February 1st-2nd Roidzilla, Part V: Continued Onslaught

CNWestMilford wrote:Here in West Milford we are gonna hit and likely surpass 30” These snow bands up here have been relentless.

Good for you bud. Light to moderate here maybe hit 18-20.

19 Inches and snowing heavily.

Up to 25° which is my high for the day. Two feet seems like a lock. Almost four years since the last two foot storm in March 2017.

6:28pm CST #SPC_MD 0053 , #mewx #mawx #nhwx #riwx #ctwx #vtwx #nywx #njwx #pawx, https://t.co/UzcV5dqNlA pic.twitter.com/Rv5FArnL5S

— NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) February 2, 2021

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:19 Inches and snowing heavily.

Up to 25° which is my high for the day. Two feet seems like a lock. Almost four years since the last two foot storm in March 2017.

EXCELLENT CP.
It was March 2018 CP, not 2017 with 27 inches in Monroe as per trained spotter.

amugs wrote:

6:28pm CST #SPC_MD 0053 , #mewx #mawx #nhwx #riwx #ctwx #vtwx #nywx #njwx #pawx, https://t.co/UzcV5dqNlA pic.twitter.com/Rv5FArnL5S

— NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) February 2, 2021

YEAH BABY! Bring it!

Still all snow in St. James and coming down hard

Great it Switched over to freezing rain and sleet

Reading back in this post some seem to be acting as if the end is near with this storm. I just looked at radar and it looks like there is plenty this storm has to give.

My 8:15 Observation:

docstox12 wrote:

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:19 Inches and snowing heavily.

Up to 25° which is my high for the day. Two feet seems like a lock. Almost four years since the last two foot storm in March 2017.

EXCELLENT CP.
It was March 2018 CP, not 2017 with 27 inches in Monroe as per trained spotter.

You're right Doc it's only been three years. I'm losing it.

amugs wrote:

6:28pm CST #SPC_MD 0053 , #mewx #mawx #nhwx #riwx #ctwx #vtwx #nywx #njwx #pawx, https://t.co/UzcV5dqNlA pic.twitter.com/Rv5FArnL5S

— NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) February 2, 2021

Damn! Just 1 more county south (Middlesex). Oh well, rock on guys!

I did a real crap job measuring. Between some sleet and compaction. It's about 16" or so right now. I'm sure a few more inches will be squeezed out in the next day or so.

Moderate snow 29.3/29

Just finished shoveling for the third time today. Measured 18” with more to come. What a storm.

Clifton, NJ. I measured a ton and I think I’m right about at 20.

Can someone much smarter than me explain in simple terms why much of West NJ had an afternoon of sleet that seemed totally disconnected from the mix line generally?  Saw something about the jet but still not clear to me why areas East didn't seem to have this feature, or at least not for anywhere near the duration...

Like normally I get a sleet line moving south to north or east to west but today it seemed like sleet advanced and then just parked itself in an isolated area of NJ surrounded by snow. Weird.

Finished the driveway and walks. 22 inches. moderate snow

Records:
In Passaic County, the biggest one-day snowfall was 29.0 inches on Dec. 27, 1947 in the Macopin section of West Milford.
That compares to records in neighboring counties:
Essex County, 29.5 inches: Jan. 8, 1996
Bergen County, 29.1 inches: Dec. 26, 1947

https://patch.com/new-jersey/wayne/snowiest-day-record-day-passaic-county-saw-most-snowfall

Zhukov1945 wrote:Can someone much smarter than me explain in simple terms why much of West NJ had an afternoon of sleet that seemed totally disconnected from the mix line generally?  Saw something about the jet but still not clear to me why areas East didn't seem to have this feature, or at least not for anywhere near the duration...

Like normally I get a sleet line moving south to north or east to west but today it seemed like sleet advanced and then just parked itself in an isolated area of NJ surrounded by snow.  Weird.

Sneaky warm layer above 850 level. Would have to look at soundings to see but tbis is most likely what happened

amugs wrote:

6:28pm CST #SPC_MD 0053 , #mewx #mawx #nhwx #riwx #ctwx #vtwx #nywx #njwx #pawx, https://t.co/UzcV5dqNlA pic.twitter.com/Rv5FArnL5S

— NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) February 2, 2021

I am literally on the edge of that zone here in Albany

amugs wrote:

Looks like a cinnabon.

Just went out about 45 min ago for last measure and shovel for the night, right around 18, but the consistency of the snow changed from powder to watery heavy freaking snow so accounting for compaction its prolly closer to 20 inches. Why did it change so much? Did it warm up that much from 3pm till now? Frank in Bronx its not frz sleet here i do not think, looks like fine snow, might by some sleet but i do not hear anything ping. Anyways this is a amazing storm and I am so glad i shoveled so much through day, now that its wet shoveling 18-20 inches plus tomorrow would have sucked and its two cars.

Zhukov1945 wrote:Can someone much smarter than me explain in simple terms why much of West NJ had an afternoon of sleet that seemed totally disconnected from the mix line generally?  Saw something about the jet but still not clear to me why areas East didn't seem to have this feature, or at least not for anywhere near the duration...

Like normally I get a sleet line moving south to north or east to west but today it seemed like sleet advanced and then just parked itself in an isolated area of NJ surrounded by snow.  Weird.

There was a particular band that came through right off the ocean that had warm air contained in it. You see it on the radar and the sleet line travelled with it up to EPA, and lot of north central NJ. There was a strong eastward jet that allowed the firehose, but the warm air too.

heehaw453 wrote:

amugs wrote:

Looks like a cinnabon.

omg you had to go there, im so hungry today with all the exercise ive gotten which im not used to and now i want cinnabon!! But i can't get there even though its close by, damn you lol

heehaw453 wrote:

Zhukov1945 wrote:Can someone much smarter than me explain in simple terms why much of West NJ had an afternoon of sleet that seemed totally disconnected from the mix line generally?  Saw something about the jet but still not clear to me why areas East didn't seem to have this feature, or at least not for anywhere near the duration...

Like normally I get a sleet line moving south to north or east to west but today it seemed like sleet advanced and then just parked itself in an isolated area of NJ surrounded by snow.  Weird.

There was a particular band that came through right off the ocean that had warm air contained in it.  You see it on the radar and the sleet line travelled with it up to EPA, and lot of north central NJ.  There was a strong eastward jet that allowed the firehose, but the warm air too.

Thank you (and Bill) - am I crazy in perceiving that somehow the warm air got cleared in the east and somehow a persistent pocket got left in the west? Just never seen anything quite like it...but this was an unusual storm!

Frank your snow map was right on the money for my location. It's snowing so hard I can't even see my shed that's 60 feet across the yard from my house. Incredible ! We're definitely going to get over 2' with no problem.

20 in here. NW Essex county.