Volcanic Winter

I’d have to agree, having appreciable cold throughout Dec with multiple snow events for the entire north / south extant of the inner and suburban metro is beyond a doubt fantastic. I think I saw some of our Orange county area posters have well into double digit snows (or was it 20+?), LI did well I think, and down here at the ass end I have nearly 10 inches to kick off winter. Short of the big KU event Decembers like 09, 10, and was it 20? - Really have to take your chips and go on this one. January might go bad, or it might perk up toward the back nine - we’ll find out. Then we have another month+ to get our act together, and given the stats on December snow I’ll place my bets this doesn’t rat to close out. I’m thinking good Dec, solid in summation will probably be the tenor come the end of March. And that’s fine in the face of multiple horrid winters this decade. My Dec average was 33.2 with a low max of 10.2.

Really beautiful this morning, never underestimate how nice even a small coating of fresh powder in proper cold can be. Great New Years, storm or no storm. That squall was fascinating for those that were up for it. And then that burst overnight was the cherry on top.

It was a very impressive looking storm on satellite combined with a local max in my area so it’s one I remember fondly. But yeah, that period was unbelievable. I grew up through so many central NJ snowstorms they blend together - and I mean big dogs. Not 2-6 events. Lived between Monmouth and Middlesex the first half of that period and down where I am now in northern Ocean the second half.

Got down to 16, then came up to 22 and is now snowing! Awesome winter day with that squall this morning. Never got warmer than 27 after that. Frankly this might be my favorite winter day in a long time, monster storm not required. @NorthShoreWx Same conditions to your southwest here along the western border of Toms River. It’s getting us both atm. Absolutely beautiful out right now.

Best rates of the winter for me so far, easily eclipsing the mid December event that put 7+ down for me.

RIPPING right now with strong wind.

Squall warning for my area now too …

LI crew and @The 4 Seasons remember 1/4/18? That was an absolute monster for my area, LI, and much of NE. Actually looking at the snow map reminds me a lot of 1/29/22. Don’t think I ever realized how much snow that one dropped in northern Maine… And wow, I also didn’t realize 1/22/29 had some crazy maxes right around me. I’m pretty much spot on the left point in the 1 where it says 16 on this map over Toms River, and that’s about exactly what I had in that storm. But I just missed out on local maxes of 18-19 and apparently 21! Crazy. This one also crushed LI… really crushed, like 25 inches I recall? And the city + immediate metro did a bit better than in 1/4/18; a bit spottier in New England but some areas also got absolutely crushed IIRC. Both storms seem as if they were a 50ish mile westward shift away from being properly historic.

Wind has been absolutely insane. My Tempest is NOT in a good spot for measuring windspeed and it’s routinely returning 30mph gusts, higher than I’ve ever seen from it except in like 2-3 other instances which were one off gusts.

Yup, even down here I had a hard glaze of snow topped ice that persisted since Fri night until the warm up began yesterday. Lasted all Saturday instead of instantly vanishing. If we can get an event, even small, not tied to an extreme warm up this seems like a good winter for retention even at the CP. The last such for me was 14-15. My Dec average temp is 32.9 which is wild, coldest Dec by a mile since I installed my Tempest.

Absolutely beautiful. I’d love to just lean on that rail for an hour taking in the vibes. Nice property

Light snow falling right now here, 31/29.

Wintriest December in quite a few years, I’ll certainly take it .

Literally a frozen grass flavored mat of peanut brittle . About to take a spoon out to crack it like the world’s worst crème brulee. Back below freezing, a fully congealed squingealed mass of … crap.

About a half inch of some indecipherable combination of graupel, sleet, and a topping of snow. TR at the western Manchester border.

Beautiful. Thank you!

… and now it’s snowing here. very weird progression, and an absolute mess with now snow falling on top of a thin ice sheet

Hearing lots of accident reports on social media, model discussion aside this is a pretty crazy ice storm down my me: holding at 30/27

Enjoy the snow friends in CT/ W MA! Got a graupel / ice pileup going on down here my ways in NJ, wishing I was in Danbury where I’ve gone hiking from a couple times for past Feb bdays! Have fun / stay safe!

This is pretty crazy, complete ice.

I just almost ate it going out to put more salt down, that’s why I’m posting a lot. Kinda crazy haven’t had this kind of iciness in a while. It could be just down by me but regardless giving the heads up.

This is a glaze of ice down here, be careful if you’re getting a mix right now. I think every location is getting a slightly different thing due to setup / temps / mid levels but this is literal ice sheet atm here. 29/26

Yeah the graupel down by me Is crazy, my driveway is an ice rink. 29/25 right now The put a lot of salt down but this is more treacherous than snow atm

Yeah this is gonna be a mess, I’m at 29/22 down here and it’s falling as wet graupel and my driveway is slick as hell already. stay safe whatever falls