CoastalWx Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Some of that live in good retention spots and haven't seen grass in months do. Would have been nice to keep some. Haven't had a good March in 10 years in most places LOL, you live in CT not the Canadian Rockies. It's March, it melts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Even I have snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 How much are you down to? I just looked at the NOHRSC map and was horrified at how much it went down in NE CT. Was your stuff really low ratio? It looks like in the high spots you have like 10" left or less No it was high water content . Didn't take a hit until today. There's 8-12 OTG. Maybe 13-14 in shady spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 LOL, you live in CT not the Canadian Rockies. It's March, it melts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 No it was high water content . Didn't take a hit until today. There's 8-12 OTG. Maybe 13-14 in shady spots. Disaster there. Its still a solid 19-22" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 No it was high water content . Didn't take a hit until today. There's 8-12 OTG. Maybe 13-14 in shady spots. 8-12 is the same as here, and we haven't even gotten much snow this year, Guess we just hold on better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Disaster there. Its still a solid 19-22" here. At least Kevin and I will be bare together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Disaster there. Its still a solid 19-22" here. Don't forget you had that massive blue bomb of 10 inches where i got none. That's the difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 At least Kevin and I will be bare together. Yeah I thought he would still have 6" of crust at the end, but I didn't realize he had so little already. I will take a massive hit too but I think I'll keep the base glacier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Don't forget you had that massive blue bomb of 10 inches where i got none. That's the difference It was 8" on Feb 24th inverted trough...but yes, that is def a difference. I had like 10" of concrete before the storm and you prob had like a 4" glacier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Dewpoint at ORH has just crept up from 35F to 37F....getting to that magic number. Pretty much from here on out over the next 30 hours, its anarchy on the snow pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 At least Kevin and I will be bare together. Will you scrub each others backs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 The final hours before serious damage ensues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Dewpoint at ORH has just crept up from 35F to 37F....getting to that magic number. Pretty much from here on out over the next 30 hours, its anarchy on the snow pack. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Will you scrub each others backs? Of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I am amazed there is a thread about melting snow as we are entering Mid March. What in the Sam Hell is going on in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Love waking up and finding the 00z guidance all bumped up QPF amounts today, lol. Lots of flood watches up now. .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING/...AS OF 415 AM EDT TUESDAY...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY WITH RAINFALLDEVELOPING EWD ACROSS VERMONT AT 08Z. THE FORECAST AREA REMAINSIN PREVAILING DEEP-LAYER SLY FLOW IN ADVANCE OF SLOW-MOVINGOCCLUSION NOW ACROSS WRN NY. PW PLUME OF 0.9 TO 1.0" PRECEDES THEFRONT ACROSS NRN NY AND WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EWD ACROSS VT THIS AFTN.NOTED OVERALL MODEST INCREASE IN QPF PER 00Z GUIDANCESUITE...ESPECIALLY AS SECONDARY WAVE LOW DEVELOPS ALONG THEOCCLUSION THIS AFTN AND TRACKS NNEWD ACROSS WRN NEW ENGLAND THISAFTN. ADDED MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SRN HALF OF CWA THIS AFTNBASED ON POSSIBLE 0.5-0.6" RAINFALL IN 6 HR PERIOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Even before the rains, the mild temps/dew points have been at work overnight. A good portion of my deck that had had a couple inches of ice and snow on it on Sunday is now bare. Heavy, heavy melting in progress even before the torrents. 41.4/41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 poof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Even before the rains, the mild temps/dew points have been at work overnight. A good portion of my deck that had had a couple inches of ice and snow on it on Sunday is now bare. Heavy, heavy melting in progress even before the torrents. 41.4/41 I fully expect to return to bare ground next week with only some piles left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Damp. Nothing like a southwest wind gusting 50-60mph in a steady moderate rain. It just makes sure that water gets into every crevice and fold in the Gore-Tex. Clothing companies seem to make their gear for rain falling down, not sideways and upwards in strong gales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 About 60% of the snowcover is already gone here in advance of the heavy rain. Currently it's raining lightly and it's 47F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I am hoping a lot of my back deck gets cleared off... I still expect to have some decent snow on it in 24 hours... I want to use my grill (or at least clean out any mice that might have moved in...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I am hoping a lot of my back deck gets cleared off... I still expect to have some decent snow on it in 24 hours... I want to use my grill (or at least clean out any mice that might have moved in...) What do you got right now? Still about 12-16"? I had about 15 this morning. The train ride into Boston though was unnerving...watching the pack diminish into just patches once east of 128...still had decent snow though around and just west of 128. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Even in the best of Marches "snow pack" becomes a rarefied phenomenon as the month ages. The problem is, maintaining a snow cover is no longer simply a matter of cold air as one nears the Equinox (for obvious reasons). Put it this way, 20F in full sun will lose snow pack considerably faster through micro-melt/evaporation now, then on January 15. Tomorrow will be an example of just such a challenge. Whatever snow coverage is left a dawn (and I suspect it will be less than some think), it's still going to take a beating all day tomorrow, as the cold in the boundary layer post fropa really isn't realized until after dark tomorrow night. So you have partial higher sun angle, and down-slope flow goosing the temp close to 50F. Of course the air will be drier so that will slow melt rates some - I have seen 20" of snow disappear in a single night before. In 1996, after an incredible stretch of winter there was 36" of snow on the level - one night of south wind and DPs that neared 60 and there was less than 6" at dawn, and bare ground patches by that after noon up at college. Granted, this snow now is more granular/icy in nature, so it will be a bit more resistant, but starting off with much less depth... It'll be interesting to see what remains. I received 16" from the last storm here in Ayer, over a preceding 3 or 4" of spring snow condition. Right now I am down to ~6" already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 What do you got right now? Still about 12-16"? I had about 15 this morning. The train ride into Boston though was unnerving...watching the pack diminish into just patches once east of 128...still had decent snow though around and just west of 128. train ride home might be more unnerving when you come home to patches... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I left this morning with about 8-10 OTG. I expect 0 - piles when I get home this evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 train ride home might be more unnerving when you come home to patches... I'm not sure its possible to lose 15-16" of dense snow in 8 hours unless its like 70F tropical downpours. But perhaps I can almost lose all of it by tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I'm not sure its possible to lose 15-16" of dense snow in 8 hours unless its like 70F tropical downpours. But perhaps I can almost lose all of it by tomorrow morning. that is a lot to lose in that time frame. Let us know, will be curious to see what's left tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 that is a lot to lose in that time frame. Let us know, will be curious to see what's left tonight. I'll post pics as soon as I'm home. I am just as curious. Its going to be absolute carnage for the next 12 hours...there is no doubt about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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