Krs4Lfe

Yeah the urban heat island of Manhattan and northern Queens has really cut into LGA and CPK reporting over the past 5 years or so. In smaller events like these, sometimes their reporting is nearly half of what it is in the surrounding areas!

Just measured 5" here in Bayside. Heaviest snow of the storm so far and coldest air, should prevent any more melting and aid in accumulation. JFK, EWR, and LGA must be past 3 by now, probably exceeding rates of 0.5" per hour. Dare I say that Central Park might get to 3" as well when this wraps up in an hour or so?

Yeah this is the coldest it's been all storm here near Little Neck bay on north side of Queens. Around 30-31 degrees. Nice big flakes coming down. Would be hard to see most places in NYC cracking 3". JFK will likely crack that amount. Laguardia would too because I think they had around 2 inches at 7 am

Well for the most part, the storm behaved as expected for most places. Aside from parts of the 5 boroughs (which will likely be in the 3-6" range anyway when all is said and done) starting out a bit warm because of Urban Heat Island, this was a pretty good event for most people. Will probably see a swath of 5-7" surrounding NYC and then 3-5" in NYC. In line with most forecasts

Central Park has been getting out of hand, especially since 2020. The only problem is that it’s still the official measuring site of NYC. So when people look back in the past on this storm, they’ll see there was only like 2” in NYC. That’s rubbish

Looking like a solid 3-4 over there. Will Definitely surpass 5 Here in bayside when all is said and done.

It is a good pattern but similar to Other good patterns we’ve had past few years there really isn’t much to show for it. Big time cutter coming up

Absolutely, I figured we would lose some QPF to white rain in the beginning for the first hour or so. Now it’s sticking quite well but the damage is done. Since 2023, almost all of our snow events have been with marginal temps so it’s natural that the recording sites would get less than surrounding areas

Definitely over 4 here in Bayside. Will definitely crack 5 when all is said and done. Similar to the event last January 19th, almost every place had 3-5 inches but Central Park barely had 2. That will be the case this time around as well. Was just too warm yesterday temps were in mid to upper 30s until snow fell. That being said, urban heat island is making it impossible to get accurate measurements at the recording sites except JFK. LaGuardia and Central Park are consistently almost half of what every other place has. Didn’t seem to be that way up until 2020 or 2021. As winter continues to warm rapidly, I expect that problem will become exacerbated

How much do you have over in Brooklyn?

Does anyone else have any other reports from NYC? Seems like most places are reaching 3-4” right now. But I doubt if LGA doesn’t hit 4, Central Park certainly won’t either

For about 3.5” here in Bayside. Always one of the colder and elevated spots in the boroughs. Hopefully we can get another inch or two before this thing pulls out in a few hours. Any reports from Central Park ? Whatever hasn’t fallen by 7 will be measured at 1 and will likely compact

I’m not sure that’s the case. If you look at the radar, this thing is moving pretty fast. Should only be some light snow for a few more hous and then done

Light snow here in Bayside. Looks light and fluffy. Nice to see winter storm warnings posted to our west. We won’t get one here, just wondering how much qpf was lost to white rain in the beginning

Light snow in bayside queens. Sticking to all surfaces 33 degrees. I’d exited most urban areas to pretty much just be wet, but it’s enough for the boards to measure at least

If it’s still rain within 1 hour, I’d definitely start looking at the low end of the projections for Manhattan. Still in the mid 30s over there, that won’t cut it until there’s heavier precipitation

Light snow here in Queens. More like white rain but sticking to grass and car tops. I think Manhattan will definitely come in with the lower side of the 3 inches, barely. Our urban heat Island is notorious for making snow totals sometimes a few inches less than surrounding areas

I feel like the boroughs will be a bit limited in how much snow accumulates. Just feels like it should be colder at the moment in order for the recording sites to get that magic number Toniht. Just figured it would be closer to freezing point by now

What’s your temp over there

Light snow here in Bayside. Nothing sticking yet, but temps should hopefully cool off when the snow becomes heavier

Nothing in north Queens except flurries still

It’s astonishing how quickly winters have changes from the 2010s to the 2020s. This was peanuts a decade ago. This decade; a 4 inch snow storm feels like a lot. Makes me realize how good the 2021 winter was. Only above average snowfall since 2018. 2022 and 2019 were around 20 here in NYC, but the other 4 years were almost complete ratters.

Yeah usually you don’t want a storm to move in later because the later it moves in, you always lose some QPF. Nothing but flurries in NYC. Accumulating snow to the east and west though.

Central park measuring is a joke. That storm in February had most places in NYC at 4-5” and they were at 3”. Last year, the 1/19 storm; most of the city had 3-5” and they had like 1.8”. Saving grace is this storm comes in at night so maybe that’ll reduce melting as the snow falls. I’d still expect some white rain at the onset because temps are still warm right now.

Snow was definitely beefier than expected in the Midwest. Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburgh went under winter storm warnings but yesterday they were only under winter weather advisories. Maybe it’s a good sign to see more snow than expected to our west. Hopefully that transfers to our area