bristolri_wx Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Pretty heavy band of snow right now here, probably heaviest of the storm so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Heavy snow. Time to catch up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 7° and rippage. I hope this band sticks around a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Where are we at Ryan? A little over 4? Snow board has been useless... the drifts are all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Buried. So happy for you guys. Like cweat said reminds me of some of the oldies from the mid 90s... eastern mass special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 A little over 4? Snow board has been useless... the drifts are all over the place. Wow we really got the hose. I don't think snowgrowth ever improved here at all. I went to bed around 2 AM and woke up around 5 then just got up but flake sized never really increased here and snow have been blowing like crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Wow we really got the hose. I don't think snowgrowth ever improved here at all. I went to bed around 2 AM and woke up around 5 then just got up but flake sized never really increased here and snow have been blowing like crazy. I don't think I ever saw a dendrite. All crap snow growth... probably 10:1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 yup totally hosed here too....im guessing four inches to perhaps five. will measure when i take the pups out....32 hours of snow lol....good grief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Good morning! Crushed! And ripping snow and wind still! I'm guessing close to 18 and still counting from eyeing it but the drifting makes that a pure guess. What. A wonderful event! Long duration ftw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 5/1 here top gust last hour of 41 mph, last measurement i took last night was 4.5" @ 11PM haven't a clue what fell overnight as MBY is either grass of 3' drifts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I think we managed 10:1 for the entire event. The snow is very dry, almost a sand consistency, with zero fluff factor. Lots of grains, needles, and columns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I don't think I ever saw a dendrite. All crap snow growth... probably 10:1. We might not have even made 10:1 At least those in eastern MA were able to cash in pretty well...must have been pretty awesome under some of those bands yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Windcredible! Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Just helped the wife dig out. Couldn't find a spot above 4" that wasn't in a drift. I suppose technically it's more like 5" considering some compaction and some light drifting in our fairly sheltered location. My call was 4-8" for CT with some spot 10's in the hills...looks like it was a good call at this point. I never trust relying on high ratios to deliver...seems to not work out more often than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 i only saw real snowflakes a few times but they never lasted always would go right back to the dust, def 10 to one ratios, maybe less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Looks like the final hour or 2 now....impressive event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Just helped the wife dig out. Couldn't find a spot above 4" that wasn't in a drift. I suppose technically it's more like 5" considering some compaction and some light drifting in our fairly sheltered location. My call was 4-8" for CT with some spot 10's in the hills...looks like it was a good call at this point. I never trust relying on high ratios to deliver...seems to not work out more often than not. Between models being too high on QPF in general and a lot going into ratios besides "cold" this is generally a good rule of thumb. Using BUFKIT it's normally pretty easy to tell which events will produce and which ones won't in terms of "fluff". I like to see a very deep/saturated column around -15c - hard to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Windcredible! Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I think we managed 10:1 for the entire event. The snow is very dry, almost a sand consistency, with zero fluff factor. Lots of grains, needles, and columns. I never really bought into the 15-20:1 stuff people were hyping. Really have to get into some good banding for that to work out...and it was clear only E MA really had a shot at that. Maybe this will finally put to bed the idea that cold automatically translates to good ratios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Steeling myself to go out with the dog..lol. May try to shovel at least where people walk but not a lot of water....maybe 0.75 qpf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Congrats FMH on your actual Blizzard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb65 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Haven't been outside yet but everything is drifted and snow is blowing all over. I'd guess 13-16" but it's going to be really hard to tell. I think I'll bundle up and try to make it to Jamaica Pond later for some pics. I imagine the drifts around there will be insane and picturesque because of the wide open pond that is completely frozen over. Great storm here, amazing cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Wow...Hyannis gusted to 64 mph at 5:26 PM and Eastham has a gust to 55 mph...not too shabby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Guessing will be around 18" thanks to impressive finish since 2AM, but very hard to measure... South Shore getting crushed (well depicted by RAP, HiRes NAM), eager to get reports from CoastalWx and others. Awesome to walk around and experience these extreme conditions which may not recur for many years. Some photos from Fella's hood... it's beautiful out there: Long live winter!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Seems to be winding down. I'm glad I woke for the finale,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Wxniss...I'm heading out shortly. Gonna head over to pierce park so the doggy can do her business and I can start shoveling. Great spot for pictures fwiw up on the hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma blizzard Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 between 3.5" - 4", since 1130 pm .. final should be ~9" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Nice Fella, it's an awesome walk... I'm glad I went out before the plows muck it up. Snap some drafts if you spot any. What an awesome and objectively historic snowstorm for eastern MA. 2 exhilarating overperformers so far this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I think we managed 10:1 for the entire event. The snow is very dry, almost a sand consistency, with zero fluff factor. Lots of grains, needles, and columns. We probably had a mixture of small dendrites and plates, columns and needles most of the storm. There were times, especially during some of the heavier overrunning yesterday where it was mainly dendrites. According to the ALY, the storm total at midnight at ALB was 7.1" and the liquid equivalent precip was 0.57" inches at that time as well. That translates to a ratio of about 12.5 to 1. This was probably because there was a significant period of time yesterday where the greatest lift was in the layer from 850 to 750 mb where the temperatures where above -10C. Overall a very nice event though with about 9.5" on the ground this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Nice Fella, it's an awesome walk... I'm glad I went out before the plows muck it up. Snap some drafts if you spot any. What an awesome and objectively historic snowstorm for eastern MA. 2 exhilarating overperformers so far this season. Last night around 11 I did the 1 mile up Harvard to Linden out to Kent over to Aspinwall to home. The dog was happy to head home but also happy in the snow. Earlier I did a TJ run with few customers in the store. Reminds me 1994. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 11.3" total from 0.63" water equiv. On a level in the driveway there's 9.5" so it has compacted quite a bit even as the -SN continues. 2.0F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bboughton Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Eyeballing it we have about 6-7. Flakes were small all night, but according to TWC we got 16-17:1 ratios but only .4in QPF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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