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There was nothing wrong with your reaction. The Park under measured . They under measure 90% of the time. They've been doing it for years and it's become worse the last several. I basically ignore their totals now. They are virtually meaningless.

Final storm total 5.1 inches. 8.2 now for the season.

Final storm total 5.1 inches. 8.2 now for the season. Didn't even get an advisory in Orange County. Love these type of surprises. More important, to me at least, 13 days of continuous snow cover and counting.

I know it's rare in this setup, but any chance the storm does not cut west of us? Or transfers to something developing off the coast?

Most are using the observation thread once the snow started

It's actually 6 inches in Upton area, 5 inches in Mt. Holly area and 7 inches in Albany area

I'm curious what anyone in Manhattan near central park thinks of the 1.1 "official measurement in the Park at 7:00 am? At 7:00 am 2.4 at EWR, 1.7 at LGA and 2.6 at JFK. If it was once you let it go but it's all the time. Maybe they should just stop and make LGA the official measurements in NYC or actually get a trained spotter near the Park to take them. I guess they just don't give a F.

4.8 inches in Highland Mills NY, 30 miles west of Danbury. Hopefully this bodes well for those in parts of CT.

4.8 inches of new snow with light snow continuing 25.5° All accomplished without even a winter weather advisory. Love surprise over performers. 7.9 inches now for the month, last December was 8.5. Two decent Decembers now in a row. Maybe December is finally making a comeback after a few down years.

4.8 inches of new snow with light snow continuing 25.5°

A very surprising 4.2 new inches on the ground as of 6:30 am. They never even gave Orange County a WWA, not that I care. Day 13 of snow cover and counting. 28.2° light/moderate snow

A very surprising 4.2 new inches on the ground as of 6:30 am. Anything after this is gravy. Day 13 of snow cover and counting. Late week high 40's will test things but Christmas week doesn't look anything like the torch the warm mongers had been touting a week ago. 28.2° light/moderate snow

29 and light snow continues. Maybe a half inch so far.

30.0 and light snow. Still no advisory for Orange County.

Only it falls by 7am. Anything after that they won't measure until 1pm and it will have compressed by then. It's a very old story that hasn't changed much through the years.

Misleading. 10% probability maps less than 12 hours before an event begins rarely ever workout. I would love to be wrong though.

Let's save the snowstorm banners for real snow storms. I know it's been a while for those of you on the UHI and coastal plain but let's act like we've been there before. Moderate snowfall is certainly an adequate description for what looks to be an area wide 2-5 inch event.

Entering day 11 of continuous snow cover, although we're about at 80% coverage now. Pretty amazing from 2.8 inches of sow through the period. Hopefully the bare spots get covered up with another 2-3 inches tonight. Two would be great from this setup, 3 would be a pleasant surprise. To those out there that keep track. When do you call the snow cover done? I use at least a one inch cover over 75% of visible land area, sun and shade. Right now I'm 2-2.5 inch in shady spots, one inch in most sunny areas with about 20% bare ground.

Up to 20.3° after a morning low of 13.8° before the clouds came in. Entering day 11 of continuous snow cover, although we're about at 80% coverage now. Pretty amazing from 2.8 inches of sow through the period. Hopefully the bare spots get covered up with another 2-3 inches tonight. Two would be great from this setup, 3 would be a pleasant surprise.

How long have those records been kept?

Has there been a comparable period for this feature, for this long a period in our observable past?

Only 0.4 here. 3.1 on the season. Day 10 of snow cover, although it's tenuous.

33.1 with moderate snow. A nice refresher for the 9 day old snowpack. If you can call 2 inches a snowpack.

Have you considered there have been 196 snowfalls of 6" or more since NYC has been keeping records (1870). My guess would be there have been at least 400 such storms over that time frame over 4 inches. My point, it's not uncommon. Even with the recent snow drought down there in the tropics of the UHI and its surroundings I wouldn't call 2-4 inches a snowstorm, but that's me. You can call it the Incoming blizzard of 2025 if you want, whatever makes you happy.

I think the banner of snowstorm potential is a little over the top. I'm rooting for it of course, but I wouldn't call a 2 to 4 inch possibility, and that's if everything works out, snowstorm potential. Maybe something like light to moderate event possibility would be a better banner.