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Just looking at that, wow were we primed for ridiculous rates. Basically dendritic growth for 300 mb or so. No wonder we piled up 10" before lunch time.

The difference with this is that I remember the radar echoes had that smooth look to them right over PWM. Before the Jan '05 blizzard there was a band moving into Cape Ann that was more cellular in nature. It's almost like this was a mini but potent localized WAA event for PWM with those mild marine winds moving up and over the CF.

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The difference with this is that I remember the radar echoes had that smooth look to them right over PWM. Before the Jan '05 blizzard there was a band moving into Cape Ann that was more cellular in nature. It's almost like this was a mini but potent localized WAA event for PWM with those mild marine winds moving up and over the CF.

 

You can definitely see the WAA occurring in the profile around 950 mb. Nice little nose providing some lift.

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The difference with this is that I remember the radar echoes had that smooth look to them right over PWM. Before the Jan '05 blizzard there was a band moving into Cape Ann that was more cellular in nature. It's almost like this was a mini but potent localized WAA event for PWM with those mild marine winds moving up and over the CF.

 

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Very different character indeed.

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Very different character indeed.

 

 

Well there was some good snows going on across NNE that morning on easterly flow just above the deck.  Way back here in NW New England we picked up 10-12" of snow on February 8th before it even started snowing in SNE.

 

Were the Maine accums part of that northern moisture stream, too or was it all more OE in nature?  Maine was the only spot to capitalize on both those earlier snows and the bigger snows later on.  But that storm actually over-produced up here with a foot in Stowe, even though that was dwarfed by the massive snows in SNE later that evening/night. 

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Going to be a cold day at work tomorrow... packing the hat and gloves, winter jacket.  -2C at H85 tomorrow morning on NW flow...will probably be holding around freezing for a good chunk of tomorrow.

 

Crossing my fingers for some rime or some passing frozen shower tomorrow morning above 3,500ft.

 

Enjoy that, Scott.  I'll likely be starting in the low 40's or so here.

 

A beaut out there today.

 

59.5/47 off a high of 60.5

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Going to be a cold day at work tomorrow... packing the hat and gloves, winter jacket. -2C at H85 tomorrow morning on NW flow...will probably be holding around freezing for a good chunk of tomorrow.

Crossing my fingers for some rime or some passing frozen shower tomorrow morning above 3,500ft.

BTV mentions chance for snow to mix in later tonight...hoping to see something up there at 8am. Upslope showers continue and what a raw day it's been.

For precipitation chances...still chance for --rw west/ main focus over hir terrain/northwest facing slopes as evening progresses. Chance for --SW to mix in at elevations above 2000ft west/ no chance for any accumulate possibilities... aided by 850 temperatures 0c to -2c.

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Well for CT. I think he was thinking more his area, but yeah it was a high impact storm across all three states pretty much.

 

 

Since 78 ,...whatever.  I disagree with that and believe fully that memories of last February supersede the value.

 

No storm that enters and exits in 12 to 15 hours and dumps low impact powder can be considered a huge impact.  That's just not true.  That snow compressed to less than a foot in less than 2 days.  Also, you shouldn't even mention that storm in the same sentence as "since 78" -- in terms of high impact, 1992 was way way beyond that deal last february. Not even in the same f ballpark.  So was 1997, April.  

 

By "event", we are talking about multi-faceted, e-commerce disruptions and society problems.  Like, massive grid failure, marine destruction, much broadly inclusive spectrum.  That was NOT last February, other than a day and a half of altering the ability to go the movies.  Big whoop.

 

I am not saying it wasn't a good storm .. Hell, it was a great storm.  But it didn't do much beyond lower visibility dramatically.  You guys seemed to immediately confuse the "event budget" idea, with any event at all.   

 

Put it this way, if it has been 20 years since a 1 in a 10 year storm, than your statistically over-due.  Your event budget is stressed...  

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Since 78 ,...whatever. I disagree with that and believe fully that memories of last February supersede the value.

No storm the enters and exits in 12 to 15 hours and dumps low impact powder can be considered a huge impact. That's just not true. That snow compressed to less than a foot in less than 2 days. Also, you shouldn't even mention that storm in the same sentence as "since 78" -- in terms of high impact, 1992 was way way beyond the deal last february. Not even in the same f ballpark. So was 1997, April.

Feb 13 was extraordinarily high impact here in CT. The state was basically shut down. With the exception of oct 2011 it was the best and most impactful blizzard I've ever seen.

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