CoastalWx Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 i got one inch from 11-7-12 4 inches from the last storm, 13-14 inches from the october storm. i have 5.25 inches for the season. there were some reports of up to 2.5 inches on 11-7 but i can tell you truthfully where i am there was just about an inch. Well better than us folks here. 1.9" in all of those combined here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Brian has a dendrite meltdown every year, love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 So back the Euro from 2 days ago. Once in a while it sniffs something out, but it has runs like this where it just goes bananas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 what is with those mets weenieing out so much? Is there no dignity anymore? The RPM? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelocita Weather Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 RGEM is a pretty big hit for most areas...esp east of CT river though even W of river down in CT does pretty well. 0.5"+ for most and more of SE areas. Looks like PYM to TAN would get 0.8-1.0"...Cape has more but probably some BL issues. RGEM is often too wet, but even taking 2/3rds of these numbers would be a warning criteria event for eastern areas. Does the good QPF extend further south/west near NYC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Brian has a dendrite meltdown every year, love it. He needs a pinned dendrite page each year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Uh Nick TWC uses RPM, but that's not saying much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Some of us sickos can usually tell pretty quick if they are dendrites...though if the dendrites aren't hooked together, sometimes its tougher to tell without closely inspecting because they are small. But usually they are hooked together nicely so its usually those dime sized great looking flakes. But yeah, its definitely a technically incorrect phrase to say "dendrites are terrible"...usually that means there aren't any dendrites, lol. Probably ugly needles or plates. We should train everyone to say "dendritic growth is terrible" instead. Well you have different kinds of dendritic formations too...stellar, spatial... I've also seen those clumps fall as primarily sectored plates or mixed crystals that are only about 50% dendritic. I'm more referring to the non-mets that say things like "these dendrites suck" or "huge dendrites right now".I don't expect weenies to get out there with a magnifying glass to investigate every crystal. I did that back in the day when I was working with an avalanche forecaster. Some of those charts on snowcrystals.com do a pretty good job at tell you what you should expect given temps aloft. Anyways, back to the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 In other news, we finally get the +PNA but we lose the -NAO/-AO? Terrible. Further meh patterns afoot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostonseminole Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 what is with those mets weenieing out so much? Is there no dignity anymore? The RPM? lol I think they are just discussing the model output, they are not changing their forecast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 RGEM is a pretty big hit for most areas...esp east of CT river though even W of river down in CT does pretty well. 0.5"+ for most and more of SE areas. Looks like PYM to TAN would get 0.8-1.0"...Cape has more but probably some BL issues. RGEM is often too wet, but even taking 2/3rds of these numbers would be a warning criteria event for eastern areas. That would be pretty good even up here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Does the good QPF extend further south/west near NYC? Yeah they do alright. Looks like a bit under half an inch of qpf. I'd be a bit cautious though with RGEM qpf as I mentioned above. It tends to run too wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostonseminole Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Gil Simmons NEWS8 CT @gilsimmons New models coming out with MUCH more snow forecast tomorrow afternoon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 12/30/93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 I'm in bed now with the RPM. We're both fully naked Doesn't it run off of the WRF? Hafta can it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 I think they are just discussing the model output, they are not changing their forecast Some on Twitter seem to be giving some credence to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Brian has a dendrite meltdown every year, love it. snow crystals = not boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Let's also note that the RPM had 16-20"+ for parts of Worcester, Cheshire and Hillsborough counties in the last storm...I should've saved some of those images for comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Wonder if we see WSW fly with the afternoon package? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 snow crystals = not boring :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Well one theme so far this morning is that the meso models are definitely pretty amped. NAM/SREF/RGEM all trending that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Again, you have to look at the details. You want good omega/lift in the -12C to -18C layer. That is the max dendritic growth zone. If the lift is weak or is outside of that layer, then you get smaller crystals with different habits. Again, I haven't looked at BUFKIT yet. There is also a tendency for a lot of people to call every flake they see a dendrite when the truth is most of the crystals I analyze aren't even of that habit. There's all kinds of regular/irregular crystal formations...i.e. needles, plates, sectored plates, columns, bullets, etc. You really can't tell for sure if it is a dendrite or not from the comfort of your warm living room. /rant I don't like to enjoy a storm from my warm living room. I like to be out in it. Perhaps next storm I should let some snow fall on my dark coat, take a close up photo and we can look at what it is! I just like the stuff that makes for a firm base the first part of the storm and then the high ratio fluff for the second half....that piles up real high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 It's pretty clear there's going to be some big snow amounts some places on Sne. It's just a matter of nailing down the specifcs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston-winter08 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 brief aside...RPM actually did a good job (at least in SNE) for snow totals w/ the past event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Gfs 33 hours. 38/72.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Looks like 12z GFS is NW as well from 06z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 36 hours 39/71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 the gfs is coming in slower and more amplified with a further west sfc low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 I'm in bed now with the RPM. We're both fully naked who's the top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 39 hours decent snows to 495 in ne ma. Cape may have bl issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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