Volcanic Winter

Still accumulating, back out to shovel. Very fine ice, heavy as hell.

My neighbor is a big snow quad weenie, measured 10.5 on a flat untouched surface somewhat wind sheltered. I honestly thought it’s higher. Had to be a major QPF jack down by me, I had definitely more than 6 by 10am with pics to prove it. Great storm. So about 10.5 at my location along the border of TR and Manchester. Still coming down and slowly accumulating just shoveled again, but obviously wet and compacting now. I’m eyeing spots in my backyard that look more like 12 but may have been wind blown somewhat. Still I think we maximized down here, surprisingly. Mt Holly bumping back to 6-10 was the right call. This juicy storm with a better track for the central / southern metro would’ve been pretty top tier I think.

I’m happy

Interesting yeah, my parents had 5-6inches in SSP when I got there around 11ish. Must have been more of a lull by you? It can be spotty in this area for sure.

Yeah I went from super fine snow to like tiny ice shards that came down hard and continued to accumulate. Little more aggressive than graupel I’ve seen in the past, hard to articulate. But this was a fun event and seemed to do very well by me, but less from me to the actual shore / coast.

It’s interesting because we never went to sleet, it was super fine snow to like almost little ice shards or graupel that continued accumulating. And the snow lingered longer than expected. It was honestly awesome, been outside the whole day in it. Sore already. Still coming down though for the first time as true frozen rain / rain. 31F

Where are you located again? I have way more than that, I had six around 930ish.

I gotta say this seems more impactful for my area than even 1/29/22 with 16-20ish, roads etc are a MESS. Clearing is a tremendous pain in the ass. Never had any moment not accumulating which I certainly didn’t expect. The ZR / frozen pellets are a PITA in the extreme. Instant glaze over everything and happening fast. 31F

I have at least ten, never had any sleet - just transitioned to like frozen sand pellets. The accumulation has been wild here.

Welp that can’t be right lol, the wind is more prominent than expected and it’s been quite a lot of blowing snow. Just made it back home after Seaside, where a pretty significant surge of ZR hit. I believe something is going on with the bridge into Seaside.

37 in Ocean was pretty bad. Im sure East Brunswick area / 18 / R 1 is a mess.

Can confirm still SN+ in Seaside Park. Coming down hard. Thoughts of little to the coast were def incorrect on this, at least six with sizable drifts.

Ocean, Toms River / Manchester border. Union was my work / commute for 15 years. Seaside Park has about 6. Just got to my parents.

Snowing so hard I can’t even focus!

Looks like a reload of heavier precip coming, city looks in a lighter reflectivity for the moment but it should pick up. About to make the drive into Seaside to care for elderly parents, should be interesting. Curious how much the barrier island is getting, so I’ll report from there.

This is beautiful so far. I’m already closing in on the lower 5 inch threshold Mt Holly reduced me to before bumping me back to 6-10. Unless the snow shuts off relatively soon, I’d say 8-10 is looking likely. 20f. And that’s before any sleet. I’m inland enough from the coast (well west of Pkway), hoping to avoid the early rain switch they’ve progged for the barrier islands / immediate coast. We’ll see. Already this has been great, regardless of where it goes. Pleasantly surprised, the thump is thumping. The air mass was our savior, and should really safeguard the city IMHO. Hoping for bigger and totals for them.

Slightly slant-sticked but circling 4 inches in TR / Manchester border area.

Drive safe brother.

The city had to be close but I was 20-22f overnight during 1/29/22. 6am was a snow globe at 22.

Already nearly 3 inches in Toms River (inland, near Manchester) @18f / 16. Very, very tiny flakes but super steady.

I just don’t want the ZR, I’m pretty much fine with any other outcome at this point. I don’t recall too many ice storms growing up in CNJ, but there was one notable in my memory shortly after I started driving - had to be 2005 or 2006, I remember power sliding on the windy roads near my house trying to get home in the morning after sleeping over a friend’s house. Was driving an WRX at the time and distinctly remember feeling like it was the sole reason I didn’t end up in a tree. Was in interior Monmouth Co. Only cool thing is the unique crystallized look on surfaces, pass on everything else. I have though driven on ice covered mountain roads in Iceland a couple years ago, and it was a butt puckering experience I won’t soon forget.

Don’t see this every day, Mt Holly upped totals for Monmouth / Ocean back to 6-10 after lowering to 5-7, after lowering from 10-16.

Glad Mt Holly lowered the totals back to a likelier range, the storm is just too amped and on an awkward track for Central / South Central NJ to properly cash in. I’m hoping this breaks positive for the city proper, they deserve it hardcore right now. Northern crew, enjoy what is hopefully a kickass storm! I’ll be around in the storm thread with updates from my location (the ass end of the metro as I affectionately refer to it), later guys.

This isn’t only a safe space for snow addicts, it’s a science discussion forum. The only posts that annoy me on AWX is stuff like this, IMHO has zero business here.