New York City, Northern NJ, Long Island, Southeast NY, Connecticut OBS

[jm1220]

Good, we're in accord lol. Now let's wait for JM.

It's very hard for me to measure accurately since the wind is so strong and it's hard for me to find a sheltered enough spot. I got an average of about 9" a half hour ago, so I would assume we're up to 9.5" or so now. The snow rates are crazy now though and at this rate we'll be at a foot by 10pm.

[joey]

Total whiteout here in SW Nassau.

[NorthShoreWx]

Ed, there's more bands coming in off the ocean.

Been that way all the way through...they seem to want to consolidate...but it never happens, they keep getting sucked west, We just had an hour of Styrofoam (graupel). Its snowing a little better right now, but its been too inconsistent. I measured 5.5" at 6:40PM. Probabably between 6" and 7" now. The wind is performing however. I took a walk around the cul-de-sac, heard a large crack in a gust of wind and turned around in time to see a large limb falling out of my neighbors tree. Power has flickered a couple of times too.

[Drz1111]

Thunder snow again on the UES of Manhattan.

[ag3]

Haha!!!! 2 more strikes of lightning and long rumbles of thunder!

[Drz1111]

And again. Query: if it's lightning, thunder, and gusting to 60, is it a severe storm if it is snowing?

[Drz1111]

And a third flash for good meaure. This is ridiculous.

[tmagan]

And again. Query: if it's lightning, thunder, and gusting to 60, is it a severe storm if it is snowing?

No, because the storm didn't cause that. It was more directly the pressure gradient.

[Animal]

13.2 inches - Edison,NJ

[BrooklynSnow]

Thunder snow and can't see across the street in Midtown West!

[Sampson]

Thunderbolts and lightening: very, very frightening....

[earthlight]

Five flashes of lightning, four claps of thunder..two flashes in the past 5 minutes..the rest were about an hour or so ago. Incredible.

[chazman]

Must be those buildings in Manhattan grabbing all the lightning

In a nice band here in Fresh Meadows.

[ict1523]

Incredibly heavy, wind-whipped snow.

[eduggs]

Western Putnam County: 18.9F, mod snow, 1/4 vis or less.

Barely pushing 2" at 5pm, now could be over 10" - impossible to tell! 1-2 foot drifts on normally well traveled side roads. Cars stuck and stranded. Winds gusty but not unusual. Wonderful storm up here in the hudson valley!

[joe1946]

The heavy band is now out over Somerset County NJ were I am at (Millstone). 23.7° with 17mph NW winds

[ag3]

Ok. NYC's. Turn. Getting destroyed right now in Astoria.

Whiteout.

[chazman]

I haven't heard anything about coastal flooding with this storm. If I remember correctly, there was some major damage on Long Island and Mass. with the '78 storm.

[BrooklynSnow]

Close to whiteout as well in Manhattan...totally unreal!

[A-L-E-X]

Ok. NYC's. Turn. Getting destroyed right now in Astoria.

Whiteout.

And Nassau! It looks like a White Hurricane out there!

[RutgersWx92]

The heavy band is now out over Somerset County NJ were I am at (Millstone). 23.7° with 17mph NW winds

Yep, I was worried that the heavy bands weren't gonna make it this far west but this one certainly is and it's barely moving. Heavy snow continues with near whiteout conditions.

[A-L-E-X]

I haven't heard anything about coastal flooding with this storm. If I remember correctly, there was some major damage on Long Island and Mass. with the '78 storm.

We have a coastal flood warning a storm warning and a blizzard warning.

[Isotherm]

Getting buried. Will venture out soon, I'd estimate 13-14" here in Colts Neck.

[earthlight]

Amazing live cam from times square with sound

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/

[cjr231]

Have to be very happy with my location in Staten Island for this storm so far. Got into the really good NJ band for the majority of it and now in the intense NYC band. Hasn't let up at all for the past 4-5 hours. Not even going to attempt to measure or give an amount but it has to be impressive.

[tornadojay]

Favorable snow blowing wind trajectory FTW!!!!

[tmagan]

Someone on this board has to write a book about this storm.

[monmouthcounty11]

There is a ton of snow here and it continues to just wallop down, I tried to measure and the low amount 14 and the high 21 among areas that weren't clearly snow drifts and many amounts in between. I suppose we'll go with ~17 inches but impossible to get an accurate measurement.

Location: Lincroft, NJ (Monmouth County)

Accumulation: 17 inches (14-21)

Currently: 24 and Heavy Snow

[Ridingtime]

Don't ask me why, but I tried to drive somewhere and after only barely getting up my block I got stuck by a busy intersection. I get out of my car and the wind is blowing heavy heavy snow everywhere. I look at a guy who came to see if I needed help and we then both stared at the intersection which we couldn't see across. "Unbelievable," he said to me. "Yup, never seen anything like it. Pure Blizzard," I responded. With that I gave up going anywhere, looked at the scene in awe, and then had some other guys help me back my car up to the spot it was in before. What a night!

[tornadojay]

<br />Someone on this board has to write a book about this storm.<br />

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Can probably write a whole new KU volume just on this one storm