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Solid 1/2” of freezing rain set sleet coating everything but the trees which have noticeable accretion in the daylight. More than that fell but compaction, rain, etc. Though enough pixie dust fell on top where it wasnt all that slippery to walk on this morning.

Time to ring in the new year with a new thread. December managed to produce an above average snowfall month for many. What does the new year bring? The patter looks active the first week with the potential for a clipper to start off and more larger synoptic scale events towards the end of the 1st week.

Because it's not linear or evenly spread out plus it's weather vs climate. Look at the grand scope and you'll see warmth dominate over both a larger area and time frame. For example despite December being cold in the northeast US it absolutely torched for 2/3 of the country with record breaking all time December warmth in many spots.

So according to the stats of a Nina December, the rest of winter should be pretty good.

I love having adhd when it snows, I'm a big kid with bigger toys.

My “call” was originally 1-2”. So there’s that. I didn’t think more than 4 would happen.

3-4 out there. About as expected. OE did not kick in. CoastalWx>Vortex95.

NWS defines a dry slot: Dry Slot A zone of dry (and relatively cloud-free) air which wraps east- or northeastward into the southern and eastern parts of a synoptic scale or mesoscale low pressure system. A dry slot generally is seen best on satellite photographs.

4”

We broke the 4’’ streak!

Looking at the snowfall reports on the Upton site, I'm really surprised to see just 4 reports for Nassau. I've often seen much more reports for far smaller storms. Just doing the ruler in the snow thing ths morning I ended up with 4 here. We did pretty well here from 10PM - 2AM. Given the initial burst and the compaction due to the sleet component which was there from like 8-10PM, if I was doing this with the board I'm likely more like 5. That was in the predicted range for my backyard. Looking at the Suffolk numbers, looks like a forecast that nearly verified or actually verified, just on the low end.

4.7 here..3 inches short of my prediction. Although another good snow snower might get me to an even 5. The snow just kept going overnight.

Central Park 4.3”

4.3” final northeast side of Springfield! Picked up another 2” after going to bed. Looks amazing outside

To go along with a -4° temp departure...nice wintery month .

Got an average of 4.2” here

Finished up with 5.5" OTG. So December will finish the month with 10"+ of snow over here. That hasn't happened in many years...

6.0” final . Must have Shat the bed after 10:30

Cong 7.2 Branford.

eyeballing a touch over 3"

For everyone that busted, it's all gonna get washed away in a couple days anyway.

Someone is loving clean up

100% Alot of large scale features have been changing/morphing under 144 hours so I dont expect these exact looks to hold. But yeah, not a shutout torch look. Recurring theme has been 'brief' moderation thus far.

Measured a touch over 3 inches. Not even an inch when I went to bed last night, so I guess there was some back building. Short of the 5 to 8 forecast, but I consider it a win considering the way things looked around 11pm last night.

"Screw zones", in my defintion, are different than dry slots. It is an area of poor dynamics. You are not necessarily incorrect. The cold air advection out ahead of the storm caused drier air. However, the main lifting of the storm was always going to be north and east of the this area.