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Dec
20

Snow continues to fall

By Steven DiMartino

8:10 AM

Some of the snowfall totals are in and the only thing to say is impressive.  Philadelphia has recorded a record breaking snowfall of 23.2 inches as of 7:17 AM with light snow still flying throughout the region.

I expect light snow to continue to linger on through the morning hours along with a persistent northwesterly wind throughout eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  Accumulations will have the potential to range from 1 to 3 inches on top of what has already fallen do to the high ratios in place over the region, which are basically around 20:1.

Further to the east, bands of moderate to heavy snow continue to impact the immediate New York City metropolitan area, all of Long Island, and all of Connecticut.  Moderate to heavy snow will continue to fall over these locations through this morning and taper off in the afternoon.  A few of these bands are capable of an inch of snow per hour, especially the bad over western Suffolk County and the band through eastern Connecticut down through the twin forks of Long Island.

Note to those following the radar, this snow is very fine and dry.  That means the radar is having some difficulty picking up all the snowfall over the region.  As such, there are some locations that appear dry on the radar but are still report snow in the observations.

The rest of the day will be very cold with temperatures struggling in the 20′s.  Clearing the roads will be difficult as the wind is going to move this snow around a lot.  The snowfall totals are also interesting to read.  There is a significant range in snowfall totals, even in locations that were pounded with the worst snowfall.  The snowfall accumulation map will not be uniform in the analysis due to the mesoscale banding producing large amounts of snow in one location but significantly limiting snowfall in other locations.  The official snowfall totals will hopefully be out by this evening so I can do an overview of this storm and many of the accumulation totals are time sensitive.

NEW JERSEY

...ATLANTIC COUNTY...
   HAMMONTON             22.0   730 AM 12/20
   FOLSOM                20.0   126 AM 12/20
   GALLOWAY              18.0  1045 PM 12/19
   ATLANTIC CITY         12.1   717 AM 12/20   INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

...BURLINGTON COUNTY...
   MEDFORD               24.0  1050 PM 12/19
   TABERNACLE            24.0   728 AM 12/20
   SOUTHAMPTON           21.4   130 AM 12/20
   WILLINGBORO           19.6  1100 PM 12/19
   MOORESTOWN            17.0  1030 PM 12/19
   MOUNT HOLLY NWS       16.6   720 AM 12/20
   WRIGHTSTOWN           16.0   719 AM 12/20
   DELRAN                15.0  1205 AM 12/20
   NEW GRETNA            15.0  1045 PM 12/19
   MOUNT HOLLY           14.7   100 AM 12/20   NWS
   BORDENTOWN            11.0  1030 PM 12/19
   BORDENTOWN            11.0  1030 PM 12/20
   BURLINGTON            10.0   748 PM 12/19
   CROSSWICKS            10.0   855 PM 12/19

...CAMDEN COUNTY...
   ATCO                  24.0  1100 PM 12/19
   BLACKWOOD             22.0  1210 AM 12/20
   SICKLERVILLE          22.0  1205 AM 12/20
   CHERRY HILL           20.0   830 PM 12/19   HI-NELLA
   MERCHANTVILLE         20.0  1050 PM 12/19
   CHERRY HILL           19.5  1158 PM 12/19
   ERIAL                 17.5   930 PM 12/19
   SOMERDALE             15.0  1115 PM 12/19
   BROOKLAWN             13.0   940 PM 12/19   MOUNT EPHRAM
   LINDENWOLD            13.0   950 PM 12/19

...CAPE MAY COUNTY...
   ELDORA                14.0  1030 PM 12/19
   DENNISVILLE           10.0  1030 PM 12/19
   SEAVILLE               9.5  1030 PM 12/19
   SOUTH DENNIS           9.5  1030 PM 12/19
   WOODBINE               9.3   800 PM 12/19
   GREEN CREEK            9.0  1030 PM 12/19
   SWAINTON               8.0  1000 PM 12/19
   SWAINTON               8.0  1025 PM 12/19
   CLERMONT               7.0  1030 PM 12/19
   VILLAS                 7.0  1030 PM 12/19
   NORTH CAPE MAY         6.5  1030 PM 12/19
   FISHING CREEK          6.0   800 PM 12/19
   ERMA                   5.5  1030 PM 12/19
   WEST CAPE MAY          4.0   800 PM 12/19

...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
   NEWPORT               24.0   200 AM 12/20
   CEDARVILLE            19.0  1030 PM 12/19
   SHILOH                18.0   800 PM 12/19
   VINELAND              17.5  1030 PM 12/19
   BRIDGETON             14.0  1030 PM 12/19
   MILLVILLE             14.0   800 PM 12/19

...GLOUCESTER COUNTY...
   SWEDESBORO            22.0  1025 PM 12/19
   TURNERSVILLE          20.5  1045 PM 12/19
   SEWELL                19.5   943 PM 12/19
   CROSS KEYS            19.0   940 PM 12/19
   TURNERSVILLE          19.0   940 PM 12/19
   FRANKLINVILLE         17.0   930 PM 12/19
   GIBBSTOWN             17.0   930 PM 12/19

...HUNTERDON COUNTY...
   FLEMINGTON             8.3  1025 PM 12/19

...MERCER COUNTY...
   HAMILTON SQUARE       14.0  1045 PM 12/19
   EWING                 10.0   730 AM 12/20
   HIGHTSTOWN             7.0  1029 PM 12/19
   HIGHTSTOWN             7.0  1030 PM 12/19
   HIGHTSTOWN             7.0  1030 PM 12/20

...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...
   EAST BRUNSWICK        10.8   110 AM 12/20
   HOPELAWN              10.2  1030 PM 12/20
   NORTH BRUNSWICK        8.5   100 AM 12/20
   NEWTOWN                8.0   852 PM 12/19
   EDISON                 6.0  1110 PM 12/19
   MILLTOWN               5.0  1033 PM 12/19
   MILLTOWN               5.0  1030 PM 12/20
   WOODBRIDGE             4.5  1033 PM 12/19
   WOODBRIDGE             4.5  1030 PM 12/20
   METUCHEN               4.3   905 PM 12/19
   SOUTH PLAINFIELD       4.0  1045 PM 12/19
   ISELIN                 3.0  1045 PM 12/19

...MONMOUTH COUNTY...
   COLTS NECK            19.5  1050 PM 12/19
   MANALAPAN             14.0  1205 AM 12/20
   FREEHOLD              12.0   830 PM 12/19   HOWELL TWP
   LONG BRANCH           11.0   729 AM 12/20
   WEST LONG BRANCH       8.5   900 PM 12/19
   CREAM RIDGE            8.1   900 PM 12/19
   HOLMDEL                8.0  1033 PM 12/19
   HOLMDEL                8.0  1030 PM 12/20
   MARLBORO               6.5  1045 PM 12/19
   MORGANVILLE            5.8   900 PM 12/19

...MORRIS COUNTY...
   LINCOLN PARK           9.0  1045 PM 12/19
   BUTLER                 6.5  1205 AM 12/20
   MARCELLA               4.3  1030 PM 12/19
   FLANDERS               4.0  1045 PM 12/19

...OCEAN COUNTY...
   JACKSON#OCEAN         23.5  1045 PM 12/19
   BRICKTOWN             22.0   723 AM 12/20
   TOMS RIVER            21.0  1045 PM 12/19
   BEACHWOOD             18.5  1205 AM 12/20
   BAYVILLE              17.5   900 PM 12/19
   POINT PLEASANT BEACH  17.5  1000 PM 12/19
   BROOKVILLE            16.0  1030 PM 12/19   OCEAN TWP
   WHITING               16.0   900 PM 12/19
   MANAHAWKIN            14.5   900 PM 12/19
   FORKED RIVER          14.0   900 PM 12/19
   POINT PLEASANT        14.0   900 PM 12/19
   LANOKA HARBOR         13.0  1045 PM 12/19

...SOMERSET COUNTY...
   BRANCHBURG            10.0  1000 PM 12/19
   BRIDGEWATER            9.5   130 AM 12/20
   HILLSBOROUGH           8.7  1215 AM 12/20
   ROCKY HILL             8.0  1100 PM 12/19

...SUSSEX COUNTY...
   NEWTON                 4.0  1132 PM 12/19
   SPARTA                 3.9  1145 PM 12/19
   HOPATCONG              3.0   938 PM 12/19
   WANTAGE                3.0   728 AM 12/20
   LAFAYETTE              2.5   730 AM 12/20

...WARREN COUNTY...
   HACKETTSTOWN           6.0  1155 PM 12/19
   HOPE                   4.5  1248 AM 12/20
   WASHINGTON             4.0  1025 PM 12/19
   BLAIRSTOWN             3.5  1155 PM 12/19

NEW JERSEY

...BERGEN COUNTY...

PARAMUS                9.5   515 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

RUTHERFORD             8.0   515 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

RIDGEWOOD              6.0   400 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

...ESSEX COUNTY...

NEWARK                 8.0   100 AM 12/20   FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER

...HUDSON COUNTY...

JERSEY CITY           10.0   515 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

HARRISON               9.5   515 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

...PASSAIC COUNTY...

CLIFTON               11.0   515 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

RINGWOOD              10.0   515 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

...UNION COUNTY...

ELIZABETH             11.0   515 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

CLARK                 10.0   515 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

WESTFIELD             10.0   200 AM 12/20   PUBLIC
PENNSYLVANIA

...BERKS COUNTY...
   MAPLE GROVE           10.0  1140 PM 12/19
   SINKING SPRING         7.0   830 PM 12/19
   BECHTELSVILLE          4.0   740 PM 12/19

...BUCKS COUNTY...
   BENSALEM              12.5  1100 PM 12/19
   NEWTOWN               11.4   101 AM 12/20
   BENSALEM              11.0   900 PM 12/19
   FURLONG                9.8  1230 AM 12/20
   PERKASIE               9.6   205 AM 12/20
   MORRISVILLE            8.6  1205 AM 12/20
   PERKASIE               7.3  1158 PM 12/19
   LINE LEXINGTON         6.5   900 PM 12/19   FRICKS

...CHESTER COUNTY...
   WEST CALN             19.3  1220 AM 12/20
   WEST CHESTER          15.4   100 AM 12/20
   EAST NANTMEAL         13.3   905 PM 12/19
   HONEY BROOK           10.0   732 AM 12/20

...DELAWARE COUNTY...
   FOLCROFT              19.0  1000 PM 12/19
   UPPER CHICHESTER      18.0  1000 PM 12/19
   WALLINGFORD           17.0   800 PM 12/19
   CLIFTON HEIGHTS       16.7   230 AM 12/20
   DREXEL HILL           16.0   729 AM 12/20
   SWARTHMORE            13.6   830 PM 12/19
   MEDIA                 12.0   944 PM 12/19
   BROOMALL              11.0   800 PM 12/19

...LEHIGH COUNTY...
   ALLENTOWN              5.6   100 AM 12/20   LEHIGH VLY INTL AIRPORT
   EMMAUS                 5.2   115 AM 12/20
   ALLENTOWN              5.1  1105 PM 12/19
   SCHNECKSVILLE          5.0  1045 PM 12/19
   BREINIGSVILLE          3.8   800 PM 12/19

...MONROE COUNTY...
   EAST STROUDSBURG       5.1   130 AM 12/20
   TOBYHANNA              4.3  1240 AM 12/20

...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
   WYNNEWOOD             16.5  1230 AM 12/20
   KING OF PRUSSIA       14.2  1230 AM 12/20
   WILLOW GROVE          13.3  1100 PM 12/19
   ABINGTON              13.2  1100 PM 12/19
   TRAPPE                12.2  1200 AM 12/20
   ROYERSFORD            11.7   904 PM 12/19
   ELKINS PARK           11.3  1015 PM 12/19
   ELKINS PARK           11.3  1014 PM 12/19
   MONTGOMERYVILLE       11.0  1246 AM 12/20
   EAGLEVILLE            10.0   930 PM 12/19
   AMBLER                 9.5  1133 PM 12/20
   ROYERSFORD             8.3   910 PM 12/19
   POTTSTOWN              8.0   729 AM 12/20

...NORTHAMPTON COUNTY...
   MARTINS CREEK          3.5   935 PM 12/19

...PHILADELPHIA COUNTY...
   PHILADELPHIA          23.2   717 AM 12/20   INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
   PHILADELPHIA          14.8  1045 PM 12/19
   PHILADELPHIA          11.5   230 AM 12/20
   SOMERTON              10.5  1030 PM 12/20

CONNECTICUT

...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...

DARIEN                10.5   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

NEW CANAAN            10.0   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

BRIDGEPORT             9.0   700 AM 12/20   COOP

DANBURY                6.0   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...

HADDAM                14.0   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

OLD SAYBROOK          12.0   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

...NEW HAVEN COUNTY...

NEW HAVEN             10.5   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

MILFORD               10.0   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

NEW HAVEN COUNTY       8.5   400 AM 12/20   CT DOT

NORTH BRANFORD         8.0   200 AM 12/20   PUBLIC

BEACON FALLS           7.5   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

MERIDEN                6.0   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

SOUTHBURY              6.0   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

WATERBURY              6.0   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

...NEW LONDON COUNTY...

NORWICH               17.0   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

GROTON                16.0   600 AM 12/20   CT DOT

COLCHESTER            14.0   600 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

GROTON LONG POINT     13.0   500 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

NEW LONDON            12.0   605 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

LISBON                11.0   334 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

NEW YORK

...KINGS COUNTY...

SHEEPSHEAD BAY        13.2   430 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

...NASSAU COUNTY...

FLORAL PARK           13.5   600 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

LONG BEACH            12.5   330 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

NEW HYDE PARK          9.1   200 AM 12/20   PUBLIC

...NEW YORK COUNTY...

NYC/CENTRAL PARK      10.9   700 AM 12/20   CENTRAL PARK ZOO

MANHATTAN              9.5   210 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

...ORANGE COUNTY...

TUXEDO PARK            6.0   545 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

...QUEENS COUNTY...

NYC/JFK ARPT          10.9   100 AM 12/20   FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER

NYC/LA GUARDIA         6.9   100 AM 12/20   FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER

...SUFFOLK COUNTY...

UPTON                 24.9   700 AM 12/20   NWS OFFICE

SAG HARBOR            20.0   730 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

SAYVILLE              19.0   700 AM 12/20   NWS EMPLOYEE

HOLBROOK              18.5   310 AM 12/20   PUBLIC

COMMACK               18.2   500 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

MEDFORD               18.0   330 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

ISLIP                 17.1   300 AM 12/20   FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER

LINDENHURST           15.3   438 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

ORIENT                15.0   200 AM 12/20   PUBLIC

...WESTCHESTER COUNTY...

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON     9.0   600 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

ARMONK                 6.0   530 AM 12/20   SKYWARN SPOTTER

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-- Weather When Posted --

  • Temperature: 23°F;
  • Humidity: 85%;
  • Heat Index: 23°F;
  • Wind Chill: 9°F;
  • Pressure: 29.72 in.;

Comments

  1. KyleP says:

    map BUST NW. Dutchess county predicted 10-15″ actual 0″. :,(