Another beauty was the Valentine’s Day storm in the mid 2000s. That was sleet for hours.
The reason you and I remember these storms in the five boroughs is they are very unusual (as you said)
It is funny looking at radar.
Snow to north. Rain to south. Nothing in between.
There were two questions regarding fundamentals of this storm for NYC: warmth or QPF
Looks like QPF will be the issue as of now
It is just sitting there. Really unexpected.
And the snow almost looks like it does right before it changes to rain big big flakes except it’s fluffy not wet hey
You read my mind with second post.
10 am start.
Temps in city are still too warm for this marginal event. They are still in mid/upper 30s.
Need some good rates to overcome daylight and 30s
Im at 34F up in Westchester.
Temps in city still in low 40s.
This airmass has been quite a bit warmer than forecast over the last 3 days.
Dont know if that affects things tomorrow for the start...but def marginal temps going into this.
Another day well above normal and well above forecasts.
Mid 40s.
JFK has grass peeking thru today. I imagine chunks of southern queens will have grass out and about where snow wasnt piled by the end of the day.