Damage In Tolland

Just now, ORH_wxman said:

Yeah there's some pretty good evidence it's a local max on the chain of mountains going down. The valley gets pretty wide to the west of them before the Catskills so there's some room to reinvigorate upslope streamers. I've also heard that people would drive into that area and see 4-5" of snow and literally 3-5 miles either direction there would be almost nothing. They'd get their own little private snow event. 

I wish I knew more about the spotters. I think the former guy's son took over but isn't as diligent in measuring every flake like the dad was. So those 1-3" fluffers turn into 0.5" or traces and the 5 inches turn into 2 inchers. There's also going to be some variance at play too...the former guy was measuring during some real weenie years for LES...esp during that 1955-1980 period or so. 

If you follow the Norfolk dude on Twitter. It’s literally always snowing there. There’s always SOTG. Granted it desolate and rural . You have to be a person like Mitch who doesn’t like people and likes relative isolation and losing your internet and connection to society for 7-10 days at a time to live there. But if you are seeking a lot of snow and are anti society, it’s one of the best spots in New England 

6 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

A ton?  I don’t know much about that climo but I also don’t feel like they are ripping out 4-8” lake effect and upslope events with regularity....or maybe just no one mentions it.  I could see more 1-3” type squalls but I’ll definitely start to pay more attention if they get a ton of snow from that.

It’s a lesser version of what Stowe gets. You get some les assist and upslope. Same concept at a lower scale 

17 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said:

There is no way some rogue lake effect streamers can explain the Norfolk CT COOP snow totals.  Its kind of crazy looking at their totals.  They only have 1 season above 100" the past 20 years.   But from 1944-1998 they AVERAGED about 100" per year. That's a good sample size being 50+ years. I think most considered the Norfolk COOP date pretty pristine?

Serious question, as somewhat that didn't grow up in NE, how could they have averaged that much over that time period? I know they have some good elevation (1300ft?) But they don't seem to get much Upslope?(correct me if I'm wrong)  So mainly synoptic with some lake effect streamers, squalls sprinkled in. 100" average is a lot for a non lake effect/non uplsope spot.

The baroclinic zone shift for whatever reason to river east in recent decades?

 

 

They get a TON of LES/ upslope flow snow there. Super high elevations and perfect trajectory downwind of Ontario. Look at a radar during CAA NW winds and they’ll be snowing. It’s 80% that 

2 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

It’s like our settlers were weenies and drew up this way.

They all loved snow. Never saw it in Europe 

19 minutes ago, CTValleySnowMan said:

I'd say about 10 miles east of the river was where the real fun began but what's 10 miles among friends.  I'm 2 miles east of the river and it was a solid above average winter but nothing spectacular.  

It is crazy how many events it really does matter East vs west of river or SE/ NW 84 and the one everyone hates south /north of Pike

10 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Eastern CT cashed in on 2015 too. 

River east crushed it 

14 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

They do well in marginal events and the difference between here and 15 miles to my north is staggering. But from an coastal crusher standpoint, we’ve been relatively skunked compared to the east and in recent seasons, to our north and west. 

It’s mainly due to Lake effect. They get several of their own private snowstorms each winter from lake effect 

6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I still wouldn’t rule out something 26ish. This pattern won’t be easily modeled.

Out

51 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

That’s if we can mix a bit, but certainly doable in the low spots.

Sounds terrible. Nobody wants that crap 

5 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Pull down the shades?

Strange days when Scoots is excited and you’re not . 

5 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Well the 26th deal is minor and oscillating. Looks like NNE deal now. And then something a few days later that could be a SWFE deal or a cutter. After that, at least per 00z EPS, looks like we may get some cold into the US as flow becomes a bit more meridional thanks to a better EPO. But Alaska has been fluctuating so I’m not sure I buy that. The pattern seems ok to me from afar. 

Knew the 26th would end up NNE

17 minutes ago, weathafella said:

So a pattern of cold first half of month milder 2nd half seems to be going on for a long time.  Looks to me like we continue that into January.

Did we lose end of months systems? 

18 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I picture pickles and her traveling the snowy New England countryside tracking down the jackpot and measuring snow banks.

Well if that’s the case it would be Scott Shelby = DILF

Just now, dendrite said:

She a good date?

Sounds like a porn star name 

9 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Unlikely we'll see snow for Xmas but it's nice having it on the ground .

What an estate. You’ve done very well

31 minutes ago, tamarack said:

???  Where in NNE?   N. Greens?  Wasn't in the Maine foothills.

Dendrite to Gene down to CNE Ray / Hippy

High stayed in the teens today. Super impressive airmass. High of 16.7 off a 7.2

20 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

DSD Monday? Just a matter of mixing I guess.

55 for Ray?

Just now, dendrite said:

No press?

Pull

That Xmas deal will go north of SNE. I’ve seen that look before. Congrats NNE. Can’t get invested in that one. Not yet anyway 

That will end up a NNE deal . Like that one 2 Friday’s ago

Still a lot of ice up there today 

1 minute ago, Bostonseminole said:

you keep his pics? 

Nudies?

21 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

That thread is hilarious.  I think you threw your laptop through your window when Kev posted this

Yore