Major Winter Storm for NYC Metro Area Still on Track...

The major winter storm continues to spread snow from south to north. Snow has began to fall in Monmouth County of New Jersey at 10:30 am. The latest 7 AM FOUS output from the NAM weather computer model (see below) is indicating 1.92 inches of liquid water equivalent. Assuming a 10:1 ratio for snow, this indicates 19 inches.

OUTPUT FROM NAM 12Z DEC 19 09
TTPTTR1R2R3 VVVLI PSDDFF HHT1T3T5
LGA//417553 -3622 120314 36979795
06000579139 03617 060422 37969497
12053939332 01316 030226 34969695
18080929037 00811 013525 31959496
24035928535 06113 033321 28959592
30004748237 04112 063217 27989493
36000696237 01416 083220 27979493
42000764524 00415 103119 27959594

A total of 10 to 20 inches can be expected across Long Island, NYC, central and southern NJ with lesser amounts across Connecticut, northern NJ and southeast New York State.

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our web site is WrightWeather.com.