Baroclinic Zone Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Flurries and Graupel here. It's doing this at 39-41F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Is that when people shake up their snow globes and think that's what's falling outside? Yeah for sure. Also revealed some snow biases at least in Boston.... Well the euro had snow as well..so did the SREFs. It was really late last night when the rug got taken out from under us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 oh baby, lightning strikes over nepa, hail in jersey, graupel high atop mt zucker..................should be a fun night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 oh baby, lightning strikes over nepa, hail in jersey, graupel high atop mt zucker..................should be a fun night I have never seen this type of precip before, it's like we have a mix of snowflakes, snow grains, and pure sleet. Actually sticking to the pavement now as the sun begins to drop. Something is seriously wrong with this storm, but radar is looking nasty, and I mean that in a good way 32.5/32...just need 1/2 degree now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 absolutely pouring snowgrains, ip and graupel dear lord pouring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 27/22, sn, dew point seems to be coming up. Really nice flake formation, light and fluffy. Radar not doing it justice for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 absolutely pouring snowgrains, ip and graupel dear lord pouring Spring cancel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Jesus, Messenger is relentless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 what a great day! transitioned back to snow grains now dusting on all surfaces again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Jesus, Messenger is relentless. Still think 1-3"? Or did you downgrade to 1-3" flakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I have never seen this type of precip before, it's like we have a mix of snowflakes, snow grains, and pure sleet. Actually sticking to the pavement now as the sun begins to drop. Something is seriously wrong with this storm, but radar is looking nasty, and I mean that in a good way 32.5/32...just need 1/2 degree now! That sounds like an orographic convective shower on the mountain during the early fall or late spring.... awesome! Yet at the same time, precipitation is probably coming down pretty heavily, no? I'm surprised the increase in precipitation rates isn't changing it over to the more snowy side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Still think 1-3"? Or did you downgrade to 1-3" flakes? Don't really care...I'll stick to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Spring cancel. Most definitely. Cold, cold, and colder. Keep the dream alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Most definitely. Cold, cold, and colder. Keep the dream alive. If I had a choice, I would have opted for Spring and today is a perfect illustration of why. The reward just isn't worth the risk this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 That sounds like an orographic convective shower on the mountain during the early fall or late spring.... awesome! Yet at the same time, precipitation is probably coming down pretty heavily, no? I'm surprised the increase in precipitation rates isn't changing it over to the more snowy side. This is the opposite of normal: when the precip is heavier, it goes over to IP and the temp rises. When it is lighter, the precip is mostly snow and the temperature falls. Not really understanding what is going on with this storm, just don't have the meteorological knowledge to understand such a weird overrunning event with tornadoes in SW PA and snow/sleet here. Models seem to be equally baffled with some having us under 40dbz snows tonight while others are relatively dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Radar is a shred fest ... you get under a deeper green shard and you may shower down to 1/2 mile if you are lucky, but then your shard pulses down and the next town over ends up in a new one ...rinse repeat until it all end\s innaccuously some hours later. Limited impact if any... Also want to point out the obvious here and that is that there was a good bit of drying in the low levels today from whatever source, and this is gobbling up what ever falls out of dying dynamics; paltry as it comes and weakening further, is having to overcome dry air. The areal coverage up in NYS is shrinking in keeping with shriveling dynamics. All these objective observations suggest folks should seek other entertainment options for this evening and then wait on being pleasently surprised. 18z GFS trying to dig in for April 2 again - frankly after the current debacle, it just adds fuel to my personal fires for hating this time of year. Who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Radar is a shred fest ... you get under a deeper green shard and you may shower down to 1/2 mile if you are lucky, but then your shard pulses down and the next town over ends up in a new one ...rinse repeat until it all end\s innaccuously some hours later. Limited impact if any... Also want to point out the obvious here and that is that there was a good bit of drying in the low levels today from whatever source, and this is gobbling up what ever falls out of dying dynamics, paltry as it comes and weakening further, is having to overcome dry air. The areal coverage up in NYS is shreaking in keeping with shriveling dynamics. All these objective observations suggest folks should seek other entertainment options for this evening and then wait on being pleasently surprised. 18z GFS trying to dig in for April 2 again - frankly after the current debacle, it just adds fuel to my personal fires for hating this time of year. Who cares. amazing night down here if your a weather lover. huge dendrites, graupel, snow grains, ip....landscape is white again. crazy stuff. hope we can get into the stratiform shield later, not likely but if we do, all bets are off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 amazing night down here if your a weather lover. huge dendrites, graupel, snow grains, ip....landscape is white again. crazy stuff. hope we can get into the stratiform shield later, not likely but if we do, all bets are off. If your lucky and your lucky - enjoy it. Exercise in futility if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 If your lucky and your lucky - enjoy it. Exercise in futility if you ask me. thundersnow in jersey. radar looks awesome life is good today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Radar is a shred fest ... you get under a deeper green shard and you may shower down to 1/2 mile if you are lucky, but then your shard pulses down and the next town over ends up in a new one ...rinse repeat until it all end\s innaccuously some hours later. Limited impact if any... Also want to point out the obvious here and that is that there was a good bit of drying in the low levels today from whatever source, and this is gobbling up what ever falls out of dying dynamics; paltry as it comes and weakening further, is having to overcome dry air. The areal coverage up in NYS is shrinking in keeping with shriveling dynamics. All these objective observations suggest folks should seek other entertainment options for this evening and then wait on being pleasently surprised. 18z GFS trying to dig in for April 2 again - frankly after the current debacle, it just adds fuel to my personal fires for hating this time of year. Who cares. Gee, so negative. Here I was enjoying the falling (and accumulating)snow but now I feel like I should at least consider sticking my head in the oven.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Just got home from HH..About 1/2 an inch on the grass..and starting to stick to rds. 30.2... 3-5 en route Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 It's really a terribly disorganized looking system. Maybe someone will get lucky. -SN off and on here ...don't think it will ever amount to much... 24F. thundersnow in jersey. radar looks awesome life is good today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 thundersnow in jersey. radar looks awesome life is good today. We just have to hope the intense banding gets to our area and doesn't get shunted south like last night's disaster, when I only picked up .5" accumulation compared to the 8" that fell in North-Central NJ. Radar does look somewhat encouraging, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 thundersnow in jersey. radar looks awesome life is good today. You're one happy camper. Rip a onee for me.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Light dusting here...white cliff be white. Fingers crossed on pa/ny/nj juice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Oh well I'm usually a very optimistic person re: every snow event. But this one is a sad excuse. I think if we get an inch we're lucky to be honest. Sometimes things just don't work out. But it's a treat to have 24F with -SN on March 23rd. You're one happy camper. Rip a onee for me.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomNH Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 It's not even that cloudy here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 You're one happy camper. Rip a onee for me.lol light snow 32 i have no idea what your talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Oh well I'm usually a very optimistic person re: every snow event. But this one is a sad excuse. I think if we get an inch we're lucky to be honest. Sometimes things just don't work out. But it's a treat to have 24F with -SN on March 23rd. Well, I haven't totally given up. It is snowing now and I could see getting a few inches from this. You are right, it's March 23, I still have a decent snowpack and snowbanks and fresh snow falling that's something to enjoy and be thankful for. It's been a great Winter. light snow 32 i have no idea what your talking about Yea, uh huh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Oh well I'm usually a very optimistic person re: every snow event. But this one is a sad excuse. I think if we get an inch we're lucky to be honest. Sometimes things just don't work out. But it's a treat to have 24F with -SN on March 23rd. if Logan says its sad, its SAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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