jconsor Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Sorry for the confusion. KWWD (Wildwood) is way off compared to surrounding sites and has been for the past few hours. See this map of obs in far southern NJ from Weather Underground. Wildwood sticks out like a sore thumb. Wildwood is reporting 61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Energy Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Sorry for the confusion. KWWD (Wildwood) is way off compared to surrounding sites and has been for the past few hours. See this map of obs in far southern NJ from Weather Underground. Wildwood sticks out like a sore thumb. microclimate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Weather Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 My son's daycare just emailed to let us know that they have a power outage in the area of Mt. Olive, NJ due to the icing on the trees. The ice is accumulating rapidly now. Temperature here in Blairstown is 28.5 with moderate freezing rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 microclimate? Since Wildwood is in Mount Holly's CWA, I raised the question to the PHL regional thread, . Received a response from a member/meteorologist there, I'm relaying it here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteoutwx1796 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Boy would the Wild Wood area get pummeled in a strong TS to even a category 1 hurricane. I remember I was there during Ernesto and we had plenty of damage, power lines down, docks/boardwalks displaced, among other things w/ hurricane gusts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEG NAO Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 KWWD, the airport in Wildwood is the observing location. THe latest ob from 9:55 has them at 60F!!! I don't know about the accuracy, but it is from a designated NWS observing site. I don't know how erroneous it is, but given the surrounding temps, and waters which probably aren't nearly that warm, it may be another airport observing issue. I may take this over to the other regional thread (since this thread is primarily for NYC's/Upton's district) and have it investigated by the posters there. these 60 degree numbers are difficult to believe - unisys temp grids aren't even close the nearest 60 is hundreds of miles offhore http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sfc_con.php?image=te&inv=0&t=cur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analog96 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Since Wildwood is in Mount Holly's CWA, I raised the question to the PHL regional thread, . Received a response from a member/meteorologist there, I'm relaying it here: I thought it was in Rio Grande, but it doesn't make much of a difference. It's not a first-order station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 39 now in Long Beach with light rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 34 on the west shore of Staten Island...we got around 1.5" of snow and ice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 drove from central nassau to riverhead for work...wow what a difference, it must have been close to 50 out there with almost no new snow, when i came back to central nassau, more north central, it was still 37-38 degrees and the snow was still on the driveway/steps...the gradient in 50 miles was insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 drove from central nassau to riverhead for work...wow what a difference, it must have been close to 50 out there with almost no new snow, when i came back to central nassau, more north central, it was still 37-38 degrees and the snow was still on the driveway/steps...the gradient in 50 miles was insane. I guess your not used to it out there in LI.. lol 50 miles is not a small gradient.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGoose69 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 There is a nasty coastal front setup, you can even see the resultant band of heavier precip which has been sitting near NYC because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Weather Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 It is amazing, I talked about this yesterday, but somehow most of NW NJ almost always ends up at between 31-31.5 degrees for a high with every storm like this until the precip ends. It happens almost every time and I don't know how it is even possible. There must be a reason in physics for this, but once again, with the precip about to end here, the temperature has risen all the way to ----- 31.3. Amazing really. Tremendous amount of ice on the trees. Scattered power outages up here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab94 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 It is amazing, I talked about this yesterday, but somehow most of NW NJ almost always ends up at between 31-31.5 degrees for a high with every storm like this until the precip ends. It happens almost every time and I don't know how it is even possible. There must be a reason in physics for this, but once again, with the precip about to end here, the temperature has risen all the way to ----- 31.3. Amazing really. I am up to 32.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 There is a nasty coastal front setup, you can even see the resultant band of heavier precip which has been sitting near NYC because of it. yea that band has been just melting the snow...why cant we get development like that in snowstorms.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 yea that band has been just melting the snow...why cant we get development like that in snowstorms.. Not to mention the 25-30mph winds all day and the high humidity with the 45F air... to the max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Not to mention the 25-30mph winds all day and the high humidity with the 45F air... to the max. wind has shifted to the north...but that band is just sitting there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith O Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Pretty funny as I read this post I looked at my temp gauge and it reads .... 31.3 degrees. Precip has ended here as well and similar scene with the trees in Anodver area. It is amazing, I talked about this yesterday, but somehow most of NW NJ almost always ends up at between 31-31.5 degrees for a high with every storm like this until the precip ends. It happens almost every time and I don't know how it is even possible. There must be a reason in physics for this, but once again, with the precip about to end here, the temperature has risen all the way to ----- 31.3. Amazing really. Tremendous amount of ice on the trees. Scattered power outages up here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Still some light rain showers here in Westchester at 40/39. Snowpack seems fine as the rain has been light, and it was well sealed by the icing this morning. About 6-7" remains on most people's lawns, with perhaps 10" or so in the wooded areas behind my house. This storm wasn't a big deal as most of the precipitation was frozen, and now all that remains is one round of showers/flurries coming through from the Ohio Valley. Adding some water to the snowpack was probably a good idea considering how the Miller B was all powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I just finished shoveling the slop...If you don't do it now it might harden up over night...After tomorrow anything left will be cement like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 DAMAGE REPORT: Town Time # injuries Damage Comments Smithtown 2PM 0 Icefall from roof destroyed outdoor spots. They destroyed my @#$% snowlights! Seriously...heard a crash and saw a pile of ice and the two outdoor floodlights smashed with metal and glass all over the snow. Need to fix that fast. We torched to 45 here earlier and have fallen back to 39 now. Giant puddles at the foot of everyones driveways because the water cannot run off around the snow. We still have 12 - 13" of snowcover, although I expect that will keep shrinking most of the night and tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowshack Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 DAMAGE REPORT: Town Time # injuries Damage Comments Smithtown 2PM 0 Icefall from roof destroyed outdoor spots. They destroyed my @#$% snowlights! Seriously...heard a crash and saw a pile of ice and the two outdoor floodlights smashed with metal and glass all over the snow. Need to fix that fast. We torched to 45 here earlier and have fallen back to 39 now. Giant puddles at the foot of everyones driveways because the water cannot run off around the snow. We still have 12 - 13" of snowcover, although I expect that will keep shrinking most of the night and tomorrow. The gutters really have been overflowed with ice for days now, Im amazed my haven't ripped away from the house from the weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 The welcoming aspect of this two day thaw and rain, is that its assisted in washing away the salt that had been caked on many of the streets and curbs. Its also removed the top layers of some of the polluted grimy black snow. We can pile up afresh now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 The gutters really have been overflowed with ice for days now, Im amazed my haven't ripped away from the house from the weight. I was concerned with ice damming causing water to flow into the house, but fortunately it hasn't happened. We had a problem with that last February. One of the advantages of howlers like the one in December is that they don't leave much snow on the roof. However, the advantage is lost if they blow the roof off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmagan Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Once again, Farmingdale's dew point is several degrees lower than surrounding stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I just finished shoveling the slop...If you don't do it now it might harden up over night...After tomorrow anything left will be cement like... going to be 40 tomorrow, so didnt bother... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowshack Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I was concerned with ice damming causing water to flow into the house, but fortunately it hasn't happened. We had a problem with that last February. One of the advantages of howlers like the one in December is that they don't leave much snow on the roof. However, the advantage is lost if they blow the roof off Very real threat, two coworkers had this happen to them today. Just got home now, somehow i still have a good amount of snow on the roof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 streets here in Nyack just turned to black ice....awful conditions driving home just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 It's snowing again. Hmm, think it's hiding any ice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 what the hell is with this raining developing..not cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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