Ridingtime Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 K snowfall rates are officially back to Boxing day blizzard style here in Kew Gardens. Sweet!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bklnwx1 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I know I'll be hated but I'm 37 I lived and grew up in Brooklyn weather has been my hobby since I was 8 and I saw blizzard of 83, 96,03,06,10.... Point is I don't get crazy unless it's really snowing hard. This is a beautiful storm covering all the old piles and it's nice but all those macho euphemisms are ridiculous. There are guidelines for light, moderate, and heavy snow based on visibility. Imagine an official obs would say ripping snow. Have to agree with you. I'm ~20 yrs older, live in Brooklyn most of my life, also saw all the storms you mentioned (83,96,03,06,Dec10). This is a lovely & heavy storm in southern Brooklyn, but it does not compare to those earlier ones in either final depth or intensity/low visibility. I've had the same unobstructed ~1/2 mile view all these years, and tonights storm has not come anywhere close to the the listed earlier ones. I have my old Canon S70 set on a tripod by the window to take photos every 10 minutes; just as I did 2 weeks ago. The snow intensity determined by visibility is much weaker in tonights storm. Still a wonderful event, especially for those who do better with this storm &/or missed out on DEC 26's event. We got several valid measurements of 24-25" in that storm; I expect this will end in a few hours at ~7-9". So, congrats to those who hit it big tonight, I share your love of snow. I remember from about March 1959 on, and still love a good snow, but only just for my backyard of Sheepshed Bay, this does not appear to be one of the greats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwx21 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Really winding down here now ... that back edge is racing through Jersey and towards NYC. I'm gonna head outside again to measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ict1523 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 To see a radar explode from basically nothing to such heavy snow for so many people is truly incredible. And the way this is going to end reminds me of a mini Feb 06, storm is going out quick, but not without a bang and some intense, quick accumulations. Heavy snow continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherX Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 how much do you have in the last hour? Haven't been doing a great job with it, but at least 1.5" or so....it's pouring snow here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Kudos to our AmericanWX WRF! Only model I can find that is correct on the 06Z surface pressure. It has a 998 closed contour at 06Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Visibilities extremely low..this storm is actually pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha5 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Fluffy dendrite goodness Have 6-7 in my backyard snow hole (in between house and hills, valley with tons of trees blocking snowfall) So I imagine I have 8-9 on the board too tire to measure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersWxGuy10 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Please post your latest snowfall amounts...Anybody in central Jersey/Monmouth county? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover11 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 my god, plow came by and already .5 on the road gunna go take a few measurements in a few mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Snow really coming down outside still. Just a hair above 8" in Long Beach currently. Visibility is about a block and a half, and it's a much more "peaceful" snow than 12/26 but it's still coming down very hard. I think that if that deform zone hits us full strength in NJ, we hit a foot easy, if not 13-15". Definitely an awesome, hard hitting storm. At least the plows are a lot busier than 12/26, my block's already been plowed twice when it took a day on 12/26 to plow my street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 MOTHER OF GOD!!!!!! big flakes, and heavy snow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherweather Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 just over 7" in monmouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I might get over 12 but it's lightened up considerably the last few minutes so unless it goes back to that... I want my deform band back It was nice while it lasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green tube Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Please post your latest snowfall amounts...Anybody in central Jersey/Monmouth county? i measured 7.3" at 3am in e. brunswick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRRTA22 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I just missed out on the deform band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha5 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 picked up 1" in the past 30 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 This is the first time in a while where I can remember a constant nowcasting event ending in a good result; not just weenie hallucinations. The storm is actually 4-6mb deeper than most models..and a good bit west. Don't believe it? Look at the model simulated radar, and then look at the positioning of the banding and dryslot over Long Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsonsbuff Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 There's going to be one sick as hell gradient based on what I'm reading from KJFK... or it could be just a snowhole as alluded to earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 HUGE Flakes!!! Heaviest tonight by farrr!!! deform band right over Manhattan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ict1523 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Snow really coming down outside still. Just a hair above 8" in Long Beach currently. Visibility is about a block and a half, and it's a much more "peaceful" snow than 12/26 but it's still coming down very hard. I think that if that deform zone hits us full strength in NJ, we hit a foot easy, if not 13-15". Definitely an awesome, hard hitting storm. At least the plows are a lot busier than 12/26, my block's already been plowed twice when it took a day on 12/26 to plow my street. Only a day? Took 5 here. But I've been plowed 3 times already tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGoose69 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 There's going to be one sick as hell gradient based on what I'm reading from KJFK... or it could be just a snowhole as alluded to earlier. They've got only 4 so far, but LGA has 5...everyone between seems to say they have more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Classic "hook" deformation band coming east over Nassau Co Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ict1523 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 They've got only 4 so far, but LGA has 5...everyone between seems to say they have more. There is more then 5" on the ground here in central Queens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGoose69 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 HUGE Flakes!!! Heaviest tonight by farrr!!! deform band right over Manhattan Those flakes are really big, I think we have a chance at 10 here, I didn't think that before, I though 8-9 at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 That band is sickk!!! Just large puffy flakes coming down at fast pace! I mean incredibly dynamic system, that tugged in much more west than progged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 They've got only 4 so far, but LGA has 5...everyone between seems to say they have more. It has to be much more than 4 here. There's definitely some roof blowoff but I have to think it's around 8". I took 5 measurements in evenly snowed areas and averaged that, in areas that are relatively safe from roof blowoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsnowx53 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 JM, you are an inch ahead of me...I have ~7" now. Really pouring snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 They've got only 4 so far, but LGA has 5...everyone between seems to say they have more. lol yea and no wind to drift anything... we have 8.5 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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