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Most underrated snowstorms


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1989...that was a monster for the SE areas from RI to Plymouth...amazing for them that6 time of the year to get 10-12" of snow.

We had about 7 inches back here. The most notable aspect of that storm was the intense cold...most of the snow fell with temps around 20F and the high temp that day was 22F...darn cold for Thanksgiving.

You are amazing Will!

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1989...that was a monster for the SE areas from RI to Plymouth...amazing for them that6 time of the year to get 10-12" of snow.

We had about 7 inches back here. The most notable aspect of that storm was the intense cold...most of the snow fell with temps around 20F and the high temp that day was 22F...darn cold for Thanksgiving.

Preceded by the Derecho, awesome month, precursor for the coldest Dec in history.

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At this point Phil's kitchen drop down 02 masks deployed

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Phil was choking on ozone and then got 100mph winds shortly after. That might have been more amazing than the snow it put out.

That storm still might belong on the underrated list despite us mentioning it so much. It was that awesome to experience and watch unfold.

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1989...that was a monster for the SE areas from RI to Plymouth...amazing for them that6 time of the year to get 10-12" of snow.

We had about 7 inches back here. The most notable aspect of that storm was the intense cold...most of the snow fell with temps around 20F and the high temp that day was 22F...darn cold for Thanksgiving.

That was a good event.

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That December storm comes closest to the phrase "the atmosphere turned upside down."

Ekster's story about a guy trying to brush off his car while bolts of lightning strike around him was classic.

He said there was something like 120 microbars per second of lift in that thing when reanalyzed, lol. Thats enough not just for thunder, but small hail...which is what some people got in SE MA when the profile was above freezing for a bit aloft.

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Phil was choking on ozone and then got 100mph winds shortly after. That might have been more amazing than the snow it put out.

That storm still might belong on the underrated list despite us mentioning it so much. It was that awesome to experience and watch unfold.

We nailed it then too, weenied out maps and pressure drops hourly, saw that hole develop and we all were amazeed. Let's do it again.

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He said there was something like 120 microbars per second of lift in that thing when reanalyzed, lol. Thats enough not just for thunder, but small hail...which is what some people got in SE MA when the profile was above freezing for a bit aloft.

I had hail. I mean at the time I was not sure, but it wasn't clear like sleet...it was more milky white so

I assume it was hail. Was Mike in charge of reanalysis of some events at BOX? I remember him talking about the 120 microbars per second.

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Feb 11 1994 was a snow bomb for the New England south coast. That was a good 10-15" there. Even up to the pike got 6-10 iirc.

I went t a funeral in Sharon that day. It took 5 hours toget back home...20 miles. Driving down there at the beginning of the storm was awesome passing by Wollaston Beach the ocean frozen as far as far as the eye can see.

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There were a couple of events in my areas that I think are underated. There was a storm in early Dec. 1992 that left 6-8" of snow across NE CT but there was a sharp cutoff to the NW. I remember having a good snow base while just about everyone else to my west was bare - the Dec. '92 Blizzard took care of that though.

I don't recall the dates of the other one because I can't see a comment on it but there was an event (it might have been 92 or 93) that dumped a narrow band over 12" of snow at my place by there was next to nothing in the valley at the same time. If I recall correctly, some places south of me (Tolland, Bolton, Colchester) had 17" and most of it fell in 2-3 hours. I was in Sturbridge at the time and there was very little there so it was narrow band and my Dad told me that it was the heaviest snow that he had ever seen. I wish I could remember the dates but I'm sure someone on here will remember some more details.

Update - I think it was March 5th, 1993 according to this article - I think this is the event that I recalled - http://articles.courant.com/1993-03-06/news/0000105041_1_winter-storm-snow-removal-storm-center

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And now look what it has become

It was easy to do it back then. In the April 2006 obs thread there was a bit of banter, but the entire thread was 5 pages, so the banter never lasted more than a few posts, lol.

Now it can go on for 3 pages before you see a weather post with the number of people posting now. It will never be the same...the days of the board with 100-200 regular posters is over.

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I definitely go along with 2/5/01. Still my biggest snow fall in 16 years of records.

You don't see it mentioned too often but November 2002 was pretty darn memorable. 10.7" on the 27th followed by 3.4" on the 29th. That 14.1" had a w.e. of 0.88"!! And then there was an ice storm on the 16-17th that knocked out power for over 4 days here.

Good to know it was a good storm an didn't just seem great cause I was younger, Id never seen it snow that hard before. What was the storm total here?

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No... the one with your blog (with like 2 posts...)

I forget the name

Oh, that's still there. It never existed for real...at least not yet. Its a work in progress. Mostly trying to get a lot of datasets on there...a place to have good archived data. Hopefully I'll have a lot more time to work on it this autumn/winter.

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