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  1. weatherpruf
    2017 was not good for snow in our area of the metro; the big march storm was 5-6 of sleet. The last big year for above normal snow was 2014; 2015 was above as well but the storms were mostly small and unimpressive. 2016 had one very big event. 2018 had some good events in some parts of the forum ( mine was not among them ). So this is about the best its been in years locally, unless you hate snow and winter, as most people around me do....
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    Isn't this ice? I'm getting confused. Looks like bad weather on the horizon for a week...
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    Sleet is often mixed in over here in snow events; I'm talking about pure sleet events, no snow at all. Or icing. We don't usually get ice storms during snowy winters, except at the end like in 2011; after that it was done here. Did have a wicked rainstorm in March though, something which happened in 2007 as well; schools closed due to torrential rains....
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    Our sleet events IIRC and ice events usually herald the end of snow events for the year. Can't think of a good snow ( 94 excepted, which was anomalous in every respect ) that happened once we had a pure sleet or icing situation. Usually means a pattern change no? Anyway, if we close the books on snow this season ( I hope not right ? ) we can still say it was a winner, even if not a blockbuster.
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    About the same here surprisingly ( your area usually gets more ). Wife says if it snowed this amount each time it would be perfect. Enough to look nice, not enough to cause too many problems....
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    It's above average, RU counts 33.25, though there can be some variation between our locales, which are close; I'm estimating Dec storms was around 9, big daddy was around 19 here, then 6 or so Sunday, maybe 2-3 tonight. Still coming down here.
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    This should put my area around 36-37 inches or so for the season, roughly.
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    Pleasant surprise; I think we will make it to 3.
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    There were two ice events that year, but it snowed first; so the ice accrued on top of a couple inches of snow; so it wasn't pure ice, but it didn't matter, as the effect was the same; youcould not do anything except chop your way out or pour tons of salt on it to get some temporary grip ( I was teaching in Elizabeth at the time, and they were notorious for never calling snow days, but that changed that year ) which is what my employer tried to do. I believe the really bad one was near MLK day.
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    Hands down, it was the worst winter the region has seen in recent decades; the ice storms were horrific in scope, people were stranded on the roads, people were killed ( prompting a law in NJ that a tow truck MUST render assistance when responding to a call, even if the person has no credit card, as one woman died after a driver left her ). You could not get any kind of salt, period. Not even table salt. No sand, no kitty litter; there weren't 300 Home Depots to shop at. There were no snow shovels; most people still didn't have snow blowers; people were getting robbed at gunpoint for a snow shovel ( it was on the AP wire ). By 96 people had gotten a little more prepared....
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    As I've pointed out before, at least in the NYC area, that kind of winter had not been witnessed in decades. I had people who'd just moved up from FL, they were like is this every winter? No, we'd say, NYC is just not this cold and snowy; Jim McGreevy, in his biography talks about the "blizzardy weather" of 94, unlike anything he'd ever seen as a child ( he was the Mayor of Woodbridge at the time )
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    Without even looking I'm guessing 93-94....
  13. weatherpruf
    On top of this snowpack that would be devastating. I am on record here; I do not like ice storms at any level and do not get excited for them; I want them to miss us every which way they can. Hurricanes, tonados, ice storms.....don't want to see them ever.
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    I think we get hit again at least once this winter. We've had 3 decent events, I'd call 4 a win. If it stays cold, who knows, we might get another April event. Been more common in recent decades, the last being April 2018 in these parts....ok it was the first or 2nd day, but you can't expect much beyond the first week....we'll see. Today is just misty rain. Will be a pain if glazes over.
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    Right, we thought 6-10 was a pile on.....
  16. weatherpruf
    Hopefully the snow will expand a bit south, but we'll still take the mood flakes. I've no rationale as to why it would, but things seem to be overperforming a bit this year.
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    2010 took the prize for Feb IIRC....even though the bulk of the storms and snow were south of us that year....
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    Nice job; use a phone for that?
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    Supporting the old guy, on principle, even though I won't be watching ( not my thing ) but it will be on in the living room as my family has it on.
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    Yeah my wife told me to call the town and tell them only one car could get through to the local highway....I called and got a recording saying we are busy and don't throw your snow in the street.
  21. weatherpruf
    What was your total? Sorry if you posted already.....I'm hearing around 5.5.-6.5 over here.
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    Am over in Woodbridge. Seems about right from eyeballing it. Easy to clean compared to the sleet infused 17-19 inches last week....
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    So much for east; this is performing better west of the city.
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    I was out early, saw a guy cross country skiing in the local park and got to see a rare bald eagle fly right past me. Majestic.
  25. weatherpruf
    If we could keep it going... I just had a good burst but it is waning already. Need a couple more hours to hit 8. Not sure when she exits.
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