4:10 PM: Light Rain Ending
Late this morning into early this afternoon, widespread light rain affected the area, and as temperatures aloft dropped below freezing and surface temperatures dropped into the 40s, there were a few reports of light snow showers mixing with the rain in the interior Northeast, towards western NJ, interior southern CT and parts of New England.
Although temperatures at the 850mb and 925mb are below freezing across most of the area, the precipitation is not heavy enough to result in snow, and as a result, light rain is falling across the area, potentially mixing with snowflakes towards interior Connecticut. In this type of an event, heavier precipitation is needed to bring the colder air aloft down to the surface to bring a better chance of snow; in southern NJ, where moderate rain is falling, Cape May and Atlantic City are seeing temperatures in the upper 30s, while in New York City, where light rain is falling, temperatures are in the mid 40s. If moderate precipitation was falling across the area right now, it would have been in the form of snow across a larger part of the area.
Although temperatures at the 850mb and 925mb are below freezing across most of the area, the precipitation is not heavy enough to result in snow, and as a result, light rain is falling across the area, potentially mixing with snowflakes towards interior Connecticut. In this type of an event, heavier precipitation is needed to bring the colder air aloft down to the surface to bring a better chance of snow; in southern NJ, where moderate rain is falling, Cape May and Atlantic City are seeing temperatures in the upper 30s, while in New York City, where light rain is falling, temperatures are in the mid 40s. If moderate precipitation was falling across the area right now, it would have been in the form of snow across a larger part of the area.
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