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roughly centered on Philadelphia, covers most of NJ except areas most north and northeast and most of E PA. take care if you are traveling late tonight, freezing fog can create extremely dangerous conditions on roads and sidewalks. URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 353 PM EST Thu Dec 10 2020 DEZ001-NJZ007-009-010-012-013-015>022-027-PAZ060>062-070-071- 101>106-111000- /O.NEW.KPHI.ZF.Y.0001.201211T0300Z-201211T1400Z/ New Castle-Warren-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-Western Monmouth- Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-Northwestern Burlington-Ocean- Cumberland-Atlantic-Southeastern Burlington-Berks-Lehigh- Northampton-Delaware-Philadelphia-Western Chester-Eastern Chester- Western Montgomery-Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks- Including the cities of Wilmington, Washington, Flemington, Somerville, New Brunswick, Freehold, Trenton, Pennsville, Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Mount Holly, Jackson, Millville, Hammonton, Wharton State Forest, Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Media, Philadelphia, Honey Brook, Oxford, West Chester, Kennett Square, Collegeville, Pottstown, Norristown, Lansdale, Chalfont, Perkasie, Morrisville, and Doylestown 353 PM EST Thu Dec 10 2020 ...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Visibility one quarter to one half mile in freezing fog and slippery roadways. * WHERE...Portions of central, northern, northwest and southern New Jersey, east central and southeast Pennsylvania and northern Delaware. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 9 AM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility and potential frost on bridges.

overperformer, i was expecting nuisance flakes and on/off precip. it's been constant light snow for hours.

as disastrous as this year has been there's been a bunch of random "winners." christmas tree farms, sure why not.

to paraphrase an old forky post, you pretty much need a perfect synoptic setup just to get to below average anymore.

i weenie'd your post, but only to be ironic

did we have another the year before, too. both events were basically the hardest snows i ever saw in my life or at least the most violent. visibility could be counted in single digit feet. the irony was, because snow was coming, pretty much everyone in the office started getting in their cars to go home like 10 minutes before game time. i failed to convince them that was a bad idea.

tornadoes may be afoot there is a warned storm in Delaware associated with the line that will be passing through

Winds are pretty quiet here in Piscataway, still very warm. Are we in for Funderstorms with a cold front passage?

i imagine (a.k.a. no clue what i'm talking about) that it's difficult or impossible for one all-encompassing model to be built due to constraints of money and computing power, and instead models are built with certain compromises, make certain assumptions, which may lead to specific biases. and then meteorologists are tasked with using their expertise and experience to sort through all of the noise and determine what models are coming up with the best solutions that make the most sense. in essence, the final model is the forecaster, taking an ensemble and reducing it to a forecast. or not, idk.

mid 70s for most of the area tomorrow, accumulation should be limited to the north and west.

this weather is (no accounting for personal tastes) perfect. perfect. it felt wonderful to be outside today, and basically that's what we have to look forward to until Wednesday. and honestly, we basically need a warm winter this year with coronavirus afoot and rapidly getting out of control. the restaurants and bars need the outdoor dining opportunities, outdoor recreation and exercise is safest, and viruses tend to survive better in colder and drier environments. i wouldn't mind punting on winter this year.

if my calculations are correct it will not snow the next 5 years, which is almost 10 years. it could be *counts on fingers* 2045 before it snows again will you guys just let the winter play out a bit sheesh, it's November 3rd.

well we're going to have to see what emerges if/when it gets back over water. it's not a huge storm and its core is going to be dragging its nuts over some pretty mountainous areas in Honduras for a good chunk of time.

OH BABY

925/160 mph

wow. what're the odds the season's last storm is its most powerful? unless, of course, the atmosphere intends to keep spawning storms through late fall...

just chatting here. usually with a big warm front pulling away and the resultant ET strengthening we are treated to strong dry cold winds. but right now it's so still that it's not cold at all. i usually hate the day-after of a big storm with clear skies and screaming cold dry winds but here in Piscataway it's still, sorta humid, nice and comfy to be outside.

storm seems to have performed more or less as advertised, hours and hours of rain mostly moderate in intensity and sometimes heavy. i think it's moved a little slower than i expected.

haven't seen much sun lately, socked in with clouds yet again as i leave work.

snow or no snow, we finally have something to track, and we could really use precipitation in whatever form it decides to take.

i have a weather observation i observe this weather is boring it's so boring that if Metfan said "i think it's going to rain a quarter inch tomorrow" i'd give his post a weenie reaction

This weather pattern is very very Low Energy! SAD!

how much for New Brunswick?

i'm way more skeptical we'd be able to pull down that much cold air to get snow than of the storm's potential existence

absolutely premium weather outside. not quite indian summer but close. bright blue sky, warm sun and breeze. this is a long stretch of mostly uninterrupted great weather a la SoCal. week after week of gorgeousness. i almost wish i played golf.