That depends on where you were. Places well north and west of the city did get a heavy snow event with this one. Allentown had 17”. Places in upstate NY measured into the feet.
There will be a sleet bomb with this one and that will be in my part of eastern PA and places west of here. The place to be with this one will be the Metro area and places to the north and east. The forcing accompanying this system looks to be the real deal for the snow lovers. I bought four bags of ice remover yesterday so I am all set. I’m figuring on 1-2” with sleet and ice on top.
My experience with the squall line was a 5 minute heavy shower with one bolt of lightning/ clap of thunder and a wind gust to 35 mph.
FWIW my station at Fire Island measured a wind gust to 51 mph this morning. A station I follow on Block Island measured 80 mph. This storm system definitely means business.
Don’t feel bad. My weather station on Fire Island 100 yds from the ocean was frozen since midnight. It only thawed a couple of hours ago. I have a weather station and have seen it freeze however to have one at the ocean front and see this happen was quite unusual. It’s very rare that the wind is light enough for this to happen at the ocean front.
Hi Res models have been hitting on the potential with this system for west of the city for a couple of days now. HRRR, RRFS, and RAP in particular were aggressive with this system. Overperformer for those areas.
My station out at Fire Island popped up to the 40s earlier. Since 2:00 PM when the wind subsided and backed around from SW to W the air temperature has dropped 6 degrees to 36 and the DP down 4 degrees to 31. No big ocean warming looks to happen at this point.
I saw one of these gradient type events two years ago with the I78 death band. Four miles separated 6” amounts from 10” amounts. You cannot underestimate these gradient events.
Stations right along the south shore of LI have just seen a jump in temperatures to the mid 30s along with a wind shift to the south. Not sure how this plays into some of the forecasts calling for precipitation starting as rain in immediate coastal areas.