BombsAway1288

Terrible situation in the South with the severe weather outbreak associated with our storm. I was streaming a local station down there and had TWC on the TV when the EF4 was rolling along and I remember saying that I hope everyone got info on the warnings. Apparently not with 23 dead

6 hours ago, wxsniss said:

Pretty happy with this. The distribution was fairly accurate with the jack zone along the BOS-PVD-NWCT corridor.

Obviously I was too low in that area. I posted the mesos in the other thread... there was some evidence from the RGEM that this would be an open wave on steroids, but only in the last 6 hours did the other guidance and hi-res models really come aboard. I think I was also all a little snake-bitten from Saturday and was initially waving caution flags Saturday evening.

Synoptically, this felt relatively simple... an open wave marching straight northeast with intense 850-700 fronto painting a jack zone at the northwest edge of an 850 low. Other than advance of the mix line, there were no smaller features like far northwest deformation bands pivoting over an area or coastal fronts with enough residency to need more nuance. 

Yeah, nice job! And great analysis before, during and after the storm!

Nice to squeeze out a footer or even just double digits in a season like this one.

About 20" in 5 days from 3 separate systems. I'll take that any Winter no matter how bad it's been.

1 hour ago, OceanStWx said:

The time listed is just the time of the LAST report, it doesn't say anything about the number of measurements. BOS being an LCD site means that the contract observer is measuring every 6 hours. 

Also ASOS liquid is considered the standard, with only rare circumstances requiring contract observer liquid being used for the official ob. So the fact that the ASOS measured 1.06" is likely just coincidence, because the treatment plant's 8" gauge would likely be different by a small number and their observer wouldn't be hitting refresh on the web to find out how much BOS measured to estimate snowfall. 

Thanks for the info!

3 hours ago, weathafella said:

If one guy in Eastie gets 12.5 and someone else gets 10.6 (BOS) I consider that within normal ranges of variance.

It is within what you could expect but I didn’t realize measurements were now taken out into the ocean. I’m a lot further away from them then I thought especially when it comes to marginal situations along the immediate coast like this storm. 

I think I was more annoyed that they didn’t hit a foot for the record books without realizing I just barely made a foot myself but it’s not unusual for them to be at the bottom of the pack. It doesn’t really matter cause at least they recorded double digits 

Did they not take the actual measurement until 1215pm like it says in the report? If so, compaction could of played a bit of a roll. Temps were in the middle to upper 30’s by then. Then again, they might be running warm so impossible to tell.

The ASOS did report 1.06” of precip so maybe they just said fuk it and did the easy math haha

Great storm experience here either way! When you’re getting 1.5”-2”/hr rates for 5 straight hours, you don’t forget it! Congrats to everyone that had that same feeling last night, and some!

5 hours ago, sbos_wx said:

15.5" at my house directly one mile sw of airport on the water. 10" at Logan. This was paste. Inexcusable, inaccurate, annoying. 

Ain’t that the truth. I’m right next to them in Eastie (Jeffries Point). Pulled an all nighter and crashed at 10am. 

12.5” final here. What a bogus report from Logan as usual. Just looking over the radarloop you can see Logan was pretty much under heavy stuff all night. 

7 minutes ago, weathafella said:

Ramping up again for the grand finale.   Excellent growth.

Yep, here it is. Should put me over 12”

2 minutes ago, wxsniss said:

Lots of compression occurring... let's hope we don't get shanked by the KBOS measurement... that impacts public perception of forecasts

I’m well over 11 here so they should be reporting a good measurement but who knows with them 

8 minutes ago, weathafella said:

I know Alpine!  Grew up in Teaneck.

Awesome! Tenafly for me  

7 minutes ago, weathafella said:

What town?  I grew up in Bergen County.  It’s also inland and north of Brooklyn where Snow88 is.

Nice! Another NNJ transplant. 

He’s a foreman for Alpine DPW. Cushiest job ever if you know the town. 

What town in Bergen County did you grow up in?

43 minutes ago, Snow88 said:

Wow nice guys

We got screwed down here in NYC

Really? Wow. Friend is a foreman for a DPW in extreme NE Bergen county. Says they got at least 6

What a fun little storm. Talk about a quick hitter

5 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

My guess is the HRRR timing was a little off and the goods just happened. Those cold cloud tops coincided with the Chelsea report of 3-4"/hr.

That’s fine. It’s still coming down really good, for now 

3 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

Man those cloud tops near BOS cooled quickly. 

Yeah it’s lightened up here a bit but still coming down good. 

Gonna wait and see if we get those HRRR goods around 6am

North Shore down to NE RI is just getting smoked right now

Over 8” here

Keep it coming!

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

lol

I can’t go to sleep now. Not a chance in hell lol

8 minutes ago, sbos_wx said:

Someone might come up with 16-18" with these rates

Wow is all I have to say! That is some sickening growth!!!

6 minutes ago, weathafella said:

BOS reported 0.7 by midnight judging from the climate report.  So we may get a reasonable measurememt.

 They better! We’ve been getting crushed here with consistent 2”/hr rates. 

17 minutes ago, dendrite said:

BOS 34°

Watch them come in with like 4” of glop. 

I’m at 32 and right near them. Hasn’t it been discussed in here that they seem to be running warm?

Ginx is sleeping through the best part lol.

That's gotta be 4-5"/hr there

24 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

CT is going to be the JP me thinks.  Boston too.

We will if this keeps up.

Up to 5" here and just puking. This is a true paste bomb!

The goods have arrived here! Just ripping with beautiful flakes that are accumulating really well. 

Just under 3.5” here. Almost 2” last hour!

2 minutes ago, Greg said:

Not sure I totally agree with that statement.  I've see many benchmark storms have a heavey swath track that extends from Worcester eastnortheast to 128, Boston and the immediate North Shore. But in terms of cold air mass that is a whole different story in terms of the banding structure of the storm.

Yeah, seen plenty of those from afar before also. My point was more about Logan jacking. I should have been more specific when I meant BOS. Logan always seems to measure on the low end of things when it comes to other reports around the immediate Boston area.

The classic ORH up to Merrimack Valley banding is usually a given in coastals but I'm not sure about this one. I remember thinking that last year with the big March storm also becasue the banding wasn't modeled to get that far NW but of course it did, as Ray can attest to with his 30" jack

Haven't looked at the forum but I think the reports of a bust in NJ because sleet was falling was limited to like Central NJ right at the coast. Mt. Holly had them with a WSW earlier and has since been dropped to a WWA

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Looks like it shifted north like 10 mi.

I almost get the feeling, going by past events, that the jack area (QPF with all snow) really could run from 128 on the North Shore-BOS-93 in Braintree and SW of there to NE Connecticut.

Normally these benchmark track coastals (and a lot others) give the jack to the 495 belt to ORH with a second max in SE Mass but only if there is a really cold airmass. This one doesn't have that feeling but I could be wrong.

Has BOS ever had a real jack with a coastal?