MGorse

It is going to be a long rest of the week! 

Snow on snow for many, not bad!

Impressive!

A total of 1.04 inches of rain.

Everyone ready for the rain and wind? 

3 hours ago, RU848789 said:

Understood, was just hoping such outliers wouldn't be in the snowfall maps you guys generate.  Speaking of the PNS's I get while there are "partial" reports before the end of a storm when the storm is still going on, but I always wondered why the partial reports are usually still in the final PNA 12-24 hours after the event is over.  For example, with Sunday's storm, there are partial reports from 6 or 7 am, when the storm wasn't over for the vast majority of people in our area until 9-10 am.  Why not take these out?  

By the way, these are minor nitpicks.  As I've posted earlier, thought you guys did a great job with this storm and much better than many other media sources, especially in going with 3-5" amounts along 95 and even up through 78 (and saying the most would likely be between 95 and the coast) when many kept with their 1-3" predictions for those areas.  

Usually those old reports are removed from the PNS going forward and especially for the final one (we received something like 500 reports during and immediately following the storm!). There were some issues however with the software we use during the Sunday storm, plus there was a newer Meteorologist gathering the reports and issuing LSRs and PNSs. 

Also, thanks for the kind words in your second paragraph. We try our best but are certainly not perfect. 

27 minutes ago, RU848789 said:

Posted this on the NYC subforum and a NWS met said they took the Metuchen 8.7" measurement out, but I see it's still in the NWS-Philly's map, so figured I'd post it here.

Speaking of inflated measurements, someone else in Metuchen reported 8.7" vs. my report of 6.7". There's simply no way that's right, as it's an outlier vs. all other county reports (especially when, generally, more snow fell in southern Middlesex than northern) and it's a huge outlier vs. the nearby Edison reports (6.6" and 5.6") and my report of 6.7". Even when I measured on grass, the most I saw was about 7.4" so I can't imagine how someone got 8.7" - and Metuchen is only 1 square mile, so it's not like there is some gradient across town.  

...Middlesex County...
Metuchen 8.7 in 0945 AM 12/14 Public
Plainsboro Township 8.0 in 1100 AM 12/14 Public
Cranbury 7.3 in 1045 AM 12/14 Trained Spotter
East Brunswick Twp 7.0 in 1045 AM 12/14 COCORAHS
Edison 6.6 in 1045 AM 12/14 Newspaper
North Brunswick Twp 1.5 W 6.6 in 0426 PM 12/14 COCORAHS
Parlin 6.4 in 0100 PM 12/14 Trained Spotter
East Brunswick 6.2 in 1100 AM 12/14 Trained Spotter
Sayreville 6.0 in 1135 AM 12/14 Public
South River 5.8 in 1119 AM 12/14 Trained Spotter
Edison 5.6 in 1145 AM 12/14 Trained Spotter

Yeah that report and probably a few others should have been removed from the final PNS. Just remember though, reports in PNSs and LSRs are all considered preliminary (not official).

2 hours ago, Birds~69 said:

I would think Philly had 5+ seeing the other totals...

Parts of Philly did. 

33 minutes ago, jimmosk said:

That was as of 0700 AM. There was still another hour or two to go at that point, so maybe the final amount will be more like 3?

Total at PHL is 4.2 inches. Probably a little low. 

My backyard early this morning. 

A total of 6 inches of snow at my place. The bottom layer on my driveway, sidewalks and deck was like concrete. 

Given some of the model guidance 700-850 mb FGEN, there may be multiple heavier narrow bands embedded within the widespread snow shield. These could be somewhat transient though. 

A few sprinkles here a little while ago. 

1 hour ago, Birds~69 said:

"Heavy snow expected". Ehh...not really. I don't consider 3-5" heavy snow. Moderate snow would be more appropriate.....

41F/Cloudy

That wording is tied to the hazard. In this case, a warning. 

3 minutes ago, penndotguy said:

And not a messy slop fest that we’ve come to expect. Snow from start to finish for a change. 

Yup, although it is possible it starts as a rain/snow mix here. If that does occur, hopefully it will be brief. 

I hear there is accumulating snow on the way. 

Low temperature of 11F here early this morning. 

2 hours ago, RedSky said:

A slight chance of snow between 10 and 11pm

This is a new and oddly specific forecast

 

We are that good. 

Mowing my lawn (mostly to pick up lots of leaves) between 3:30-4:00 PM today and a few minutes in, sleet was falling. Perhaps I should have looked at the radar first. Lol 

Did not have that on my bingo card today. 

Low of 28F earlier this morning with frost. 

3 hours ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

Can we pull off a November 1987 redux?? Im going to say just enjoy it for this 1 run 

Hour 354! LOL 

33F for a low early this morning with frost.

6 hours ago, MGorse said:

1.12” of rain. 66F with some sunshine. Actually humid out. 

After a downpour earlier this evening, total is at 1.26”. 

40 minutes ago, Birds~69 said:

65F/DP 64F (WTF?)

Yup. Just a bit humid. 

1.12” of rain. 66F with some sunshine. Actually humid out.