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[jackfrost77]

This storm is a total bust anywhere near nyc. What a waste. Everyone should have know when they started talking about "wraparound" snow. Wraparaound snow is code for false hope and stringing you along till the end of the storm. Remember that for next time.

[winterbird04]

I do hate to say but the met on ch.69 news pretty much had the right call and i was watching him last night and this morn.I guess it also depends how close to nyc you are talking.

[robbbs]

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This storm is a total bust anywhere near nyc. What a waste. Everyone should have know when they started talking about "wraparound" snow. Wraparaound snow is code for false hope and stringing you along till the end of the storm. Remember that for next time.

I think one could argue bust on this event on about a dozen levels. In my view, however, the posts on this board had all the concerns laid out in the last 12 to 24 hours with the coastal developing too close to the coast and that it's going to be a nowcast. My definition of this being a bust is if the back end heavy snows do not develop. If most get a few hours of white out conditions with 4" to 8" on top of the ice, it would be a pretty good event. However, let's see if the back end snow develops. If not, major bummer  IMO.

[LongIslandWthr]

Good point robbbs, I hate when people say "total bust" and they have no clue what they are talking about...

[icehater]

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This storm is a total bust anywhere near nyc. What a waste. Everyone should have know when they started talking about "wraparound" snow. Wraparaound snow is code for false hope and stringing you along till the end of the storm. Remember that for next time.

I think one could argue bust on this event on about a dozen levels. In my view, however, the posts on this board had all the concerns laid out in the last 12 to 24 hours with the coastal developing too close to the coast and that it's going to be a nowcast. My definition of this being a bust is if the back end heavy snows do not develop. If most get a few hours of white out conditions with 4" to 8" on top of the ice, it would be a pretty good event. However, let's see if the back end snow develops. If not, major bummer  IMO.

Robbbs - that southern end of precip is moving pretty fast. This may be over by 2PM.

[robbbs]

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This storm is a total bust anywhere near nyc. What a waste. Everyone should have know when they started talking about "wraparound" snow. Wraparaound snow is code for false hope and stringing you along till the end of the storm. Remember that for next time.

I think one could argue bust on this event on about a dozen levels. In my view, however, the posts on this board had all the concerns laid out in the last 12 to 24 hours with the coastal developing too close to the coast and that it's going to be a nowcast. My definition of this being a bust is if the back end heavy snows do not develop. If most get a few hours of white out conditions with 4" to 8" on top of the ice, it would be a pretty good event. However, let's see if the back end snow develops. If not, major bummer  IMO.

Robbbs - that southern end of precip is moving pretty fast. This may be over by 2PM.

I share your concern and just talked to Stefano on that. He said no way as the coastal will expand the precip shield as it bombs and he sees snows into this evening. I wish I was as confident as him on that.

[icehater]

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This storm is a total bust anywhere near nyc. What a waste. Everyone should have know when they started talking about "wraparound" snow. Wraparaound snow is code for false hope and stringing you along till the end of the storm. Remember that for next time.

I think one could argue bust on this event on about a dozen levels. In my view, however, the posts on this board had all the concerns laid out in the last 12 to 24 hours with the coastal developing too close to the coast and that it's going to be a nowcast. My definition of this being a bust is if the back end heavy snows do not develop. If most get a few hours of white out conditions with 4" to 8" on top of the ice, it would be a pretty good event. However, let's see if the back end snow develops. If not, major bummer  IMO.

Robbbs - that southern end of precip is moving pretty fast. This may be over by 2PM.

I share your concern and just talked to Stefano on that. He said no way as the coastal will expand the precip shield as it bombs and he sees snows into this evening. I wish I was as confident as him on that.

The Nam and GFS still show healthy backlash snows. I think the rain threat (and hopefully freezing rain threat) is over. Sleet is quite managable and the sleet falling here is so white that it looks like snow at times. it's blowing off my gazebo roof the way a snow blizzard would. At these temps and with a storm this potent to not be having a whiteout makes me want to put a fist to a wall. I also better never hear about arctic air suppressing anything again - not after this storm. The rules of real estate are location location location and the rules of snowstorms are track track track. Surface temps are almost irrelevant.

BTW the sleet here has visibilty cut to levels you'd see in mod/hvy snow.

[LongIslandWthr]

Heavy heavy freezing rain here was just outside fell on my driveway. I would not go outside if I were you...

[blizzardofoz]

thats just stefano opinion..not saying hes right/not saying hes wrong but we have to wait and see. thats why theres not just one weather man in the tristate area...theres a dozen of them

[BRINGONTHEBIGONE]

Driving is not hat bad on rt 3 east bound, side streets are also not bad, so if your home and debating as to what to do, get to work...lol

[listarz]

Boy, if you look at he radar the rain is having some tough time pushing into our area. Lots of pink though. I'm still thinking we may get a little surprise yet, later today. We'll see.  ;D

[summer]

Total and unequivocal bust to date - if you thought we would get lots of snow - nobody within 50 miles of NYc has gotten much snow out of this. bust if you though big event...

[jjvesnow]

dont think its a bust really at all.  The low hugged the coast.  we all new this could happen!  So Summer please i dont want to hear your stupid complaining.

[devilsfan0405]

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This storm is a total bust anywhere near nyc. What a waste. Everyone should have know when they started talking about "wraparound" snow. Wraparaound snow is code for false hope and stringing you along till the end of the storm. Remember that for next time.

I think one could argue bust on this event on about a dozen levels. In my view, however, the posts on this board had all the concerns laid out in the last 12 to 24 hours with the coastal developing too close to the coast and that it's going to be a nowcast. My definition of this being a bust is if the back end heavy snows do not develop. If most get a few hours of white out conditions with 4" to 8" on top of the ice, it would be a pretty good event. However, let's see if the back end snow develops. If not, major bummer  IMO.

Robbbs - that southern end of precip is moving pretty fast. This may be over by 2PM.

The sooner the better.  This is just plain nasty!

For the bust crowd...look, no one said it was a lock that we would get a foot or two of snow, or even several inches.  The mets said all along that it depended on where the low developed and how it tracked.  They said there was a CHANCE that we could get a lot of snow. 

[listarz]

I still think that we may get a few measly inches out of this.

[jackfrost77]

its a bust - thats the bottom line - color it any way u like.

[LongIslandWthr]

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its a bust - thats the bottom line - color it any way u like.

Explain, how is it a bust?

[robbbs]

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I still think that we may get a few measly inches out of this.

Nothing measly if we get a few measly inches of snow out of it the way this winter is going. LOL.

[snow2343]

I wouldn't call it a bust, it's just a bad storm for the coast.  If this thing does end up changing over to rain, it will be even worse but I'm surprised that the sleet has held on this long.  

[devilsfan0405]

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I wouldn't call it a bust, it's just a bad storm for the coast.  If this thing does end up changing over to rain, it will be even worse but I'm surprised that the sleet has held on this long.  

The cold air definitely seems to be hanging on longer than anticipated.  Actually, my temps dropped overnight instead of rising, as was predicted.