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Snowing all the way down on Cape Cod. Quite the storm, just a few months too late.

5.5” OTG in Barnstable, MA. Surprised to see the NWS report of 7.7” given surrounding totals and higher amounts logically towards the canal. While I’m sure some melting occurred during the day yesterday, I doubt it was 2” worth...

Last gasp down on Cape Cod as the clock strikes 1:00AM.

Best returns of the day by far here in the North End, Boston. That final band was good to us, delivering strong snow growth. 5.5 inch 2-day total. Will likely end up right at 6”.

Most of the afternoon was spent with temps in the 33-34 degree range with decent mixing, especially mid to lower cape. Similar situation to 2/1, snow falling throughout the day but little to show for it thanks to being on the wrong side of the coastal front. Most Cape locations had around 3 inches from yesterday which was a decent surprise, so won’t take much to get into the 4-6 range.

Mid & Upper Cape trying to fend off the mix.

MV unfortunately rain/mix under this band.

I believe MV came in with 4 inches on most recent report. Pretty decent cutoff even on Cape depending on how close to the south shore you were.

Decent returns down on Cape Cod under this band.

Last push on Cape Cod. Looks like they’ll end up with 2-3”.

SE Mass could grab an extra inch with this last band rotating through.

Downtown Boston

Light snow down in Barnstable (Cape Cod)

Dangerous to lump in ACK with Cape Cod when it comes to winter weather. Proceed at your own peril!

I think we are splitting hairs, but to say 30 minutes of mixing (which I never observed in the mid-cape) met the criteria that was clearly being predicted is a stretch. Given it was a long duration 36 hour storm, 30 minutes of mixing vs. the predicated 50% storm duration is the opposite of "nailing" the forecast. If memory serves right ratios were also solid, and no where near the 8:1 or 10:1 one would expect if temps were as high as you believe they were. Also I would consider the Cape a different region all together when compared to MV and ACK. That's why they call it Cape Cod & the Islands . I don't think those locations are relevant to the conversation given they are very much their own climates due the ocean, but if those spots did receive 24", there's no way the Cape received less given a gradient to 36 in the Plymouth area. HRRR really cutting back QPF amounts this afternoon though, looks like SNE will be a pretty tough call.

Never intended to indicate that Boston was every predicted to changeover to rain. Was speaking specifically about the cape where nearly every met predicted 8-16 inches due to a firm changeover to rain. We ended up with 30-36 inches. Not sure whether a few minutes of mixing would qualify as confirmation given the wildly incorrect amounts. Matt Noyes did the best if memory serves right. But anyways, off topic, back to this nice little storm!

Historic January blizzard that dropped ~3 feet will always be one to remember and nearly impossible to top. I'll never forget how badly the Boston Mets busted, changeover to rain never happened and we just kept snowing.

While I appreciate the RPM runs, they appear to be out to lunch this winter. Perhaps I'm blinded by rose colored glasses, but I don't remember it having such a hard time with thermals and corresponding ratios quite like this winter.

Yea, temps down on Cape never really dropped below 33/34 during the storm. Made it impossible to maintain strong ratios that may have existed aloft.

Nice storm! Upper Cape did well and had an extra hour or two under that band that just swung through. Near the canal could end up 8-10.

Based on reports out of Chatham, and a similar temp battle all storm, I can’t imagine they’ll end up with anything more than an inch or so of slush (if that).

Last burst down on Cape Cod

Should be an exciting few hours. 4PM to 6PM crush job for those near the canal was well forecasted by HRDPS / HRRR.

Looking skyward here in Boston, MA

The NWS Boston Twitter account is probably your best bet!