February 2022 Obs & Discussions

Getting dark now

Had a alert for snow till 12:15 but haven't seen flake. Winds are increasing.

frank 638 wrote:Getting dark now

Really I'm at Bronx border of yonkers and just cloudy. I actually see sun in direction of NYC.

I’m at BJ’s in Pelmat I don’t see the sun It’s cloudy but I also noticed it’s getting windy out

Light snow here 34.9*, waiting on the squall line!

Getting some very light flurries/snow showevers from first one thats basically confined to westchester and NE. The big line which has a squall warning on all of it should be heading in in next few hrs, its go rip, might be some power outages, hope not.

jmanley32 wrote:Getting some very light flurries/snow showevers from first one thats basically confined to westchester and NE.  The big line which has a squall warning on all of it should be heading in in next few hrs, its go rip, might be some power outages, hope not.

same here on the Hutchison River Parkway light snow flurries I hope the next one last when it comes here

frank 638 wrote:

jmanley32 wrote:Getting some very light flurries/snow showevers from first one thats basically confined to westchester and NE.  The big line which has a squall warning on all of it should be heading in in next few hrs, its go rip, might be some power outages, hope not.

same here on the Hutchison River Parkway light snow flurries I hope the next one last when it comes here

I think the big squall line will be impressive but lets not jinx it, wind has def increased fast, right on que with the wind advisory from 1pm to midnight. Wish I still had a wind meter but the handheld thing I had kinda sucked.

Mesoscale Discussion 0156
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1158 AM CST Sat Feb 19 2022

Areas affected...CT...RI...MA...NJ...southeast NY...eastern
PA...southern portions of VT and NH...northern portions of MD and DE

Concerning...Snow Squall

Valid 191758Z - 192200Z

SUMMARY...An intense snow squall will continue to accompany an
arctic cold front as it moves rapidly east this afternoon, resulting
in a brief period of blizzard/near-blizzard conditions.

DISCUSSION...Composite radar imagery continues to show an intense
snow squall accompanying a strong cold front that was moving rapidly
east (near 40 kt) across portions of the northeast U.S. at 1755z.
Surface observations and time-lapse camera imagery show rapid
deterioration of visibility along with accumulating snow as the snow
squall moves through, with several METAR observations reporting
brief blizzard conditions.

In the presence of strong and focused ascent along the front through
low-level convergence, low/mid-level frontogenetic forcing and
rapidly cooling surface temperatures, the majority of latest
high-res guidance supports a continuation of the snow squall as it
moves east with the cold front through much of the remainder of this
afternoon. A brief period of heavy snow along with wind gusts of
35-45 mph will result in blizzard or near-blizzard conditions as
visibility is quickly reduced to at or below 1/4 mile.

..Bunting.. 02/19/2022

...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

ATTN...WFO...GYX...BOX...OKX...ALY...PHI...BGM...CTP...LWX...

I just got a severe weather alert on my phone for snow squall arrival by 2:30 pm.  The sun is out here now!  We had some snow showers earlier but it didn’t amount to anything.

here come the snow squall warnings

That’s a ferocious squall line. Really thickened up , have not seen one of these on radar in a long time. Hang on!

No reports? CP? Isn't it up ur way and its a good way through NJ.

It's coming through my way. It's ok. I've seen better.

Not here yet, but it’s getting dark in the west.

It’s here.  It’s fun!  I definitely wouldn’t say it’s zero visibility out there.

Of course, the break in the line is going to go right over me, that always happens with t-storms and i guess with snow squalls. I can't win lol

B+, winds gusted to 45-50, visibility down to 1/4 mile , briefly 1/8 mile. Nice Arctic frontal passage

0.0 that was not a snow squall, 2 snowflakes and 2 decent wind gusts. What a waste. NEXT.

jmanley32 wrote:0.0 that was not a snow squall, 2 snowflakes and 2 decent wind gusts. What a waste. NEXT.

same here yawn 🥱 what a disappointment

43* Sunny, very windy and snowing(?!) at exit 80 GSP, Bayville.

One of the best snow squalls in a while. Took a screenshot of my video. Near whiteout with strong winds. Shook the building at work here in Melville, LI.

33. If the second squall line came through, not eventful.
Winds 21 mph and gusts to 45 mph. Blue sky. Never got another snow squall which this morning topped out at a meager 1/4 if that.

Intense squall as we drove through them in the Catskills going to Walton NY. 2nd line was nuts
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amugs wrote:Intense squall as we drove through them in the Catskills going to Walton NY. 2nd line was nuts
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Nice! Just a little dusting here, the line weakened as it approached our area (what else is new? it happens with tstorms all the time!)

If any of these squalls came through say at night and it was like 10 degrees, roads would have been a real challenge-slicked up like glass. Fortunately, it was warmer than that says the man who has had the misfortune to drive on Bear Mountain and the Long Mountain thusly.

Driving from Salem Mass to home both lines very impressive, but squall line delivered 0 visibility for 5 minutes, winds gusted at least 45 mph was the heaviest daytime snow fall rates I’ve experienced… quite memorable!!!