The 4 Seasons

Feb 13: Greatest blizzard ever, take that CT! Mar 1888: Hold my snow. Data is very sparse on this. I tried searching the internet but the only thing that comes up with numbers is the K/U map that i also have in his book. The towns are not even listed so i just went by what that map looked like and put the numbers in the general area where they look to be. The ranges are pretty similar to the KU map except i did 15-30 instead of 10-20 and 20-30 ranges, simply because there was nothing under 15". Max for CT is 45" in New Haven i believe. Albany put up a 55 spot.

Thank you for the kind words. I am going to answer your questions one by one. I do all maps manually. I use local PNS statements from the 3 FOs that cover CT. I go through them by hand, trying my best to discount ones that have times when i know it was still snowing (accumulating snow) in that location, ones that seem off or ones that are from the DOT. I also use reports from AMWX and CoCoRaHs. As well as other sources if possible, local media/news. I use Adobe Photoshop to do all my maps. I found a base image of CT online and created a template for forecast maps and totals maps. I had no idea how to use Photoshop when i first got into it in 2014 but i learned on my own through trial and error and watching youtube tutorial videos. It is NOT an easy program to work with it at all. It's not what you would call user-friendly or intuitive. PS definitely takes some time to get down the basics but over the years i feel i've become pretty good with it. I'm not looking to create any pre 1993 maps, so i'm good on that thanks. The only map i've ever considering doing was 1888. Your post got me thinking so i just went ahead and did it. Posted below ...

That season was pretty good as a whole, i think i got about 60" which is almost double my avg 17-18 was the season of the Jan "Snow Bomb" that dropped 7-14 statewide. A nice Dec low end warning event. a Feb low end warning event and those march storms. And the Jan 30th surprise snow storm.

how could you forget rates of 2-4"/hr and epic thundersnow. i remember being outside using the blower and i was looking down and it got so bright so fast, i thought it was flood lights coming on or something then a huge clap, like a summertime thunderstorm. It wasnt just some rumbling in the distant, it was loud af. Probably CG lightning within a mile from me. Then a few more of these before it ended.

This was a fun one for the hill towns, envied Norfolk at the time.

The 4 monster nor'easters of March 2018. Something ill never forget, just for the fact we had 4, each a week a part.

Def not the worst. 7 days later came an even worse bust. lets all remember.

i felt exactly the same. it was early morning around 5-7am

yeah its hard to pick up on the NESIS, 4-10 is quite a broad range.

looks like a puzzle piece I remember this storm Ryan kept hammering a heavy snow zone down central connecticut, i saw it too, we all saw it. Ended up being Central CT smoked exhaust and got totally screwed.

12-20-2009

The Blizzard of 2009. 10 years ago today.

old wounds, new map.

snowfall totals and ice totals from 12/17 Dec 18th Snow Squall Event

12/11/19

Going back in the archives and producing maps for past events that i haven't done. Any requests for any CT storms and i'll take a look...if there is enough data ill do it!

Inland Monster :::UPDATE:::

resurrect it and we can merge or close this one if you want

Mar 3-4 storm vs. FX

March 2nd 2019

I am going to attach the maps for the past winter storms from last season, 18-19. I never got around to doing Mar 2nd and Mar 3rd-4th winter storms in CT but i will get them done and upload soon. I am working on new style maps for this coming 19-20 winter season with new color coding for snowfall amounts. Ranges (this is mostly for me to look back on) Snow: White: Nothing or next to nothing i.e. C-1" Light Blue: Light accumulations, sub advisory i.e. 1-3" Blue: Moderate accumulations, adivsory level, i.e. 3-6" Yellow: Heavy accumulations, warning level, i.e. 6-10" Red: Significantly heavy accumulations greater than yellow, double digit snowfall, warning level, i.e. 10-15" Purple: Very heavy accumulations greater than red, major or near record breaking, warning level, i.e. 18-24" Dark Purple: Extremely heavy accumulations greater than purple, historic and record breaking, i.e. 24-36" Lime Green: Crippling accumulations greater than dark purple, all-time and histoirc levels, i.e. 36-60" Ice: White: Nothing or next to nothing i.e. 0 Light Pink: Measurable, adivsory level, i.e. 0.10-0.20" Purple: Significant greater than light pink, advisory level, i.e. 0.20-0.40" Dark Purple: Major icing greater than purple, warning level, i.e. 0.40-0.70" Lime Green: Crippling ice, major damage, more than dark purple, warning level, i.e. .70-1.00" Dark Green: Historic, all-time and record breaking, more than lime green i.e. 1.00-2.00"

I noticed a lot of discussion threads get cluttered with comments, links and photos of past winter storms (myself included). So, i wanted to create a universal thread for all discussion of past winter storms in New England. Here you can share memories, thoughts, photos, links, whatever you want for any winter storm. This is the place to weenie out and relieve the stress from those ratters or dull periods. So to start i wanted to post some links for past winter storms in the Northeast. 1. Ray's Winter Storm Archive (1993-2013) Excellent place to find a lot of data of snow storms in New England/Tri-State http://www.raymondcmartinjr.com/weather/2011/Weather.html 2. NWS issuing product by CWA. Here you can find PNS, WSW, ZFP products for our local FOs from 1993-Present https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/list.phtml 3. NERFC Daily Snowfall, Snow Depth & Forecast Snowfall https://www.weather.gov/nerfc/snow If anyone has similar type archive links, please please share them. Also post photos, maps, etc from past winter storms.