Re: March 4-5, 2015 Storm - Final Call/Obs

by **cooladi** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:00 am

Moderate snow. Big fat flakes. Everything is covered.

by **Frank_Wx** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:04 am

Snow behind the front. Love it

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by goalscore Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:05 am

Changed over at 2am here in southern ct. 2-3 inches already. Looks amazing on the trees. If this whole thing trains over me and doesnt move east too much ill have huge totals.

by **snow247** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:05 am

docstox12 wrote:
2004blackwrx wrote:Just got home from work. Intensity of snow dropped drastically as i went north through Putnam. Not snowing here now just a coating on the ground.

NWS has me for an inch, ending at 1PM.

Same here, no complaints from me! Fun day incoming!

by **SNOW MAN** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:07 am

26* and the wind is WNW at 15mph. The snow has stopped and there's only a coating so far.

by **docstox12** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:13 am

goalscore wrote:Changed over at 2am here in southern ct. 2-3 inches already. Looks amazing on the trees. If this whole thing trains over me and doesnt move east too much ill have huge totals.

NICE! Looks like your area is reporting the most snow so far.

Very light snow, maybe 1/2 inch, 29.8 degrees.There must be some icy spots from yesterdays meltwater now, be careful HV folks!

by **Scullybutcher** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:18 am

Really picking up in intensity here. Visibility down to a 1/4 - 1/2 mile

by **oldtimer** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:21 am

Moderate snow 31* 1" Wind has picked up

by **docstox12** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:22 am

Went from just very light snow to moderate/heavy in 5 minutes! LOL, this storm is driving me batty!

I don't see how it can end up here at 1 PM as per NWS when that long precip train has yet to come on through.

by **snow247** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:23 am

Heavy snow, around an inch still, not accumulating much but temp is dropping steadily, down to 30.

Looking at the radar it seems like the heavy bands are building pretty far NW.

by **Frank_Wx** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:27 am

SNJ a is going to see 1-2" per hour rates late morning

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by **docstox12** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:27 am

Coming up to an inch here now.Mod/heavy, 29.8, 66%. 29.88 R

Saw those bands N and W of us on radar.Good sign for all.

Wow, looks like mid January out there, not March 5th! Been a long time to see this in March.Winter 2014-2015....CLASSIC

by **Quietace** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:29 am

Frank_Wx wrote:SNJ a is going to see 1-2" per hour rates late morning

Hi

by **Frank_Wx** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:29 am

Surface low / front wedged between SE Ridge and Arctic High = good deal in March

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by **snow247** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:30 am

docstox12 wrote:Coming up to an inch here now.Mod/heavy, 29.8, 66%. 29.88 R

Saw those bands N and W of us on radar.Good sign for all.

Wow, looks like mid January out there, not March 5th! Been a long time to see this in March.Winter 2014-2015....CLASSIC

Can't see how we don't get at least 4 from this

by **skinsfan1177** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:32 am

Moderate snow roads. Covered

by **jimv45** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:32 am

SoulSingMG wrote:
algae888 wrote:BIGGEST MODEL DIFFERENCES COMPARED TO 12 TO 24 HOURS AGO WAS SLOWER
COLUMN COOLING EARLY THIS MORNING BY ABOUT 3-4 HOURS...BUT A
SLIGHTLY FARTHER NORTH TRACK OF MOISTURE PLUME THROUGH THE DAY
TODAY MEANING HIGHER QPF. OVERALL THIS IS LENDING TO A FAIRLY
SIMILAR FORECAST OF SNOW AMOUNTS.
nws disco

It's true, though. At some point, you've just gotta sit back and nowcast. That moisture plum coming in from the southwest is something else.

by **snow247** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:32 am

Steady heavy snow, snow growth looks to be improving by the half hour. Starting to accumulate a bit more.

by **sroc4** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:33 am

So here are some interesting observations. Currently there looks to be a vorticity max at 850mb currently centered over Eastern Kentuky. (click the link to see it in motion)
http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/850hPa/overlay=temp/orthographic=-86.09,35.84,3000

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It is resulting in strong 850mb and 700mb frontogenesis to our SW (solid purple contour lines).
850 current mesoscale analysis:
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700mb mesoscale analysis:
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My hope is as it moves NE along he boundary it will greatly enhance frontogenesis (which leads to intense vertical motion, and enhanced precip rates) in our area even more!!

Current conditions IMBY 30*F puking, ripping, vomiting, snow right now.

by Guest Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:33 am

Changed over at 4 am. Very heavy snow the last hour. 2"+ so far. How much more Frank?

by **billg315** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:33 am

Looks on the radar like heavy bands growing over the NW Philly burbs and another band just west of the Lehigh Valley. some of that should be moving into central NJ over the next hour or so. Steady moderate snow here although a bit of a lull in intensity over the past 20 minutes. radar indicates it will pick up again soon.

by **docstox12** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:35 am

So friggin' cool, Doc that animation!

Big flakes, heavy snow up here.

by **jimv45** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:36 am

Docs not doing much in Dutchess but got a lot to do today so all is well. Not expecting anything its the weather and its fun anyway.

by Biggin23 Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:37 am

Dumping huge flakes in Jackson!!

by **docstox12** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:41 am

snow247 wrote:
docstox12 wrote:Coming up to an inch here now.Mod/heavy, 29.8, 66%. 29.88 R

Saw those bands N and W of us on radar.Good sign for all.

Wow, looks like mid January out there, not March 5th! Been a long time to see this in March.Winter 2014-2015....CLASSIC

Can't see how we don't get at least 4 from this

Will be ecstatic with 4!

by **snow247** Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:42 am

Ratios are improving here no doubt.

Dumping snow now, road was salted an hour ago, doesn't matter anymore lol.

by Guest Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:46 am

It's accumulating Fast here in Syosset and that's with the temperature at 33. As it drops and ratios pick up It should really accumulate even better. Man I've been lucky this winter. I've been in a perfect spot down here. I'm 1" away from 60" party

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