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January 26-27 Snowstorm Disco/Obs - Gametime


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Short introduction...my name is Tim, I live in southern ct (west haven, just west of new haven on the milford line). Have been lurking around reading many of the New england discussion threads (since around the time of the norlun trough that buried Danbury and western CT). I'm fascinated with weather, but I'm no meteorologist, I just know weather basics. It's been a great winter down here, not many rain/sleet storms like I am accustomed to here in southern ct.

Anyway...this morning's burst came as a shock to me. Picked up between 2 and 2.5 inches here, looking forward to much more. As of right now it's lightly snowing and is picking up in intensity, but no where as heavy as it was say an hour to an hour and a half ago.

Look forward to contributing what I can to the forums!

Welcome to the board.

You're my new favorite.

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Need round 1 to pivot more north soon or it's no go for BOS, looks like it might be starting to move a bit more north judging by the returns building north in SE CT - too soon to say though. Hope the 1 and 2 hr RUC are right cause if so we'll be rocking for a good part of this afternoon in boston.

Currently flurries gradually increasing in frequency in the south end.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1232 PM EST WED JAN 26 2011

CTZ004-MAZ017>024-RIZ001>008-262000-

WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-

EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-

BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-

SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-

BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...TAUNTON...

BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...

CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...

FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...

BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND

1232 PM EST WED JAN 26 2011

...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT THE SOUTH COAST THROUGH 4 PM...

BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WERE MOVING UP THE COASTLINE OF CONNECTICUT

AND RHODE ISLAND AT 1230 PM.

THESE BANDS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTH COASTAL

RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH 4 PM...AS WELL AS THE

GREATER PROVIDENCE AREA. RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW INITIALLY ON

CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.

SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED...GIVING

TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BY 4 PM.

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Short introduction...my name is Tim, I live in southern ct (west haven, just west of new haven on the milford line). Have been lurking around reading many of the New england discussion threads (since around the time of the norlun trough that buried Danbury and western CT). I'm fascinated with weather, but I'm no meteorologist, I just know weather basics. It's been a great winter down here, not many rain/sleet storms like I am accustomed to here in southern ct.

Anyway...this morning's burst came as a shock to me. Picked up between 2 and 2.5 inches here, looking forward to much more. As of right now it's lightly snowing and is picking up in intensity, but no where as heavy as it was say an hour to an hour and a half ago.

Look forward to contributing what I can to the forums!

welcome...always good to get another addition to the shoreline crew. even if you aren't a meteorologist, its always helpful to get obs and totals during events. you might might consider adding your location to your profile if you plan on posting more frequently.

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There's a lot going on. Notice the little kink in NC on the water vapor as the new moisture ramps up. Just SE of there the ARW/NMM fire up another meso low or convective complex. That really has the potential to cause problems later. To me it looks like these two models painted the feature too far SE so who knows...but going to have to watch closely. If it blows up more than they are forecasting it'll have an effect on what falls tonight in the negative way.

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/displaySat.php?region=ALB&itype=wv&size=large&endDate=20110125&endTime=-1&duration=6

Meso's bring the change over up to almost kiss the coast of RI before it slides east. Precip looks a little further NW than they modeled (NMM) so I'm going to guess it does more than kiss me here.

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RI coast getting pounded now...assuming most of that is snow. Hard to believe there isn't some sleet mixed it. We may just get clipped with the western edge of that in the next hour. That LI band really lost its intensity further west...which either means there was sleet and its transitioned to snow as it approaches CT...or there some dry air working in. Either way...snow will continue for another couple hours on the shoreline before the lull.

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RI coast getting pounded now...assuming most of that is snow. Hard to believe there isn't some sleet mixed it. We may just get clipped with the western edge of that in the next hour. That LI band really lost its intensity further west...which either means there was sleet and its transitioned to snow as it approaches CT...or there some dry air working in. Either way...snow will continue for another couple hours on the shoreline before the lull.

Uber dry slot I think http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/displaySat.php?region=ALB&itype=wv&size=large&endDate=20110125&endTime=-1&duration=6

This storm wins the award for the most extreme interference from an offshore s/w that I've ever seen.

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