Jump to content
  • Member Statistics

    18,602
    Total Members
    14,841
    Most Online
    eloveday
    Newest Member
    eloveday
    Joined

Presidents' day Snow potential


WeatherGeek2025
 Share

Recommended Posts

From the lack of observations I'm guessing this was one of those rare south shore specials?  2.5" (maybe slightly more) on grassy surfaces.  1.5 on the sidewalk.  Clung to everything too.  While there's definitely pavement showing on my side street, it's a bit of a snowy/slushy mess.  Will enjoy the look before it's gone by this afternoon.  Nice little event here.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 hours ago, RU848789 said:

As of 3:30 am, the storm is about over with very light snow now falling (it fell longer than I thought it would looking at the radar) and 1.5" of new snow on the ground, which is well within the 1-3" range I thought we'd have, but a little below the 2.1" I predicted. It's now down to 31.0F. We could eke out another 0.1" or so if we get some additional light bands to come through as often happens after one thinks a storm is over, but I need some sleep, lol. 1.5" brings our seasonal snowfall to 31.2", which is 2+" more than our 30-year average for snowfall in a whole season.

Pretty view of the pond across the street from us, as the fairly wet snow clung nicely to the trees, although some was knocked off by the wind.  Also, as an fyi, I measured again, just to check compression, and I now have 1.25" on the existing snow vs. 1.5" about 4 hours ago when the snow was over, so I had about 17% compaction, which is fairly typical in my experience.  It certainly wasn't melting, as the sun just came up and it's 29F now vs. 31F at 3:30 am.  Always being awake and measuring the snow right at the end, when that's in the middle of the night is certainly the main reason I often have slightly higher numbers than those near me who wait until morning.  

sclUhr2.jpg

  • Like 1
  • 100% 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

30 minutes ago, RU848789 said:

Pretty view of the pond across the street from us, as the fairly wet snow clung nicely to the trees, although some was knocked off by the wind.  Also, as an fyi, I measured again, just to check compression, and I now have 1.25" on the existing snow vs. 1.5" about 4 hours ago when the snow was over, so I had about 17% compaction, which is fairly typical in my experience.  It certainly wasn't melting, as the sun just came up and it's 29F now vs. 31F at 3:30 am.  Always being awake and measuring the snow right at the end, when that's in the middle of the night is certainly the main reason I often have slightly higher numbers than those near me who wait until morning.  

sclUhr2.jpg

Average of five snowboards - 1.1".  
Low of 32 F.
Pavement accumulations were 3/4 inch on the north side of my house (sun does not shine on the pavement there in the winter), to Trace/Bare on the south side.

I'm almost always warmer than Metuchen. I'm in a micro-climate near the Raritan Bay.
Colder here during spring BDCFs, though. lol

ps - The pond on the south end of town? If so, we almost bought a house near this pond 25 years ago, but the asking price was too high.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

39 minutes ago, Freezing Drizzle said:

Average of five snowboards - 1.1".  
Low of 32 F.
Pavement accumulations were 3/4 inch on the north side of my house (sun does not shine on the pavement there in the winter), to Trace/Bare on the south side.

I'm almost always warmer than Metuchen. I'm in a micro-climate near the Raritan Bay.
Colder here during spring BDCFs, though. lol

ps - The pond on the south end of town? If so, we almost bought a house near this pond 25 years ago, but the asking price was too high.

Is your station online?

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...