Arnold214 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I think this anniversary deserves it's own thread. Discuss your memories in this here thread. What a cluster this thing was (from a forecast standpoint)...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Will loves that storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 Will loves that storm March 5th, 2001 was my first day of work in my first real weather job. What a way to start that was. I lived in Leominster at the time...what a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 March 5th, 2001 was my first day of work in my first real weather job. What a way to start that was. I lived in Leominster at the time...what a month. Who got that lolli of 30? Winchendon? I teach in the plastic city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I was waiting for this thread. I thought about it last night. One of my greatest storms ever. I lived in Rockingham County at the time where the jackpot fell. http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/ens/training/example01030500/example01030500.html http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/extremes/2001/march/mar5-7_2001_snow.txt ROCKINGHAM... 40 INCHES ... NOTTINGHAM 34 INCHES ... HAMPTON /NH DOT/ 28 INCHES ... PORTSMOUTH /PEASE TRADEPORT/ 24 INCHES ... SALEM 23 INCHES ... DERRY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 March 5th, 2001 was my first day of work in my first real weather job. What a way to start that was. I lived in Leominster at the time...what a month. That was your first day?? LOL, wow. You had some good stories from Leominster. Those tstm stories were classic..lol. Anyways, I was sort of disappointed for my area, but it was expected. I remember how bad the modeling was. I remember models had been burying DC except for the euro, I believe. It ended up not quite phasing perfectly, but just enough to send a ribbon of s+ over the areas near and north of the Pike. http://www.meteo.psu...2001/us0305.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collinsville Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I remember it started as some lighter snow on the 4th, an inch or two by morning then some pounding sleet during the morning daylight hours on the 5th. A break in the afternoon with nothing falling then the new low popped sending a swath of moderate snow overhead, steady snow til 2 or 3 AM then with more intermittent snow continuing through most of the 6th. I had 13.2" with a w.e. of 1.98" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 Who got that lolli of 30? Winchendon? I teach in the plastic city It was indeed Winchendon. I lived pretty much around the corner from the searstown mall at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 That was your first day?? LOL, wow. You had some good stories from Leominster. Those tstm stories were classic..lol. Anyways, I was sort of disappointed for my area, but it was expected. I remember how bad the modeling was. I remember models had been burying DC except for the euro, I believe. It ended up not quite phasing perfectly, but just enough to send a ribbon of s+ over the areas near and north of the Pike. http://www.meteo.psu...2001/us0305.php I geeked all out for that storm. I took a lot of video...I set up my camcorder on the bed pointed at TWC on the tube so I could tape Kocin (didn't have vcr set up yet). Still have it. I may have to show it to him when I see him at the NESC next weekend, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 That was your first day?? LOL, wow. You had some good stories from Leominster. Those tstm stories were classic..lol. Anyways, I was sort of disappointed for my area, but it was expected. I remember how bad the modeling was. I remember models had been burying DC except for the euro, I believe. It ended up not quite phasing perfectly, but just enough to send a ribbon of s+ over the areas near and north of the Pike. http://www.meteo.psu...2001/us0305.php Brian was in the area that got destroyed. I remember the radar just having a ribbon of moisture over the area and being very jealous...lol. Memories of Dec '92 all over again. I ended up changing to snow on the 6th and getting about 7" or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I geeked all out for that storm. I took a lot of video...I set up my camcorder on the bed pointed at TWC on the tube so I could tape Kocin (didn't have vcr set up yet). Still have it. I may have to show it to him when I see him at the NESC next weekend, lol. Well I don't blame you one bit. That was an incredible storm. What a time for you to move to Leominster. Do you remember the 8-10" you got about 3 days later?? You must have been in heaven. There was a bowling ball that moved out of PA and dumped on you guys again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 Well I don't blame you one bit. That was an incredible storm. What a time for you to move to Leominster. Do you remember the 8-10" you got about 3 days later?? You must have been in heaven. There was a bowling ball that moved out of PA and dumped on you guys again. yeah, I drove to the northeast storm conference (saratoga) in it. My friend had a 1991 Grand Marquis...what a boat...it was interesting climbing the berks in that thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 yeah, I drove to the northeast storm conference (saratoga) in it. My friend had a 1991 Grand Marquis...what a boat...it was interesting climbing the berks in that thing. Oh, I remember that story..lol. Nothing like rear wheel drive with 90% of the weight in the front. My first car was an '83 Grand Prix which used to spin it's tires just idling, so I know what that is like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 HubbDave, on 04 March 2011 - 10:23 PM, said:Who got that lolli of 30? Winchendon? I teach in the plastic city I had an appt in Winchendon that week, I remember the snow depth was incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mreaves Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I remember that we had a couple of big storms back to back and my boiler died in the middle of it all. No access to the bulkhead, what a clusterf*ck getting the new one in the house. Had to wait until April to get the old one out of the basement. Other than that, it was agreat stretch up here. Snowmobiled into April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEEPSTUFF Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I was waiting for this thread. I thought about it last night. One of my greatest storms ever. I lived in Rockingham County at the time where the jackpot fell. http://www.emc.ncep....le01030500.html http://www.ncdc.noaa...7_2001_snow.txt ROCKINGHAM... 40 INCHES ... NOTTINGHAM 34 INCHES ... HAMPTON /NH DOT/ 28 INCHES ... PORTSMOUTH /PEASE TRADEPORT/ 24 INCHES ... SALEM 23 INCHES ... DERRY I live in Nottingham and that was the single greatest snowfall I have ever seen. feet of snow on the ball fields, baseball started 3 weeks late that year.. Above ground pool was buried, nearly 52" OTG!. I was at work for most of the storm and had to bring some folks home, i had dodge ram. I remember heading from exeter to portsmouth in rain, changed for a period before going back to snow, and going over the general sullivan bridge heading to dover and it turning to white conditions. By the time I got home to Nottingham the snow was just over the bumper on my ram. Took me almost 1/2hr to shovel enough snow so my truck would get down far enough to hook up the plow. I had my old deck collapse and part of my old barn roof cave in. Needless to say i push the snow much further back just in case of another winter like that. Oh.......the good old days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Fasting melting 2'+ of snow ever. Gone in like 5 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Here's a good source of info on the storm. http://apollo.lsc.vs...ects/snowstorm/ the link takes you to a main page follow that to their list of storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Here's a good source of info on the storm. http://apollo.lsc.vs...ects/snowstorm/ the link takes you to a main page follow that to their list of storms. Cool website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Here's a good source of info on the storm. http://apollo.lsc.vs...ects/snowstorm/ the link takes you to a main page follow that to their list of storms. That map does a magnificent job of depicting the itty bitty 12" screwzone up here. I was still glowing from the Feb 5-6 2001 storm so I didn't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Fasting melting 2'+ of snow ever. Gone in like 5 days March '01? You must be confusing that with some other storm because that snow pack was up to about 4 feet after that storm and it didn't melt until the middle of April. Mar '01 failed to hit 50F the entire month at ORH. There was actually another snow storm about 3-4 days after it on Mar 9th. Dropped about 6-8" of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 March '01? You must be confusing that with some other storm because that snow pack was up to about 4 feet after that storm and it didn't melt until the middle of April. Mar '01 failed to hit 50F the entire month at ORH. There was actually another snow storm about 3-4 days after it on Mar 9th. Dropped about 6-8" of snow. Fro some reason I started thinking about the April Fool's '97 storm...that was gone in 5 days. This other one, yeah, it stuck around for a while. Duh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Otown_WX Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I don't remember this storm too well since it generally underperformed and I was only 9. I do remember a lot of hype and a general disappointment even though I got 13" lol. Then 01-02 showed up and I realized what it was like to really get screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Otown_WX Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Here's a good source of info on the storm. http://apollo.lsc.vs...ects/snowstorm/ the link takes you to a main page follow that to their list of storms. Is that 37" lolli Jay Peak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeVries Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 We got about 15" down in central CT. That was all gone in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 March '01? You must be confusing that with some other storm because that snow pack was up to about 4 feet after that storm and it didn't melt until the middle of April. Mar '01 failed to hit 50F the entire month at ORH. There was actually another snow storm about 3-4 days after it on Mar 9th. Dropped about 6-8" of snow. I think the next couple weeks were on the warm side through. Keene was into the 40's and I think hit 50 once. But the snow definitely wasn't going anywhere fast. I remember there was a streak of 80+ temps at the end of April. I was playing baseball, with still massive piles of snow by the dugouts lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveyLeonardFan Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Cool website Yes...great website indeed. It has the stats from a much hyped February 1988 storm that tracked farther nw than originally anticipated. I was telling all my 5th grade classmates coastal RI would be getting a huge snowstorm...I think I may have been saying "Big Winter incoming, bit winter.." I believe the event occurred on a Friday and I didn't go to school because we only had a coating of snow and I ended up watching Channel 7 cover Boston's high impact 6 inches of snow before it changed to rain...And I spent the rest of the afternoon watching coverage of the 1988 Prez. campaign and Dukakis on CNN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I think the next couple weeks were on the warm side through. Keene was into the 40's and I think hit 50 once. But the snow definitely wasn't going anywhere fast. I remember there was a streak of 80+ temps at the end of April. I was playing baseball, with still massive piles of snow by the dugouts lol! It got "warm" between Mar 15-20 time frame, but it was still only 40s and I think there were a lot of cloudy days in there too. Snow pack didn't take too big of a hit and then there was a sting of 2 or 3 more snow events before April 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cja1987 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 March '01? You must be confusing that with some other storm because that snow pack was up to about 4 feet after that storm and it didn't melt until the middle of April. Mar '01 failed to hit 50F the entire month at ORH. There was actually another snow storm about 3-4 days after it on Mar 9th. Dropped about 6-8" of snow. Exactly, I remember even in Randolph, we had patchy snow cover into early April and piles lasting 'til at least 10 April. March '01 is in the top 3 for best winter months I've ever experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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