I’m getting over the flu, as much as I love my snowblower I’m 100% team 34 and rain this go around (in reality it’s going to be half an inch of sleet crusted with .10 of zr). Hopefully temps overperform tomorrow.
OT: Minor to Moderate Snow/Mix Likely Sat Evening (2/8) through Sun am
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Surprisingly, sleet just started here around 7:25 pm and we have a little dusting already - thought it would start later here, but a slug of precip on the radar hit here early.
It's not surprising ...how long did you want it delayed
..its surprising because some thought it would start as snow
It really did come in like a wall - would've been cooler to see a wall of snow, but this is still pretty good. Every surface covered already and we have some flakes mixing in.
Do you have to micro-critique everything? It was surprising because 20 minutes before it started, the radar looked like it would take 35-40 minutes to get this far east, but the precip made it here much faster than that. And it's now 50% snow.
100% moderate snow now - saturation, lift and rates FTW...no idea how long it will last, but it seems to be flipping to snow in most places in NEPA and CNJ/NNJ.
As of 8:10 pm we're at 31F (but still only about 70% RH so not saturated at ground level yet) and we've gotten about 0.3" in 30 minutes with a very slick sleet layer on the bottom and then we had great snow for 10-15 minutes and now we're a mix again. Going to be an interesting night.
It's changing to snow for most folks as the precip intensifies and saturates the DGZ (dendritic growth zone where snowflakes are created about 5000 feet up). Sleet will likely come later - how much later is the big question, although you should get snow a lot longer than I will.
If this keeps up for another few hours we’re going to have a significant icing event here in Hunterdon. Everything is already plate ice and tree branches are sagging. About 70% sleet 30% freezing rain and the freezing rain is accreting on everything which is rare around here. Temp down to 28.9.
As of 8:30 pm, roughly 1 hour into the decent rate precip, it's pouring snow again (lots of switching) and we have 0.4" otg at 30F with RH up to 80%.
Damn, it's unusual for met to be getting snow while you're getting sleet/ZR, but that was what was kind of predicted. Would much rather get sleet than freezing rain - good luck on that.
Yup ice and sleet the big story...fortunately its only going to run til 1am at latest
Here we go...another Metuchen Express.
Been all rain in Hamilton since about 7:30
Edit: and as I say this, we're in heavy sleet. Piling up fast too
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Things changed. No now 1 1/2 inches of pure snow on top of slush. Hope nobody has to travel cause it's going to be a real mess.
Icy mix of sleet and freezing rain continues in Belle Mead maybe half inch
In the 18 minutes it took to heat the grill and grill the marinated chicken tenders, this is how much snow accumulated on the shelf.
As of 9:30 pm we have 1.0" of snow/sleet mix on the ground at 28F. Went for a drive locally on 287, 1, and 531 in Metuchen/Edison just to see what it was like and everything, including 287 and 1 was snow-covered and slippery with people going 30-40 mph mostly. 1010 WINS said lots of accidents (mostly fender benders) out there; I saw one on the shoulder of 287. Was pouring alternating snow and sleet and mix and now we're just about all sleet, although it seems like "larger" sleet pellets than usual for some reason and judging by a few other posts in our area, we're locked in to heavy sleet for awhile. Would rather have snow, but it's still pretty gorgeous out there. Radar still looks healthy.
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