IowaStorm05

Really is a tough call with this where we live especially me. And I’ve started learning that maybe 18z and 06z runs might not always be as “accurate” as 00z and 12z, and the latter two seem colder for the past three of their cycles don’t they. Still it’s a little frustrating to see 8 plus totals in litchfield county while a similar latitude of eastern CT gets maybe 1-2 inches.

Then where does not have fluctuating problems with seasonal snowfall? Feels like you could move to a place that averages 150 to 200 inches a year…. And still struggle to see a foot sometimes. UP Michigan leeside of lake?

Not as warm as the cycle just before that if anything. Yesterday I remember NAM runs showing virtually no snow in Southern New England. Now, the snow line keeps creeping southeast with each run on the NAM. With yesterdays evolutions I was sure we were not gonna see more than a few preliminary flakes at my location. And I was scoffing people even talking about it anymore only to get blown away by the 12z that came out this morning right after saying that. For the three of us who live near here… my call is about a sloppy inch… maybe two tops. It might trend back slightly west overnight…. Sort of like a yo-yo with decreasing erratic behavior as you zero in.

Likewise when I was a young teen I would hope for an unforecast event of major snowfall. Though still kind of rare, unexpected dumps did happen back in the day. Especially out west. Of course, what I didn’t understand was that they usually didn’t happen if the forecast was clear and sunny, or if the forecast snow level was 4,000 feet above my location. it’s more a matter of underestimating accumulations or slight deviations in track or temperature that do it. And stationary bands.

Just imagine the shocker the community would be in for if this not only “verifies” but the low actually tracks 20 miles to the southeast of this map. rain…. Ten inches of wet snow, same thing. It’s all water, really. I promise.

12z models seemed to hint at that solution.

That is nasty.

Lest I speak too soon. If this trend keeps up I’m gonna get a thump.

Warmer butt than than Richard Simmons.

Maybe not. But I think that if the way this has turned out was modeled that way to start with, this thread wouldn’t likely be populated with people from CT or Massachusetts tracking it. Unless maybe it’s such a big storm it warrants heavy discussion from outside of its snow impact zone. It’s just my feeling tho.

You’re at a relatively high altitude. In New Hampshire. To me it might as well be Buffalo when it comes to this one. I live 30 miles due north inland as the crow flies in CT. I don’t consider it quite coastal. But in this setup it might as well be.

You wouldn’t know it by stepping outside this morning but….Unless you live in Buffalo, this sucker is long gone. People are still stuck in the shadows of 6-day-out modeling for a blockbuster coastal.

Oh happy day, I’ve always wanted to work outside in 50mph winds moving around bulky and heavy objects. It’s not inconvenient or dangerous.

I am on the CT south shore and while it started out fairly mild this morning, there’s now a brisk wind out of the north or northeast and the temp is dropping. I had to stow extra layer in case.

Wild changes with this thing. The plus side is the idea of cleaning things up. All the salty crusty dirty everything. Of course, then you have to think of black ice after if they don’t retreat, but the parking lots and other land will be cleaner.

Haven’t been talking in several days, I’ve just been lurking. No doubt a juicy one is headed our way but with it barely in range of the NAM I have been “meh” about it. Typical low track placement battle goin on. Snow likely but washes away.

Have you guys ever thought about water-based snowstorms on other planets? Imagine all the possibilities, to say nothing of the other types of precipitation that occur on other planets. I wonder.

That’s why I applied it earlier this evening while it’s still above freezing and the ground is mostly slush already or mildly compacted glaciated snow.

“Need to be dissolved in water” that’s what I read, but I never see that happening. I see people sprinkling rock salt on their walkways and that’s what I did. And again with my experience sprinkling salt I see it take effect albeit slowly. Meh. I’ve never seen someone mix it with water and then splash it down. Please forgive me but once again I’m confused about this advice. again, what you said is consistent with what I have also read online today but it’s not the directions on the product I bought, nor my recollections.

I read today while looking it up that with basic salt you gotta get it on there while it’s still slushy or snow otherwise it requires sunlight to make the salt work. But I’m supposing that the more advanced stuff is more efficient. Still, I have poured table salt on pure ice, in the night, and heard it crackle as it melted.

I managed to get out, and sprinkle lots of ice melt on the steps to the apartment and high traveled paths to the parking lot. The management here is lacking in this respect because it’s lower rent. i dont care to learn of someone getting injured on icy stairs on my watch.

Well what about an embarrassment of riches

How about that 7 to 10 feet I mentioned. Actually the idea of massive snows combined with the idea of DOT shortages kinds disturbs me.

I hate sweat. I work outdoors and right now that entails lots of layers, I’m thin and tall. Anyway I sweat a bunch when I exert myself. Then my inner layers get wet and I end up finishing my day with mild hypothermia and it takes 3 hours to warm up at home.

It really does. and if you live in the Midwest, the Southerly flow does the same. In fact I think the Midwest is even more prone to large scale icing events than New England in some locales! The ocean is bad but you tend to get an ocean even away from the ocean.