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His IP definitely resolves to N. Billerica. I'm not sure what Joe has been up to. Has he moved at all?

Not sure. 1.4 NE according to the cocorahs info... wherever that places it.

Randolph, NH had a 53” depth this morning. Not bad.

You guys need some of these at the ski area. I think they’re replacing the snow pillows in many sites. https://www.sommer.at/en/products/snow-ice/snow-scales-ssg-2

It’s been done many times. I’ll look for some of them later, but I need to go out and corral some chooks.

He measures on an elevated board too. Those early season fluff events struggle on the depth side of things since there’s still enough warmth in the ground to try to slowly melt/compact it from the bottom upward. When it’s 31° in Novie and pounding upslope fatties it gives the measuring surface a cooler surface to accumulate on.

See I just hate that. You penalize the snow in the second half of a major storm because of all of the weight building upon the first half. In those LES events, at some point the depth almost stops growing because for every 3” you had you probably compact 2”.

idk if they’re as concerned about comparing different sites as much as they are keeping the same measuring methods for sites over the historical data period. The COOPs have been measuring only at 6-8am for a long time because they’re just volunteers that have other jobs and responsibilities too. The LCDs have historically had paid observers measuring hourly at the airports for many decades now. So they are keeping the 6hr measuring there to keep the methodology continuous. I’ve always thought 6-8 hours was a happy middle ground for allowing some compaction, but not letting it sit too long. I’ve always mimicked CON with my observing methods so I’ve stuck to 6hrs when I can. But part of me wishes I started at 8hrs so I could measure, go to bed, sleep 7.5hrs, and then wake up to an on-time measurement rather than setting my alarm for 11z after measuring at 5z. lol

Well that is depth over 5 days so you would at least get a handful of clearings in. But yeah...maybe 55-60” instead of 44”? They also went from a depth of 44” to 29” in a few days despite the warmest temp in that period being 25°.

BUF had 81.5” in a 5 day span during Dec 2001, yet their highest depth was “only” 44”. They may have had 120” if they cleared every 3 hours.

Beautiful morning. Up to 41F after a low of 24.7F. Should push mid 50s here before the clouds and front approach.

A nice look on vis of Tolland his morning with the clear skies. https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=local-Rhode_Island-02-48-1-100-1&checked=counties-map&colorbar=undefined

lol...a big fat 1027mb high centered right over where the op has the low.

Looks like something out of Midlo's backyard.

Should be a pretty good stretch coming up for steady, slow snow melt.

Nape city this upcoming Fri-Sun.

Compaction is part of snowfall. There needs to be some kind of standard to put everyone on the same playing field playing by the same rules. If some guy in Montague, NY clears every 3 hours he may end up with 80" while the guy going every 24hrs is 36". And you can't expect a COOP observer to measure and clear every 3hrs during a storm. Many fall in love with the big snow totals, but sometimes the relatively lower amounts with high density have more impact than the 25:1 fluff. SWE is probably a better indicator of impact. I remember the Montague debacle years ago... https://www.syracuse.com/news/2014/11/buffalo_snow_record_lake_effect_storm_tug_hill.html

6z MAV had 51F for CON today. lol #drunk

Aren’t sun angle, compaction, and relatively warm temps all factors in what affects the amount of new snow? You’re measuring every 3-4 hours there which should nullify your total from being official. I mean if snow melts on contact with a warm or wet ground then it is what it is. You don’t put a refrigerated 25°F table out there so the flakes can accumulate without melting.

It'd probably make for a cool little case study digging deeper into it. 8" is a pretty good event.

idk...I lean more synoptic than orographic. There was just too much lift and drift below the beam required to get it to Tolland for it to be mostly orographic. If the NE CT hills had the power to create that much lift in the H6-H7 layer Kevin would be pulling upslope frequently. But the bit of upslope certainly helps in many ways...cooler temps, higher RH, a little extra lift, etc. Whatever it was...cool little event down there. I'm enjoying not having to shovel anything this morning.

Yeah I think there were a few things going on there and they just so happened to overlap over Tolland county for an extended period.

D+ isn't a ratter?

41.4" of my 63.8" in 11-12 came in Oct-Nov-Mar.