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#1 Postby Dave C » Sun Jan 25, 2015 4:33 pm

Will post during storm, anyone else affected please post as well :D
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#2 Postby Dave C » Sun Jan 25, 2015 4:35 pm

We should be near coastal front per European model... ready for a wild ride 8-)
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Re: blizzard observations

#3 Postby angelwing » Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:14 pm

Am in SE PA, will post when I can, they are calling for 14-24 where I am at :D
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Re: blizzard observations

#4 Postby angelwing » Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:15 am

3 inches as of 6AM in Lansdale, still snowing in Conshohocken as of 9AM
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#5 Postby Dave C » Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:40 am

Few ocean affect flurries flying ..... ready for the real show. Box going 24-36 across my area!
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Re: blizzard observations

#6 Postby Dave C » Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:54 am

Steady light snow... 25 deg.
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#7 Postby BigB0882 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:32 pm

There are some really good NYC webcams if you google. Good way to keep watch for those of us who are silly enough to be jealous of a blizzard. lol
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#8 Postby artist » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:44 pm

Stay safe, everyone
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Re: blizzard observations

#9 Postby cycloneye » Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:12 pm

Snowfall totals so far in New York,New Jersey and Connecticut.

SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
531 PM EST MON JAN 26 2015

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 10
HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION
IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN
SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE
ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT

CONNECTICUT

...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
BRIDGEPORT AIRPORT 0.8 400 PM 1/26 COOP

NEW JERSEY

...BERGEN COUNTY...
EAST RUTHERFORD 2.6 350 PM 1/26 PUBLIC
SADDLE BROOK 2.4 400 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
RIDGEWOOD 2.4 400 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
FRANKLIN LAKES 2.2 321 PM 1/26 PUBLIC
NEW MILFORD 1.8 400 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
ENGLEWOOD 1.5 400 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
MONTVALE 1.5 400 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
MIDLAND PARK 1.4 224 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
FORT LEE 1.2 400 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
WOODCLIFF LAKE 1.0 400 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
RAMSEY 1.0 400 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER

...ESSEX COUNTY...
CEDAR GROVE 2.0 340 PM 1/26 PUBLIC
NEWARK AIRPORT 1.8 400 PM 1/26 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER
MAPLEWOOD 1.5 430 PM 1/26 PUBLIC

...HUDSON COUNTY...
NORTH BERGEN 3.1 400 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER

...PASSAIC COUNTY...
RINGWOOD 1.5 500 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
WAYNE 1.5 340 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
WOODLAND PARK 1.0 400 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER

NEW YORK

...NASSAU COUNTY...
BETHPAGE 4.0 354 PM 1/26 PUBLIC
HICKSVILLE 4.0 450 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
PLAINVIEW 4.0 330 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
BELLEROSE 3.4 500 PM 1/26 PUBLIC
MALVERNE 3.1 430 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
EAST MEADOW 3.0 330 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
BELLMORE 3.0 450 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
FLORAL PARK 2.0 345 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
NORTH MASSAPEQUA 0.8 100 PM 1/26 NWS EMPLOYEE

...NEW YORK COUNTY...
CENTRAL PARK 4.3 400 PM 1/26 CENTRAL PARK ZOO

...ORANGE COUNTY...
GREENVILLE 2.0 330 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER

...QUEENS COUNTY...
REGO PARK 4.8 514 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
BAYSIDE 4.0 449 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
FRESH MEADOWS 3.0 300 PM 1/26 PUBLIC
NYC/LA GUARDIA 2.5 400 PM 1/26 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER
WHITESTONE 2.0 230 PM 1/26 PUBLIC
NYC/JFK AIRPORT 1.8 400 PM 1/26 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER
BELLAIRE 1.1 200 PM 1/26 PUBLIC

...ROCKLAND COUNTY...
SLOATSBURG 1.5 500 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
STONY POINT 1.0 400 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER

...SUFFOLK COUNTY...
NORTH BABYLON 2.5 400 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER
PATCHOGUE 2.0 330 PM 1/26 NWS EMPLOYEE
ISLIP AIRPORT 2.0 400 PM 1/26 ASOS
UPTON 1.3 500 PM 1/26 NWS OFFICE
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#10 Postby Dave C » Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:54 pm

Heavy snow 3 inches with gusts to 40
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#11 Postby Dave C » Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:39 am

as of 330 am 10 inches.... white outs gusts 55 I am getting schooled :double: :double: :froze: :froze:
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#12 Postby Dave C » Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:36 am

Have to say I'm spellbound by this storm! 18 inches from average of several measurements and another band hitting as of 6 30am. Powerfull gusts to 50 and 60 and large drifts. Temps crashing behind coastal front now at 20 here. No loss of power yet☺ I'm in absolute awe!
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#13 Postby WeatherGuesser » Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:57 am

News reports are saying a mere 7 inches or so in NYC.
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#14 Postby angelwing » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:06 am

Bust in SE PA...have about 4 inches, plus what we shoveled yesterday from the clipper...grand total of 7 inches :x
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#15 Postby Bizzles » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:11 am

Bust in South/Central NJ...less than 4 but at least it's still snowing.

Expecting less than 6.

much less than 20+...glws New England peeps, have fun!!
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#16 Postby WeatherGuesser » Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:31 pm

It was supposed to be the storm of the century, a blizzard like no other that would dump two feet of snow on New York City and shut the Big Apple down for days.

Instead, New Yorkers awoke Tuesday to several inches of snow on the ground. Roads were mostly clear and the only headache was the fact the city had shut down the subways over fears of the impending snowstorm.

So what happened? How could the weatherman have gotten it so wrong?


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/blizzard-20 ... -so-wrong/
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Re: blizzard observations

#17 Postby wxman57 » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:15 pm

That's like asking how a hurricane forecast that's 50 miles off 2-3 days before landfall can be so wrong. The precise track of the low in this case determined where the heavier snow fell. The low developed a little farther east, keeping NYC out of the heavier snow but not eastern Long Island north through Boston and coastal Maine. Preparing for the potential for a big snow event in NYC wasn't wrong. It would be like not preparing for a hurricane hit if the forecast is for the center to hit 50 miles away several days before landfall. You still have to prepare due to the uncertainty in the forecast. I don't think that the uncertainty in the forecast was explained well, but you can't fault NYC for preparing for the possibility of a big storm. They should be glad it missed them just to the east.
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#18 Postby Tireman4 » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:54 pm

wxman57 wrote:That's like asking how a hurricane forecast that's 50 miles off 2-3 days before landfall can be so wrong. The precise track of the low in this case determined where the heavier snow fell. The low developed a little farther east, keeping NYC out of the heavier snow but not eastern Long Island north through Boston and coastal Maine. Preparing for the potential for a big snow event in NYC wasn't wrong. It would be like not preparing for a hurricane hit if the forecast is for the center to hit 50 miles away several days before landfall. You still have to prepare due to the uncertainty in the forecast. I don't think that the uncertainty in the forecast was explained well, but you can't fault NYC for preparing for the possibility of a big storm. They should be glad it missed them just to the east.


Thank you. Clarity, as usual. Spot on.
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#19 Postby TropicalAnalystwx13 » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:54 pm

One all-time snowfall record, one monthly snowfall record, and several daily snowfall records have been broken.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
428 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2015

..RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT PROVIDENCE RI

A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 14.2 INCHES (SO FAR) WAS SET AT PROVIDENCE RI
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 6.7 INCHES SET IN 2011.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
428 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2015

..RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT WORCESTER MA

A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 28.4 INCHES (SO FAR) WAS SET AT WORCESTER MA
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 11.0 INCHES SET IN 2011.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
428 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2015

..RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT BOSTON MA

A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 18.5 INCHES (SO FAR) WAS SET AT BOSTON MA
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 8.8 SET IN 2011.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
0123 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015

..RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT ISLIP NY

A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 7.5 INCHES WAS SET AT ISLIP NY YESTERDAY. THIS
BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 4.5 SET IN 1987.

@NWSBoston · 4h
[RECORD CHECK]: this appears to be the biggest January snowstorm on record for #Boston at 23.3" beating 22.5" in 2005 #Blizzardof2015

@NWSBoston · 1h
Worcester broke its all-time record snowfall with 33.5" as of 7 PM, beating 33.0" set back on April 1, 1997. Records kept there since 1905.

Providence has recorded its 5th largest snowstorm on record (as of 7pm EST):

@NWSBoston · 3h 3 hours ago
[CORRECTION]: 18.5" storm-total for #Providence appears to be 5th snowiest on record 1) 28.6" 1978 2) 23.4" 2005 3) 22.8 1992 4) 18.9" 1962

And Boston has recorded its 6th largest snowstorm on record (as of 7pm EST):

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Re: blizzard observations

#20 Postby ronjon » Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:06 am

wxman57 wrote:That's like asking how a hurricane forecast that's 50 miles off 2-3 days before landfall can be so wrong. The precise track of the low in this case determined where the heavier snow fell. The low developed a little farther east, keeping NYC out of the heavier snow but not eastern Long Island north through Boston and coastal Maine. Preparing for the potential for a big snow event in NYC wasn't wrong. It would be like not preparing for a hurricane hit if the forecast is for the center to hit 50 miles away several days before landfall. You still have to prepare due to the uncertainty in the forecast. I don't think that the uncertainty in the forecast was explained well, but you can't fault NYC for preparing for the possibility of a big storm. They should be glad it missed them just to the east.


Well Wxman, Chad Myers the MET from CNN has been bragging all day that the GFS with its million dollar improvements was the only model that predicted lower snowfall for NYC. He went as far to say he'll follow that model exclusively in the future. BTW, he also bragged he was one of the few METs that predicted lower snowfall for NYC, lol.
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