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Impressive after CAR had their first brown New Years IIRC. Hasn't been above 34 since then.

The cam up on the hill in Dublin is fun because you can see the wind direction from the flag pole (camera looks SE). All day it was pinned with winds from the east, then went limp about 90 minutes ago, and is now showing winds from the west. And nice looking SN.

I remember throwing my back out many times shoveling DGEX snow.

Oh, I know … it's just … the general public and their apps are … very misinformed. Literally "I am having anxiety about a storm five days out" Yeah, we all are, kid, but know deep down in our hearts it's pretty unlikely to come.

I had someone flying out of BOS on Thursday email me and ask what they should do. My response was take 10 deep breaths and wait two days, the models would probably send it out to sea. Probably some weather app overreacting to a couple of model runs. People seem to think that 5 days out isn't clown range because their phone pops up an icon.

BOS has had one more recently than you in Jan '22. Before that both Jan and Feb '15, Feb '13, Jan '11, Jan '05, Feb '03, Jan '96, Jan and Feb '94. Then you have to go back to Jan '78 (but *not* Feb), Feb '69, Mar '56, Jan '48, Jan '38. So, five from 1938-1988 10 and counting 1988-2038.

I've thrown out my back this season from shoveling D8 snow.

Would be nice if there wasn't a flood of warm air in behind it to melt it off but beggars can't be choosers.

Prospect Mountain (in Mitch-land, 2250' on Route 9 in Woodford, Vermont) has a webcam and a wx station. They crossed 32˚ at 0850, sat at 37˚ from 1000 to 1130, then dropped to 32˚ in about 30 minutes. https://dashboard.hobolink.com/public/PMA weather dashboard#/ Cam now showing SN. https://prospectmountain.com/trail-cam/

Disagree. 2015-2016 was just very warm with one arctic shot. At BOS: Dec: 2015: 45.3˚, 0.9" (high temp of 69˚ on xmas eve; not really the grinch because there was nothing to steal; I had friends in Vermont who went swimming in the pond they usually skated on) 2024: 35.3, 5.7" Jan: 2016: 32.5˚, 9.5" 2025: 28.7˚, 8.2" Jan has been similar-ish although cooler this year. Feb that year had the one cold snap (down to -9˚ in BOS) but the rest of the month was warm; it was 65˚ on the 1st and 64˚ on the 29th. 2015-6 had 35 days >50˚ at BOS (20, 4, 11), so far 2024-5 has had 8 (8, 0, ?)

Watching the squall come through from this webcam in Windsor, Mass. at Notchview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0keY9QYH54 If you scroll back to 12:57 you can see the vis go from clear to "can't see across the field" (the trees in the distance are <500' away, so basically 1/16SM). Video should work for the next 12h.

And reported 164" of snow depth with zero settling during the storm. I assume they were just glancing at the snow stake every few hours. If they were taking more frequent measurements, who knows how much snow would have been observed. I'd imagine there were some avalanches up in Tucks from that one.

BOS has stayed below 50˚ this month so far and no model has it anywhere much above 40˚ the rest of the month. Would be the first <50˚ Jan since 2009 and first month since 2015 (Feb '15 and Feb '13). Mean days >50˚ is 4 and mean monthly high temp is 56˚. So while it hasn't been frigid it has not been warm either. Assuming it doesn't go above 47˚ or below 10˚ the rest of the month (the GFS doesn't suggest this, the Euro thinks it might toy with 10˚) the range of 37˚ will be the fifth lowest range for Jan on record, behind 2001 (12˚–44˚), 2009 (6˚–40˚), 1955 (10˚–45˚) and 2023 (23˚–58˚). This is also why while it has been dry the ski areas are doing great because it's been cold with low dewpoints which is great for snowmaking (and they don't really like it down below 0˚ because of evaporation and stuff freezing real quick).

i was in Mont Ste Anne that week, we didn't crack zero between our arrival and going through Concord, NH on the way home.

This morning: PANC: 36, 3" snow depth, 1.9" monthly snowfall KMSY: 23, 8" snow depth, 8" monthly snowfall