V-Storm Snow Totals, Radar, Photos
UPDATE:The Valentine's Day Nor'easter is "making landfall" near New York City this hour. Below are maps showing wind speed and direction, atmospheric pressure, satellite and radar from AccuWeather.com RadarPlus, captured around 1 PM. Ain't she a beauty?
Now that I'm done with another round of snow blowing, I'll can give you an update on the snow amounts we've seen so far.
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Here are the latest snowfall amounts, highest per state as reported by The NWS [JessePedia]
and our SnowMatrix. In cases where the SnowMatrix was higher, the NWS report is also included. These reports will be updated as today moves forward.The original list from early this morning is still available here.
NOTICE: This list has been superceded by a newer one.
Howard, NY: 24.0"
Hancock,VT: 17.0"
Grant, IN: 16.0"
Sangamon, IL: 15.8"
Montrose, PA: 15.0"
Byrnedale, PA: 14.0" SnowMatrix
Shreve, OH: 14.0"
Hilliard, OH: 8.5" SnowMatrix
Morrisville, VT: 10.0"
Vernon, NY: 9.5" SnowMatrix
Lisbon, NH: 9.5"
Lambertville, MI: 10.5 SnowMatrix
Bronson, MI: 9.3"
Westfield, IN: 9.0"
Various Locations, ME: 8.0"
Shubert, NE: 7.3"
Claremont, MA: 7.5"
Eckhart Mines, MD: 7.8"
Mount Airy, MD: 6.0" SnowMatrix
Bunker Hill & Martinsburg, WV: 7.0"
Stephens City, VA: 5.3" SnowMatrix
Winchester & Stephens City, VA: 5.0"
Wantage, NJ: 4.0"
Washington, DC: 3.0"
Garland, ME: 3.0" SnowMatrix
Newark, DE: 3.0" SnowMatrix
Bear, DE: 2.0"
Kearny, NJ: 1.0" SnowMatrix
ORIGINAL POST:
Here's an early morning update on the Valentine's Day Storm in the Northeast. Washington D.C.'s airports are shut down. Snow, sleet and freezing rain have fallen across the Midwest and Northeast overnight. Here's what the Radar / Wind / Satellite / Pressure map looks like from AccuWeather.com RadarPlus this morning:
But Indiana takes the cake, reporting:
- Six-foot drifts were reported in Decatur, IN
- Marshall, Indiana picked up 3.1" of sleet
- 3/4 of an inch of Freezing Rain fell in Owen, IN
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I've not been impressed with the winds yet. Wind gusts have stuck close to the coast, and if you believe the RUC Forecast Model [JessePedia] predictions (click here for map at 4pm), the winds may never make it west of the near-coastal areas.
If some of these reports sound small compared to the predictions, it's only 6:30 AM Eastern so many snow spotters have not yet submitted reports. Sleet has also been a complicating factor with snow-on-ground reports, some of which these may indicate.
That said, I think we're going to end up with totals lower by some folks. If this is the case, it's due to the sleet and freezing rain lowering accumulations or the Nor'easter not spreading heavy snow far enough west. The storm is cranking this morning but it's not reaching west of us here in Central Pennsylvania. I measured 6-8" on the ground for my Husky to frolic in, and we may get another inch or two. It may look like, from the radar this morning, that we're on the edge of the snow, but if you check the local radar animation, the edge keeps filling in as snow or sleet develops to our west.
AccuWeather's Melissa McGee reports from the Poconos:
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