End of Storm

Now that the storm has ended, and our backend snow has ended too, I got a storm total of 4.25 inches. I heard that other people in MoCo got 1-3 inches, some getting 4. However, areas north and west got hit with the jackpot. I heard people getting 7-9 inches of snow, and some even getting over a foot. This storm wasn't a bust or disappointing, at least for me, because I had gotten 4+ inches. However, right now, it is so, so, dangerous outside. On a normal day, I would predict 3 snowflakes, due to how icy and slushy it is everywhere in the county. Snowplows came to my neighborhood over 8 times, and they got stuck one time. It is so slippery and icy outside, and the snow isn't much better too. Imagine a sandwich. The snow is the bread, both on the bottom and on top, and in the middle of the snow sandwich, there was sleet and ice. Cleanup will be very difficult, and temps aren't supposed to climb the upper 30's. And the regular rain washed away all pre-preparations(like salt and brine), so in places where the roads weren't supposed to be slick, they are now.

Overall, this storm was more of a mix for us than a snow event. However, in New York and New Jersey, it's really coming down there. I heard that they were expected to get over a foot of snow, some areas potentially getting over 18-24 inches. But for December, this was a good winter precipitation event! We don't usually see this kind of setup or this type of snow for December. The cause for this is that December is supposed to be the coldest month compared to its average temps. I am not saying that December is colder than January or February, January will be colder than December and will have better snow events. But compared to their averages, December is the month that is the most below average. What a great punch to the snow season! 4.25 inches so far. This is almost the same amount of snow I got totally from last year.