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A fun experiment to do on nights like these is take a temperature sensor and stick it right on the surface of the snow in an open area that radiates well. Even an older style mercury thermometer works. The air temp at standard height could be 0 degrees, and the surface of the snow might be -10 or lower. That explains why our dog is having so much trouble walking outside with the cold snow surface. We got her snow socks, which of course, she won't wear and slinks away when we try to put them on. Go figure.

Low of 2 in Sparta. Lots of variability in the lows. Walpack bottomed out at -17! They might do better than that in the next couple of nights.

Now I'm questioning my own 12.2" total because it does seem a bit low compared to others around me. Admittedly, I did not do the clearing technique which I should, so it was probably more (say 13-14") but it had compacted. Mom in Lafayette is telling me 16" but admits it was hard to measure. Either way, I'll take a foot plus. It was a fun storm.

12.2" storm total with 15.5" OTG. We had light ZR drizzle earlier but that seems to have stopped. I just had a neighbor down the block try to convince me we had 3 feet and this as I'm standing there taking measurements with the ruler. I could've told him I've been a trained weather spotter but instead just gave him an "Oh, really". Exhibit 5 million for misinformation, because guaranteed that will end up on social media or he found it on social media.

Looks like about 12.2" will do it. My temp is up to 12. Some light flakes are still flying, but overall, looks like it's winding down. It was a good one. I've never observed 6 degrees and sleet before and may never again. Wild.

Snow changed to sleet for a bit and within the last 5-10 minutes seems to be back to majority snow. Temp still @6F. My temperature has been locked in between 6 and 7 since I got up this morning.

Seems like mainly snow. 11". Temp 6F. To state the obvious - no school tomorrow.

Approaching 10". Still sitting at 7 degrees (was 6 a little earlier). No sign of sleet at the moment. If that cold nose over NW NJ doesn't erode later, my high will remain in the single digits. I believe the last time I remember that was early - mid 90s.

8.3" and still snowing on the heavier side. Temp remains at 7 degrees on two different temp sensors. Curious question, what are the warmest temps aloft?

Heavier snows now. Approaching 6" I haven't moved off of 7 degrees all morning. Crazy to see this much snow at these temperatures.

How fast does everything overcome dry air? Surface dews are still well below 0 over much of the storms path.

It's going to be interesting if we get into mixing with forecast high temps for Sunday only in the upper teens to maybe 20 out this way.

Almost 5 feet in Sparta. Nice. Imagine if it verified, or even half of it. I mean, we are due for a correction on the overall low precipitation amounts in the past year, year and a half. What a time it would be if the deluge came in the form of winter snow. Probably not, but fun to ponder.

Low of 1 @ 800 feet in Sparta. It could've ticked lower after I left for work. I had -4 on the car driving out past Newton through Hampton. The digital welcome sign for our campus read -5 at 7:15 am. Also, low of -12 out in Walpack. Impressive cold.

Unless there was some unconventional cooling conditions that night, and assuming the -34 reading is correct, places like Sandyston and Walpack would had to have been -40 or better. I'm not sure there is any real dataset for out that way that far back. It would be interesting to pour through old newspaper articles or local journals if any still exist, to see if there is any reference to it. For tonight, I'm hovering between 7 and 8 above, and my high today was only 18. I'm thinking I'll make it to 0 or a shade below by morning. I'm changing out weather stations, and plan to use the 24-hour reprieve from the cold tomorrow or Thursday to get it done. Fingers crossed the new one works well.

For Sunday, 3.1" Sparta NJ 8:40 PM, snow has ended and skies are rapidly clearing. Two day total 7.1" with 7" still on the ground. Considering the back and forth with this event, I wasn't expecting even half of the totals I got. I can't speak for everyone on the board, but no complaints from here on this weekend.

Snow is still light here, but the road and driveway are getting recoated with the setting sun in less than an hour.

We've added 1¼" this morning, making the two day total 5¼". The snows have been mostly light today - and the light snow continues. We'll see what later brings, but it's been a perfect snowy weekend so far.

We will bank 4" here for this event. Time to get out and clean up which won't be difficult. It'll be nice having snow around for the upcoming cold.

3 ¼ inches here. Easily 2" in the past two hours. Snow is lighter now but still coming down. Roads are not good here. Sparta township, in all of it's infinite wisdom, plowed earlier this morning when it wasn't even ½ inch yet. And now we haven't seen the plow since.

We're currently in the best of it. Looks like 1.5" and climbing with moderate to heavy snow continuing. Radar looks good for at least the next hour or two.

Sharp cutoffs are problematic for widespread snows, especially with dry air in place. It'll be possible to go from 2-3 inches to zilch in twenty miles or less. Low expectations. It would be nice to have an inch or two of snow to go with the bitter cold air.

NJ.COM going with some clickbait on the end of week system. They already have the red bar at the top declaring the snow threat and seem to be pretty bullish on something materializing: https://www.nj.com/weather/2026/01/nj-weather-forecasters-tracking-potential-snow-wintry-mix-from-storm-later-this-week.html

I don't sleep well sometimes, but managed to sleep through this, so I missed out too. I did look at the past radar loop. It looked like the thickest, heaviest part of it went just to my south, which would be you. We had exactly 1" here vs your 1.7" - it must have been a sight since it probably only lasted 20-30 minutes, if that. Enjoy.

I was sleeping and missed it. 1 inch feel here in probably a short amount of time. Road is covered. I'm sure it was a sight. A snow squall warning had been issued ahead of it for my area as my phone still had the alert on it.