Ginx snewx Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 warning criteria is a half inch According to posts he received 1/2 ". This is a station near him. Impressive CAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 That one weenie close up shot of the branch looked close to 1/2 inch yeah it's so hard to get a sense of perspective though in that pic. i couldn't tell how big that branch was. could be an 1/8th of an inch of ice on that or 1/2. when you zoom in on the handle of the grill...it looks like some decent accumulation on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 how is hubb dave doing, wonder if he lost power. probably in school teaching, he said it was not that bad there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Will thinks 3/8". Talked to him earlier. Ice on trees until 128. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Will thinks 3/8". Talked to him earlier. Ice on trees until 128. That corroborates my obs last night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 That was pretty crazy this morning. Waking up and seeing that. Probably a third inch to 3/8ths was my estimate but didn't actually have time to get the ruler out and measure ice thickness. I'll have to post some of the pics later. Definitely a pretty big ice event, but I wouldn't call it major since it likely fell short of warning criteria...but not by a whole lot. It was 28F when I left, but we should inch above freezing this afternoon with some insolation and just the fact the CAD is exhausting its dewpoint source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I love how most schools had a 2 hr delay...not sure the point of that...it was still just as bad 2 hours later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Looking forward to it! barring travel interruptions, I should be up there by 9pm Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Temps slowly rising--28.9/28 with light -zr. No outages out this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvic Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 1/4'' in Princeton with a very weak drizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 It's 40F and foggy here, I thought it wouldn't get up to 40F for the next few days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma blizzard Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 ~1/4" - 1/3" ice accretion and temp still holding just below 31 in shrewsbury. Potential for more light frz rain / frz drizzle looking at radar. This may be the worst ice storm imby (literally where I live) since nov 2002. I mean the dec 08 storm did knock down branches in my backyard, but there was literally no ice accretion below 15'-20' agl, but there was close to 1/2" accretion 50'+ agl (based on measurements from fallen branches) .. very impressive cold just above the surface that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 ~1/4" - 1/3" ice accretion and temp still holding just below 31 in shrewsbury. Potential for more light frz rain / frz drizzle looking at radar. This may be the worst ice storm imby (literally where I live) since nov 2002. I mean the dec 08 storm did knock down branches in my backyard, but there was literally no ice accretion below 15'-20' agl, but there was close to 1/2" accretion 50'+ agl (based on measurements from fallen branches) .. very impressive cold just above the surface that night. This icing event was definitely colder than the Dec 2008 event. Just way less QPF of course. We were lucky in a sense that last night didn't drop 3/4" of QPF on us...that would have been a major ice storm because we had a great dewpoint drain going on so the latent heat would have been easily offsetted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 31/30 here now with light freezing drizzle. Here are some pics from an hour ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 It's 40F and foggy here, I thought it wouldn't get up to 40F for the next few days? you'll be knocking on the door of 50 tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 you'll be knocking on the door of 50 tomorrow... CTBlizz says otherwise, post #1469: And we won't come close to 40 this entire week..Mostly 33-37 for a range.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 33.4 here now. Probably about less than 1/4" of ice accretion here. Most we've seen in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 This icing event was definitely colder than the Dec 2008 event. Just way less QPF of course. We were lucky in a sense that last night didn't drop 3/4" of QPF on us...that would have been a major ice storm because we had a great dewpoint drain going on so the latent heat would have been easily offsetted. This drain was superior....I was rain in 2008. Line was roughly 495, as opposed to 128... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Received an additional 1.5" since this am Total 5.0", Liquid Equiv .52" 9.6:1 ratio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 This drain was superior....I was rain in 2008. Line was roughly 495, as opposed to 128... This airmass was definitely colder than the 2008 one. The CF was in roughly the same spot as 2008, but instead of being 33-34F on the cold side of it and having to go back to 495 to get 30-31F temps, it was 28F this time on the cold side with temps in the 24-27F range back in the hills...and actually even up just north of you was in the low 20s. That was a very efficient transport. Just oozed right down the CP of S Maine and the NH seacoast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 This airmass was definitely colder than the 2008 one. The CF was in roughly the same spot as 2008, but instead of being 33-34F on the cold side of it and having to go back to 495 to get 30-31F temps, it was 28F this time on the cold side with temps in the 24-27F range back in the hills...and actually even up just north of you was in the low 20s. That was a very efficient transport. Just oozed right down the CP of S Maine and the NH seacoast. i'm impressed by how cold the low levels have ended up. it was a cold HP but i didn't think it looked as cold as it actually is. with the core of lowest thicknesses headed E of us and the surface HP actually being a bit far north (modeled) i thought it you'd be in the 27-30F range yesterday. there was a time sat PM that i really thought it might not get too cold at all. it was radiating well down on the Cape and that's generally a good first guess sign that the best low level advection over SNE is done. but it kept on going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 32.5...coating of ice still left over from last night when we dropped to 30. what a dreary day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Temp falling again. 32.9F (After a high of 33.6F) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 The slow steady climb continues..up to 30.1/29. Ice will be but a dream by morning methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 28.8F with some ZL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainePhotog Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 27.3°F with freezing drizzle at this time. 3.30" snowfall total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 It's still 32.5 this was really close to a bigger event. Just up the road at 1050' the trees are iced. Literally 1/10 of a mile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericnh Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 30.8 heere with light freezing drizzle. only go 2 inches of snow and some sleet this morning! wish storms this week would just miss hate rain in December in southern Nh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 probably in school teaching, he said it was not that bad there Def more ice in Leominster at school than here About 0.5" on some tree branches there Here it looks like 0.125". Or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericnh Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 storm on the 22nd just looks like a cold front on the nam hope all the moisture drys up before it gets here! lets hope for snow saturday with ull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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