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Obi-One-Marchobi Episode III The Return of the Weenie


HoarfrostHubb

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There could be some mild downsloping in the MA part of the CT Valley where an 070 wind comes off of much higher terrain as compared to down in CT...it wont be a lot...but if its a marginal 31-32F snow with lousy snow growth, then something like that could be an annoying difference maker.

Unless you're talking up by the VT/NH border, that's not necessarily true. The terrain along the eastern side of the CT River Valley is generally around 500' north of the MA/CT border about 2/3 way through MA. From the MA border south for about 20 miles it's generally around 800' or higher. In fact, one of the highest points along the eastern side of the valley is in CT at around 1100'.

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32 / 15 DP, NNE winds at kBos

SREF plumes mean 7.26" snowfall at 3z (vs. 7.4" at 21z)

Euro, 0Z-6Z Nam, 0Z-6Z GFS all show > 1" qpf

I'd say 4-6" is conservative for Boston but probably a safe place to start

Box and WHDH maps, you'll note WHDH bumped up a little overnight but still conservative

OT / "upstream obs": decent tornadoes moved through Missouri and Illinois

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Big change to the WHDH map. They had almost all of 128 rain last night at 11, 1-3 well out past 495.

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Unless you're talking up by the VT/NH border, that's not necessarily true. The terrain along the eastern side of the CT River Valley is generally around 500' north of the MA/CT border about 2/3 way through MA. From the MA border south for about 20 miles it's generally around 800' or higher. In fact, one of the highest points along the eastern side of the valley is in CT at around 1100'.

I think you are talking on a smaller scale than I am...much closer in distance...on an 070 wind in MA CT valley, you have the N ORH hills to the east which spike into the 1400-1500 ft range and the hills in general there are pretty wide in width...nothing like that to the east in CT...especially on a larger continuous chain.

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I see Ryan's point about the first band weakening. That could happen, but I guess the question is how does it regroup as it moves east. I don't expect too much here from the initial band, but I'm hoping it regroups nicely.

Yeah I think back here that's the concern. If we were still looking at a solid first band possibly overperforming I'd feel a whole lot better. I think less than ideal snow growth and marginal at best mid level temperatures are going to make this a struggle. Move 10 or 15 miles north of the border particularly out east and it's a whole different ball game.

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Yeah I think back here that's the concern. If we were still looking at a solid first band possibly overperforming I'd feel a whole lot better. I think less than ideal snow growth and marginal at best mid level temperatures are going to make this a struggle. Move 10 or 15 miles north of the border particularly out east and it's a whole different ball game.

Kevin will use the Stafford Springs total since that part of town is further north.

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This is exactly what I expect to see happen as it's followed in each of these storms recently.

The high to the NE is a double edged sword ... you see an amazing radar presentation off to the west but that wave has to dampen as it approaches the confluence. On the other hand, without that high, we'd all be torched in a heartbeat.

That said, it's also what creates the Atlantic inflow along I-90 and forces the energy to the south where it can reignite - will have to watch closely where the pressure falls take place tomorrow, perhaps right in YBY.

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