BxSnowWx37 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 I mentioned how the cold wasn't going anywhere yesterday. The whole event for me was under 32f. Everything is still iced up..tonight is gonna be an adventure when it really freezes up with blk ice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU848789 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 6 hours ago, RU848789 said: We've had freezing rain for the last few hours, but the precip has just let up quite a bit as a dry slot has hit most of CNJ/SNJ. Just looked closely at some small branches and I'd estimate between 0.10 and 0.15" of ice accretion. The freezing rain and the 1/4" or so of sleet that fell earlier have combined to make an icy/slushy mess on all surfaces. My driveway is extremely slippery as is the road in front of my house (very lightly traveled overnight) - watching some TV coverage and cams, the more heavily traveled major roads in the 95 corridorappear to be mostly wet but reports are that NW of here parts of roads like 78 and 287 are icier. It's still 31F here, but temps just SE of here in Old Bridge and Keyport are 33F so warmer air is finally getting down to the surface. I'd expect the 95 corridor to get above 32F by ~7 am, but it will take til mid-morning a bit NW of here. Time for some sleep... Along and near 95, like here in Metuchen, we were fortunate temps went above 32F from about 7-10 am (33-34F), allowing melting of the ice on paved surfaces (aided by the indirect sun), so my driveway/sidewalk and street in front of my house are now just wet, but temps have dropped back to 31-32F in the area and not much of the ice on the trees/cars melted, as per the pics. By my eyeball it looks like about 0.15-0.20" of ice accretion on branches (which probably was 1/4" at its worst). We had that on the paved surfaces this morning until at least 6 am when I fell asleep. Here are a couple of pics: a bush from my front yard showing the ice accretion and the view of the pond and trees across the street. Freezing rain is so dangerous, but you have to admit it's exquisitely beautiful to look at. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpsnavigator Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 It seems like we dodged the worst of the freezing rain up here in Sparta. There isn't much ice accretion on trees and power lines. However, what's on the ground is a crust overtop of paste which is causing real problems on some side streets, sidewalks, and driveways. Snow blowers can't do this, so it's a lot of scraping. Temp is currently 33.4 with light rain, and I think TWC is full of it with a forecasted high of 43 (which would be helpful if it verified, but probably not happening). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cfa Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Very icy winter wonderland as you head north near the LIE. Very different story immediately south of there with no ice whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 2.3” of pure sleet, that was lots of fun cleaning up, and now freezing drizzle… lovely stuff, not. 28/25. Would’ve preferred for the hot air to win out than this mess. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, Cfa said: Trees are very icy as you head north near the LIE. Very different story south of there. LIE is often the dividing line 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJwx85 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 I don’t understand the hesitance to issue ice storm warnings. It was clear last night some areas could get a half inch or more and it happened in NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cfa Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, psv88 said: LIE is often the dividing line The differences are rather extreme. I’m in Hauppauge and it’s white as snow, yet in Central Islip it’s just wet, this is a latitudinal difference of maybe 3,000 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishcast_hater Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Took out the Quad for a spin. Was like driving on marbles with all the sleet. Drifting heaven. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 51 minutes ago, jm1220 said: Some photos just taken. The ice is slowly starting to melt off so I think we're just above freezing. Do yourself a favor and cut the English Ivy at the base before it kills your trees. looks similar to what we had on the uws, maybe a little more sleet here as accumulation is greater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, Cfa said: The differences are rather extreme. I’m in Hauppauge and it’s white as snow, yet in Central Islip it’s just wet, this is a latitudinal difference of maybe 3,000 feet. The south shore was able to get up to 34 while we were stuck at 30 up here. If it was 2 degrees colder during the heavy precip I doubt I’d have power right now since the heavier ZR ran off. The LIE is where the topography changes and becomes much more hilly to the north, so cold air can hang on tougher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVSnowLover Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 21 minutes ago, NJwx85 said: I don’t understand the hesitance to issue ice storm warnings. It was clear last night some areas could get a half inch or more and it happened in NJ. Im honestly amazed how conservative upton was. Should have been ice storm warnings for most of the metro area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, HVSnowLover said: Im honestly amazed how conservative upton was. Should have been ice storm warnings for most of the metro area. Did anyone get .5" of freezing rain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Do yourself a favor and cut the English Ivy at the base before it kills your trees. looks similar to what we had on the uws, maybe a little more sleet here as accumulation is greater. How does it end up killing the tree (I have one here with it too-A norway maple) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdrag Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Flurries occurring now in Wantage NJ and 31.3F My snow blower needed 2-3 passes but it took the load off the rotator cuff on my 1.2" of sleet and maybe a trace of snow and glaze beneath. NWS is tending by the book on certain criteria for a watch/warning. I don't think it has anything for combined frozen qpf. Of interest this is not a 24 hour event for all of us... basically a 9 hour event. Not sure if that was taken into account. Previously noted the much better forecasts of the RGEM/NAM on ptype and resultant snowfall. Also should be noted the value of the SREF throughout. I thought it was again much better than the Globals on snowfall and freezing rain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 34 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: 2.3” of pure sleet, that was lots of fun cleaning up, and now freezing drizzle… lovely stuff, not. 28/25. Would’ve preferred for the hot air to win out than this mess. Almost the same deal here, 2.1" of sleet and now ZR. There's definitely a little bit of novelty with the sleet and how it behaves so much differently than snow, but it's a short-lived curiosity. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdrag Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Rjay said: Did anyone get .5" of freezing rain? Has to be ice accretion that is usually 1/4-1/3 of ZR. ASOS gives us all helpful information via the I group which many use 1/3 of that to give an idea of total accretion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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donsutherland1 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Bronx: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wthrmn654 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, Rjay said: Did anyone get .5" of freezing rain? I don't think so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 The only .5 radial ice measurements appear to be in Eastern PA. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 up to 33 here-drip drip drip with that and solar insolation at 12pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 16 minutes ago, Juliancolton said: Almost the same deal here, 2.1" of sleet and now ZR. There's definitely a little bit of novelty with the sleet and how it behaves so much differently than snow, but it's a short-lived curiosity. It’s great for the pack…terrible for the back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasiluvsnow Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: It’s great for the pack…terrible for the back. Yes sir,,,and my dog wants no part of it,,,,I am trying to clear off my deck right now but man I might just wait for Spring to melt this as it is hard and heavy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg g Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 2 hours to clean the driveway this morning.. 2 inches of pure ice… hello Florida!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman19 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Surprised by the magnitude of this ping fest. Got about 2 inches of sleet, no snow though, started as sleet from the beginning just after midnight then went over to freezing rain/rain at 9am. The sun is just starting to break through now :-) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt8204 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Roads weren't as bad as I feared this morning, although I did wait until about 9:30 AM to leave when I'm usually on the road by 8. I commute from West Orange to Little Falls in North Jersey (Essex and Passaic counties). Crews seemed to do a good job getting the salt down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishcast_hater Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Finally snowing. After the storm is over. Lol so much for 8-12” then 6”-8 then 4”-8” then 2-4” finally settling at 3” of pure sleet. No issues using the snowblower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 5 hours ago, BxEngine said: I havent had any plain rain to even get freezing rain. Probably saved this area. Sleet and ice pellets arent too awful to drive on. It rained from the start at about 1am, never stopped even while it was pouring sleet and teeny ice crystals (snow?). The rain finally stopped about 10 minutes ago at the same time it popped to 33°. That was the worst 3 hours of frozen-mystery-material removal in a few years. Thank goodness it was warming up through it not getting colder... ~2" of crystally, ball bearing like stuff that was very wet at the bottom. Yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mob1 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 It's impressive that Central Park is still at 32 degrees. Rain is pretty much over here and it's up to 33 degrees, it's pretty cool to watch large lines of ice fall from trees and power lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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