OT: Snow? - January 15-16?
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There's a big difference between "precip being largely over by 9-10 a.m." (which is what you said in the post I quoted and responded to) and precipitation lasting essentially all day, which is what the NWS was forecasting (and which they continue to forecast.) That's why I felt it necessary to respond to the post. Perhaps you simply meant to type "snow" when you typed "precip."Looks like they've extended the end time a bit further than what they were showing earlier and what some of the models are projecting after about 7-8 am. Some models have the precip over by 9-10 am for you and others by 1-2 pm, while the NWS has the precip winding down between 11 am and 4 pm with some rain and freezing rain possible, as you noted. It's not a big difference, really, since most of the snow damage is done by 9-10 am when temps for you are forecast to go above 32F just a little. Below is the hourly graphic for Cherry Hill. Hope that helps.
Agreed, I think most schools, at least, will be closed, as they're heavily impacted by residential streets and sidewalks being easily navigable and they won't be at 7 am and probably not at 10 am for a delayed opening. Businesses however are relying on adults who ought to be able to get their cars from snowy local roads to what should be major roads in fairly decent shape - although with remote working it's certainly easier to just tell people to work remotely, I guess.
Snow blower has been test fired, fueled with fresh ethanol-free gas, tires good, impeller and auger good, and parked at the front of the garage.
Bring on the freezing rain 🌧
Bring on the freezing rain 🌧
It's 26F there - no way should there be any rain down there or anywhere in our area until at the wee hours of the morning for the coast and the radar shows all snow - any chance it's not just very fine snowflakes or that it's happy hour? :>)
Ethanol free is the key. Should run for a long time without any problems. Well, except when you run out of actual gas.
Give the kids a full snow day NJ School districts
Delayed openings suck for everyone
Delayed openings suck for everyone
Delayed opening doesn’t make sense with timing of snow
Many school districts announce the delays as an initial precaution and then reevaluate overnight/early morning, consulting with the local police, road department and their weather consultants, before making a final call on delayed opening versus closure.
My wife and I just got our call. Daughter teaches in different district got the call 2 minutes later. Both delay openings
DC and Baltimore finally broke their <1" "snowless" streaks and Philly should in the next 2-3 hours...
Nothing worse than getting the delayed opening notice in the morning after you’ve already gotten up.
Delayed opening for our little one's school. They will update us in the morning, so a closure is still likely.
Snowing and sticking in Hamilton cars and road covered
That would be "sooner," lol. Started snowing lightly here around 8:15 pm and we already have a dusting on everything at 26F...
Yes but I'm not sure if our parents would tune back in once they sent an email out. You should hear some of the stories we get because parents "just didn't know".
Maybe you should get a red phone so numbers can call you.
That used to annoy me when our son was in school. 90% of the time, they ought to be able to decide by 10 pm the night before. For this storm for example, I think most will close, so why not just tell everyone at 10 pm?
The guy in Media PA (12 miles W of Philly) just reported 2.1'" as of about 8:20 pm and someone in Philly just reported 1/2" already. No models had this much snow this early (most I saw was about 1" in Philly at 10 pm). Not sure if things are just early or they got a nice band or if the storm is generally overperforming.
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