Stormlover74 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Seems like some good pop-up variety snow showers developing in Western NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU848789 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Closing in on 2" here in Metuchen; 31F. Snow is coming down close to heavily (not quite 12/26/10 rates but at least 1" per hour rates) and it's a fairly wet snow, sticking nicely to everything, making for a gorgeous scene. Guesstimating maybe 2 more hours of decent snowfall rates, which would put me over 3" (verifying the NWS forecast) and perhaps close to 4". Looks like the snow rain line will only get to Monmouth/Burlington Counties, so I think we're safe, especially as the line is moving SE in the Philly/Trenton area. Time for a few hours of sleep... Slept 2 hours, shoveled, measured, went to work, had meetings and now I finally have a minute to post my final snowfall: ended up with 3.5" of snow as of 7:00 am, with the snow having been over for a bit, as far as I could tell. Really pretty snowfall, but fairly wet/heavy - probably as tough shoveling that as the 8" we got last week, lol. Noticed a Metuchen report of 2.6" - I know there's someone who's supposedly very reliable (think he's a met) who supplies the Metuchen report, but I can't see how he only had 2.6". It's a small town and we're usually very close in our reports and I could see a 1/4" difference, but not 0.9" difference. I don't think I was hallucinating - I wonder if it's a typo? Plus there's a report from Fords, which is about 1.5 miles from my house, of 3.5". Could be because his report was 6:10 am and the snow wasn't quite over (Fords report was 7:25 am). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Are you kidding me dude? How long have you lived in the city? I thought Manhattan stopped at like 6 ave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx.1028 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 measured close to 4" here in annadale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Puppet Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Yup. It did stick immediately but I think the warmer temps caused it to melt or something. Measured 3.5" at 8 AM I dont think there was mixing there but there was a really weird situation which set up-- ask Ben about it. JFK was at 31 while SW Brooklyn was at 34 degrees-- UHI might have played a part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsonsbuff Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 000 NOUS41 KOKX 211747 PNSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-220531- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT SPOTTER REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1246 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2011 THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC ********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL******************** LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS SNOWFALL OF /INCHES/ MEASUREMENT NEW YORK ...BRONX COUNTY... BEDFORD PARK 5.7 747 AM 1/21 PUBLIC ...WESTCHESTER COUNTY... MOUNT VERNON 4.0 1000 AM 1/21 PUBLIC $ DH That's a 1.7 inch difference in 4 miles. Fascinating, if correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsonsbuff Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 There are always problems with measurements...every storm has totals that are either too high or too low...though there is not much excuse for it with this storm, as there was no wind and measurement was easy and amounts were generally uniform...note that both Port Jeff and Mt Sinai reported 3.8"...the towns border each other. I spoke with my father, who does pretty damn good (83 years will do that). We're about 4 miles from Bedford Park. He said 4-5. Yonkers had 4.2. I'm banking on the Mount Vernon measurement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Wow, LGA actually reported 4.1". Shocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 3.8" measured here as the final total earlier this morning before I passed out. That's 49.3 on the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazman Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Looks like some snow showers pushing through. WCBS 880 reported that Sparta had 2" in 45 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Looks like some snow showers pushing through. WCBS 880 reported that Sparta had 2" in 45 minutes. Wow. Strong snow squall if true. Lets see if it holds and hits the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Wow. Strong snow squall if true. Lets see if it holds and hits the city. flurries in central nassau...what a winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjr231 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Coming down very hard where I work in Morris Plains right now. Was about to leave for the day but will wait until this passes. Very windy suddenly too. Blowing snow like crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Wow. Strong snow squall if true. Lets see if it holds and hits the city. Wow, this came right out of nowhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 what could have been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitmaster Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Heavy squall just came through up by me in Monroe (orange county) still snowing with sun popping out. Got a dusting. Bizarre weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 near whiteout here in midtown, wtf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 1/2 mile visibility reported at TEB and moderate snow in MMU, seems the heaviest part stretches right along I-80 Just started snowing like crazy in midtown near whiteout here in midtown, wtf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstorm Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 what could have been get over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjr231 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Its still snowing hard here in Morris Plains and there is like a fresh half inch of snow on all the cars, not so much on the ground. The sun has been out the last 20 minutes too but the snow is coming down hard regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstorm Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 near whiteout here in midtown, wtf. nice snow shower coming through the S end, too... feel like i'm back at psu, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 get over it lol the nam is too far east with it http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/nam/18/images/nam_ref_000l.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolai Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 near whiteout here in midtown, wtf. Ditto on UWS, now down to flurries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Light to almost moderate snow here at work in Bayside, NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 How did marine park get over 3 inches and sheepshead bay get 2.5 inches? The areas are so close to each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Light to almost moderate snow here at work in Bayside, NY. damn those squalls are not making it east on the island...dying out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternLI Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Had mostly mixing out here when the heavier stuff was happening.....So, on to the next one.... Actually, had more of a flash freeze then when a flash freeze is forcast to happen....Its cool....Plenty of winter left... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstorm Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 3/4 mi. vis. near Battery Park. Downright squally out there! I feel like we live in Ottawa or something! This is NYC, right? The same place where it snowed like once a year when I was a kid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drz1111 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Squall ending at the battery, but it was briefly quite heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstorm Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 lol the nam is too far east with it http://www.nco.ncep....am_ref_000l.gif The NAM did not have a good storm. Sometimes it's got the hot hand, this time it shot like 1-9 from the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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