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January 30, 2019 Snow Squall Observations Thread


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Just now, NYCweatherNOW said:

Wow I don’t understand why the radar would have that. And the weather app states that’ it’s snowing in the Bronx. Any Mets care to let us know what would cause that false return?

Radar can show many non-meteorological objects - insects, birds, smoke and so on. That's why you can't just rely on an app, lol

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4 minutes ago, NYCweatherNOW said:

Wow I don’t understand why the radar would have that. And the weather app states that’ it’s snowing in the Bronx. Any Mets care to let us know what would cause that false return?

I'm not a met but there's a huge fire at Elmwood Park NJ in a paper factory. The smoke from it must be picking up on radar. The weather app probably uses the radar to find the type of precipitation instead of observations from weather stations.

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21 minutes ago, ThatHurricane said:

I'm not a met but there's a huge fire at Elmwood Park NJ in a paper factory. The smoke from it must be picking up on radar. The weather app probably uses the radar to find the type of precipitation instead of observations from weather stations.

Maybe the app is counting falling paper as falling snow? ;)

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23 minutes ago, ThatHurricane said:

I'm not a met but there's a huge fire at Elmwood Park NJ in a paper factory. The smoke from it must be picking up on radar. The weather app probably uses the radar to find the type of precipitation instead of observations from weather stations.

It did look Smokey over there.

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2 hours ago, Poker2015 said:

Marcal paper plant off RT 80 is on fire. 7 alarm fire I just read.

I know someone who works for Marcal, but he wasn't there today.

https://www.nj.com/news/2019/01/5-alarm-fire-at-marcal-paper-plant-as-firefighters-brave-blistering-cold-to-save-factory.html

Unfortunately they are the only major tp/pt manufacturer in the country that is almost 100% post consumer recycled product.  Hopefully they have other facilities or rebuild quickly.

 

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7 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

https://www.nj.com/news/2019/01/5-alarm-fire-at-marcal-paper-plant-as-firefighters-brave-blistering-cold-to-save-factory.html

Unfortunately they are the only major tp/pt manufacturer in the country that is almost 100% post consumer recycled product.  Hopefully they have other facilities or rebuild quickly.

 

Not sure if they have any other locations or if they'll be able to recover

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