Northeast Blizzard!

 

When I released my winter outlook last fall In it I said many would be surprised by how this winter went. I think this latest storm proves that point!

 

The nor'easter is well off the coast now. But it is still battering New England with a lot of wind and heavy snow.  New jersey into Delaware and New York City across Long Island into southeast New England the official blizzard criteria was met.

On satellite We can see this nor'easter looks more like a hurricane with even an eye like feature. 

We had serious banding setting up over New Jersey Delaware into near Philadelphia. We still have a lot of banding across southeast New England. Looking at the overall dynamics It's looking like we're going to start to see this storm start to pivot to the east When that happens We will see more out of the north This will help dry things up a bit And allow to heavy wet snow to change over to more in the way of a dryer snow. Conditions across southeast New England are going to continue to be bad for the next few hours Before y'all can see some light at the end of the tunnel. 

I think for the most part forecasted amounts ended up being fairly good.  But west west west of Philadelphia snow amounts might have been less than I anticipated but I did have those areas forecasted for lower amount, so I don't know.

The storm is going to continue to move north and east but we have an extremely tight gradient around the storm so the entire region is going to be still dealing with very windy conditions.  Even up here on a Tug Hill where I live winds are still howling, It's enough that some of the horses are little skittish.

Remember take your time when moving the snow if you're shoveling. 

Looking ahead

Tonight is going to get quite cold, with frigid conditions continuing through tomorrow. Winds are still going to be a little gusty tomorrow.

Wednesday and Thursday we're going to be dealing with a fast moving clipper. This will drop down through the Great Lakes dropping south and east across the region.

Tuesday night into Wednesday Snow will break out ahead of this across western parts of the region Snow showers will continue to advance Wednesday into early Thursday Snow amount should be fairly on the light side and we are likely see  the initial snow  change over to a bit of rain mix Across Southern New York State as temperatures start to warm. The clipper will bring some gusty winds with it. During the day on Wednesday Lake snows will develop downwind of the Great Lakes. For most of the region This will be a dusting to 1-3 inches. But those that get under the lake effect could end up with 3-6 plus inches

Another area of low pressure is looking to move through the southern part of the region Late Thursday into Friday. This is going to bring another bout of rain mix and snow to the region. On the northern side will likely see Snow changed to a rain mix and then as colder temperatures come in That will change back over to some snow. While southern areas across Pennsylvania into the mid Atlantic Deal with more in the way of a mix of sleet and freezing rain and some snow