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Epic winter signal continues to beam, part V


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Mess mentioned how dynamics did nothing for his thin layer of warm the last storm, well for the record his thin layer actually extended from the ground up, they were above zero up to 875. Totally different, his lower layer had to saturate before they flipped, same with the yuppie from East Bay. The dynamics in this are very strong, IMHO opinion a longer period of rippin snow will be had by some who think they go to sleet quickly. The marginal warm layer will be overcome by dynamics for a time, sleet mixes in and you get this period of alternating types until dynamics wane and sleet is the predominate type. No change in my thoughts for me 8-12 before sleet fest with some frza drizzle before low level flakeage again takes over. JMHO.

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current snowpack = 24", looks like abotu 1.5" qpf for me. I think any sleet will be minimal prolly late tomorrow af'noon if anything, Factor in compaction, but i think it's 50/50 I could have 40" on the ground. :arrowhead:

Sitting at about the same 24". Hoping to reach 40 as well.

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this is not too off topic but its nice to see a good lyndon representation here...and the doppler on wheels (DOW) is on campus here for a couple of weeks and they are deploying locally for this storm up here since our radar coverage is terrible

Wow that's awesome! I graduated from Lyndon in 95. Is Dr. Fingerhut still there? He was by far my favorite Met professor.

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Yup. 15" +/- a couple seems like a pretty reasonable guess for me, you and a dog named Boo (or Dryslot). I wouldn't rule out 18" or so, but that's really stretching it to Noyes weenie levels.

Hopefully round one doesn't last too too long. I want to have ample time to measure and reset the area before the main show.

And of course never measure on grass, because the air bubbles underneath the snow may inflate the total.

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. . . same with the yuppie from East Bay.

LOL- The Warren "yuppie"

The marginal warm layer will be overcome by dynamics for a time, sleet mixes in and you get this period of alternating types until dynamics wane and sleet is the predominate type. No change in my thoughts for me 8-12 before sleet fest with some frza drizzle before low level flakeage again takes over. JMHO.

Fire up the Windham County bus. I'm all in!

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No he retired 2 years ago, Dr. Berryman is still here, now co-teaching our senior thesis class. We have a new building too with our own floor now and updated weather center. Overall still a strong program going with those same difficult dynamics, physical met, and thermo classes as before! I am so happy to be graduating this spring. But yea to not be off topic too much again going to be an awesome storm, I call the north shore of MA home away from school and another foot plus down there is going to be insane! I love it!

Wow that's awesome! I graduated from Lyndon in 95. Is Dr. Fingerhut still there? He was by far my favorite Met professor.

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Here's what I'm thinking

2"-5" coastal CT / RI / S Coast Mass (EWB) / Cape Cod

5"-8" central CT (HFD/IJD) / Central RI (PVD) / Southeast Mass (PYM/GHG)

8"-12" far northern CT (BDL?) / far northern RI / Areas south of Pike incluindg Springfield, OWD, etc

12"-18" Massachusetts along and north of Pike and up into S NH/S VT

Specifially:

BDR - 3"

HFD - 6"

BDL - 8"

CEF - 10"

PVD - 6"

BOS - 12"

ORH - 13"

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With us down this way floating right around that 0C line and some stronger warmth aloft not too far to the south we might not have a solid idea on the IP/ZR issue until probably either the 0z runs tomorrow night or perhaps nowcasting early AM Wednesday...I really wouldn't expect the models to handle this 100% accurately right now...this could be very close down this way.

Were looking at a belt of very strong winds though in the 700-850mb layer which could really help to push in some even more warmer air aloft.

What does NAM BUFKIT look like @ DXR Paul? Do we change to plain rain?

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Ryan,

Did you see the 0z NAM bufkit for HFD...pretty crazy...it flips us to IP around 3:00 PM tomorrow and we finish off round 1 as sleet.

Then for round 2 we start off as moderate snow for a few hours then go over to IP, then ZR, then plain rain (LOL) for 5 hours or so then back to ZR.

Going to be a mess figuring this one out.

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Here's what I'm thinking

2"-5" coastal CT / RI / S Coast Mass (EWB) / Cape Cod

5"-8" central CT (HFD/IJD) / Central RI (PVD) / Southeast Mass (PYM/GHG)

8"-12" far northern CT (BDL?) / far northern RI / Areas south of Pike incluindg Springfield, OWD, etc

12"-18" Massachusetts along and north of Pike and up into S NH/S VT

Specifially:

BDR - 3"

HFD - 6"

BDL - 8"

CEF - 10"

PVD - 6"

BOS - 12"

ORH - 13"

Nice, no ice then?, still thinking how much water can this area take, thats another 1.25 to 1.5 in the pack.

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