March 2nd Nor'easter Update

Starting to stick. Long Island

snow intensity has picked up last few minutes since my last post same with winds

I am seriously concerned with getting back home on route 80 at this point. Looks like accidents are already mounting. I expected snow but this is pretty intense.

The radar is quite beautiful. It looks like it cuts off just west of Scranton. Can we expect this line to hold for the foreseeable future or will it gradually work it's way East from here on out?

DAYBLAZER wrote:I am seriously concerned with getting back home on route 80 at this point. Looks like accidents are already mounting. I expected snow but this is pretty intense.

The radar is quite beautiful. It looks like it cuts off just west of Scranton. Can we expect this line to hold for the foreseeable future or will it gradually work it's way East from here on out?

i absolutely hate 80. its a danger on a normal day, stay safe

Looks like a showdown is looming here on the Jersey Shore...the cold air has made down here and the change-over looks to be starting, but future cast radar shows the warm air trying to push the r/s line back up north...

Who's gonna control the line of scrimmage down here? Ha ha!

History says the warm air...experts here say the cold air has more of a chance this time around...matter of fact, seeing a little white fluff fall from the sky as we speak. 38*

All rain here 37*

RJB8525 wrote:

DAYBLAZER wrote:I am seriously concerned with getting back home on route 80 at this point. Looks like accidents are already mounting. I expected snow but this is pretty intense.

The radar is quite beautiful. It looks like it cuts off just west of Scranton. Can we expect this line to hold for the foreseeable future or will it gradually work it's way East from here on out?

i absolutely hate 80. its a danger on a normal day, stay safe

A close friend of mine has had three windshields cracked, one shattered completely on 80 in the last three years. I do anything to avoid it.

Haha hey you guys aren't making me feel any better with all this!

I myself have donated two windshields to route 80 over the past few years. Tis a wonderful road.

Changing over to snow here in West Caldwell.

What the heck is that stuff...snow? sleet? hail? weird looking white things coming down now...

Snow mixing in now in Lakewood, NJ

How Far East on LI does it look for snow ? Franks map says 3-6 in my area , news 12 is saying nothing ,

SENJsnowman wrote:What the heck is that stuff...snow? sleet? hail? weird looking white things coming down now...

I'm at work in Lakewood and it's been doing the same thing here for the last half hour SENJ

It's been snowing hard in Upper Greenwood Lake since 7am. I think this is going to be a jackpot area.

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:Latest 12Z 3km NAM. I don't even think this matter much at this stage.

NAM has been amazingly consistent. Looks very similar to the NAM maps over the last 48 hours, no?

TWC app now calling for 'about one inch of snow' after an afternoon of mixed precip in coastal Ocean County, NJ...and the precip is def frozen at the moment...WAAAAAYYYYY ahead of schedule.

What, is this storm creating it's own cold air or something...?

Latest HRR. Some weird bands which I would expect, again who knows how relevant any of it is now with the oddities already seen.

essexcountypete wrote:

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:Latest 12Z 3km NAM. I don't even think this matter much at this stage.

NAM has been amazingly consistent. Looks very similar to the NAM maps over the last 48 hours, no?

The King NAM has IMO been far and away the best model for this storm so far.

update from Mt Holly

Warren-Morris-
Including the cities of Washington and Morristown
935 AM EST Fri Mar 2 2018

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy wet snow. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches
with locally higher amounts to 10 inches at elevations above 700
feet and two inches or less in the valleys near Interstates 287
and 78.

* WHERE...Warren and Morris counties.

* WHEN...Rain has transitioned to wet snow at higher elevations
this morning while a mix of rain and snow is occurring in the
valleys. The snow will be heavy at times late this morning and
this afternoon with snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour
possible in the higher elevations. The snow is expected to
decrease in intensity this evening before ending from west to
east overnight.

Unreal. Grass still poking out through the snow. At best, 2". Especially disappointing as I figured being away from the more complex dynamics of the system would mean a fairly straightforward forecast.

In tobyhanna state park, pa 2000’. This is a real full fledged blizzard here. Winds gusting to at least 40 mph and white out. About 4 inches on ground. Roads are completely snow covered probably will become impassable if it keeps up. Awesome to see the power of this beast.

Sleet mixing in now

32 degrees and a few inches of heavy wet snow. Plows are pushing it and its plowing up into chunks.

Wow all snow now, huge flake clumps about dime sized! Sticking quickly.

BTW most pro mets did a horrible job with this. NWS Albany had no mention of snow possibility until yesterday and still have me in flood watch and just added a wwa late yesterday. My daughter who lives in Albany didn't even know it was going to snow until I let her know yesterday and now they are expecting a foot. The weather channel still says 1-3 which is a joke. Power outages are already being reported and its snowing heavily. I guess thats what happens when you hug the GFS.

Wind-driven heavy snow just starting to stick on the coldest surfaces

so I guess the storm is producing its own cold air but does that mean the storm is intensifying quicker than originally thought?