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

Snowing for the last half hour in Stillwater ( NW NJ) had 4 inches of snow then it stopped, now snowing for the last half hour, driveway covered.

Stopped is it done? Everyone out cleaning up now

snowing lightly in Cortlandt Manor again...

we love snow days!!

My buddy asking me in Somerville NJ will the snow start up again up their anyone have an idea I guess it stopped

Snowing again lightly

Radar looked beautiful now bang just cut off like that

Correction Somerset nj

5.5 inches in Central Park.


000
FXUS61 KOKX 051841
AFDOKX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
141 PM EST THU MAR 5 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A SERIES OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL TRACK ALONG AN ARCTIC COLD
FRONT MOVING FURTHER SOUTH OF THE AREA TODAY. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN BUILDS TO THE SOUTH
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SEVERAL WEAK IMPULSES PASS TO THE
NORTH. THE HIGH SLIDES OFFSHORE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. A COLD
FRONT PASSES THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY CANADIAN HIGH
PRESSURE FOR THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING/...
UPGRADED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN
MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTIES IN CT BASED ON CURRENT SNOWFALL
OBSERVATIONS AND NEAR TERM FORECAST TRENDS.

BACK EDGE OF HVY SNOW BAND IS MVG SE FROM ACROSS CENTRAL NJ NE ACROSS
SE CT...WITH HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PLUS.

AT 18Z/1 PM...5.5 INCHES AT CENTRAL PARK...5.0 INCHES HERE AT THE
NWS OFFICE WITH MORE THAN 4 INCHES AT JFK AND LGA AIRPORTS.

WE ARE ON TRACK FOR A WIDESPREAD 6-8 INCH SNOWFALL ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA.

REDEVELOPMENT OF SNOW CONTS ACROSS NW NJ WITH A LIGHTER BAND POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE REGION FROM 19Z-21Z.

WILL BE DROPPING ADVISORY ACROSS THE NORTHERN INTERIOR WITH THE
NEXT FORECAST UPDATE AS DRY ARCTIC AIR CONTS TO FILTER SE ACROSS
THIS REGION WITH DEW POINTS ALREADY NEAR ZERO.

DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND TEMPERATURES DROPPING THROUGH THE 20S CAUSING ICING
OF UNTREATED SURFACES.

FOR THE LATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE NWS WEB PAGE TOP NEWS OF THE DAY.

SNOW SHOULD END FROM NW TO SSE BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z...WITH FRIGID AND
DRY CONDITIONS TONIGHT.

TEMPS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS...LOWER TEENS NYC
METRO...ON GUSTY NW WINDS. WIND CHILLS LIKELY DROPPING TO AROUND
ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE REGION BY FRIDAY MORNING.

Has to be 1.5 to 2 inch an hour rates right now!

Light snowing just started again in west orange

Does anyone think it will snow more in the Somerset area

Smarnold wrote:Light snowing just started again in west orange

Here too

Snowing again

Cyanide02Z06 wrote:Stopped in Readington around 1:30 pm.

Snowing again.

Very light snow here now just as we are closing in on 4 hours without any snow falling.

Ripping Holy crap this banding is crazy

So greatful I stayed home from work today! Just woke up from a much needed and well deserved nap, looked outside, and holy moly! Looks like 5 or 6 inches with some drifting so can't be more precise than that. Wow, gotta shovel this...Still coming down here!

Visibility dropping to my west

Let's goo, I'm plenty cold for great ratios.

Trough is not crazy positive anymore...just slightly

Abba701 wrote:5.5 inches in Central Park.


000
FXUS61 KOKX 051841
AFDOKX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
141 PM EST THU MAR 5 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A SERIES OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL TRACK ALONG AN ARCTIC COLD
FRONT MOVING FURTHER SOUTH OF THE AREA TODAY. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN BUILDS TO THE SOUTH
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SEVERAL WEAK IMPULSES PASS TO THE
NORTH. THE HIGH SLIDES OFFSHORE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. A COLD
FRONT PASSES THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY CANADIAN HIGH
PRESSURE FOR THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING/...
UPGRADED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN
MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTIES IN CT BASED ON CURRENT SNOWFALL
OBSERVATIONS AND NEAR TERM FORECAST TRENDS.

BACK EDGE OF HVY SNOW BAND IS MVG SE FROM ACROSS CENTRAL NJ NE ACROSS
SE CT...WITH HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PLUS.

AT 18Z/1 PM...5.5 INCHES AT CENTRAL PARK...5.0 INCHES HERE AT THE
NWS OFFICE WITH MORE THAN 4 INCHES AT JFK AND LGA AIRPORTS.

WE ARE ON TRACK FOR A WIDESPREAD 6-8 INCH SNOWFALL ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA.

REDEVELOPMENT OF SNOW CONTS ACROSS NW NJ WITH A LIGHTER BAND POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE REGION FROM 19Z-21Z.

WILL BE DROPPING ADVISORY ACROSS THE NORTHERN INTERIOR WITH THE
NEXT FORECAST UPDATE AS DRY ARCTIC AIR CONTS TO FILTER SE ACROSS
THIS REGION WITH DEW POINTS ALREADY NEAR ZERO.

DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND TEMPERATURES DROPPING THROUGH THE 20S CAUSING ICING
OF UNTREATED SURFACES.

FOR THE LATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE NWS WEB PAGE TOP NEWS OF THE DAY.

SNOW SHOULD END FROM NW TO SSE BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z...WITH FRIGID AND
DRY CONDITIONS TONIGHT.

TEMPS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS...LOWER TEENS NYC
METRO...ON GUSTY NW WINDS. WIND CHILLS LIKELY DROPPING TO AROUND
ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE REGION BY FRIDAY MORNING.

5.5" puts CPK at over 40" on the season. That is the 8th time this century that it has recorded at least 40" this century.

2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2009-10
2010-11
2013-14
2014-15

Quietace wrote:Trough is not crazy positive anymore...just slightly

Ace we may end up on high end projections ripping here

6"

light snow now, was moderate to heavy all day from 8am on

meaning?

Starting to snow again. Approaching 6" if not there already. Going out to do some snowblowing soon.

Quietace wrote:Trough is not crazy positive anymore...just slightly

h5 trof going a little more neutral...might see lift associated with 2nd wave spread north now