Light Snowfall (1" - 4") on Tuesday Dec 23 For NYC Region (Discussion & Observations)

[North and West]

As expected, absolutely no snow here on CT coast. Light rain.


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[203whiteout]

Im glad your expectations for everyones temperament worked out for you.
 
glad i overperformed here.  

Lol. Trust me, I would have rather been wrong. Congrats on the pre Xmas snow. Enjoy it. I was hoping everyone would get blessed with a white Xmas forum wide, I just didn’t feel it in my plums. Darn it.


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[sussexcountyobs]

Steady light snow. 30.6F

2.1" otg

[Stormlover74]

4 minutes ago, 203whiteout said:

Lol. Trust me, I would have rather been wrong. Congrats on the pre Xmas snow. Enjoy it. I was hoping everyone would get blessed with a white Xmas forum wide, I just didn’t feel it in my plums. Darn it.


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2 "snowy" Decembers in a row which is nice to see

[donsutherland1]

Two photos from this morning:

[eduggs]

12 minutes ago, 203whiteout said:

Most likely under a heavier band. Seems folks to the west of city are doing best with better rates and some elevation. We’ve been under very light precip since the start, here.


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Model soundings actually showed a bit of an inversion early this morning. Elevation hasn't mattered much so far. Soundings show the inversion reversing during the day so elevation may matter towards the end. But so far this has been banding and rate dependent. 

[snywx]

31 w/ moderate snow

Snow growth is impressive

5.8” at the stake 

[eduggs]

Could be a good burst of precip. incoming over the next hour or so for the NYC metro area. Surface temps may have warmed too much, but it could be a good test to see if rates can overcome temps in a few areas to put down a slushy accumulation.

[MANDA]

30 degrees.  Just measured 1.2”.

Moderate snow ongoing.

[eduggs]

Note that Danbury, CT - well inland - has been above 35F for three hours. They are northeast of the main accumulating snow band. Meanwhile, a narrow stripe of region to the southwest that is less climatologically favored for snow, is going gangbusters. That goes to show the critical importance of rates.

[MANDA]

[sussexcountyobs]

Back to mod. Snow. 30.9F

[Northof78]

I anyone is SE Morris, SW Essex, or N Union...looks like heavy band in there now...

[203whiteout]

2 "snowy" Decembers in a row which is nice to see

Yes for some, here in SW CT on the shore it doesn’t feel that way tbh. We got 3 or 4” earlier in month, and that’s it. if you want to call that “Snowy” to each his own. I am not exactly sure where you are located, but I am assuming Jersey or PA?


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[WeatherGeek2025]

i hate when we get snow but it doesn't accumulate. Waste of liquidity 

[203whiteout]

Model soundings actually showed a bit of an inversion early this morning. Elevation hasn't mattered much so far. Soundings show the inversion reversing during the day so elevation may matter towards the end. But so far this has been banding and rate dependent. 

Agreed.


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[Dark Star]

Just about 1" in Garwood, maybe 0.9".  Snowing very lightly atm...

[Bxstormwatcher360]

Snowing pretty good rn..that band is right over us atm.

[psv88]

35 and rain now 

[qg_omega]

Impressive snow, more than expected here

[sussexcountyobs]

Light snow. Temp is up to 32.0

Just measured 2.6"

[uofmiami]

1 hour ago, psv88 said:

Beautiful snowfall. Up to 34 here, never got more than 1/4” on ground at any time here. Probably flip to rain soon here as flakes are huge 

Flipped to rain around 11:30. Temp still under 35 currently but snow was done accumulating due to weak rates. 

[snywx]

Snow has increased in intensity again. 

About 1/2 mile vis

Temp 32°

[wthrmn654]

Man is super raw out with 0 wind!  About 35 out.  

[Brasiluvsnow]

I am beyond happy with the amount of snow we have here in New City Rockland County as I expected an inch maybe 2 and this event is definitely doing much better than it was advertised -----Merry Christmas everyone THIS IS GREAT !

[Cfa]

37 with plain rain here. Nothing frozen at all, it’s been above freezing since yesterday.

[donsutherland1]

Highest snowfall amounts so far:

[qg_omega]

6 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Highest snowfall amounts so far:

Much more than expected for sure, nice band setup over central and northern Westchester

[steve392]

Big flakes gave way to rain again.  Rained all the way home.  Nothing really accumulated up here. 

[NorthShoreWx]

It was pretty much all snow here until the past hour.  Light rain now with the occasional badly decomposed snowflake mixed in.

Snowfall total was 0.1" on 0.15" liquid equivalent.  Have fun calculating that ratio.