CaptainHarr Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Fairly certain the power is out in large swaths in my town. Total darkness in some areas out my window. Still a freezing drizzle, 29 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU848789 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Just got back from a night out and it just hit 33F on the car thermometer (which is very accurate) on the way home (was 32F when I started clearing the ice off my car. Was easily about 1/8" or maybe 3/32" of ice glazing everything - made walking in downtown Metuchen a bit of an adventure and the short drive home was very slippery. Since I was DJ-ing a friend's 50th birthday party from about 7 pm to midnight and then we all went out for a nightcap until about 1:15 am, I never really got a chance to measure the snow. Had about 2" when I left the house and given how heavy the snow was for a couple of hours, I think I'll go wiht Allsnow's Edison measurement of 4" (seems reasonable 2" fell in those 2 to 2.5 hours). They at least had wireless, so I was able to follow this thread a bit, as well asthe NWS and other weather sources during the night. Looks like the back edge of the precip is about here. As I've said a few times lately, an rain that falls from here on will be absorbed in the snowpack and not melt much snow, with temps in the mid-30s, so I should wake up to a nice wintry landscape, which we should keep until late in the week, when it warms up. Quite a cool storm to track and watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherFox Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Surface map 0300Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Ugh. 46 degrees now. Just about all snow gone, and still raining heavily. Sferic, aren't you glad I didn't take you up on that bet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Its a sleet storm up here! 18.7f w/mod sleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Just an amazing contrast in temps Sussex: 18 Piscataway: 32 NYC: 35 EWR: 34 Edison: 38 Monroe: 42 Freehold: 45 Toms River: 47 ACY: 54 Might as well be from Key West to Nome. It really feels balmy outside my place right now whereas 6 hours ago it was 25 and snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Went from 52 to 38 in about 30 minutes. Still have a few slushy inches out there. Hope it keeps with the cold ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ababa Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 33.5 and pouring rain....I'll see what's left of the snow in the am..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Totals from Upton http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=OKX&product=PNS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockmanjr Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Having some issues in Stuy Town area from sewer jams resulting from the Snow/Ice causing minor flooding on the sidewalks outside my building! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Ugh. 46 degrees now. Just about all snow gone, and still raining heavily. Sferic, aren't you glad I didn't take you up on that bet?Temp has also spiked here in Bay Ridge with a couple soggy inches left and moderate rain falling. It's so hard to preserve snow cover on the south coast, and every SW flow event is flirting with borrowed time. Hoping to move back to Westchester soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Almost all signs it snow here this week or yesterday washed away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 heavy glaze on top of the snow-this stuff will be cement by tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Torch over... NYC at 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlsterCountySnowZ Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Finished off with 6.4" and A light glaze of ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Might as well be from Key West to Nome. It really feels balmy outside my place right now whereas 6 hours ago it was 25 and snow. You did great with this storm forecast jm, kudos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Finished with 4.9", never got above 30 degrees. Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 It will be interesting to see some of the ice photos out of the areas with the highest accumulations of ice. It looks like New Haven picked up .70 of freezing rain and they never went above freezing. The GFS was all over this ice threat for days. This is why you always worry when the 850 low and primary cuts to your west with strong CAD at the surface in place. The models can underestimate the amount of surface cold with a strong high to the north, but we always get that warming above the surface that is advertised. The Valentine's Day event just had a stronger Arctic cold in place so the zone of significant freezing ran was in Long Beach with several small branches coming down and slick conditions. http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KHVN.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBG Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 It looks like we got around 4-5" before changeover. I woke up in the middle of the night and the temperature registered 33 and rising. Now it's 32 and falling. We have about 3" of crusty snow left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB GFI Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Sitting at 30 degrees this morning. Woke up to some snow cover. 2 inches left on the ground between tues and last nites event. Icey in spots. Now we need the clipper tues pm to freshen everything up and I think it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96blizz Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 8.2" of snow and the temperature never got above what it is now: 23 degrees. I couldn't believe it when I woke up at 1:45AM (or my child woke me) and it was 17 degrees. The models CLEARLY whiffed on the cold over a large area... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBG Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 The models can underestimate the amount of surface cold with a strong high to the north, but we always get that warming above the surface that is advertised. The Valentine's Day event just had a stronger Arctic cold in place so the zone of significant freezing ran was in Long Beach with several small branches coming down and slick conditions. I thought even at KJFK 2/14/2007 was mostly IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastalfront Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Messy outside had 7 inches of snow before the rain last night, down to about 3 crusty inches. Temp spiked to 34 degrees at 2am and now its 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBG Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 8.2" of snow and the temperature never got above what it is now: 23 degrees. I couldn't believe it when I woke up at 1:45AM (or my child woke me) and it was 17 degrees. The models CLEARLY whiffed on the cold over a large area... I remember that happening even in dreadful 1972-3. On December 15, 1972 we got just south of KHPN about 2-3" of snow, which was supposed to turn over to rain. Instead it stayed IP and ZR, and then turned back to snow briefly. It spent next two days in frigid teens and low 20's. My tuba valves froze playing an outdoor concert on 12/17/1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Ended up with 4", high temp for event was 32. Presently 26.4 with everything glazed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I thought even at KJFK 2/14/2007 was mostly IP. The freezing rain zone was closest to the shoreline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I thought even at KJFK 2/14/2007 was mostly IP.That was a much colder storm where everyone stayed below freezing; it was also later in the cold season and ergo the marine layer was less of a factor.About 2" left on the ground in Bay Ridge. The rain washed away much of the snowfall. I am now in the Bronx getting breakfast with friends...there's a solid 4-5" and side roads are still snow covered, unlike in Brooklyn. I'm heading to Westchester for work later on, will be eager to see how the hills of Dobbs Ferry did as I go on my delivery shift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96blizz Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 off topic but interesting is the NAM for next week. Lais down 2-3" over NNJ and it does redevelop for NE. (for those awake and here). On Topic: Am very interested to read a final synopsis of this one given the stubborn and powerful cold. Did ANY model come close to modeling the cold correctly? It was off more than 10 degrees or more here at midnight on the major models... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JERSEYSNOWROB Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 3.8 inches total in Morganville, NJ NW Monmouth County. Roads were a mess up here especially in the early evening. Was on our way to a Christmas party and couldn't believe a major road like Rt. 9 was untouched by road crews. Of course the side streets were worse. Most of the road crews I did see earlier in the afternoon were only salting and didn't even have their plows on yet. Big mistake. Anyway, by time we left the party, the main roads were basically clear and just wet thank God. My side street hasn't been touched yet and still has tons of slush on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntenseBlizzard2014 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 It's 29F. There's still 5" of snow left. All of that snow will turn into crust and cement by nightfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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