CoastalWx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Ray might get up into the mid 40's when the west winds kick So did my area ever truly warm sector? You're in it somewhat. Even ORH is 40, to your ne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 torch here at 33.4, ice hanging on for dear life - still looks nice out, but melting a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 You're in it somewhat. Even ORH is 40, to your ne. I envisioned ripping winds and sun and clouds..so this is fine actually except for the dew of 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Ray might get up into the mid 40's when the west winds kick So did my area ever truly warm sector? I know...I called that, earlier. 33.5\32...high for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Some pics I just took about 45 min ago Mostly in Holden here....I actually went all the way up to weenie ridge and I'll post those in a sec...ice was event better up there because they had a lot of leftover ice still on trees from Friday event too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I envisioned ripping winds and sun and clouds..so this is fine actually except for the dew of 40 I noticed the NAM last night had a very baggy look to the isobars over sne..esp nrn CT and up into the Pike region. That made be double guess how mild it could get even for BOS. I just want to sleep for the next 5 days and wake up on Saturday morning. Just hope damage is minimal on Sunday. For once it would be nice of this little tick east on the models with 3-4 days would mean something other than 38F and rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Still plenty of deep snowpack ....even for Ryan in WH..It may never melt. ever I thought it was bare grass at Pete's this weekend....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Some pics I just took about 45 min ago Mostly in Holden here....I actually went all the way up to weenie ridge and I'll post those in a sec...ice was event better up there because they had a lot of leftover ice still on trees from Friday event too Those are great. That's more impressive than I thought. The snow on the branches prior to the ZR makes it look wintry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Some pics I just took about 45 min ago Mostly in Holden here....I actually went all the way up to weenie ridge and I'll post those in a sec...ice was event better up there because they had a lot of leftover ice still on trees from Friday event too A winter wonderland--nice pics. 31.4/30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 4 more....last 3 are on weenie ridge in Princeton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Nice pics. Mid winter look for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 4 more....last 3 are on weenie ridge in Princeton Will's future home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpickett79 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 weenie ridge is a magical place.......lol great icing there fri nite.....and again today....wow so much for temps getting above freezing during precip. 35.8 here ....with low 40s to my W/WSW in westborough....49 in medway, ma watchin the hopkinton ob for signs of ticking up....weird temp gradient over EMA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Nice pics. Mid winter look for sure. I couldn't believe how long the icicles were up on the ridge...look at the fir tree in the last pic, lol. They were like over foot long icicles. Clearly there was still ice from Friday on there contributing to the scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 About 20 minutes ago. Not much damage to the snow pack today. Can't say the same for the trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Pine Hill Rd/Lane in Princeton would be a nice place to settle down up there, right near the access road. Road is an absolute nightmare in bad weather though, not plowed, hilly and narrow. Last pic with the monster icicles on the fir tree was taken on Westminster Rd just off Mountain rd. It goes almost straight up the moment you turn on it. I was impressed with the ice though even all the way down into northern Worcester on my drive down 190 ( came back from Chelmsford via 190 before I took those pics) and it was impressive in Holden as well as the first set of pics shows. It was already falling off the trees though as I was driving near Winter Hill and into Holden as I took that first set. The winds must have picked up and did a combo of mixing out the 32F temps and forcing the ice of the trees. I'm sure the ridge will lose the ice eventually...if not today, then before the arctic front comes through tomorrow. Winds are bad for keeping ice on trees, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I couldn't believe how long the icicles were up on the ridge...look at the fir tree in the last pic, lol. They were like over foot long icicles. Clearly there was still ice from Friday on there contributing to the scene. That's a classic pic Will really like that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 The ice line seemed to be very similar to the Friday event around here...below 600 feet almost nothing (though I'm sure there had been some earlier before I got here)...further north on 190 the ice line was much lower, even the 350 foot areas near Leominster had decent accretion but it was much better around Sterling and into that eastern edge of Holden near W Boyalston line...some of those hills that get to 600-700 feet on 190 had a lot of ice. We've lost most of the ice now on the trees at 800+ feet in N ORH. Its amazing how quickly it fell off. When I was just pulling into the area, still a lot of ice but it was starting to fall off, when I got back from snapping my pics up at weenie ridge, almost all of it was off and temp was 4F warmer. Wind and upper 30s did the trick fairly quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 High was 36F but in the last hour we have torched up to 42F with the same dew. Let's get this out of here ASAP. We even had ice at my hs at 600 ft. Looked nice until about 1-2pm then eveything melted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomNH Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 4 more....last 3 are on weenie ridge in Princeton Nice pics. It's amazing how, as impressive as those are, they aren't anything close to '08. We may never see an ice storm quite like that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Front just went thru here. Fog lifted and winds turned west. Let's hurry and get this garbage air mass out of here. Very little damamge if any to the pack..only a few hours of temps at 40.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yeah I know that road, I have taken that many times to access the hiking trails up the mountain from there. That is another good spot, but bad if you don't have 4WD and live there in winter lol. I Iive on top of the hill just north of the lakes. I posted some pics earlier a few pages back around 1230, after the icing stopped. Looks like it was a bit worse though where you drove earlier for sure though. Always fun to take a trip up to weenie ridge in those borderline storms where it is a rain/snow mix or cold rain to get your snow fix in those situations. Up to 35.6 here now. Almost all the ice is now off the trees, oh well. Yeah I saw your pics, it looked pretty good there. When I drove through Sterling on 190 it looked good...that was before the temped spiked up. Obviously the 800-900 foot areas of Holden would be inclined to have a little better icing in this situation...and of course the areas well over 1200 feet up in Princeton...but there was quite a transition on Rt 2 driivng W from 495. Near 2 and 495 intersection there was very little...except the tops of the 30-40 foot trees had some ice them them. It ramped up quickly. The whole drive between Leominster and Worcester on 190 had a lot of ice. Only once I got past Aararat St down toward Indian Lake did the ice start getting progressively less very quickly but you could tell it probably had looked better about an hour before. Top of Indian Hill driving by still was caked. I arrived essentially the same time the W winds kicked up. I wish I had arrived about 30-40 minutes sooner to get a better look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I noticed the NAM last night had a very baggy look to the isobars over sne..esp nrn CT and up into the Pike region. That made be double guess how mild it could get even for BOS. I just want to sleep for the next 5 days and wake up on Saturday morning. Just hope damage is minimal on Sunday. For once it would be nice of this little tick east on the models with 3-4 days would mean something other than 38F and rain. I have a good feeling about the weekend event..Just like I did with the clipper when some mets were calling for flurries and sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Wow--temp just jumped to 33.5 and rain has started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I thought it was bare grass at Pete's this weekend....? You know me well enough by now to know why I make posts like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 I have a good feeling about the weekend event..Just like I did with the clipper when some mets were calling for flurries and sun I thought my forecast for you ended up being decent. You did end up with 3" and you also torched into the mid/upper 30s while Ray was still snowing and 25, lol. Well I didn't say all you would get are flurries and sun, lol. I said you might be flurries and sun while Ray is still ripping SN for hours. Which is still true. It will shut off much quicker to the SW vs NE MA where it could hold on for hours with the E flow. You might get 2 or 3"...but it definitely looks better the further NE you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I thought my forecast for you ended up being decent. You did end up with 3" and you also torched into the mid/upper 30s while Ray was still snowing and 25, lol. Yeah your final 1.7 for me was a little low, but overall pretty good. You didn't bite on the awful Euro qpf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yeah your final 1.7 for me was a little low, but overall pretty good. You didn't bite on the awful Euro qpf Those specific amounts were also 48 hours out. As we got to the day before, I was a tad more bullish despite some of my posts that were obviously trolling you. Euro was pretty bad on that event and it never looked right for QPF. It was pretty far north compared to the jet streak and weak vortmax. Euro did best on that event outside of 3 days, but was awful once inside of 60h. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Those specific amounts were also 48 hours out. As we got to the day before, I was a tad more bullish despite some of my posts that were obviously trolling you. Euro was pretty bad on that event and it never looked right for QPF. It was pretty far north compared to the jet streak and weak vortmax. Euro did best on that event outside of 3 days, but was awful once inside of 60h. Well at least our friend in Staffordville got 4 inches....more than anyone else 50 miles of him in every direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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