Most underrated snowstorms

[Damage In Tolland]

Yep, where were you in Jan 94?

How much did we get from that? That radar looks like I got crushed. I was in Vernon at my mom's house. Didn't move to Tolland until 2000.

[bch2014]

Can someone tell me a little bit more about the storm in December of 2003... It's the first big snowstorm I can remember (I was in AZ for PDII)... I lived in Concord when it occured, what was the amount of snow I probably recieved? Also, I remember an event that likely was March of '04 or '05 where we recieved about 5 or 6 inches in a very short time period... The snow was pretty dense if I recall correctly and it occured in the mid-afternoon... I was in Sudbury during the heat of storm if that matters (Whether or not it was a mesoscale event??).

[Ginx snewx]

Can someone tell me a little bit more about the storm in December of 2003... It's the first big snowstorm I can remember (I was in AZ for PDII)... I lived in Concord when it occured, what was the amount of snow I probably recieved? Also, I remember an event that likely was March of '04 or '05 where we recieved about 5 or 6 inches in a very short time period... The snow was pretty dense if I recall correctly and it occured in the mid-afternoon... I was in Sudbury during the heat of storm if that matters (Whether or not it was a mesoscale event??).

ZCZC BOSPNSBOX

NOUS41 KBOX 100145

PNSBOX

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

845 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2003

...SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM THE DECEMBER 5 TO 7 SNOWSTORM...

THE FOLLOWING IS A FINAL REPRESENTATIVE SUMMARY OF SNOWFALL REPORTS

FOR THE MAJOR SNOWSTORM WHICH BEGAN FRIDAY EVENING DECEMBER 5TH AND

ENDED ON THE 7TH. FOR MANY AREAS SOUTH OF THE MASS TURNPIKE THIS

WAS A 40 TO 48 HOUR SNOWSTORM...WHILE IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE THE

DURATION WAS 30 TO 38 HOURS.

POCKETS OF 28 TO 35 INCH SNOWFALL OCCURRED IN LAST WEEKENDS

SNOWSTORM. NARROW BANDS OF ENHANCED SNOWFALL RATES OCCURRED NEAR

INTERSTATE 95 JUST SOUTHWEST AND NORTH OF BOSTON FROM EVERETT TO

PEABODY. THIS TYPE OF BANDING TENDS TO OCCUR IN MANY OF OUR

NOREASTERS. AT TIMES THIS WAS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE

OSCILLATION OF THE COASTAL FRONT...WHICH SEPARATED THE AIR BLOWING

IN OFF THE OCEAN FROM THE COLDER AIRMASS JUST TO WEST OF THE

FRONT...WHERE NORTH WINDS PREVAILED. THE SUBTLE BUT SIGNIFICANT

CONVERGENCE OF THE DIFFERING MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURE AIRMASSES

PROVIDED THE NECESSARY LIFT TO INCREASE A 20 INCH SNOWSTORM IN THE

BOSTON AREA TO 30 INCHES OR MORE IN SOME SPOTS.

AMOUNTS LISTED IN COASTAL SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY CAPE COD

AND THE ISLANDS...WERE PRIMARILY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORM LATE

FRIDAY EVENING INTO MID MORNING SATURDAY. A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN FOR

A TIME COMPACTED AND OR MELTED THE SNOW THERE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO INCLUDE EVERY REPORT RECEIVED

IN THIS SUMMARY DUE TO THE SHEER NUMBER OF THEM. HOWEVER EACH

REPORT IS USED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON TO ASSIST

IN THE VERIFICATION OF WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES.

A SAMPLING OF NWS WIND REPORTS FOLLOWS THE SNOW REPORT SECTION.

THANKS TO COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS...AND THE MEDIA

FOR YOUR HELP.

THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT

(SMALL LETTERS) HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BOX

TOTAL

LOCATION SNOW

NWS AND LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA SITES

TAUNTON NWS 25.9 / WATER EQUIV 2.59

BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY 24.3 / WATER EQUIV 3.20

BRADLEY/WINDSOR LOCKS 19.0

PROVIDENCE 17.0

BOSTON 16.9

WORCESTER 14.5

FOR BOSTON...THE 16.9 INCH STORM TOTAL (0.7 INCH FRI...11.9 INCHES

SAT AND 4.3 INCHES SUN) IS THE SECOND GREATEST DECEMBER SNOWSTORM ON

RECORD. THE GREATEST DECEMBER SNOWSTORM WAS DECEMBER 20 TO 22 1975

WITH A TOTAL OF 18.2 INCHES. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR DECEMBER 2003 IS

17.1 INCHES (ADD 0.2 INCH FROM DECEMBER 2ND). THIS DOES NOT RANK

WITHIN THE TOP TEN SNOWIEST DECEMBERS.

FOR PROVIDENCE...THE 17.0 INCH STORM TOTAL (4.3 INCHES FRI...8.7

INCHES SAT AND 4.0 INCHES SUN IS THE GREATEST DECEMBER SNOWSTORM ON

RECORD. IT IS ALSO THE SEVENTH GREATEST SNOWSTORM ON RECORD...

BEHIND MARCH 3 TO 5 1960. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR DECEMBER 2003 IS ALSO

17.0 INCHES...WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE SEVENTH SNOWIEST DECEMBER ON

RECORD...BEHIND 1904. THE SNOWIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD IN PROVIDENCE

IS 26.7 INCHES IN 1945.

...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

...HARTFORD COUNTY...

WINDSOR LOCKS (BDL) 19.0

MANCHESTER 13.8

GLASTONBURY 12.5

EAST HARTFORD 12.0

SOUTH WINDSOR 12.0

NEW BRITAIN 12.0

BURLINGTON 11.0

WEST HARTFORD 9.5

NORTH GRANBY 9.5

EAST GRANBY 9.5

WETHERSFIELD 9.0

ENFIELD 9.0

AVON 8.5

FARMINGTON 7.8

...TOLLAND COUNTY...

STAFFORD SPRINGS 18.5

UNION 13.3

HAMPTON 12.5

STAFFORD 12.3

VERNON 12.0

SOMERS 11.0

MANSFIELD 8.0

...WINDHAM COUNTY...

EAST KILLINGLY 20.0

DAYVILLE 20.0

POMFRET 16.0

WOODSTOCK 18.2

PUTNAM 14.0

EASTFORD 14.0

ASHFORD 12.5

...MASSACHUSETTS...

...BARNSTABLE COUNTY...

WEST FALMOUTH 10.5

MARSTONS MILLS 10.0

EAST SANDWICH 9.5

EAST FALMOUTH 9.3

POCASSET 9.0

EASTHAM 8.0

HYANNIS 7.5

SOUTH HYANNIS 6.0

SANDWICH 6.0

ORLEANS 6.0

CHATHAM UPPER AIR STN 4.0

...BRISTOL COUNTY...

TAUNTON (NWS) 25.9 / WATER EQUIV 2.59

EAST MANSFIELD 25.3 / WATER EQUIV 2.37

NORTON 22.0 / WATER EQUIV 2.39

EASTON 21.1 / WATER EQUIV 3.25

NORTH ATTLEBORO 20.0

NORTH ACUSHNET 19.2 / WATER EQUIV 2.65

SEEKONK 18.0 / 4FT DRIFTS

ATTLEBORO 17.2

FAIRHAVEN 16.0 / WATER EQUIV 2.85

NEW BEDFORD 16.0

SOMERSET 16.0

...DUKES COUNTY...

WEST TISBURY 5.8

...ESSEX COUNTY...

PEABODY 35.6

ROWLEY 34.0

BEVERLY 32.0

TOPSFIELD 29.5

SWAMPSCOTT 26.8 / WATER EQUIV 2.90

SALEM 26.0 / WATER EQUIV 3.20

NORTH ANDOVER 24.0

BEVERLY 23.0 / NWS COOP

MANCHESTER 23.0

SAUGUS 22.0

BOXFORD 18.0

NEWBURYPORT 15.0 / NWS COOP

METHUEN 14.5

GLOUCESTER 14.0

ROCKPORT 10.5

...FRANKLIN COUNTY...

ASHFIELD 21.0

HEATH 19.0

NORTHFIELD 17.0

GREENFIELD 16.0

LEVERETT 14.0

WHATLEY 11.5

SUNDERLAND 7.6

...HAMPDEN COUNTY...

WILBRAHAM 19.0

MONSON 18.5

HAMPDEN 17.0

TOLLAND 16.2

WESTOVER 16.0

WESTFIELD 15.0

MONTGOMERY 14.3

SPRINGFIELD 14.0

CHICOPEE 13.5

LUDLOW 12.5

LONGMEADOW 12.0

SOUTHWICK 11.5

GRANVILLE 11.5

...HAMPSHIRE COUNTY...

GOSHEN 22.0

SOUTH HADLEY 22.0

NORTHAMPTON 13.0

SOUTHAMPTON 12.5

WARE 12.0

WORTHINGTON 11.5

NORTH AMHERST 9.5

AMHERST 8.0

...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...

EVERETT 28.5 / 6FT DRIFTS

NORTH WOBURN 25.5

WAKEFIELD 25.0

MALDEN 25.0

CAMBRIDGE (CENTRAL SQ)24.0

EAST CAMBRIDGE 23.0

READING 23.0

ARLINGTON 20.0

NEWTON 20.0

BEDFORD 19.0

NORTH BILLERICA 19.0

STONEHAM 18.0

MAYNARD 17.0

WALTHAM 17.0

ASHBURNHAM 17.0

HOLLISTON 16.3

NATICK 16.0

BELMONT 15.0

LITTLETON 14.5

NORTH FRAMINGHAM 14.0

BILLERICA 13.5

WEST CONCORD 13.0

PEPPERELL 12.7

CHELMSFORD 12.5

HUDSON 12.5

TEWKSBURY 12.0

LINCOLN 12.0

WESTFORD 10.0

GROTON 9.3

ASHLAND 9.2

AYER 9.2

...NANTUCKET COUNTY...

NANTUCKET 6.8

...NORFOLK COUNTY...

DEDHAM 27.0

SHARON 27.0

BROOKLINE 26.3

NORWOOD 26.0 / 6FT DRIFTS

MILLIS 26.0

MILTON (BLUE HILL OBS)24.3

FOXBOROUGH 24.3

NEEDHAM HEIGHTS 24.0

RANDOLPH 24.0

WEST MEDWAY 23.8 / WATER EQUIV 1.41 NWS COOP

WESTWOOD 23.0

WALPOLE 21.0

DOVER 21.0

BRAINTREE 19.0

FRANKLIN 18.5

QUINCY 18.0

...PLYMOUTH COUNTY...

BROCKTON 24.0

ROCKLAND 20.0

BRIDGEWATER 18.0

HINGHAM 17.3

WEST BRIDGEWATER 17.0

DUXBURY 12.0 / WATER EQUIV 2.59

MARION 9.0

ONSET 8.0

...SUFFOLK COUNTY...

BRIGHTON 26.0

EAST BOSTON 22.0 / 6FT DRIFTS

JAMAICA PLAIN 21.3 / ARNOLD ARBORETUM NWS COOP

WINTHROP 20.3

JAMAICA PLAIN 19.0

BOSTON (DOWNTOWN) 19.0

DORCHESTER 18.5

LOGAN INTL (BOS) 16.9

...WORCESTER COUNTY...

BARRE 20.0

BROOKFIELD 19.0

WEST BROOKFIELD 18.0

WARREN 17.0

STURBRIDGE (FISKDALE) 16.0

HOPEDALE 14.5

WORCESTER (ORH) 14.5

FITCHBURG 14.3

STERLING 14.0

WARREN 14.0

WORCESTER (CITY) 14.0

BOLTON 13.0

SHREWSBURY 13.0

WEBSTER 12.3

SPENCER 12.0

SOUTHBRIDGE 12.0

LEICESTER 12.0

ASHBURNHAM 11.0

BOYLSTON 11.0

HOLDEN 11.0

CLINTON 10.0

AUBURN 10.0

WESTBOROUGH 10.0

LEOMINSTER 10.0

DUDLEY 10.0

LANCASTER 9.0 / WATER EQUIV 0.77

BERLIN 8.8

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...

...HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...

FRANCESTOWN 24.0 / NWS COOP

HILLSBOROUGH 21.0

RINDGE 19.5

WEARE 18.3

PETERBOROUGH 18.0

BENNINGTON 18.0

GREENFIELD 16.0

WILTON 15.7

MANCHESTER 15.6

SOUTH WEARE 14.5

AMHERST 14.2

MERRIMACK 12.5

HUDSON 11.4 / WATER EQUIV 0.79

NASHUA 8.0

...CHESHIRE COUNTY...

EAST ALSTEAD 23.0

MARLOW 23.0

WESTMORELAND 19.0

KEENE 19.0

WALPOLE 16.7

SWANZEY 16.0

WINCHESTER 14.5

...RHODE ISLAND...

...BRISTOL COUNTY...

BARRINGTON 15.0

...KENT COUNTY...

WEST WARWICK 18.0

TF GREEN (PVD) 17.0

COVENTRY 16.8

WEST GREENWICH 13.0

WARWICK (5SW TF GREEN)10.0

...NEWPORT COUNTY...

TIVERTON 13.9 / WATER EQUIV 1.60 NWS COOP

LITTLE COMPTON 10.0

...PROVIDENCE COUNTY...

NORTH FOSTER 20.8 / WATER EQUIV 1.44 NWS COOP

JOHNSTON 19.0 / 3FT DRIFTS

PROVIDENCE (FED HILL) 18.0 / WATER EQUIV 1.36

BURRILLVILLE 17.0

WOONSOCKET 16.4

CRANSTON 15.8

...WASHINGTON COUNTY...

NORTH KINGSTOWN 16.0

SOUTH KINGSTOWN 15.0

EXETER 12.0

WESTERLY 11.5

HOPE VALLEY 8.0

...WIND REPORTS...

SUSTAINED GREATER THAN 30 MPH

PLYMOUTH 43 MPH 939 PM 12/6

NANTUCKET 39 MPH 245 PM 12/7 **

MARTHAS VINEYARD 39 MPH 321 AM 12/6

LOGAN INTL (BOS) 39 MPH 440 PM 12/6 **

BLUE HILL MILTON MA 38 MPH 418 PM 12/6

CHATHAM 36 MPH 412 PM 12/6 **

HYANNIS 35 MPH 327 AM 12/7

NANTUCKET 35 MPH 448 PM 12/6

PROVIDENCE 35 MPH 718 PM 12/6

BLOCK ISLAND 33 MPH 435 AM 12/6

NEWPORT 33 MPH 708 PM 12/6

WORCESTER 32 MPH 846 PM 12/6

WESTERLY 31 MPH 1017 PM 12/6

LAWRENCE 31 MPH 0058 AM 12/7 **

GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH

PROVINCETOWN 58 MPH 1215 AM 12/7

PLYMOUTH 55 MPH 938 PM 12/6

BLUE HILL MILTON MA 51 MPH 611 AM 12/6

NANTUCKET 48 MPH 335 PM 12/7 **

MARTHAS VINEYARD MA 48 MPH 502 AM 12/6

CHATHAM 48 MPH 307 PM 12/6

LOGAN INTL (BOS) 48 MPH 439 PM 12/6

BLOCK ISLAND RI 47 MPH 435 AM 12/6

WORCESTER 46 MPH 1017 PM 12/6

** LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES

$$

[DavisStraight]

There was a storm in Dec in the early 90's, I was at my new house so it could have been 94-96,ended up with close to two feet in Southridge and there was a sharp cutoff rain/snow line,, my aunt in No Grosvernordale got heavy rain, first time I ever saw thunder snow and it knocked the power out for about 12 hours.

Maybe Will remembers th specifics better than me as he seems to have an identic memory

[HoarfrostHubb]

That Peabody number is disgusting

But I will take the 20" in Barre, MA

[Ginx snewx]

That Peabody number is disgusting

But I will take the 20" in Barre, MA

My house Dec 03

[Collinsville]

...HARTFORD COUNTY...

WINDSOR LOCKS (BDL) ~12.0

MANCHESTER 13.8

GLASTONBURY 12.5

EAST HARTFORD 12.0

SOUTH WINDSOR 12.0

NEW BRITAIN 12.0

BURLINGTON 11.0

WEST HARTFORD 9.5

NORTH GRANBY 9.5

EAST GRANBY 9.5

WETHERSFIELD 9.0

ENFIELD 9.0

AVON 8.5

FARMINGTON 7.8

Fixed

[NECT]

There was a storm in Dec in the early 90's, I was at my new house so it could have been 94-96,ended up with close to two feet in Southridge and there was a sharp cutoff rain/snow line,, my aunt in No Grosvernordale got heavy rain, first time I ever saw thunder snow and it knocked the power out for about 12 hours.

Maybe Will remembers th specifics better than me as he seems to have an identic memory

Dec. 92, I'm pretty sure, had a Dec. storm with a cutoff in NE CT. Brooklyn saw mostly rain, parts of Pomfret, Woodstock saw decent snow, further n & W got heavy snows.

[weathafella]

Well every time I see a Steve post I now have the Dire Straits song running in my head. Well played!

The windex 1994 event was a 20 minute whiteout of epic proportions but my memory is later in the month. Logan got a quick inch and then it got brutally cold,again.

[weathafella]

Dec 2003 and dec 2005 were both missed by me. After that, I used all the cred I had to get that meeting changed to pre thanksgiving.

[wxmanmitch]

3/19/92 was probably one of those events that had a SE/NW gradient...so perhaps ORH/BOS both got the snow along with CT while the Bekrshires mostly missed it. Though I'm not 100% sure.

As for 12/92, I don't think the storm is very underrated by most of us on this board (esp in our region), but I definitely agree that it is underrated overall to both the public and a lot of the met community outside of our region for the exact reason you stated....it was overshadowed by March '93 just a few months later. At the time when Dec 1992 happened, it was national news and people were in awe....but then it was quickly forgotton when March '93 occurred.

It produced flooding in E MA on levels similar to Feb '78 and Oct '91...and around a lot of areas in NNJ and parts of LI sound, Dec 1992 remains the highest storm surge on record. The snow aspect was only one amazing part of it.

The only event that recently seemed to mimick Dec 1992 in the precip pattern was the March 14-15, 2010 rainstorm...the first half of it. If you recall, there was almost no rain in the valleys during the first part of that storm and it was muted in a lot of even the 2nd half. BDL received just over an inch of QPF while ORH had close to 4". Too bad it was about half a degree too warm aloft for snow.

Interesting you draw a comparison between 3/13-14/10 (this one escaped me since it was mostly a rain event) and 12/11-12/92 as they both appear rather similar meteorologically in a number of ways even though they both had very different end results. Both events featured large cutoff lows south of New England that became vertically stacked over the surface low, resulting in a strong LLJ out of the east and southeast.

Usually by the time surface lows become occluded and vertically stacked, baroclinic processes and mid-level forcing are reduced. This enables low-level topographic lifting processes to dominate, especially in light of the epic LLJs that each of these events featured. Basically, strong easterly LLJ plus topographic barrier minus mid-level forcing equals big precipitation totals on east facing slopes and much less on the west slopes. These are also the types of setups where you can get damaging downslope winds in NNE.

Even in events where occlusion has not yet occurred or is just beginning, topographic lifting processes are always going to be there. Nothing is black in white in meteorology, and normally the side of the mountain receiving the extra lift gets more precipitation than they would've otherwise while the opposite side gets less. However, I have found that the location of the best mid-level forcing typically proves to be a bigger factor in determining where the greatest amount of precipitation falls. As an example, the 12/26/10 storm produced the heaviest snowfall totals along the NY-22 corridor just to my west, in an area that typically get shafted in northeasterly flow events as that area got smoked by a nice meso band brought on by strong mid-level forcing.

The two events compared here are both rather extreme examples of topographic uplift being the dominant factor, making them unusual. I'm sure there's plenty of others out there where this may be the case though.

[ORH_wxman]

There was a storm in Dec in the early 90's, I was at my new house so it could have been 94-96,ended up with close to two feet in Southridge and there was a sharp cutoff rain/snow line,, my aunt in No Grosvernordale got heavy rain, first time I ever saw thunder snow and it knocked the power out for about 12 hours.

Maybe Will remembers th specifics better than me as he seems to have an identic memory

Sounds like Dec 1996....but it could have been 1992 as well. 1996 gave Union CT 25 inches...while literally just down the road got 6" of slop and mostly rain in the 2nd part of the event.

Dec 1992 might be your storm though as the other poster suggested.

[Ginx snewx]

Well every time I see a Steve post I now have the Dire Straits song running in my head. Well played!

The windex 1994 event was a 20 minute whiteout of epic proportions but my memory is later in the month. Logan got a quick inch and then it got brutally cold,again.

There were I believe 500 accidents in Mass alone, you literally could not see your hood. Epic disaster in Penn on 81.

[free_man]

Ok, def not the same storm then...the 3/2/96 event was all during the day.

It was late Feb or early March?

I know that St. Pattys day 1994 had a pretty decent event...well it ended that morning and started the night before so it fits the overnight theme. Also fits that it was sunny that day and I remember the melting. Could have been that one if we can extend it to mid March.

It def wasn't 1995 since we basically got nothing after the Feb 4th storm that winter...and 1996 had the already mentioned Mar 2nd event, and then a big one on Mar 7-8, but it wasn't sunny/warm the following day or two...it was really cold.

It could have been 1993 or 1997 too if you include those years as possiblities.

If I had to guess it was 1991-1993

It was a quick-moving alberta clipper (type) low. exited NJ and amplified. IIRC the deformation area was CT through RI, SE MA. easily 8-12"+ while snow adv in effect. Probably was a weekend since family was home.

The snow was at least half sublimated - down to 2-5" by nightfall and the next morning..

[CapturedNature]

12-15" is a really big total for it to be a localized mesoscale event around here. Its not unheard of obviously (like Jan 7-8, 2011 near DXR), but its very rare.

I'd be interested in knowing the exact date of the event so we can see what the setup was. Are you sure it was March 1993?

February 19, 1993 had a very intense norlun over the Cape where some areas reported 20"+...I wonder if a narrow finger extended back into CT and dropped a lot of snow. I don't recall reading about that when learning about that norlun event (there is a case study written on it), but it may have happened. I'm not sure.

Sorry about the delay - I'm just getting back to this. I checked with my buddy and he is pretty certain that it was early March 1993 - before the so-called Superstorm. I brought up my original COOP report it lists 3.0" on the morning of 3/5/1993. For the morning of 3/6/1993 I recorded 11.3" and noted that there was very heavy snow and that most snow fell in 2-3 hours.

I checked some other COOP reports and Ashford (to my east) recording 6.1", Brimfield (to my NE) recorded 3.0", West Granville, MA (far to NW & a higher elevation) recorded 3.5", Maynard, MA recorded only 1.9". I'm pretty sure that on Friday Evening, March 5, 1993 is the date.

I'll see if I can dig up some more on this but that's what I could find from my original records.

Here's a link to the daily map on the PSU site. Unfortunately, radar imagery at the HDSS site is not available till 1995. http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/NARR/1993/us0306.php

[CoastalWx]

First day of Spring '92. Only snow day I had that year. That's the storm Mitch brought up.

[DavisStraight]

Sounds like Dec 1996....but it could have been 1992 as well. 1996 gave Union CT 25 inches...while literally just down the road got 6" of slop and mostly rain in the 2nd part of the event.

Dec 1992 might be your storm though as the other poster suggested.

It had to be 96 Will as my new house wasn't finished until dec 94, lots a limbs down from the heavy wet snow, Had trouble getting home from all the limbs in the road and the blinding snow. Saw a big blue flash, then thunder and power went out. It was a sat night, sunday was sunny in the 30's and the melting started.

[free_man]

3/22 -3/23/92? I don't remember there being more than 15" anywhere but it's possible.

[NECT]

It had to be 96 Will as my new house wasn't finished until dec 94, lots a limbs down from the heavy wet snow, Had trouble getting home from all the limbs in the road and the blinding snow. Saw a big blue flash, then thunder and power went out. It was a sat night, sunday was sunny in the 30's and the melting started.

Don't remember the day, but 92 was during the week.

[DavisStraight]

Don't remember the day, but 92 was during the week.

I believe the 92 storm was on a Fri, if your talking about the elevation storm where Worc had 3 feet.

[HarveyLeonardFan]

If I had to guess it was 1991-1993

It was a quick-moving alberta clipper (type) low. exited NJ and amplified. IIRC the deformation area was CT through RI, SE MA. easily 8-12"+ while snow adv in effect. Probably was a weekend since family was home.

The snow was at least half sublimated - down to 2-5" by nightfall and the next morning..

I

I was in high school during this time frame and I don't remember any snowstorms in 1991 or 1992 matching this description in these areas. Snow events in these areas greater than 6 inches was hard to come by in these areas during that era...even the winter of 1992-1993 wasnt that great for southern areas. There was a snowstorm on a sunday morning that dumped 10 inches in parts of southern ri in feb 1990, but this wasn't widespread. There was a saturday morning event in feb 1993 that dumped up to 5 inches, but certainly not 8-12.

[Tropopause_Fold]

great "under-rated" event for me is 12/26/04. that storm would have made the entire winter, but of course is overshadowed by what happened in January.

[CoastalWx]

great "under-rated" event for me is 12/26/04. that storm would have made the entire winter, but of course is overshadowed by what happened in January.

I think the one cool thing about that storm was watching the transition of it going from a rasn mix, to a wind blown paste, then to a drier wind blown snow all within about 2 hrs. I don't think I've ever seen anything like that. I was at the beach where my ex lived and we were watching the temp drop slowly. Her step dad and I cheered and drank a beer when it got below 32...lol, true story. He was a big weenie.

[Ginx snewx]

I think the one cool thing about that storm was watching the transition of it going from a rasn mix, to a wind blown paste, then to a drier wind blown snow all within about 2 hrs. I don't think I've ever seen anything like that. I was at the beach where my ex lived and we were watching the temp drop slowly. Her step dad and I cheered and drank a beer when it got below 32...lol, true story. He was a big weenie.

That 04/05 Jan to Jan was special in so many ways.

[ORH_wxman]

That 04/05 Jan to Jan was special in so many ways.

Prob unmatched in our lifetimes as far as anomalous snow goes in our area. Parts of the Cape had over 70" in the period of just over month from 12/26/04 to the end of January 2005.

Wareham getting 113" on the season with Middleboro getting 117" on the season is just hard to fathom happening again. And some parts in between likely cracked 120".

[Chrisrotary12]

I think the one cool thing about that storm was watching the transition of it going from a rasn mix, to a wind blown paste, then to a drier wind blown snow all within about 2 hrs. I don't think I've ever seen anything like that. I was at the beach where my ex lived and we were watching the temp drop slowly. Her step dad and I cheered and drank a beer when it got below 32...lol, true story. He was a big weenie.

Dec 9 '05 Did this to me in record time. It went from rain to sleet to whiteout conditions in about a 15 minute period while I was on the bus ride home. Was an amazing to watch unfold. Then ofcourse the constant cloud to ground lightning strikes that followed were fun too.

[CoastalWx]

Dec 9 '05 Did this to me in record time. It went from rain to sleet to whiteout conditions in about a 15 minute period while I was on the bus ride home. Was an amazing to watch unfold. Then ofcourse the constant cloud to ground lightning strikes that followed were fun too.

Where were you when this happened?

[forkyfork]

late feb 2010

[ORH_wxman]

late feb 2010

I would say that storm is underrated for its wind.

If the airmass had been an arctic airmass in place, that storm might have been one of the most epic on record...you probably see the R/S line hugging the eastern NE coastline...plus better thermal gradient probably would have produced some obscene banding totals back in your area.

[CT Rain]

My boxing day meltdown was relatively classic... but the wind was just remarkable with that storm.

Will, I know we've talked about this before, but I remember as a kid (maybe 95 or 96) a late blooming clipper that dropped 7 or 8" of total surprise fluff east of HVN. Wasn't expecting much more than an inch or so when I went to bed then woke up to an awesome scene. It was on a weekend and the snow occurred during the overnight. Any ideas?