The I78 Deathband event in PA, NJ, and parts of the city. It was like a synoptic scale lake effect streamer. The town south of me had 6” on the north end and 10” on the south end (5 minute drive). Similar in parts of NJ.
Snow level is quite high in the Poconos early this morning. Looks like you have to be at least 1500’ up to see steady snow currently and even there it’s difficult to find it sticking anywhere. Places lower than that don’t look to see more than a mix at times.
Seeing my first light flurries of the season here. A look at traffic cams along I80 and I84 in NE PA shows widespread light snow and flurries with light accumulations especially above 800-1000 ft. This is heading out towards northern New Jersey.
Eventually the longer term pattern will change. It’s well known that the north shore is the place to be on LI during winter storms with the added moisture from the sound entraining into the synoptic scale precipitation bands. Now the pattern is more like that of 70s/80s with the coastal hugger storm tracks. I moved out to PA in 2005 and you guys probably got 3x more snow since then through 20/21 than what I saw here.
I grew up in East Northport so I can tell you that the combination of the slightly higher elevations on the north shore and a very light breeze off the sound during the overnight hours messed up many a frost opportunity with this type of synoptic setup. It’s why places in the center of the island and out by Westhampton are usually the cold spots.
While not a big thunder producer here (CTG strikes) the convergence zone that has set up across the Lehigh Valley has really produced in terms of rain. Today’s rain total is up to 1.38”. We are under a FFW which is a good call from Mt. Holly.
No big winds here. Plenty of colorful radar echoes overhead. Interesting storm in the sense that there is a constant low rumbling of thunder with it. It’s all in the clouds. It’s like somebody set a sound machine to thunder instead of rain. 0.30” so far with 67F.
Skies have really opened up out here. We are getting some decent lightning with this including CTG. We are severe warned however there’s no wind to speak of.