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February 3-4 significant icing event for the interior, some sleet/snow possible. Coast mostly rain.


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Based on 731 Upton update,  I'm thinking that the nam is leading the way with regards to the front clearing long Island earlier versus the hrrr this afternoon. Ahead of schedule essentially. 

 

 

However, for locations behind the cold front across the interior,
such as Northeast NJ, the Lower Hudson Valley and SW CT, there
will be more northerly flow developing at the surface up through
around 3 kft above the surface. This will make for a rapid
cooling trend for temperatures but with the SW flow aloft above
3kft (up to about 10-15kft) still bringing around 3 to 7 degree C
temperatures, the set up will lead to freezing rain. In some
cases where the low level temperature has cooled more and there
is a greater depth low level sub-freezing layer, sleet will form.

Much of the forecast will depend on the timing of the cold front
because 1-2 hours after the cold front passage, temperatures are
forecast to abruptly drop by at least several degrees. NAM is
showing earlier frontal passage by late morning exiting
southeast of Long Island while the HRRR is later by early
afternoon exiting southeast of Long Island. The forecast is in
between the two aforementioned model solutions. Freezing rain is
expected be ongoing this morning across the Lower Hudson Valley,
Northeast NJ and Southwest CT. Rain will be the precipitation
type elsewhere. The transition of the thermal profile after the
cold front is a decrease in the temperature by around 10 to 15
degrees within the first 1 to 1.5 kft above the surface 1 to 2
hours after the cold frontal passage. Then a further decrease in
the surface temperature is forecast and increase in depth of the
sub- freezing layer up to near 3 to 4 kft above the surface over
the rest of the day. This set up here gives freezing rain
eventually to all locations.

 

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1 minute ago, SnoSki14 said:

Yup. Although temperatures dropped they ain't going to freezing until well after precip ends. 

Only areas well N&W will. 

Yep. We got down to 35 here and that seems to be it for now. Temps north of here are above freezing for a good distance. 

Snow coverage here down to mostly piles in any exposed area. My backyard is covered but looks very sad lol. Big melt/slush pool on one side. It got wrecked. 

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2 hours ago, qg_omega said:

Unlikely given the radar, maybe .2 to .3 left of QPF plus the ground is wet and warm.  Need temps into the mid 20s for any real impact

The misinformation you give can actually be dangerous to some.
 

I’m only 50 miles NNW of midtown and it’s 27 degrees and everything is covered in ice. I could ice skate on my driveway and tree limbs are already bending from the weight. Can’t believe I still have power. 

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2 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

The misinformation you give can actually be dangerous to some.
 

I’m only 50 miles NNW of midtown and it’s 27 degrees and everything is covered in ice. I could ice skate on my driveway and tree limbs are already bending from the weight. Can’t believe I still have power. 

Post pics of the damage, non event for the majority of posters here so far

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11 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

Yep. We got down to 35 here and that seems to be it for now. Temps north of here are above freezing for a good distance. 

Snow coverage here down to mostly piles in any exposed area. My backyard is covered but looks very sad lol. Big melt/slush pool on one side. It got wrecked. 

NWS doesn’t have up dropping to freezing until 1 pm. So now we just cold rain. 

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16 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

The misinformation you give can actually be dangerous to some.
 

I’m only 50 miles NNW of midtown and it’s 27 degrees and everything is covered in ice. I could ice skate on my driveway and tree limbs are already bending from the weight. Can’t believe I still have power. 

The limbs on some trees are bending here too. Also a slight occasional breeze is moving them around. Not going to be good.

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