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It does. Heavy downpours and constant thunder and lightning. Impressive for any time but especially for March.

Yes we need this extended soaking rain to wash this salt away. These mist and drizzle days wasnt really doing it.

You likely spent some time under that heavy band that largely sat over the same area. Roughly a line from Staten Island, to Newark to Teterboro to Tarrytown to Yorktown Heights etc. Then relatively "lighter" snow going SE from you closer to the Sound, and across to Northern Nassau. Then picks up again as you head more into LI and most of NYC to the west closer to those bands. It's a lot of the snow for all, but you may be seeing the difference between over 2 ft of snow vs totals in the teens to around 20."

Blizzard of 96. I think 3 days. Only snow days of my life. That was a way more impactful storm though, and the transit system didn't hold up nearly as well as now. A lot of current policies stem from avoiding that happening again. Also I suspect the Central Park total for that storm was undercounted. Or they just avoiding some heavy banding. Because that didn't look or feel like 20" of snow. A lot of places must of been 30"

I get wanting school closed, but people shouldn't be surprised it isn't, unless they are new here. NYC schools are very stingy with school closings. Once the actual storm is over and hours of plowing has occurred, it takes a near complete failure of the subway system to close schools. Or something like 2010 with stranded cars, plows, and buses all over the city. Also there is no extra time baked into the schedule, so it has to be made up somewhere else. Spring break, extra day in late June? If school is open but hardly anyone shows up it still counts as an instruction day. Id rather that than losing a holiday later on or delayed summer vacation. I don't think they like to do remote learning without preparing for it in the days prior, but this is coming off of mid winter recess plus the forecast of an actual blizzard developed fast.

A snow hole at times as you get close to the Sound, and across it into Northern Nassau. 'Hole" is relative cause over a foot is still a lot of snow, but yeah historic level snow is just to the west, NW, and south. Getting a burst right now though with stronger winds, looks like it could drop a quick inch or so.

Hard to measure snow. multiple measurement range from 11" - 18" Around 15" is best estimate. Snow band remains just to the west, and due south. Been in flurries for the last few hours here, but snow starting to pick up some now. That band seems to not want to move east of the Bx River Pkwy so far..

yeah you definitely got into some heavier bands. I near Pelham Bay Park and it seem like it nearly stopped completely for a while. Its picking up now though, might be the heaviest snow I've seen so far.

You're in the west or east side of the Bx?

Near the Sound shore it seem to be some long periods of very light snow, lots of blowing snow though.

Thunder snow! Pow!

Matching NWS

For whats its worth, temps look slightly lower that forecast at this time. LGA is 34 instead of upper 30s. If we hold nearly steady today then drop a few tonight we'd be ahead of the game

That was always forecast though. I dont think the forecasts were relying on much acclumation during the day today, especially in the morning. In the bx I started as drizzle to now steady snow but basically white rain for now. I expected rain or white rain for a while today.

That's how these grocery stores must feel. People suddenly woke up to a blizzard warning this morning and pandemonium ensued, with little to no preparation for it.