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All somehow related ways to mark the holiday Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah all! Here’s to some region-wide crushings of yore in January…

Cobblestoned lamp-lit Beacon hill is pretty iconic too Anyway, not necessarily agreeing with this list (methodology was by showing people photos), but here were top cities:

And while we have a fresh example, put me in the column of folks who are a little delighted (relieved?) to see that Euro-AI was completely useless this last event. Wonder how the Google GenCast that received all this media hype a few weeks ago did…

From today: https://www.boston.com/travel/travel/2024/12/20/boston-was-just-named-the-most-beautiful-winter-city-in-the-world/

Took a weenie drive... almost a foreign feeling, it looks like WINTER... finally! ~5-5.2" measurements near Coolidge Corner Amazing how a positive bust (and for a change one where we're not futilely waiting to wetbulb) can partly heal the famished, even if it was just a few inches.

Completely sympathize. I was fully expecting mostly white rain in the city with C-1" to finish, par for the past 3 years. Literally 5 mile of CF placement made all the difference for you guys further east. Still have a few hours and CF looks over/past you, hopefully you pick up a few:

Westwood jack?

I'm trying to figure out... was this truly a NAM coup, or was it right for the wrong reasons i.e., OES + slightly further east CF (the larger synoptic snowfall from CCB in fact remained well offshore) that achieved the higher amounts in Boston / southwestern burbs...

Best snowfall in Boston metro in years... years since we've had snow covered roads like this in the city:

Yep, and fwiw much of that bust so far is OES and placement of the CF Bodes well for later this afternoon when larger synoptic stuff develops 18z HRRR looks great for 4-6pm

Honestly was surprised to be on NW side of CF all morning here in Fenway, I thought it would set up closer to 128 and we'd be in white rain all day Boston metro has not had a positive bust for years, meager as this is it's a great feeling. We've been < 1 mi vis for hours. Guesstimating 1-2" so far and all OES. I think this is the CF now, between Quincy / Weymouth and Canton / Randolph, slinking SE... @CoastalWx and others you should hopefully turn soon

And last night I thought NAM should be introduced to DOGE… This OES already beating my expectations this morning. CF sitting just southeast of city, great snow growth in Brookline.

Destructive interference from that lead vorticity and we just miss a significant event... if this were a single isolated model run, I'd be tempted to attribute the disconnect between H5 and surface low position as runaway convection 48-60 hrs out, still not unrealistic for this to weigh the lead annoying energy slightly less as we get closer

93-94 was my first winter in Boston. Man were my expectations irreversibly distorted. The potential and actual results of this December remind me of a Jerod Mayo pre-season quote I heard on WEEI this morning: "1000% percent... we have a lot of cap space... ready to burn some cash"

Euro definite improvement vs. 12z... trough looked more promising than surface reflection, but continued trend of slightly more negative tilt and vort more consolidated Verbatim still just a very minor event for Cape / SEMA