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Once again though we are trying to predict what will happen several days out, and we won't know the outcome till what, Friday? So I'm watching this one because my son has a class at the Bronx Zoo Saturday and commutes from CNJ. They probably don't cancel if there isn't a strong consensus, and that could be a mistake.

Hopefully. Who needs ice and power outages in mid-winter? No one. Since this area is generally predictable with weather types, I expect a cold rain with maybe some period of ice but nothing too bad for our region, but it's too soon to say.

Mitch, i think we actually had two in 94, the first was more a snow with ice on top, the second was a legit rare ice event ( the first may have been Dec 93 IIRC but I am in NJ and maybe it didn't affect the city, but that ice storm def did ).

A glazing is possible in the immediate suburbs at times and even this is hazardous; if it warms up then it's only a brief problem. But it can cause a lot of serious problems in the meantime.

A combination of all three is possible and I believe it happened in one of the ice storms of 94, where actually it even snowed briefly before changing to sleet then rain then freezing rain.

Well we have managed a hair above normal for this time of year in bad conditions in Newark area, and while the storm was only about 4-8 inches in areas west of the city ( my BIL in ME called that a dusting but even they only got about a foot; they weren't in the epicenter either ) it was enough to push us to about where we should be for now, so there's no denying it's possible to see some more events. They may not be big, but honestly a normal snow is enough for most.

Ant would a south shift bring us more ice, rain or sleet....this doesn't seem likely to involve any snow right?

Seems like most of the metro got something out of it. Would've liked around a foot, got close to 8. I'll take a bunch of 6-8 all winter if I could get them.....2014 comes to mind.

All over now but the sound of snowblowers in the neighborhood; I still have to clean some of the cars and the additional 1.5 that fell after initial cleaning. That's on the wife and son. He's 24. As for my daughter at 19, fuggedabouit. She does have 2 herniated discs from a fall which she is using as an excuse to avoid, well, everything, including dishes......

I've got some drifts too....but they are closer to 5 inches! Ok, more like 10 inches.....

Great job reporting.

Snow has stopped and we seem to be done here. Max of 6-8 inches widespread in Middlesex County area from reports here. Don't know for a fact if anyone actually hit 8 but someone probably did.

Yeah if it was a widespread 6-10 it would be one thing, but seeing monstrous amounts within driving distance does take the wind out of things. But it is still a good event in an otherwise boring winter. Got to use some of the winter gear. Took a nice ride; area was deserted. People have come to life now and are out and about; we are still snowing a little better than before, but again not enough to make a big difference at this juncture. My wife actually prefers we stay around 3-6, more than that its a PIA she thinks. But the consensus seems to be around 6-8 here, most of which fell at night.

It's a bit frustrating to always be on that line; if it's cold enough for all snow, we're too far west. Storm comes west, we mix. Last year our totals were cut in the big storm by the sleet; Topped out at 18 but areas north did a lot better.

You are the go to guy for Metuchen....we needed those overnight bands to hang on a little longer. But it's still a nice snow and I will take a stroll in either Merrill or Roosevelt later just for the atmosphere. It really is a nice pond and I'm sure the skating rink will be open. At least we didn't kill ourselves with cleanup.

it's hard to measure and I may even have more than 6, but with the blowing around and small flakes. And that 6 all probably fell overnight. Daytime production in our areas has been pitiful. But there were plenty of models that showed about this much for us, some less, and more than a few showed a lot more. I will say that it was not as bad as the shutout of 2/6/10, because we do have plowable snow. It's more like Jan 2015 or Feb 2013 ( in that one we weren't expecting it so it was all gravy IIRC ).

Got a BIL there. He is evil when it comes to snow. Hates the stuff, but loves ME. He's got a plow and a tractor with a snowblower attached. And is in the country. So he will be alright. They killed the chickens before the storm. Soup.

Not seeing much accumulation in areas I've cleaned and that was 2 hours ago. Too much wind and not enough heavier bands. Think we top out around 6-8 as someone else here mentioned. Really surprised at how well some northern areas did; they weren't far from our numbers. So a widespread impact storm, even though our impact was light, compared to the disaster areas that are happening elsewhere; and make no mistake, 2 feet of snow will qualify for some sort of disaster aid. Insurance companies must be hating the weather these days....

Thanks for the update. I'll say it's about the same over here in Woodbridge. It is snowing a little steadier now but again not the kind of snow to add more than an inch or two. 8 would be an achievement.

anyone have an update for Middlesex County NJ? A friend says around 6 in Piscataway. Too cold for me to go back out. ENjoying hot french toast and coffee. Call it brunch.

You know despite your distance north, your totals aren't far off from mine, and I'm closer to the big show. I didn't figure on you folks seeing that much up there.

LOL I picked up 1/2 in 2 hours....way it goes. Some people here are still terrified of a blizzard and they're like dude it's STILL snowing and I'm like relax, we aren't getting that here. Calm down. You'd be surprised how many people are terrified of snow.

No one fishing today?

The wind is killing us with the lighter bands we are getting. How much you got? I'm over in Colonia. Dude in Metuchen says around 6+, he's pretty reliable.

I think parts of NNJ did better than I expected, while in my area we did a little worse; but it wasn't really a bust as we were never expected to get giant amounts, though 8-10 was on the table. A little jog west of those bands would have done it.