weatherMA Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 1.7" thus far...I might actually hit my prediction on the nose. We could pick up another tenth or two, but its coming down light enough that compaction might be offsetting whats left. congrats 0.6" final here -sn/flurries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 1.7" thus far...I might actually hit my prediction on the nose. We could pick up another tenth or two, but its coming down light enough that compaction might be offsetting whats left. Good call. That stuff really stuck to the street huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Good call. That stuff really stuck to the street huh? Yeah I was an idiot, on my walk I forgot to bring my camera, so I only snapped with my cell phone, lol...that is what I sent you. I guess I could run back out with my camera now and take a pic of the front lawn, but its cold and nasty out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Warrior commander Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 1.7" thus far...I might actually hit my prediction on the nose. We could pick up another tenth or two, but its coming down light enough that compaction might be offsetting whats left. Congrats.. you beat me as usual on Winter Hill. I wonder what the top of the water tower measurement is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Congrats. Thanks...how's it going down there? Any accums? Pretty cool to see the -SN obs at BOS this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Yeah I was an idiot, on my walk I forgot to bring my camera, so I only snapped with my cell phone, lol...that is what I sent you. I guess I could run back out with my camera now and take a pic of the front lawn, but its cold and nasty out. Yeah that was a nice pic. Just think you were 83 a couple of weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I think the general 2-3"+ we all talked about worked out. You guys to MPM and up to Socks seemed to be ground zero for a while. and my shadowing fears came to fruition as much as you tried to soothe me yesterday - lol. Calendar was the issue here. SWFE usually rock in this area. We've got high hills to the W & N and that did us in. Good dbz were just not there for 10-15mi on either side of the Ct River and that's what we needed to overcome other seasonal factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Thanks...how's it going down there? Any accums? Pretty cool to see the -SN obs at BOS this time of year. Slushy acc on the deck, but nothing special. Pretty much what I thought. Kind of jealous that guy from Stoughton got like 0.75"..lol, but that's how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Warrior commander Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 1.4" is my final here as - SN/ flurries now.. some compaction occurring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Yeah that was a nice pic. Just think you were 83 a couple of weeks ago. Shows that a torch October doesn't mean much if you can rip parachutes for a couple hours. Getting road accumulation was cool to see. We did get it in '09 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeem the African Dream Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Lol...ginx FTW on talking about TSSN...looks like the lift is impressive enough to produce it. I was skeptical. I was on the phone with a client in the Boston area an hour ago and he said he was having thundersnow. I almost couldn't believe it and had to come here to confirm it for myself. Any reports from New London County/Old Lyme area? Congrats on the snow tonight boys and girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierinvermont Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 My obs from driving around CT tonight: I was in Manchester just ESE of Hartford.. changed to snow by 6:30 or earlier. When I left at 7 there was 1/4-1/2" snow on the car. Snowed from Manchester to Hartford on I-84. In downtown hartford it was mostly mixed and I didn't see any accumulation. But I think I saw lightning. I left Hartford around 8:45 and didn't notice any accumulation from Harftord to Middletown but it was mixing on and off. THEN south of Middletown you go up a ~200' hill and at the top of the hill it was snowing with 1"+ of snow on the ground. Even a bit on the side of the road. When I went back down the hill there was no accumulation and the precip was mixed. The next hill about 8 miles south of Middletown there was also close to 1" at the top. And there was still noticeable accumulation all the way to the north border of Chester just 3 towns inland. Might have been mixing to Deep River. 1" of snow in southern CT in October with another storm on the way?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 rippin in cambridge right near harvard where all the smaht kidz go accums slushy on car tops and windows....slightly better accums in needham heights and brookline hills (on grass out there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstorm Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Yeah I was an idiot, on my walk I forgot to bring my camera, so I only snapped with my cell phone, lol...that is what I sent you. I guess I could run back out with my camera now and take a pic of the front lawn, but its cold and nasty out. Didn't you leave that camera in a hotel room in Philly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Mostly just weenie flakes now...I think the steady stuff is winding down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 We lost power twice, the last time for 1/2 hour, Saturday should be fun, glad I brough enough wood in to last a week or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Didn't you leave that camera in a hotel room in Philly? Lol, that was your camera you freaked out about. Classic times...you running all over the hotel trying to find it and then when you come back to our room, I hand you the camera with a bottle of tequila in the other hand...it was on the ground next to the bed and I think the blanket was covering it. Winter hill a little while ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Lol, that was your camera you freaked out about. Classic times...you running all over the hotel trying to find it and then when you come back to our room, I hand you the camera with a bottle of tequila in the other hand...it was on the ground next to the bed and I think the blanket was covering it. Winter hill a little while ago nice pic a weenie must have named the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Nice coating in Plymouth. All that I asked for Played some frisbee in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowman Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 1" Total. So the First question is answered. Will we see snow in the Winter of 2011-2012? Yes. And what is it with October Snow? Seems to be happening more....... and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subdude Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 3.5" here down to light flurries 32.4 and rising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 nice pics! awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Just got a text from my friend in Brattleboro Vt - nothing but a few wet flakes mixed in there tonight. Between him, my obs in Greenfield and reports from Easthampton it looks like a pretty long S to N swath got shut out of any accumulating snows out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmanmitch Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 2.75" for a total here. Not bad for late October. First time below freezing tonight. Had our first 32 reading on Monday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 hm, started snowing here early-ish. Then for about the last two hours it just drizzled...kind of a weak end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cja1987 Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 That's what I'm worried about lol I've been wondering if this area (along the high ground from Randolph/Avon through Stoughton into Sharon) is in a bit of a snowbelt in SE MA with the combo of elevation and any uplift that may occur with northeast/east winds. When I was looking at homes here last winter, there was a lot more snow here than there was where I was living in Waltham. How much elevation does it take to get an orographic effect? Last year, the coastal front did hang out around Randolph quite a bit more than normal where it usually trucks to just south of Wilmington or so. That is probably why you saw all the snowcover there last year. Generally Waltham will do better under all conditions even if its just holding off another 2 hrs on the change to rain and not blowtorching into the 40s and 50s in many storms. Orographic lift is negligible even on the scale of the blue hills, I dont know the magic number or if there is one but generally you need relief on the scale of 2K-3K feet before you can talk about a significant contribution to mesoscale rising motion. Generally, Randolph to Sharon or so is not a horrible area but its a bit like rearranging deck furniture on the Titanic sometimes as we just can't always avoid a change to rain and or blowtorching. Don't get me wrong, its a huge positive difference even from my house in Randolph to the Braintree mall in many storms and in general snowcover. Usually one can notice a bit more snow in Stoughton/Canton compared to Randolph as well though usually not as drastic as Randolph-Braintree.There are far better areas to live N and W of Boston but its not a bad little region, you don't totally loose out like Plymouth, MA, Cape Cod, South Coast, etc. The area can definitely and often does do better than Boston proper and the immediate coast and can definitely hold snow better than the immediate coast/city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 No accumulation in Limington, though it was ripping pretty nicely at 9:00 last night. On the drive in to work I saw that Buxton had a nice white coating and five miles later back to nothing, so a lucky few in this neck of the woods saw accumulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 never transitioned to snow here on aquidneck island, although we did have some sleet during some heavier precipitation bouts last evening 36.6/34 still no freeze, noticed some frost on cars on the way in though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 1.1 total. Temp is down to 28.9 First snow, freeze, and temps 32 or lower all at once FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Still snow OTG at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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