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2 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

5.7 total. Measured between 5.5 and 6 in a bunch of spots

Exactly what I measured too. Nice storm. 

7 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Is that a birdhouse I see there? But were are the birds lol? We always have a bunch of bright red cardinals come out during and after a snowstorm looking for food.  They look absolutely exceptional in the snow.

 

I have a Cardinal couple that has been living here for 6 or 7 years. They roost in the boxwood bush in front of my house every night. I've been seeing this lovely couple so long that it's hard to imagine life without them, lol. 

Just now, Stormlover74 said:

yeah big flakes for the finale

Probably will add a quick half inch with this last burst. 

Heavy snow now with the back edge coming through. 

19 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

12z GFS gives us a couple inches Friday night into Saturday morning. Doesn't look like a major storm, but we have a shot at seeing a light event. 

2 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

Lame. Substance hell 

It's coming down at a pretty good clip here. Should be picking up in your area soon as this final band swings through. A little over 5 inches here. A heavier burst with the back edge should get us to between 5 and half and 6. Yesterday I thought we'd be somewhere between 4 and 7, so pretty much what was expected. Not a blockbuster obviously, but a nice moderate snowstorm seems like a great event after getting very little the last couple years. I'm pleased. 

1 minute ago, Stormlover74 said:

hope so too. No complaints considering 3 days ago I threw in the towel on this one

Yeah a few days ago I (like most people) thought it was just gonna be a coating to an inch or two mostly on colder surfaces for our aarea. Very happy to get a nice high impact moderate snowstorm. It's been a couple years since we've had to have streets plowed like this. 

Just now, Stormlover74 said:

Heaviest its been in 2 hours

Yeah it's picking up nicely. I have 5" here so far. I think we should at least be able to get to 6. Beautiful out there with the wet snow coating the trees. Best storm in a long time. 

10 minutes ago, nycsnow said:

CMC coming up next hopefully follows gfs

It's a little south of its 12z run with a sharp cutoff for NW New Jersey, but very nice for our area. 

3 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

Where is Forky.

He had said that this could be rain up to Albany (lol), so no surprise that he's quiet now. 

1 hour ago, Brian5671 said:

Hopefully we can get 2 or 3 events before it breaks down...

12z CMC gives us a decent event on Saturday. Hopefully this is our big week. 

8 minutes ago, RU848789 said:

Come on in, the water's fine!!

Haha reminds me of the Kick The Can episode of The Twilight Zone. 

Anyway I'm so glad this trended in the right direction and we're actually gonna get lucky. I wasn't too high on this threat a few days ago. Looking good for at least a 4 to 6 inch storm for our area. 

Wow Euro. Makes you wonder if the HRRR was onto something with the big solution. Tough forecast obviously ... 12z model runs should give us a better idea. 

6 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

 

I think Upton/Mt Holly might still be cautious, even if the Euro drops more S....might see them go like 2-4 or 3-5 in NYC for the time being or along that general latitude 

Glad to see this keeps trending in the right direction. Definitely enough to believe now that it will be more than just a coating to an inch or two for north-central NJ to NYC. I agree that upping it to 2 to 5 looks like a good idea. 

2 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

This should continue to trend south a little more. Let's see 18z and 0z.

Big runs

Time to enjoy the afternoon and evening on Super Bowl Sunday. Not even gonna look at a crazy 18z NAM run lol.  I'll be back to look at the 0z runs. 

Just now, Allsnow said:

Idk, I guess I like a coating to an inch on the grass for us. I need to see more shifts tomorrow before thinking 2-3 IMO 

Yeah I think a coating to 2 inches is a good forecast for our area right now, but hoping it trends a little better so we can increase it to 1 to 3 tomorrow. 

8 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

Euro going to bump south this run 

Do you think our area can pull off 2 or 3 inches? The significant snow will be to the north, but I'm hoping we can get a couple inches here. 

2 minutes ago, cleetussnow said:

Heres the PD3 rainer:  this will go over the top of NYC with that high position and congrats buffalo.

 

Today's Euro has cold air in place with the storm missing well to the south. Long way to go figure out what's gonna happen, but it looks like our best potential so far this winter. 

3 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Gfs brought back PD3

CMC has the threat next weekend too. At least we have another possibility if Tuesday fails. 

CMC changes it over to snow even well south of the city, but the problem is the period of snow is too brief before it pulls out. So it isn't significant. 

So far the 12z models don't look great. Maybe last night was a tease, but we'll see what Euro shows this afternoon.

We know how thread the needle this event is. Some people here have said a slushy inch or two on colder surfaces. Right now I think that's a good early call, but we hope to get lucky with something more significant. 

2 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

Some will be excited about this

Most of us haven't been impressed with the setup, but who knows. Maybe we're due to get lucky with one after a lousy couple years. I'm still not getting my hopes up too high, but the models did look better tonight. We need a nice snowstorm around here, so let's hope this keeps trending better tomorrow. 

Just now, MJO812 said:

I just came back from the atore without a jacket. 

Nice to be able to do stuff outside with just a t-shirt on this afternoon. 

Anyway it's 60 degrees here right now. Time to get outside and enjoy it instead of worrying about the pattern ahead. 

14 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

Presidents’ Day weekend. But we will have a short window to score something. If not, it’s over with the pac taking over 

Yeah President's Weekend continues to look like our best shot at seeing something significant this winter. Cold air in place with Euro showing a storm going to our south. With late February not looking as good now, we really need the period from early next week to early the following week to work out. Tuesday's storm looks like only a very slim chance of working out for our area (at least it's a chance), but there's reason to be more optimistic about President's Day Weekend. 

3 minutes ago, mikem81 said:

The EURO is too amped for NYC

Quite a bit warmer than what the 0z run showed. Obviously we have a slight chance that this could work out for areas near the coast since it's still early, but right now this is looking like an event for areas to the north and west. The airmass is lousy and we're really gonna need a dynamic solution for it to give us decent accumulations here.