NycStormChaser Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 And I slept through it all because my company wasn't officially announced to be closed today until 5am. I knew they'd close, should have just stayed up for it, damn it. Was definitely great to witness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odwalla Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The snow last night was some of the heaviest -- if not the heaviest -- I have ever seen. Right before the changeover, rates were in the 3-4"/hr range, and the flakes were just enormous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Everyone should go back and read pages 9-11 it was some of the most intese winter weather I have seen. Constant lighting and snow the size of ping pong balls or even bigger. Here are some highlights: The snow was very heavy for a time in southern Westchester, though I didn't see any lightning there. More importantly, the outcome demonstrated that the NAM's near "no snow" solution for New York City, southern Westchester County and southern Fairfield County was out to lunch. Central Park picked up 4.0", JFK received 2.2", and 6"-10" fell across southern Westchester and Fairfield Counties with even more farther north. This is not the first time the NAM has tried to blast the warmth into the mid-levels of the atmosphere and wound up missing the "thumping" that ultimately occurred. The RGEM and HRRR outperformed the NAM, which had been a sort of outlier among the global and high-resolution models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WintersGrasp Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yes, the RAP an HRRR were very accurate with their thumping. They were also, I believe, the only ones that specifically showed all levels below freezing for at least a few hours. That is what I based most of my forecast for early last night, in getting a front end dump of heavy snow and said that it would likely be our heaviest snow of the year in these bands. I called for 3-5" for NENJ/NYC with a thumping snow 2-3" per hour for a couple hours, followed by sleet and no major icing. Was probably my best call ever, and has made it clear that the hi-res short term models are the ones to use at the right time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user13 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yes, the RAP an HRRR were very accurate with their thumping. That is what I based most of my forecast for early last night. I called for 3-5" for NENJ/NYC with a thumping snow 2-3" per hour for a couple hours, followed by sleet and no major icing. Was probably my best call ever, and has made it clear that the hi-res short term models are the ones to use at the right time Yea I thought the HRRR was amazing, it even had that 50dbz echo on it which i didnt beilve and thought it was a feedback issue before it formed. I think the NAM did well with the low level cold air however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersWx92 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 2.7" of snow and 0.30" of ice reported in Bridgewater, and that was only as of 10 am. 0.50" of ice reported in Metuchen. One of the bus stops at Rutgers is closed off because of downed trees, and there are power outages being reported in the area. In my yard one of the trees is sagging very low. Must be pretty treacherous up there! Sent from my iPhone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWCCraig Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The NAM did well in the surface temp aspect, other than that it was too warm in the mid levels. Right now 34.2 degrees and light drizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Rained for nearly five hours now it's pouring down snow again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The NAM did well in the surface temp aspect, other than that it was too warm in the mid levels. Right now 34.2 degrees and light drizzle. And that's the difference between the south shore and the north shore right there. While you are 34 with drizzle, we are only 33 with drizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWCCraig Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 And that's the difference between the south shore and the north shore right there. While you are 34 with drizzle, we are only 33 with drizzle. Per PWS, entire island seems pretty uniform to me. Even on Fire Island down to 33. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yea I thought the HRRR was amazing, it even had that 50dbz echo on it which i didnt beilve and thought it was a feedback issue before it formed. I think the NAM did well with the low level cold air however The HRRR has been dead on with every single storm so far this winter. An amazing improvement and the model has become very reliable in the near term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 nice. Wind flipped to N/NW and I have light snow now. Haven't seen a plow since 6:30 this morning. Street is nearly impassable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The HRRR has been dead on with every single storm so far this winter. An amazing improvement and the model has become very reliable in the near term. I like the new PSU maps. http://www.meteo.psu.edu/ewall/HRRRNE_CUR/comploop.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Been off and on light rain and drizzle since my report around 9ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Nasty rain here. Underperformed here based on models. Very very little real snow here I thought it performed just fine here. 2.5 inches of slop then rain. Even the freezing rain ran off mostly which is to be expected around here. Tree limbs had about 1/10 of an inch of ice accretion on then earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 this 2-3 inch event pushed like 8 of cement……heavier then last storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyg Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 And I slept through it all because my company wasn't officially announced to be closed today until 5am. I knew they'd close, should have just stayed up for it, damn it. Does anyone have pics or better yet video from around that time of the night? Don't care from what region it comes from give me something lol. Here's a short video that I took Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbc Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Here's a short video that I took Thank you!!!! I at least can get a taste from seeing that. New Providence is a very nice town. I lived in Madison for the 2000-01 winter and I was in that area sometimes back then. I actually will be in New Providence Friday afternoon. An old co-worker of mine suddenly passed away a few days ago sadly and his memorial service is at St. Andrews church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 this 2-3 inch event pushed like 8 of cement……heavier then last storm The snowpack around here is going to be impenetrable after it ices up tonight. There's 2"+ of water in there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The snowpack around here is going to be impenetrable after it ices up tonight. There's 2"+ of water in there now. Yep! These plow piles will be here until April Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyDop Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yep! These plow piles will be here until April Now we just need at least 6" Sunday night and another 6" Friday. I want to see plows go by and watch the snow as it falls back into the street because the banks are so high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 In seacliff right now the difference between the south shore is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover11 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I had 6.5" when I measured this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masomenos Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Rare FAA snowfall report out of Teterboro was at 6.5...quite the gradient from Newark up to the NY state border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The sludge puddle situation in midtown has improved markedly. This morning, intersections were virtually impassible on foot without submerging one's feet into 1-2ft of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masomenos Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The sludge puddle situation in midtown has improved markedly. This morning, intersections were virtually impassible on foot without submerging one's feet into 1-2ft of water. And with the potholes formed by the wild temp swings this winter you might want to add another 1-2 feet depending where you step. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbc Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Rare FAA snowfall report out of Teterboro was at 6.5...quite the gradient from Newark up to the NY state border. That seems real high. Lodi reported 4.4 and that's basically across the street from Teterboro. I have 4 here probably. I could have measured wrong. Perhaps JSantana who is also in my town has a more reliable measurement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masomenos Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 That seems real high. Lodi reported 4.4 and that's basically across the street from Teterboro. I have 4 here probably. I could have measured wrong. Perhaps JSantana who is also in my town has a more reliable measurement. Yeah, it definitely does, but I think it has to do more with the 6 hour measuring technique. I had 4" at 5am before the transition to sleet, then measured 5" at 11 am and that was even after we had a few hours of very borderline freezing rain. So I tend to think it's pretty on the money given that I'm only 2 miles from the airport and I was pretty lazy with my measurements last night. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntenseBlizzard2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I had 6.5" when I measured this morning Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbc Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yeah, it definitely does, but I think it has to do more with the 6 hour measuring technique. I had 4" at 5am before the transition to sleet, then measured 5" at 11 am and that was even after we had a few hours of very borderline freezing rain. So I tend to think it's pretty on the money given that I'm only 2 miles from the airport and I was pretty lazy with my measurements last night. lol That makes sense. Perhaps it is 5 inches. JSantana usually throws his Cliffside Park measurement up regularly. He is slacking today lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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