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1 minute ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

18z HRRR says another 8-10" here.

Yeah looks like we have another six hours before it's done.  Insane...

2 minutes ago, Jenkins said:

Wear enough layers and jackets are optional

I have a Carthart coat that is used specifically for this type of weather.  But I guess I can't wear it anymore due to its new status as a political statement lol.  Anyway that coat always gets the job done, especially in the slop we usually get here in winter storms.

Just had to get myself to the car and had to shovel through some 3 foot drifts.  This stuff is extra fluffy here.  Must be high ratio stuff.  Still coming down heavy.  I don't think I've ever seen a band sit over RI like that...

Just now, Ginx snewx said:

17 inches and still blowin and snowin. I am just smilin. 

 

Snowblowing was a bitch in the wind. Sitting in my truck getting warm before I go back out.

LOL don't you own a real winter coat?  I love LL Bean but even I didn't go out in just flannel! 

Route 24 must be a total mess its been under a band for at least 5 hours...

Puking snow near white out here at the moment.  Heaviest so far.

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I'll pull a Kevin

If Corey staying in LA got the death band into RI, then taking a nap might get it done for you.

To say the alignment of this band over eastern RI is rare would be an understatement…

11 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Not sure why anyone would doubt it....Taunton is half way to 3'

Because BOX was confusing me with two different maps with the same time stamp.

5 minutes ago, JC-CT said:

ah. much better.

I was confused too.  They have two different maps up right now.  One with the correct colors and numbers, one with what looks to be outdated info but the correct time stamp and numbers out of whack.

Damn that BOX map is bullish for eastern areas and quite surprising.

Latest HRRR still has a stall for 3-4 hours east of the Cape and another .75 to 1.00" of QPF RI east.  Sucks for the CNE/WNE folks...

Was out for about 45 minutes shoveling out a spot for the dog.  Lots of drifts, gonna conservatively say 8-10" out there now.  Had drifts over 2 feet in some spots, always tough to measure my yard I'm very exposed to the wind in 3 directions.  8-10 (maybe 12) seems to be in line with peeps to my east and west in the 14-16 range... very good rates out there now, though not white out.  Damn cold too!

25 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

This is interesting ...

WPC just did a new sfc plot/analysis and relocated the low due E of their previous fix some 200 mi - what?  Suddely the GFS is the right model - yeah...right.  there we go I guess

You are skeptical of this being the case?

3 minutes ago, PowderBeard said:

I hope my post last night is 100% wrong and you get 3-4" an hour. 

Ha we will see. Usually the bands are more transient here. We usually get the good stuff at the end more often than not. Surprising to see a juicy band move in from the east this early.

Ooh band of yellow incoming… that rarely happens here…

Thankfully most of that RI snow hole is over Narragansett Bay. Snowing pretty good here though we’re on the edge of the eastern band…

EDIT: refreshed my RadarScope and it shifted west over land… poor Kent/South county.

BOX 6:45

NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... 645 AM update... Very impressive satellite imagery this morning, with half wavelength shortening between trough and downstream ridge, as trough begins to take on a negative tilt. Forecast remains on track, with moderate snow overspreading eastern CT-RI and eastern MA, with snowfall rates approaching 1 inch per hour. Winds have really cranked upward the past hour, with PVC G50 kt/58 mph the past hour! Still expecting the heaviest snow with hourly rates of 2-4" per hour at times along with strongest winds up to 65-75 mph between 9 am and 4 pm. Rain has flipped over to all snow now across Nantucket and the outer Cape. Although this will be a heavy wet snow, including coastal Plymouth county and increase the threat of tree damage and power outages. Earlier discussion below.

3-4” here tough to judge drifts everywhere.

Canadian and Uncle are meh.  Slightly less QPF otherwise the same distribution pattern as their previous runs...

Slight improvement on the 03z RAP, especially in eastern areas.  That seems to be the trend, slight increases in QPF east of the CT River...

1 minute ago, JC-CT said:

you've either got really clouded imby glasses or very foggy weenie glasses

Yeah... actually a mixed bag.   QPF is up a little east and down a little west...

03z HRRR looks to be improving again too...

Just now, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Be nice if it slowed down East of LI.   

If the trends continue... maybe... it didn't chase NE nearly as much as the previous run.

Not great for western areas but it's slightly west from last run and much better than CMC/RGEM guidance... it is what it is...