Picturing the Snow: Reader-Submitted Blizzard Photos

Thanks to everyone who sent in blizzard photos from yesterday's snowstorm! Comment on which pics you like the best:

J.J. - 2 Years old. By Jessica Lee Mount

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More winter weather on the way as Freehold digs out of another blizzard

The entire northern Mid Atlantic is digging out of 6 to 24 inches of snow that feel over much of the region the past 24 hours as the blizzard that impacted the region exits into the Atlantic.

The water vapor satellite image this morning clearly shows the exiting intense area of low pressure moving into the northern Atlantic.  This storm will continue to have an indirect influence on the upper level pattern over much of the Northeast and Mid Atlantic for several days.

Meanwhile, the Sub Tropical jet stream will remain very active with plenty of moisture and weak disturbances moving through Southeast with some wintery threat for locations to the south of the Mid Atlantic through this weekend.  However, for the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan area, the weather conditions will become a bit more tranquil at least through the weekend.
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No Postal Service or Horse Racing, but Maybe a Bus Ride in Blizzard

The US Postal Service has closed post office operations in Monmouth and Ocean counties for today, along with several other counties in New Jersey that are expected to be hit hard by the approaching blizzard.

Freehold Raceway has also announced it will cancel its race schedule today.

Academy Bus Service, however, has posted a modified version of its PM schedule for this afternoon and tonight, which can be found on its website.

Snowmageddon Time Lapse Video in Marlboro

Check out this nifty APP video from Saturday blizzard-- a time-lapse look at the snow accumulation of one Marlboro neighborhood:

Check out APP.com's videos for more fun blizzard pieces.

Send Us Your Snowpacalypse Photos!

Send us your Snowpacalypse photos, FinJ readers! We'll take the cutest, funniest, or most absurd snow photos you've got from the February blizzards, and post 'em to the site later today!

Snow Crews & News Crews in Main Street Slush

The snowpocalypse is here! Or at least, the rain before the snowpocalypse is here.

Street crews from the Borough and County, along with shoveling crews in front of Main Street businesses and a news crew of CBS 2 News hunkered down in the wind and wintry mix descending on town this morning.

Check after the jump for this morning's full gallery:
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Borough & Township Schools Closed Tomorrow

Update: The Freehold Regional High School District has also cancelled school for Wednesday. Enjoy your snow day, Freehold youth!

Both the Freehold Borough and Freehold Township School Districts will be closed tomorrow in anticipation of yet another blizzard expected to slam the area.

If you know of snow cancellations or delays, shoot us an email & we'll get the word out: colleen@injersey.com

Another Foot of White on Wednesday

A winter storm warning is in effect in Monmouth and Ocean counties from 4 p.m. Tuesday to midnight Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

(STAFF PHOTO: ROBERT WARD)

A weather service snowfall prediction map shows about 10 to 13 inches of snow falling in the two-county region, depending on the location.

via Snow, up to 13 inches expected Wednesday | APP.com | Asbury Park Press.

Blizzard conditions return to Freehold and Monmouth County

A significant winter storm is beginning to develop over the Gulf Coast that will bring the entire forecast area heavy snowfall and very strong winds.  The most significant impacts will be focused towards the coastal plain once again, where many locations have experienced one of the snowiest winters of all time.  This storm will likely push this year's snowfall totals to number one on the list, especially around central and southern New Jersey and Philadelphia.

This morning, the water vapor satellite image shows the developing upper level disturbances that will produce this dangerous winter storm.  The Polar disturbance is diving towards the Ohio Valley with a weak surface representation over the northern Tennessee Valley.  Meanwhile, the Sub Tropical disturbance is starting to tilt negative and beginning to phase with the Polar disturbance.  The phasing of these two disturbances will create an intense upper level low over the Ohio Valley and then Virginia that will spawn a rapidly deepening coastal low tonight through tomorrow off the Mid Atlantic coast.  The intensity of this low pressure will fall to below 980 MB possibly reaching 975 MB before exiting the New Jersey coastal waters.  This intense low pressure system will have plenty of moisture to work with from the Sub Tropical jet stream and a well established and sustained Polar air mass over much of the Mid Atlantic.

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Another significant snowfall on the way for Freehold

Here we go again!  Another major winter storm has a target for the northern Mid Atlantic with the potential for another one to two feet of snow for many locations in the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan area along with very strong winds and near zero visibility for Wednesday morning.

The water vapor satellite image this morning displays all the players for this major winter storm.  The first feature to take note of is the strong upper low, enhanced by the last major low pressure system, over the Canadian Maritimes.  That is the 50N/50W upper low that is key for any significant winter storm.  This upper low is in a near text book position to support a major to potentially historic winter storm for the region.  The position of this feature on all guidance strongly supports a stormy track from North Carolina to the bench mark.  
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More snow on the way!

The area of low pressure that produced over a foot of snow over central New Jersey and up to 30 inches over much of southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia metropolitan area is now in the northern Atlantic.  This storm will enhance the negative NAO pattern, which will play a significant role in the development of the next threat by the middle of this week.  No rest for meteorologist this month!

The next storm, which will impact the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan area on Tuesday night through Thursday morning, is already developing to the west.  Two strong disturbances, one Sub Tropical and the other Polar, are moving on a collision course over the Mississippi Valley.
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Dangerous and complicated winter storm on the way for New Jersey

I have to admit, it is these types of forecasts that I love.  High risk, high reward.  Kind of like being a gambler in a way as the adrenaline is pumping.  The forecast for this storm is one of the most complicated forecasts I've had to make in over 8 years of professional forecasting and go back to 12 years since college.  However, at this point, I believe I have this forecast in a place that I feel comfortable going and will explain my reasoning in detail.

The process of this forecast was a combination of the GFS, SREF ensembles, and ECMWF guidance combined with my use of the past storm events and research of this type of storm and storm track.  For reference on potential impacts I researched the storms of February 18, 1979 and February 22, 1987 from the Northeast Snowstorms by Kocin and Uccellini.

This morning, it is clear that an impressive Sub Tropical upper level disturbance is starting to develop a strong area of low pressure out of the Gulf of Mexico.  Deep low, mid, and upper level moisture is surging northward towards the northern Mid Atlantic with source regions from the southern Pacific via the strong Sub Tropical jet stream, the Gulf Coast, and starting to develop from the Caribbean and western Atlantic.  There is no doubt that this storm is going to have plenty of moisture to work with.  The question has been and continues to be how far does this storm and the precipitation shield move north?  I believe I have the answer.
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