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[Virgaman]

The secondary low will quickly take over as a raging storm the next several hours on the coast and the north wind is pouring low level arctic air south into it and it appears the the threat severe freezing rain is being replaced in a large sense by a winddriven storm of icy ball bearings known as sleet for the I-05 corridor. 2-4 inches of sleet may fall before a change to wind drivensnow for a few hours in the big cities later this morning in DC and this evening in Boston as the track of the storm should be to near Cape Coad.


Snow rates of 3-6 inches/hr will develop the next few hours over the mtns of central Pa and expand northeast and east with quick thumpings of 5 ormore inches in much of the piedmont from Pa north once the sleet ends there and the 2-3 foot thumpings from the Poconos northeast.

[satellite_eyes]

As far as snow goes we can only hope it starts changing over within the next hour or two.  That would probably be enough to give most areas 3-6.  I would think it would happen from west to east.  We need to start seeing reports of this and we need to see evidence of cooling at the upper levels, somewhere.  Otherwise it's BUST city in the snow dept.  I hope not.

[Virgaman]

hey satellite

all i know is in the last hour i am seeing more and more snow mixing in with the sleet, i hope the trend keeps up

[robbbs]

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As far as snow goes we can only hope it starts changing over within the next hour or two.  That would probably be enough to give most areas 3-6.  I would think it would happen from west to east.  We need to start seeing reports of this and we need to see evidence of cooling at the upper levels, somewhere.  Otherwise it's BUST city in the snow dept.  I hope not.

Satellite, evidently it wen't over to sleet overnight as far west as at least State College PA as JB siad he had 6 hours of sleet before a change back to heavy snow.

[snowgods0813]

Robbs, what do u think we going back to snow or we get the shaft and what we see is what we get??

[lab94]

So we need to watch to or west to see were the sn/slrrt line is? Many airports reported snow last hr  not sleet?

[LongIslandWthr]

Robbbs-- Am I to expect these snow squall lines this after noon? I'm a little lost with this storm.

[staciluvssnow]

Still heavy sleet with some snow mixed in. We received about four inches as of last night before the changeover to sleet/freezing rain. Hard to say now totals because of sleet. Power starting to flicker on and off! :o

[robbbs]

I think it goes over to a heavy snow on the backlash for everyone The question is timing and duration. Big unknowns in my view. Temp here has dropped 4 drgrees in the last  2 1/2 hours and is now at 10.5 with some snowflakes mixed with the pounding sleet. It's nowcasting to see when the changeover to snow occurs as the coastal pulls more east.

[satellite_eyes]

be careful about being those online observations.  esp for twc.  hackettstown has said nothing but snow and obviously that is wrong.

[Virgaman]

venturing to work now wish me luck lol

pounding sleet right now, afraid to go out!!! lol

[LongIslandWthr]

My temp is rising; at 30.7 roads are a [tt]icy mess [/tt] out here. Got all the snow and ice off the cars and they are already covered in ice again!

[Weathermom]

Robbbs, on the radar it looks like the storm is moving very quickly, does it move out so quick that we miss out on the backlash or get dry slotted?

[listarz]

Up to 28 degrees  :(

[robbbs]

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Robbbs, on the radar it looks like the storm is moving very quickly, does it move out so quick that we miss out on the backlash or get dry slotted?

Weathermom, as the storm bombs just off the coast, it should also expand the precip. Radar shows precip well south and west of us. I don't think this event will end until tonight for most. BTW, we've had our first momentary power loss so if I don't post for a while, we may be w/o power. Temp is down to 10.1 now with a driving sleetstorm. 2.5" of sneet on the ground.

[weatherbowl]

Sneet? I guess that means snow and sleet.  :)

[robbbs]

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Sneet? I guess that means snow and sleet.  :)

Yes.

[LongIslandWthr]

Stay safe everyone, and warm!

[Virgaman]

robbbs isnt it true as the low bombs out, they tend to slow down a bit???

[blizzardofoz]

i made an attempt to drive down to my college in brooklyn...took me a long time to remove the ice from my mirrors(big pain)...then i got around the corner and it was such a mess i just turned around...gonna see what happens at 1030 maybe i will try again for my next class