BlizzLuv

We are in Niagara Falls. Down around the Falls itself was very crowded yesterday. My brother headed out this morning and lots of roads and parks roped off. Not sure if they expect folks to walk or shuttle?

Just hoping weather clears. Forecast is clouds. If that is the case we are hoping for light ones. There's some hope the systems move through and out for part of the event.

Looks like Niagara Falls now forecasting mostly cloudy - after mostly sunny for days. Hopefully changes back between now and then.

I have family in the Niagara Falls area and we are heading up there for the viewing. Getting towards that time where checking the forecasts daily.

Time to bring the cacti in the garage again. They enjoyed a week's vacation in the sun and warmth.

Went for a long bicycle ride today and my wife and I went to the park for a walk. People were out en masse and gorgeous skies. So nice after 5 hours on the road in rain yesterday. Frogs are croaking everywhere.

Starting to think it is time to take the snow thrower to the basement until Nov/Dec. 

5 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

I got more snow today than I did on Tuesday. 

We more than doubled what was received Tuesday. Awesome hit.

Wow..slept in today and woke up to a pounding. Measured  10 inches on the car and 8.5 inches on the landscape wall. My wife was up at 5am and said there has been compaction and some melt along the walkway since she got up.

Nice surprise.

Cleared the driveway about 45 mins ago. Hair over 4" of heavy wet snow. Clogged the blower chute a few times. It is still snowing at moderate clip and added another 3/4 inch or so. 

Not disappointed given they were calling for just an inch a day or two ago.

26 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

 

Lock it in...I'll take that!

AccuWeather has my town at 1-2" and TWC at 5-8". So 1-8 inches....lol.

I would be excited with 3-5 inches - which falls in the middle.

Same here. My wife and I got a pic just before the sun rose and thought it would build...but it faded.

53 minutes ago, Poker2015 said:

Its funny how its only sticking to the snow on the ground. My driveway is just starting to get covered and the roads are completely clear.

My measurements later might be on top of crusty old snow and ice.

Great snow day, lol

I am not far from you and it is not even sticking to my untreated driveway. Maybe 1/2 inch sticking to a brick landscape wall on my patio and only a dusting is sticking the cars. Pretty much a nothingburger here thus far.

Light flurries here but none is collected on the roads or vehicles so far. Temp is 28 so I would have expected at least a dusting to show on the roads.

There appears to be a number of power lines down here around Flagtown/Neshanic. Minor flurries earlier this afternoon. Sunny now and gusty.

Flurries started here about 10 mins ago. Pretty good intensity at first and now tapering off.

Lots of road closures surrounding us. Going to get on the bicycle shortly and check things out. There is an alternative route out of development that remains open in all but the worst conditions. It looks like the Raritan will crest this afternoon. I think parts of 206 are closed already. If the Finderne Rd bridge into Manville closes later today, we pretty much will be on an island again. Just an inconvenience for me but I hate to see the homes that get flooded.

sump pump is going off every 45 seconds or so and now the wind is starting to crank. Will probably be on an island in the morning the way the rain is coming down.

Still raining here...since yesterday evening. About 2.5 inches snow by the time it moved to sleet then rain last night. I was not going to break out the snowblower but it was quite wet and heavy by 9pm so I decided to make life easy.

Before the changeover, the snow was quite lovely. My son was visiting overnight so he took out the drone to film and take pics of the house with fresh snow and the Christmas lights.

Last night, my sump pump ran for the first time since summer. It only triggers once or twice a year. I do not recall it ever triggering in November in the 20+ years we have lived here.

30 minutes ago, wdrag said:

I'll add my 2c at 5P...  suggest mowing completed today. You may not like your soggy ground even on a rain free Sunday I84 corridor southward NJ-seNYS-SNE-LI. My guess is that NWS is waiting on any FFA because the GEFS/SREF/NAEFS are much more conservative than the GEPS-EPS 2-4" event and as you've all posted the iso 7" on highly resolved mesoscale guidance.  Also, NWS may be holding off due to no ensemble guidance showing minor flooding which is because these river forecasts use the ensemble output which seems to me wayyy too low. 

 

More at 5P after mowing.

 

Did my mowing last night - was pretty long after nearly 2 weeks. Last weekend's rain put me behind. Now need the Fall fertilizer.

Well...there was one flash of lightning and thunderclap that hit hard, bright and close to our house. Scared the crap out me and sent the cat scurrying out of my office. Haven't seen him in 15 minutes...lol

Finally started raining in Hillsborough about 10 minutes ago. We need the rain here. Just a moderate shower....no high wind or hail, etc yet.

Just got walloped in last 20 minutes here in Hillsborough.

Some wicked lightning just north/west of us right now

I had to take my wife to doctor this afternoon. We left Hillsborough around 4:45 and headed to New Providence. On Rt 78 we experienced some of the most torrential rains that i have driven in in several years. Everyone cruising with flashers and a fair amount of cars pulled over. Visibility was poor and lots of water on the highway.