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The 'oh, who cares' 1st half of May boring ass pattern banter thread

Typhoon Tip

By Typhoon Tip,
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powderfreak

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Yeah I've never understood the reasoning behind snowboard. it causes lower totals to be measured when you do it that way. You measure the snow on the ground in various areas and take an avg of the measurements both during the snowfall and then when the snow is over

Huh? It doesn't cause lower totals to be measured when you use a snowboard.

Honestly there are some events where I like to just take a storm total...and you probably live in a spot where most of the snow comes in relatively concentrated bursts. Like 8-10 hour synoptic events for most of the 3-6" or 6-12" type snowfalls. Most synoptic forcing events occur in under 12 hours around (aside from larger storms which run 12-24 hrs, though rarely more than 24 hours).

For those synoptic events, I like to just have the storm total on the ground during those like 8-10" in under 12hr type systems. However up here we get a lot of just persistent snow that needs to be measured somehow. And occassionally SNE gets those like 72 hour light snow events where you get 1-3" in 6 hours, then nothing for 12 hours, then another 2-4", then a break, etc. That needs to be quantified without just waiting for the entire system to leave the area. You may end up with 5" on the ground after 48-hrs but totalling up the 6 hour bursts you get 8.5" or something.

I think the snowboard method is necessary especially up here where it can snow lightly for days and clearing a snowboard is the only way to break up and measure the snowfall. I personally usually operate on a more 8-12 hour schedual with snowfall recording, but do understand why 6 hour break outs can be useful.

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powderfreak

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I've never heard of these huge soccer tournaments until Kevin mentioned it.

I played in the Needham (pretty sure it was that, or another spot there in eastern MA) one like 12 years ago in high school...was pretty big even back then and was the spot to be for premiere travel teams on Memorial Day Weekend...but it sounds like its a lot bigger now.

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CapturedNature

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Huh? It doesn't cause lower totals to be measured when you use a snowboard.

Honestly there are some events where I like to just take a storm total...and you probably live in a spot where most of the snow comes in relatively concentrated bursts. Like 8-10 hour synoptic events for most of the 3-6" or 6-12" type snowfalls. Most synoptic forcing events occur in under 12 hours around (aside from larger storms which run 12-24 hrs, though rarely more than 24 hours).

For those synoptic events, I like to just have the storm total on the ground during those like 8-10" in under 12hr type systems. However up here we get a lot of just persistent snow that needs to be measured somehow. And occassionally SNE gets those like 72 hour light snow events where you get 1-3" in 6 hours, then nothing for 12 hours, then another 2-4", then a break, etc. That needs to be quantified without just waiting for the entire system to leave the area. You may end up with 5" on the ground after 48-hrs but totalling up the 6 hour bursts you get 8.5" or something.

I think the snowboard method is necessary especially up here where it can snow lightly for days and clearing a snowboard is the only way to break up and measure the snowfall. I personally usually operate on a more 8-12 hour schedual with snowfall recording, but do understand why 6 hour break outs can be useful.

 

I agree with the need for a snow board but I think what some object to (and I agree) is the measure and swipe method every 6 hours DURING a synoptic event.  I use a snowboard for my accumulation measurements because it makes measuring new snowfall easier and you mentioned the proper way to use the snow board - measuring at the end of each period of snowfall and adding them up at 24 hours.  If you're having a long duration event and keep clearing your board every 6 hours, you're gonna wind up with a higher total.

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Damage In Tolland

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I played in the Needham (pretty sure it was that, or another spot there in eastern MA) one like 12 years ago in high school...was pretty big even back then and was the spot to be for premiere travel teams on Memorial Day Weekend...but it sounds like its a lot bigger now.

Meatheads typically don't know too much about other sports . All they care about is how much they squatted last week
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CoastalWx

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That doesn't even make sense. I just don't understand your fascination with my temps..

 

Because this airmass does not support you being warmer than ORH. In the winter when inversions are even stronger...that rarely happens if we were to believe the temp you report. I don't understand how you can be so much warmer than Coventry in the warm season, yet colder in the cold season. Don't you see how that looks funny?

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Because this airmass does not support you being warmer than ORH. In the winter when inversions are even stronger...that rarely happens if we were to believe the temp you report. I don't understand how you can be so much warmer than Coventry in the warm season, yet colder in the cold season. Don't you see how that looks funny?

No I really don't. I live here so to me it's just part of the microclimate.
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