesn’t quit!

[sussexcountyobs]

Picked up about 1.25" today with the steady light snow that hasn't stopped for one minute all day today. Now with sun down and temps below freezing it is sticking to street which was salted. From 11 am to 3pm it wasn't sticking to street. 28°

[Allsnow]

2 hours ago, jm1220 said:

Boston only ended with 1-2”. Yikes. Central Park about 4” above them for the winter now. 

Snow/drizzle here, temp 33. 

Wow. The models did a good job with that East wind into Boston. 
 

Final total here 17.5 and has not stopped snowing in 3 days! Thank you blocking 

[mikem81]

2 hours ago, jm1220 said:

Boston only ended with 1-2”. Yikes. Central Park about 4” above them for the winter now. 

Snow/drizzle here, temp 33. 

I live on Long Island but the Boston statement is a bit misleading. BOS is Logan which is basically in the ocean. All immediate suburbs did quite well. Cutofff was just insane within a 10 mile radius....

[Snowlover11]

light to at times moderate snow here in yonkers left a new dusting.

[Rjay]

Light snow.  Dusting.  It can stop now

[justinj]

Moderate snow here at work in smithtown. 

[gravitylover]

It started snowing again around 3:30, got serious at 5 and now there's just under 2" new. The town plow even came and made another pass. 

[mikem81]

Has been snowing lightly here since around noon with some breaks. Prob got another inch this afternoon with all the light snow for a storm total of 15-16 inches. Really cant complain about that even with those crazy totals to the NW of the metro..

[HVSnowLover]

55 minutes ago, mikem81 said:

I live on Long Island but the Boston statement is a bit misleading. BOS is Logan which is basically in the ocean. All immediate suburbs did quite well. Cutofff was just insane within a 10 mile radius....

So Boston Logan is basically our version of jfk right on the water. That is one insane cutoff though can’t think of too many storms with that sharp of a cutoff say between jfk and cpk 

[lee59]

Roads white again here as more snow moves thru.

[Sampson]

Snowing moderately here with 1/2 inch of accumulation in the last 2 hours. Maybe a bit more. Everything is completely white again. What a storm! 

[jm1220]

Nice coating here again with a decent show shower currently. Snowpack has the new look to it again 

[NorthShoreWx]

About a half inch so far from the current snow shower.  30F (Smithtown)

I was out and about and the roads are snow covered and slippery.  I was suprised how eager the anti-lock brakes were to engage and I was babying them. 

Lesson is...the ground was frozen before; 12 hours at 33 or 34 isn't going to keep things liquid on the roads once the sun goes down.

[forkyfork]

another storm that evolved fairly typically and dropped massive amounts 

[Allsnow]

3 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

another storm that evolved fairly typically and dropped massive amounts 

It’s either 0 or 30 in today’s climate