Presidents' day Snow potential

[MJO812]

Nam better than 18z

[Freezing Drizzle]

2 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Big band Si into Brooklyn

Don't get too excited, I'm under it and it's very light...at least for now.

[RU848789]

Last NAM "before" the event...

[Picard]

35 minutes ago, WeatherGeek2025 said:

Radar looks really good, this could end up a solid 2-4

If the moisture column saturates in time to reach the ground before it's halfway over, and IF rates get heavy enough.  Two big IFs, especially northern areas.

[Stormlover74]

Some bigger flakes starting to mix in but still light so far..35

[wthrmn654]

32.1

[WeatherGeek2025]

6 minutes ago, Picard said:

If the moisture column saturates in time to reach the ground before it's halfway over, and IF rates get heavy enough.  Two big IFs, especially northern areas.

definitely could overperform here. 2-4 is attainable if all things go right!

[Cyg]

Light rain here in Brick

[lee59]

Starting to snow lightly here, wind picking up out of the east.

[RU848789]

Fascinating observation (to me at least): the snow started to accumulate on the 32F sleet/snow on the ground maybe 5 minutes ago, but isn't accumulating on our deck table (stone, so probably at least in the mid-30s), but did just start accumulating on our rattan deck chairs (likely colder than the table). Pretty sure it'll be accumulating on everything soon as intensity is picking up.

[Freezing Drizzle]

9 minutes ago, RU848789 said:

Fascinating observation (to me at least): the snow started to accumulate on the 32F sleet/snow on the ground maybe 5 minutes ago, but isn't accumulating on our deck table (stone, so probably at least in the mid-30s), but did just start accumulating on our rattan deck chairs (likely colder than the table). Pretty sure it'll be accumulating on everything soon as intensity is picking up.

You are not alone. lol Over the years, I've noticed many quirky sticking patterns too. One is sticking in the expansion joints of sidewalks, but not on the sidewalk surface itself.  Freezing rain glazes over cars more than on wood surfaces. Of course, sticking on grass before anything else.  Sticking on rough pavement surfaces before smooth pavement.

[MJO812]

Snowing here

[SI Mailman]

Was just out walking. Snowing steadily but not sticking

[weathermedic]

Big flakes here but melting on contact with everything except cars and existing snow piles 

[WestBabylonWeather]

Flurries in babylon 

[TJW014]

90/10 rain/snow mix. 

[RU848789]

Bummer - intensity let up a bit and the small dusting melted from the table/chair/cartop; still a bit on the snow. Just a touch too warm still at 34F. Really need it to drop or else we're going to waste a lot of snow.

[richm20]

Light snow, Port Washington.

[Bxstormwatcher360]

Nice banding features starting to appear over li into the city.

[sussexcountyobs]

Very light snow just started. 30.2F

[jm1220]

1 hour ago, WeatherGeek2025 said:

is there a lot more snow in Boston?

Decent amount. I’d say it’s about what there was at home a week ago. 

Looks like maybe some good snow on the south shore-Rockaways and Long Beach. 

[wthrmn654]

31.6

[Bxstormwatcher360]

Temp dropped from 35 to 32 in 30 mins here. Winds are up and the snow went to nothing to boom. Steady lgt to mod snow here currently.

[Freezing Drizzle]

Snowfall intensity has picked up nicely to a moderate rate, even though the heaviest echoes have passed.  Reaching saturation?

Down to 34 F.

[winterwarlock]

Big flakes just melting into the abyss on contact

[SACRUS]

[RU848789]

As of 10:30 pm, it's 33/31F here and we have ~1/4" on the snow, but it's been snowing at what I would estimate at close to 1/2" per hour rates for 1.5 hours, but have just a dusting on cars and maybe 1/4" on the snow, so we've "lost" close to 1/2" of accumulation already and we were only forecast to get maybe 2" or so. Not sure we're getting more intensity, so we need it to drop another degree or so

[Sharknado123]

Just now, SACRUS said:

Is that area of lower returns across Central New Jersey due to the Mt Holly radar being down or due to actual lower precipitation rates? That's what I'm trying to figure out. 

[Freezing Drizzle]

1 minute ago, SACRUS said:

Those strong echoes in far south Jersey look like they've hit a wall. Not budging northward.

[Snowlover11]

Nadda at home in Rockland, driving down 87, started to snow around Ardsley. Light snow and dusting on colder surfaces here in Yonkers.