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41 and light rain

Now rain snow sleet mix here, bx.  Pictures I've seen in Manhattan and BK on social media look more impressive, don't know if they got under a heavier snow band or I'm too close to the Sound with a gusty E wind off of it, but I'd call it a trace here. 

13 minutes ago, hooralph said:

Enjoyed the gorgeous night snow and brief moment of zen before changeover on the UWS. Riverside Dr. completely snow covered.

 

 

Not bad..snow isn't sticking much where I am in the bx, coating on some cars but mostly just wet otherwise

33 and some flurries Westchester Sq, Bx

15 now after a low of 8 this morning. Been a while since last single digit temp

Early AM snow, 6 train leaving Pelham Bay Park 

As of an hr ago a touch over 7" near east side of Botanical Garden in the Bx.  That wet snow that sticks to everything with a fluffy drier layer on top

1 hour ago, donsutherland1 said:

There’s light freezing rain in New Rochelle and multiple accidents. Both the northbound and southbound traffic on the Hutchinson River Parkway is at a standstill.

There was a 20 car pileup on I 287 and smaller piles up and closures on the Hutch, Cross County, Bronx River Pkwy, Deegan Expy. In hindsight that Winter Weather Advisory should of included NYC and southern Westchester.  They extended it after the damage already begun.

51 minutes ago, weathermedic said:

Freezing rain/drizzle over much of the area. Even in the city with temps of 33-34, some of the bridges and overpasses are beginning to get slippery. Especially Staten Island crossings.

More ice than I expected here. Boston Rd in the bx was littered with accidents and completely closed approaching the Westchester border. I could hear the bumper cars overnight. Temp 33 now. That overnight freezing rain is sneaky when it's quiet out and has a chance to form a glaze at marginal temps without the constant flow of traffic during the day.

1 hour ago, donsutherland1 said:

U.S. Capitol Camera:

https://www.senate.gov/general/capcam.htm

Kennedy Center Camera:

https://www.earthcam.com/usa/dc/?cam=dc_kennedycenter

 

A significant snowfall in DC, it's about damn time. If I manage to get a snow shower out of this I'll be happy.

1 hour ago, winterwx21 said:

60 degrees here right now. I just went for a run outside with a t-shirt on, and it's possible I could be shoveling snow tomorrow. A Colorado-like weather swing that's becoming much more common for our area.

Yeah I was riding my bike, felt pretty good. I have to remind myself it's early Jan, and to get near home before the cold air sweeps in, I felt the change beginning by 230. Been trying to enjoy those 55+ winter days but reality is on the horizon. If it comes with snow I'll take the tradeoff.

Lots of sun and 54. Expected any significant breaks of sun to be after noon. Since it's shining bright let see how warm it gets..

Oh wow..woke up to a dusting of snow, perhaps more than a dusting. On cars, trees, grassy surfaces.

25..a little bit of a shock to the system. Had to pull out the real deal coat

30 here. Several consecutive hrs below freezing ahead for the first time. Finally gonna get a hard freeze. The remaining flowers etc had a usually long run, their end has finally come.

3 hours ago, rclab said:

 

 

Good morning, Anthony, jfk. I fully agree, Anthony. We will have a return to seasonable even wintry conditions at some time. Also as jfk alluded, 9 days from now, unless the change occurs, I may be able to take and post a similar photos. I included the marigolds which are still blooming. I know the pansies prefer cooler weather. I’m not sure about the marigolds. The broom rider is still in the marigolds photo because the neighborhood children asked me to leave it that way. Perhaps, Anthony, by the end of the week after next, I may post those blooms peeking out through Christmas snow. Have a blessed day all. As always ……
 

Ha..I have these planted outside and yday it dawned on me..what are they still doing here?? They aren't exactly healthy but still holding on to lots of flowers. Usually they are shriveled up sticks by now. While it has occasionally reached the freezing point we haven't had a hard freeze yet with none imminent. It's more lack of sun slowly ending the growing season then cold temps bringing an abrupt end.

3 hours ago, EastonSN+ said:

I feel like March has surpassed December as a legitimate snowfall month.

Come to think of it, March avg snowfall usually is greater than Dec anyway. I remember when the normal Dec snow was around 2.5", then the next normals update jumped to under 5", thanks to more of the snowy 2000s in the mix. March avg I always remember being around 5".  I don't know what the 90-2020 Dec avgs are by month. The difference between Dec and Mar has become more pronounced now, but I never look at Dec as reliably snowy. It can get decent snow but it feels equally unsurprising to get very little or a trace.  

65 dew 60. Up 10 in an hr.

1 hour ago, nycwinter said:

does not look like the park will tie or break a very old high temp record today

It was always going to be a late high temp, sometime after sunset. Temps here have taken off since 4pm, mid 50s to low 60s in 20 mins

2 hours ago, wdrag said:

Everyone has noticed the spotty lightning from the Catskills to NNJ since 830AM.?

Had some flashes of lightning late morning with a brief downpour.

Ok now it's mainly snow ❄ 

I got this Weatherflow Tempest PWS so now I can start putting it to the test..

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KNYNEWYO1578

https://tempestwx.com/station/63889

36 and rain..perhaps a few wet snowflakes if you squint enough.

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

If you look at the daily snowfall tallies for NYC, EWR, and LGA in December and January 97-98, you will see the common error we often see at Central Park. There were multiple dates when NYC only showed a T but LGA and EWR were 0.2 to 0.5. In recent years we continue to see the same pattern in light events that melt after the snow ends. They wait to long to take the measurements and 0.1 to 0.5s go in as a trace. 

That's true..those fractions of an inch do get lost if you don't measure quickly. It was worse then when the zookeeper was doing the measurements.

That's a benefit of using airports since its a 24/7 operation and even if they care less about meteorology, they have aviation reasons as motivation to keep track of snowfall etc. No one's going out to measure 0.2" in a park at 3am unless you're really passionate about the weather, or you had to be there anyway. 

2 minutes ago, bluewave said:

The only DJF winter season to go under 1” at NYC was 1997-1998. But my guess is that it was another quality control issue for the Park since LGA and EWR had more. So they probably waited to long to measure the snow and some of it melted. 
 

Time Series Summary for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY - Dec through Feb
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Rank	Season	Total Snowfall	Missing Count
1	1997-1998	0.5	0
2	1918-1919	1.1	0
3	1972-1973	2.6	0
4	1931-1932	2.7	0
5	1991-1992	3.2	0
6	2001-2002	3.5	0
7	2018-2019	3.7	0
8	2011-2012	4.5	0
9	2019-2020	4.8	0
10	1989-1990	5.0	0

 

 

Time Series Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ - Dec through Feb
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Rank	Season	Total Snowfall	Missing Count
1	1972-1973	1.3	0
2	1991-1992	2.5	0
3	2011-2012	3.6	0
-	2001-2002	3.6	0
-	1997-1998	3.6	0
4	1930-1931	4.1	62
5	1988-1989	4.8	0
6	1931-1932	5.3	0
7	1937-1938	5.6	0
-	1936-1937	5.6	0
8	2018-2019	5.7	0
-	1989-1990	5.7	0
9	2019-2020	6.9	0
10	1998-1999	7.3	0
-	1941-1942	7.3	0

 

Time Series Summary for LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, NY - Dec through Feb
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Rank	Season	Total Snowfall	Missing Count
1	1972-1973	1.9	0
2	1997-1998	2.3	0
3	1941-1942	3.1	0
4	2001-2002	3.3	0
5	2011-2012	3.4	0
6	2018-2019	3.6	0
7	1991-1992	4.1	0
8	2019-2020	4.6	0
9	1955-1956	5.9	0
10	1958-1959	6.0	0

97-98 was the virtually snowless winter until the late March 5" surprise storm, depriving us of the least snowiest season on record. The 0.5" seemed right to me. I had no idea LGA recorded a couple inches. Under such marginal conditions maybe LGA got under a heavy snow band allowing some acclumation or bringing down enough cold for a brief change to snow at some point. The Park can be bad, but 0.5" was a good representation of that winter in the city. I remember seeing no snow acclumation until the late March storm..which melted in the March sun by sunset, and a hot end to March followed if I remember right. That was around the time I started to give up on the city/coast being a snowy place. I took it as the price paid to the snow gods for the epic 95-96 season. Then the 2000s came and everything flipped lol

Beautiful Dec day, Sunny, 50 calm wind