ORH_wxman Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Snowing at 1-2 inches per hour during rush hour during an advisory event might as well be a 12" snowstorm...that's what we had this morning. Bad timing creates havoc since people often just see that they are only supposed to get 4" of snow and don't look at when it might fall or how intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 We all lead busy lives now. Rush rush rush. There's not enough time in the morning to allow yourself an extra 20-30 mins to get to where you need to go. People get perturbed when they can't drive 80mph. I always say, in a hurry to get nowhere fast, life has its way of slowing you down eventually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Snowing at 1-2 inches per hour during rush hour during an advisory event might as well be a 12" snowstorm...that's what we had this morning. Bad timing creates havoc since people often just see that they are only supposed to get 4" of snow and don't look at when it might fall or how intense. impact based warnings in the future? advisory is to warning like Ball Park is to Stadium, seems so mellow. I remember very well the travelers advisory, I knew I was fuked for heavy snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Just got home...saw a couple of bad accidents today. -SN now and we're in the suckerhole currently, but 3.6" new with only 0.25" water equiv. According to my gf there was good snow growth late morning into the early afternoon. She is right. Was a nice scene for a couple of hours. I think we are done though unless that band to our north and nw rotates down. looks like northern nh into central maine are doing very well. Is that a deformation band up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 impact based warnings in the future? advisory is to warning like Ball Park is to Stadium, seems so mellow. I remember very well the travelers advisory, I knew I was fuked for heavy snow. http://nws.weather.gov/haz_simp/messages.php?wfo=gyx This is the latest attempt to make things more clear. The plain language actually sounds pretty good, even in complicated headline scenarios. Today we're "advising caution" because of snow, in a more significant storm we would be warning of a "dangerous snowstorm." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 She is right. Was a nice scene for a couple of hours. I think we are done though unless that band to our north and nw rotates down. looks like northern nh into central maine are doing very well. Is that a deformation band up there?A little leftover 700-850mb lift. I was hoping that was going to linger over our area until evening on yesterday, but obviously it's looking better for NNE. The tail end is trying to drop over me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teebrdsfan Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 She is right. Was a nice scene for a couple of hours. I think we are done though unless that band to our north and nw rotates down. looks like northern nh into central maine are doing very well. Is that a deformation band up there? Looks like one more band for us...looks like it should slide through based on radar trends. Maybe another 1/2 inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 This morning's drive south from Portland was brutal. I think it was a combination of the timing and the fact that, because it wasn't billed as a blockbuster storm and didn't prompt any closures, you had the full volume of people on the roads trying to drive like they normally would on dry pavement. I'll also add that, at least anecodotally, a lot of people along the coast were assuming it would be raining this morning. Don't know if that was based on local media forecasts, or just the assumption that it wouldn't be cold enough. Same here. Drive from Raymond to PWm took 75min, when it usually takes 30'. Just a caterpillar of cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlantStickers Anonymous Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Ended up with about 4", good stuff, people drive like idiots and only take the road conditions seriously when the tv screams doom at them, and so you end up with the cars wrapped around poles I saw at corners today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 3.5" now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 This is the battle we as meteorologists wage. It wasn't billed as a big storm because it isn't a big storm. It's a standard advisory type snow event, nothing really all that special about it. If we were to play up the significance of the storm we run into problems when a big nor'easter really tracks up the coast. That's how you end up with tornado emergencies and the like, "no this time we really mean it." Plus there seems to be a thinking that lightly falling snow is less slippery than +SN with <1/4 mile visibility. WRONG! I've almost never seen a bad accident during really heavy snow - the heavier it snows, the more traffic slows. When visibility is a mile plus, many folks seem into "business as usual" driving, with some very messy results. It's been -SN all day here at work in AUG, but was quite slick for the morning commute with only 1/4" having fallen. Looks like we're still short of 2", and some blades of grass still sticking theu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I always say, in a hurry to get nowhere fast, life has its way of slowing you down eventually wise words, I had a very common ex: driving last night. a car full of kids flew through a red light, while I stopped for it. it was yellow but clearly going to be red. From experience I knew the next light 1/2 mile down the road would be red. sure enough, I didn't have to brake and passed the kids. anyway, around 6" here, a nice little snowfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Bad news chief, the fog is getting thicker and leon's getting larger. Dense fog just moved in here with light freezing mist and 31F. I am so sick of fog, it seems relentless so far this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 A little leftover 700-850mb lift. I was hoping that was going to linger over our area until evening on yesterday, but obviously it's looking better for NNE. The tail end is trying to drop over me now. Im in the tail. When it first arrived 30 minutes ago we had good snow growth and 3/4 vis for awhile. Not just light snow maybe 1 1/2 to 2 miles vis. Only 2 1/4" so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Good call all around Ryans station missed its NE CT market by some they had 1-3, general 4-5 there Got it the first time... Thanks for double posting it! I thought areas to the south of 84 wouldn't do as well with kid level warmth issues but they were able to tick a few tenths of a degree colder for snow. Sorry you were unhappy with the forecast... Can't win em all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 big spread in town...3 inches north end where I am and roughly an inch or 1.5 down at the beach...and LOL at the 3.5 at BDR. The snowfall reports for BDR are actually done inland and not at BDR. It's like 2.5 away for Sikorsky. The guy is normally pretty spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Looks like PWM is getting blitzed right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Got it the first time... Thanks for double posting it! I thought areas to the south of 84 wouldn't do as well with kid level warmth issues but they were able to tick a few tenths of a degree colder for snow. Sorry you were unhappy with the forecast... Can't win em all. Nope was responding to Phil, happy happy happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Box thinks most over to snow at end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Pretty much been poor snow growth all day here mostly snow grains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Looks like PWM is getting blitzed right now. Big, fat flakes at the WFO. That intense precip also help stop the advancing coastal front right in its tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 The snowfall reports for BDR are actually done inland and not at BDR. It's like 2.5 away for Sikorsky. The guy is normally pretty spot on.that makes more sense then if he's inland a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Pretty much been poor snow growth all day here mostly snow grains C'mon, tell us how much you got. I know it won't be enough for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Nope was responding to Phil, happy happy happy. Yeah but you posted the same thing like 3 times lol. I don't really care but you're "they don't pay attention to my backyard" is off base. I actually worked on the forecast for S and E CT specifically and was off by a bit. In retrospect should have broad brushed more 3-5 but we were pretty close to a whole lot of pinging MMK/IJD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 that makes more sense then if he's inland a bit. I think he's like 2.5 NNW of BDR but he may be closer to the Merritt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 http://nws.weather.gov/haz_simp/messages.php?wfo=gyx This is the latest attempt to make things more clear. The plain language actually sounds pretty good, even in complicated headline scenarios. Today we're "advising caution" because of snow, in a more significant storm we would be warning of a "dangerous snowstorm." I like it, the body could be replaced with HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING WHEN THE SNOW COMES TO AN END HAZARD TYPES...slippery untreated surfaces due to snow and possibly freezing drizzle, use caution when walking and chewing gum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Yeah but you posted the same thing like 3 times lol. I don't really care but you're "they don't pay attention to my backyard" is off base. I actually worked on the forecast for S and E CT specifically and was off by a bit. In retrospect should have broad brushed more 3-5 but we were pretty close to a whole lot of pinging MMK/IJD. only twice and once was in response to Phil but PMS? geezus dude chill, you nailed the 1-3, just missed a quarter of NE CT . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 C'mon, tell us how much you got. I know it won't be enough for me Looks like a little better then 3", Will measure when i get home, Never enough.......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 only twice and once was in response to Phil but PMS? geezus dude chill, you nailed the 1-3, just missed a quarter of NE CT . Was just replying to you're "we don't pay attention" comment. Certainly spent a lot of time doing so and it's what I focused on yesterday. To be honest once we thought lower qpf would be the rule yesterday afternoon we shrunk the 3-6 zone to cover less area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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