CoastalWx Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 yeah they kind of had the pivot point of it too far south... but overall were quite good There were some weird meso lows on radar last night. One over in Rutland VT or so and the other that went over Hubbdave and formed into that low. What a cool evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Static instability or low static stability FTW. One of those things where once the low gets its feet wet, it develops nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ackwaves Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 nice little system I'm assuming that this is a mid-level meso since no one is getting a wind shift as it passes by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Couple squalls when I was up in bridgewater. Flurries in lakeville and east taunton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Coming down quite good, huge aggregates for the past fifteen twenty minutes have a heavy coating maybe .2 or .3" driveway mostly wet but accumulating on everything else nicely I just flew in from Tokyo....in New York waiting to transfer to Bos then home. My partner said "We had at least an inch and there were parachutes." I'm so proud of him for using the weenie terminology! Torch until the spring blizzard in a few weeks...hope I'm in town for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I'm assuming that this is a mid-level meso since no one is getting a wind shift as it passes by. actually i think there is a bit of a surface reflection based on some of the obs and just the driving mechanisms behind the precip still coming down at a good clip here. about 2" total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 and now the sun is coming out. well that was fun. on to torch i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I'm pretty sure my land could double as a cross country skiing area. Despite the torch and lack of snow, I currently have 16.5" in the backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Talk dirty big boy Making note of the date you mentioned this I've been telling you this for over a week. Pffft, just because he's a red tagger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Suns out, a few cumulus, if it snowed I slept through it and no evidence. Killy is winter please! Also, about the future and the recent past. In my original call, I was worried about the waking sun. Those concerns abound now as we move towards next winter. Stronger solar seems to correlate well with the AK vortex as it did in 2001-02. That said, if we can pull off a weak to no more than low end moderate niño we'll have a chance at a good winter. One correlate is in the dustbin of history: squirrels. The signal was worthless this year and it single handedly changed my thinking. I feel like a damned fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ackwaves Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 actually i think there is a bit of a surface reflection based on some of the obs and just the driving mechanisms behind the precip still coming down at a good clip here. about 2" total. Yup. Just looked at some of the obs. Some areas showing NNE. I'm still NNW now but I would imagine I'll veer E of N soon as the meso passes by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 0.0" here. Congrats to Essex, MA with 5". Now to look forward to the 70s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 LOL, well we'll see. I hope the sun becomes quieter because imho, I don't think this is a coincidence that the AO is so +. You can go back and look at the winters with increased solar activity and there seems to be a relationship. Of course timing is everything and some winters will have different results. That's not encouraging because I believe we are in an active solar cycle through 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Suns out, a few cumulus, if it snowed I slept through it and no evidence. Killy is winter please! Also, about the future and the recent past. In my original call, I was worried about the waking sun. Those concerns abound now as we move towards next winter. Stronger solar seems to correlate well with the AK vortex as it did in 2001-02. That said, if we can pull off a weak to no more than low end moderate niño we'll have a chance at a good winter. One correlate is in the dustbin of history: squirrels. The signal was worthless this year and it single handedly changed my thinking. I feel like a damned fool. Jerry, I posted an article in early JAN, I think, that said strong sun w/a NINA was bad for blocking around the Pole, hence conducive to the Alaskan vortex Got my fingers crossed for at least a weak NINO for next year... I like what I'm seeing too with the demise of the current NINA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 That's not encouraging because I believe we are in an active solar cycle through 2016. Well it's a "low" solar max right now, and despite this max...it has times where it is quiet. It's not everything and we have had winters that were snowy even in a solar max. Lets not forget that when the AO did go negative...it dumped the cold in Europe. Again, kind of bad luck here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I'm pretty sure my land could double as a cross country skiing area. Despite the torch and lack of snow, I currently have 16.5" in the backyard. Wow that must be a rather shady area. Of course last nights snow helped I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I hope he is right. I really want that 3.8 inches to get 50 for the season. I feel like at least 24" of the snowfall here this year was cheap throw away stuff - as in coating to 3 inch LES things where the ratio is like 20-1. It's just almost fake snow. I mean I'll take it, but don't let these lake effect snow people fool you that their 100" inch snowfall season is an good as a 100" season in ENY or SNY where that came from nice heavy moisture laden Nor'easters. It's like the difference between a Chevy and a Mercedes. Talk dirty big boy Making note of the date you mentioned this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I hope he is right. I really want that 3.8 inches to get 50 for the season. I feel like at least 24" of the snowfall here this year was cheap throw away stuff - as in coating to 3 inch LES things where the ratio is like 20-1. It's just almost fake snow. I mean I'll take it, but don't let these lake effect snow people fool you that their 100" inch snowfall season is an good as a 100" season in ENY or SNY where that came from nice heavy moisture laden Nor'easters. It's like the difference between a Chevy and a Mercedes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Jerry, I posted an article in early JAN, I think, that said strong sun w/a NINA was bad for blocking around the Pole, hence conducive to the Alaskan vortex Got my fingers crossed for at least a weak NINO for next year... I like what I'm seeing too with the demise of the current NINA I am hoping for a 2001-02 to 2002-03 flip...even with a pretty robust niño. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Jerry, I posted an article in early JAN, I think, that said strong sun w/a NINA was bad for blocking around the Pole, hence conducive to the Alaskan vortex Got my fingers crossed for at least a weak NINO for next year... I like what I'm seeing too with the demise of the current NINA It definitely shouldn't be given more weight than it is right now. It's just one of several things and we still don't quite understand it, but I think it is a factor. I'll take my chances anytime with a ridge out west which is what we will hopefully see next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Bow Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I just flew in from Tokyo....in New York waiting to transfer to Bos then home. My partner said "We had at least an inch and there were parachutes." I'm so proud of him for using the weenie terminology! Torch until the spring blizzard in a few weeks...hope I'm in town for that. Most of it has already melted/sublimated as it was very high ratio/low moisture content. Theres maybe a half inch in the shady areas but it'll be gone in no time with the incoming torch. Would be nice to catch a late season storm to end this year on a good note. You probably did better than here, pretty impressive totals in and around the lakes region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 All of last nights snow is gone Just a few crusty patches from January I was in Rindge NH today (Zuck's area) and little to no snow OTG. But Monadnock looked good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 Congrats to Essex county...5" jackpot...figured they were ground zero for possible band. Just had weenie flakes here this morning after the 0.2" last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 LOL, no it's not. Spiking the ball again I see. I wonder if that was before or after he called for 3-5" in eastern MA yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I wonder if that was before or after he called for 3-5" in eastern MA yesterday. LOL I knew I was screwed when he gave me congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Guinness Will..I like Guinness..Just to remind you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Congrats to Essex county...5" jackpot...figured they were ground zero for possible band. Just had weenie flakes here this morning after the 0.2" last night. The airport only recorded a trace? Saw a few flakes even as I was walking the dog just now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 The airport only recorded a trace? Saw a few flakes even as I was walking the dog just now They might have had a few tenths, because I recorded 0.2" well after the snow ended when I got home...but its hard to say when they measured it or if they did at all...they haven't been measuring recently and are still missing the 3/1 data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 this is pretty cool: so nice to have some weather. nice 50-60 mph gusts on thursday and then this little guy this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Drove with the family to Maine yesterday, once we crossed the boarder on 95 in NH at the first rest area, they must of received 3-4 inches of new snow....But there was no snow on 495 in MA and nothing once we got into Maine. Must of been a pretty narrow band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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