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Strong winds out here this afternoon.  I am seeing gusts of 35-40 mph.

6 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

The real superstorm in 1992-93 happened in December.

The so-called March superstorm was mostly an inland storm and had nowhere near the impact that December 1992 had here.

 

I was on LI and the March ‘93 was definitely a Superstorm where I was.  After getting 10” of snow I received about 2 hours of the nastiest sleet I ever heard.  It was extremely loud with the very strong winds that accompanied it.  

23 minutes ago, RedSky said:

1" NW of Qtown

I have 1/2” new in Bethlehem Twp. PA

Steady light snow 22/18 F

We have dropped from about 5 miles to less than 1.

2 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Is this something where it could dry up as it comes east of the mountains? I've seen that scenario plenty of times.

 

It has to do with the placement and movement of the ULL.

Heaviest snow is between Harrisburg and just to my west in Allentown.  Looks like visibility is getting ready to crash here.

Flurries and some very light snow.  23/14 F

4 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Light snows Thursday afternoon/evening

I will take the light snows from the ULL.  

1 minute ago, MJO812 said:

Snow from the ULL is possible . Maybe a norlun.

Walt has also commented on the potential of snow from the ULL.

0z NAM is trying to set up an IVT from the ocean storm center N&W towards the island and NYC.

Pressure minimum of 29.08” here.  Have measured multiple gusts over 40 mph.

1 hour ago, RU848789 said:

I can only imagine what the weather boards would've looked like in the 70s and 80s, lol.  NYC gets a 12" snowstorm about every 4.2 years (37 in 155 years at CPK), but had 13 such storms in the last 30 years, which is one every 2.3 years, so we've been spoiled in the age of the internet.  Welcome to climo, as it's barely been 4 years since the last one in 2021.  There were 4 in the 70s/80s or 1 every 5 years, which is probably why it seemed they were so rare when I was growing up.  

I lived in those days and the answer is that it was depressing.

Steady light snow 29/28 F.  1 mile visibility.  3/4” new OTG.

Light snow 31/21 F - Visibility 2 miles 

At the current rate of motion we should be into the snow by 12:30 - 1:00 PM.  Flurries are coming down now not too far west of Allentown.

15 minutes ago, Northof78 said:

Border of E MD/PA reporting 1" - 1.5" rates almost immediately, 1" in 45 mins on ground near Manchester

I am seeing a lot of that on traffic cams out in central PA.  Visibility drops quickly as it moves in.  This is happening in Reading now.

Steady snow, moderate in places is breaking out now across south central PA.  This includes the Harrisburg and York areas.

1 minute ago, LibertyBell said:

The best combo would be if it stalled and looped around.

I hope you don’t own ocean front or bay front property.

33 minutes ago, bluewave said:

With a little luck the stronger Rockies Ridge, Southeast Ridge, and sharper trough on the Euro and Canadian verifies so this can get pulled in closer to the coast by the bowling ball upper low.

 

 

 

This is one of these be careful for what you wish for types of storms.  As shown on the 0z run of the Euro the storm is very intense and would cause major disruption across the area.  Strong winds, high tides with coastal flooding and erosion,  heavy snows with travel impacts, and a sting jet on the backside would all combine to cause major problems across the area.  The 06z run tracked the center further east away from the coast.

06z Euro is another crusher for the area.

The ferocity of the bomb that the Euro cooked up tonight can’t be understated.  Besides being an all out blizzard for much of the area this system can cause very high tides with major coastal flooding.  This system will be sporting an impressive sting jet on its back side as well (especially offshore).
 

Big deformation zone inland to the north and west with this system.

20 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Nam barely had any accumulations now for tomorrow. Very weak snow rates. Euro was right.

Going for the under with this one by me.