weatherpruf

2002 saw storms to our south; 2007 saw lots to our north IIRC.

Prefer Miller A's, but will take anything....

I think that was our first here in Jan 2016 as well. Great storm, but it still didn't have that winter feel; I believe we had one other piddly event in Feb. And it melted so quickly. Hopefully Feb delivers; aside from the Dec 09 storm, we did nothing in 2010 til Feb.

Yes yes!! My brother and I stashed a bullfrog in one!

In the early 90's my neighbor still got milk deliveries in a milkbox. When I was a kid in the 70's many people had them on the front porch but they didn't use them.

Not just Philly. It's raining lightly here in Middlesex Co.

Nothing. Raining lightly here by the way. So much for a front end thump.

I will be happy with one decent event. Haven't seen too many storms over 8 inches here since 2016.

Some years it just finds a way not to snow.

Whatever JB or anyone else wants to see doesn't mean a thing. I have seen people on these boards call for a turnaround every year. Sometimes it happens sometimes not. Like I said elsewhere, it's like a medium doing a cold reading, you are bound to get some things right just from random chance. My unscientific take is that the writing is on the wall for this winter, and was the minute it snowed in Nov. But I would never take that to the bank because it would be foolish. I don't know the future or I'd by a winning lottery ticket. And as I've said, hope springs eternal. And we've got Anthony cheering us on....

Long term memory is the last to go....

There was a big Jan storm for some parts to the east and NJ coast....it was a much smaller deal out my way, 7 inches. And we had a Feb event in the midst of warmth. Then 2 missed March ones. In my area we need Jan and Feb to put up big snow numbers. Still hoping for a turnaround.

In retrospect it should have been obvious, but hope springs eternal. We are getting toward Feb now. Keep hearing things are gonna turn around, but I remember too many winters like this. Never know when below average snow will set in for a few years; seen multiple years without much.

I seem to remember Manhattan was in the game for awhile; my area, just south of there was always on the fringe of a few inches.

I don't know people I talked to casually in the bank etc this morning all seemed to know it was a bust down our way. But there is a state of emergency on, I guess for icing in northern parts of the state.

That wasn't 1990; I was teaching in Elizabeth. There was no snow to speak of, and I remember returning a parka to LL Bean because it was too warm. Didn't have our first snow day until March 93.

Sorry about the tree. Iwas always worried about my old oak and finally took it down after a decade of serious storms. I didn't do well with most of the March storms down here but we had the bonus April event.

It was 92, and they weren't really impressive down my way. Not enough to close school. I was teaching at the time. But it was a bit of a surprise, as we'd had a lot of mild Marches up til then.

I'm looking in ME personally. But that is for the summer weather and fishing:)

Are we safe to assume that we don't have to worry much about ice damage south of about lower Union county? Or do you think there is an outside chance of that?

I am sorry for the folks further north, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't happy that I might see plain rain instead of ice. Fortunately ice storms are not common on the coastal plain. Interior sections get them much more often. This could be a bad setup for them. My BIL said when he was a kid in ME, the schools just didn't close for snow. But they did for ice. and those are diehard New Englanders.

I actually went to bed and woke up with a stuffy nose....I think the writing is on the wall already for a lot of us, and one way to tell is the lack of activity here. It's just not looking good for for the city south. Could be a big one in New England, but, well, it's New England. Snow in winter is hardly news there. Maybe the next one will deliver. Hope the ice isn't too bad to our north, really don't wanna see people suffer.

Ok I don't know as much as a lot of people here, but I really am doubting, based solely on what I'm reading and seeing here, that this is going to be much to get excited about for most of NJ south of about Union county. I get that this will be a serious event in a lot of other places, but starting to think we are safe down here.

Some people have no choice, my daughter will be on a bus from DC at 4pm. I am really rooting for all rain on this one, anyway maps show me with no more than 3 at best; if the icing can hold off til later, great. Maybe we don't even see any ice down my way ( southern tip of SI area )

I used to work on a fishing boat. After the Joan La Rie sank off the Jersey coast and the captain went down with the ship, my cap said "I'm old fashioned, but the heck with that sh...."