East Coast Storm Bringing Snow And Rain To Much Of Eastern Third Of Country

Good evening everyone. I’ve been tracking the progress of this latest East Coast storm that is putting a monkey wrench in the travel plans of many looking to return home from their Thanksgiving holiday with relatives. There should be a time lapse photography video coming of today’s weather.

The storm began here in Northwestern Middlesex County in New Jersey before 6:00 AM, and it started off as snow. The snow built up a bit in the grassy areas, but didn’t stick to the roads. After a few hours, the snow then changed over to rain, and that continued throughout the day. So far there has been about 0.35 inches of rainfall in South Plainfield, and the barometer has fallen to 29.44 inches of Hg, or 997 millibars. In November, there has been 3.06 inches of rainfall. For the year, the total amount of rainfall has reached a total of 36.65 inches.

The storm system has brought a wide variety of weather to the area East of the Mississippi River. Looking at the latest radar courtesy of the Weather Channel, you can see the entire Eastern Seaboard is covered with some form of precipitation. Strong showers and thunderstorms over Florida, and off the Carolinas while rain is falling over much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Further up north into New England and upstate New York, there has been a transition to freezing rain and sleet.

Before the changeover to rain this morning, there was probably about a half an inch or so of slushy snow accumulation in the grassy areas. The high temperature today in South Plainfield was 41.2 degrees, and that occurred early in the evening at about 5:50 PM. The low occurred at about 2:30 AM this morning at about 27.2 degrees. A total of 30.8 heating degree day units were accumulated on Sunday with the mean temperature reaching 34.2 degrees. This month will end up with 649 heating degree units, which is an indication that temperatures are getting colder, days are getting shorter, and nights are getting longer.

Simply put, we’re heading toward winter.