March 2nd Nor'easter Update

Spotter Reports
National Weather Service New York NY
623 PM EST Fri Mar 02 2018

The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 24
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 also is 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...
New Fairfield 5.0 340 PM 3/02 Broadcast Media

NEW JERSEY

...Passaic County...
West Milford 8.3 440 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter

NEW YORK

...Orange County...
Monroe 13.0 325 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Greenville 9.0 600 PM 3/02 1,200 ft elevation
South Blooming Grove 8.0 555 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Blooming Grove 5.3 1109 AM 3/02 Trained Spotter


***********************PEAK WIND GUST***********************

For the record I am offically tallying 8.0 inches today despite a trained spotter in the town next to me reporting 13.0 inches.

@weatherwatchermom wrote:

@Radz wrote:Hands down, worst winds since Sandy here... 3" of snow which quickly piled up this morning only transformed to 4" of slush after a whole day of varying snowfall rates- precip as others have said was disappointing and not a match to what radar was showing. Looks like i'll be running on generator power at least through tomorrow, if not longer. Tons of trees down, pulling wires down as well...crazy day!

that's what my husband just said...we had a couple of gusts close to 50 mph.......during Sandy our sustained winds were more than 60 and highest was 83 at the worst part of the storm..today we had sustained winds for a while in the 30's...hope all turns out tonight for you and your house!

Thanks mom! We are good here - took our trees down years ago after a close call. Wow, we had gusts near 70 during sandy and 69 today, damage is extensive... neighbors homes and vehicles, quite the war zone out there. Sadly an 11 year old lost his life when a huge tree split his house in half a few miles from me

@frank 638 wrote:If anyone has to travel  to Queens or the Bronx on the Whitestone or drugs and Bridge stay away I left work from LaGuardia at 1:40 I just got home around 5. Now I am looking outside my window and traffic is a standstill since I've been home that's been an hour ago traffic is not moving it is a stand still going to Queens .stay away stay home and stay safe just relax and have a drink

Hey Frank, did you see this?

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
650 PM EST FRI MAR 02 2018

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0430 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG NYC/LAGUARDIA AIRPORT 40.78N 73.88W
03/02/2018 QUEENS NY SOCIAL MEDIA

PORTION OF A ROOF OF A HANGAR BLOWN OFF.

 Heartbreaking really...

@CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:Spotter Reports
National Weather Service New York NY
623 PM EST Fri Mar 02 2018

The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 24
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 also is 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...
  New Fairfield          5.0   340 PM  3/02  Broadcast Media

NEW JERSEY

...Passaic County...
  West Milford           8.3   440 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter

NEW YORK

...Orange County...
  Monroe                      13.0   325 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
  Greenville                    9.0   600 PM  3/02  1,200 ft elevation
  South Blooming Grove    8.0   555 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
  Blooming Grove             5.3  1109 AM  3/02  Trained Spotter


***********************PEAK WIND GUST***********************

For the record I am offically tallying 8.0 inches today despite a trained spotter in the town next to me reporting 13.0 inches.

Although I could go with the "trained spotter" who reported 13 inches in Monroe, my town, I took 3 measurements an hour ago and came up with 9 inches total.

@Radz wrote:

@weatherwatchermom wrote:

@Radz wrote:Hands down, worst winds since Sandy here... 3" of snow which quickly piled up this morning only transformed to 4" of slush after a whole day of varying snowfall rates- precip as others have said was disappointing and not a match to what radar was showing. Looks like i'll be running on generator power at least through tomorrow, if not longer. Tons of trees down, pulling wires down as well...crazy day!

that's what my husband just said...we had a couple of gusts close to 50 mph.......during Sandy our sustained winds were more than 60 and highest was 83 at the worst part of the storm..today we had sustained winds for a while in the 30's...hope all turns out tonight for you and your house!

Thanks mom! We are good here - took our trees down years ago after a close call. Wow, we had gusts near 70 during sandy and 69 today, damage is extensive... neighbors homes and vehicles, quite the war zone out there. Sadly an 11 year old lost his life when a huge tree split his house in half a few miles from me

oh no that is so horrible...just horrible... one should be safe in there own home...

Just lost power for a minute...but came right back on...ooh, and it's early yet!

Mt Holly and TWC now both have 2-3 inches for my neck of the woods over night...some storm! The cold is making late push...we are tied at 9, heading into OT.

Well have about 11-12 inches here in Stillwater Nj at 1190 ft altitude , have drifts in my lawn 24 inches, unfortunately with a beautiful snowstorm with high winds comes conséquences , extensive damage in Stillwater , Hardwick, Blairstown area, power went out here at 10 am and I will be shocked if we get power back before Monday ! Trees down all over, cars crushed, houses damaged, I drove around and took lots of pictures which I will post later if my phone lets me , really reminds me of Sandy with the downed trees, I liked getting a foot of snow but would trade it any day for all my neighbors to be safe, good luck !

36 and overcast. Got only 4 inches today. One of the craziest storms I can remember with snowfall totals all over the place. Phonecia in Ulster county reported 20 inches yet Kingston also in Ulster got zero. The winner was Richmondville in Schoharie county who reported 37.5 inches. Crazy.

Winds are howling here BTW. Strongest winds I can remember.

@WeatherBob wrote:One more thing , that intellicast radar is good for SH*T!

It seems better than WU Wundermap. Had them both open and Intelicast seemed more detailed. Guess they all have limitations.

Essexcountypete - I know just showing some frustration with this storm and the radar. Seems inteelicast works better for some types of storms and worse for other types of storms.

For those who missed out, something tells me next week makes up for it...in spades.

RB, Sroc, Weather Bob, Frank and Mugs

Amazing work with one of the oddest storms I've ever seen.

I'm hoping there's at least one or two more in your bag of tricks this season.

We have wind blown slush..and howling winds.... interesting day....hope we have just one more!!

Also Lee Goldberg posted a city west of Albany got 37 inches of snow and cape cod registered winds at 93mph

How did my map verify rb. I think it was the most accurate of the four I saw on this forum

Phoenicia NY 20”. West Kill Ny 26”. Both less than 15 miles from my dad who got 2”

@weatherwatchermom wrote:We have wind blown slush..

Just letting that sink in. Words I've never really considered togther...wind blown slush.

I love you guys on here but can we just go into spring so we can be fresh for next winter? This storm really wore my out. Wow , what a trip this storm was !

syosnow94 wrote:Phoenicia NY 20”. West Kill Ny 26”. Both less than 15 miles from my dad who got 2”

That blows my mind. Nothing to do with elevation, latitude, dry slots, just weird.

@essexcountypete wrote:

@weatherwatchermom wrote:We have wind blown slush..

Just letting that sink in. Words I've never really considered together...wind blown slush.

that is the only way to describe it..there are little piles of slush on our property...too dark to take pictures...unfortunately.. I saw it when I went out back with the dogs..it's so windy the male would not go out alone and I had to carry the other one and make sure she did not blow away..lol