A Nor'easter formed and slowly moved up the eastern US coast late March 1 through March 4, 2018. Rain spread over parts of central New York and Pennsylvania late on March 1st. Colder air spread across the area and the rain turned over to snow early on March 2nd across most of central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. Snow became heavy at times, especially across parts of the eastern New York and Pennsylvania.
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
NEW YORK
...Broome County...
2 SW Sanitaria Spgs 19.1 645 AM 3/03 Trained Spotter
Kirkwood 19.0 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
3 NE Kirkwood 19.0 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
3 E Kirkwood 17.6 645 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Binghamton Reg arpt 12.5 700 AM 3/03 NWS Employees
Vestal 8.5 532 PM 3/02 NWS Employee
2 SSE Whitney Point 8.4 545 AM 3/03 CoCoRaHS
...Chemung County...
4 E Horseheads 5.0 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
West Elmira 3.0 808 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Pine City 3.0 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
3 N Horseheads 3.0 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
...Chenango County...
2 SE Greene 21.0 820 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Coventry 18.2 917 AM 3/03 Elevation 1765'
Plymouth 16.0 909 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Guilford 12.5 910 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Afton 12.0 910 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Greene 12.0 909 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Preston 11.2 908 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Bainbridge 10.5 911 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
...Cortland County...
Scott 11.5 708 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Homer 9.5 708 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
...Delaware County...
Davenport 23.0 800 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
6 W Delhi 21.0 1000 PM 3/02 CoCoRaHS
Meridale 18.0 859 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
7 W Walton 17.4 808 AM 3/03 15" on ground
Delhi 17.0 856 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Sidney 15.3 905 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Masonville 14.8 912 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
...Madison County...
Cazenovia 29.0 1000 PM 3/02 Broadcast Media
Erieville 22.7 1125 AM 3/03 Trained Spotter
Oneida 22.0 742 AM 3/03 2" last night
4 N Nelson 21.0 828 AM 3/03 Fenner
Chittenango 18.0 700 PM 3/02 5" since 1 pm.
...Oneida County...
1 NW Augusta 26.0 1000 PM 3/02 Broadcast Media
Paris 25.2 939 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
New Hartford 22.0 648 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Clinton 20.5 700 AM 3/03 Storm Total
2 ENE Oriskany 19.0 1022 AM 3/03 Marcy
1 S Point Rock 19.0 515 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Whitesboro 18.8 1100 PM 3/02 Storm total snow
3 N Utica 17.5 700 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Lee 17.0 1015 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Holland Patent 11.8 800 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
...Onondaga County...
Jamesville 25.1 1134 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
East Syracuse 18.8 930 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Onondaga 17.0 725 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
2 E Syracuse 17.0 927 AM 3/03 Also tree uprooted.
Clay 16.5 930 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
North Syracuse 16.1 1000 PM 3/02 Official NWS Obs
Taunton 14.2 1028 AM 3/03 Trained Spotter
Marcellus 13.0 913 AM 3/03 Trained Spotter
...Otsego County...
Oneonta 20.0 907 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Cherry Valley 19.0 856 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Schenevus 19.0 904 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Emmons 17.0 800 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
Milford 13.0 902 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Unadilla 13.0 906 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Edmeston 12.5 857 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
...Schuyler County...
Cayuta 6.8 735 AM 3/03 Trained Spotter
...Steuben County...
1 N Thurston 17.5 450 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
...Sullivan County...
Glen Spey 16.0 500 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Kiamesha 12.1 552 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Grahamsville 7.0 912 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
...Tioga County...
2 N Candor 8.0 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
Tioga Terrace 7.0 926 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Berkshire 6.5 952 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
4 W Owego 3.3 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
PENNSYLVANIA
...Lackawanna County...
1 ESE Tompkinsville 11.2 1040 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Moosic 7.0 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
Dickson City 6.9 943 AM 3/03 Elevation 1115'
Jessup 6.5 1040 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
...Luzerne County...
Hazleton 11.5 1041 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Avoca 8.5 1051 PM 3/02 Official NWS Obs
Duryea 8.2 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
Laurel Run 8.1 1141 PM 3/02 Elevation 1200 feet
Mountain Top 7.6 600 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
White Haven 7.5 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
Shavertown 6.0 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
2 E Freeland 6.0 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
Drums 5.5 621 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Wilkes-Barre 5.0 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
Nanticoke 3.5 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
...Pike County...
Dingmans Ferry 20.0 722 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
...Susquehanna County...
Lakeview 12.7 830 PM 3/02 Amateur Radio
...Wayne County...
2 ESE Honesdale 11.5 755 AM 3/03 Trained Spotter
...Wyoming County...
Falls 10.2 502 PM 3/02 Trained Spotter
Radar loop showing storm system moving across parts of eastern United States from 708 AM EST 03/01/2018 to 108 PM EST 03/03/2018. This storm produced locally heavy snowfall and strong wind gusts.
Radar reflectivity loop from the NWS Binghamton, NY WSR88D radar. This radar loop was from 07:04 AM EST (1204 UTC) to 7:06 AM EST (1206 UTC). Note that the radar goes briefly into clear air mode at times and at the end of the loop.
GOES 16 Satellite loop from February 28 to March 4, 2018 showing the Nor'easter that produced large snowfall amounts and damaging winds to parts of the northeast United States.
The satellite images use the GeoColor curve and more information and images can be found at the NOAA GOES-East Image Viewer.
The following surface analysis and satellite images are from NOAA's Weather Prediction Center.
The loop starts at 7 PM EST March 02, 2018 and ends 1 PM EST March 4, 2018. Most notable feature is the storm, Nor'easter, that forms off the coast of North Carolina and Virginia around 0300 UTC March 02, 2018 and slowly wanders up and away from the eastern coastline.
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