Brian5671 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Ya the wind was great, made it seem like a blizzard. But beyond that, talk about disappointing(at least for us). best totals to our South and West-city and LI did better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Nothing to write home about, but any snow is good snow. 5.75" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 18+ hours of snow falling only to get 2.5" or so LOL. The only impressive thing was seeing it snow at -11F to -12F. Like powderfreak that is a personal record for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Snowing @ -1.3/-5 is my new best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I underdid the waa/oes combo in round 1, but round 2 acted about exactly as I had surmised. Substinance-city to the nw of Boston. 5" from 5:30pm onward last night....round 2. It wasnt subsidence it was just the best forcing moving SE. Just saying. Good call overall by you. Congrats on 12+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman21 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 4.5 here...meh That's about what we have as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 outside of ocean enhancement it seems like maxes are about a foot give or take an inch...........hats off to all the more conservative mets on this one for most of interior sne I have only seen really high ratios verify a few times and most of the time it was clippers or getting the deform bands esp towards the end of a noreaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Vigorous shoveling of the walkways and paths around the house took an hour+. Still snowing but lighter now. For mby, this ranks with the great ones. When you get 18+ with temperatures under 10 you have something special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 It wasnt subsidence it was just the best forcing moving SE. Just saying. Good call overall by you. Congrats on 12+ Scott, you can think what you wish, but I strongly believe that it was a combo of both. There is a reason I had anticipated precisely where the heavy snow shield would stop last night, while you were still implying that the mid levels would continue to propel it northward. When it a storm is well se and we have arctic air in place, the heavy banding always stops at Boston, and just can not move beyond those oes streamers. Was it strictly subsidence as seen in PD II and Dec 2003....no.....but it played a part imho. We'll agree to disagree. Round II was a colder version of Boxing day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Don't know how much because of extreme drifting but at least 18 I think maybe 20+. Scott, Can you dunk on that rim in your driveway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Snowing @ -1.3/-5 is my new best. Jan 2004? I underdid the waa/oes combo in round 1, but round 2 acted about exactly as I had surmised. Substinance-city to the nw of Boston. 5" from 5:30pm onward last night....round 2. lol...autocorrect?Nice storm for many. ENE winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Scott, you can think what you wish, but I strongly believe that it was a combo of both. There is a reason I had anticipated precisely where the heavy snow shield would stop last night, while you were still implying that the mid levels would continue to propel it northward. When it a storm is well se and we have arctic air in place, the heavy banding always stops at Boston, and just can not move beyond those oes streamers. Was it strictly subsidence as seen in PD II and Dec 2003....no.....but it played a part imho. We'll agree to disagree. If it was primarily subsidence, then there would have been another heavy band to your northwest...which did not happen. You were just basically fringed last night after a certain time. There might have been some minor subsidence northwest of BOS, but it wasn't the classic signature "stuck between banding in a sucker hole" you often see with the subsidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Logan got 14.6" or so? Not bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Logan got 14.6" or so? Not bad Do we have the total? Last I saw was the 10.6 from midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Do we have the total? Last I saw was the 10.6 from midnight.I think that is what one if the TV mets said. Grain o salt until it confirms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Just threw boiling water into the air and watched it turn straight to vapor with none hitting the ground...that was cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 If it was primarily subsidence, then there would have been another heavy band to your northwest...which did not happen. You were just basically fringed last night after a certain time. There might have been some minor subsidence northwest of BOS, but it wasn't the classic signature "stuck between banding in a sucker hole" you often see with the subsidence. I agree with all of this. It was not primarily subsidence. There was some, but not a classic signature as seen in the two previous examples given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Anything that fell in Georgetown area yesterday has prob compacted at least 25% since ratio's there were insane yesterday. Prob got 25" since they had 21 b4 midnite. Scooter may be close to 2 feet as well, who knows. Anyone going out and measuring now will be 20%!!! Lower then someone who did 6 hr board clearings (pfreak pointed this out and he measures high ratio fluff as part of his job) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I think that is what one if the TV mets said. Grain o salt until it confirms I wonder if they got that wrong. There was obviously more precip after midnight but I can't find a snow total from them There is a report on NWS for Boston at 13.5 but that is not the airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Just threw boiling water into the air and watched it turn straight to vapor with none hitting the ground...that was cool.I have had that work at around -5F. Wonder what the upper temp limit is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Seems like a solid 7 -7.5 uniform snowfall over most of N CT based on reports. High density sand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I agree with all of this. It was not primarily subsidence. There was some, but not a classic signature as seen in the two previous examples given. That's all I mean. Yes perhaps it was some subsidence, but it was more everything shifting SE. Like I said..good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Scott, Can you dunk on that rim in your driveway? LOL, yes when I get a step ladder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Seems like a solid 7 -7.5 uniform snowfall over most of N CT based on reports. High density sandUnderperformer compared to your forecast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Scott, you can think what you wish, but I strongly believe that it was a combo of both. There is a reason I had anticipated precisely where the heavy snow shield would stop last night, while you were still implying that the mid levels would continue to propel it northward. When it a storm is well se and we have arctic air in place, the heavy banding always stops at Boston, and just can not move beyond those oes streamers. Was it strictly subsidence as seen in PD II and Dec 2003....no.....but it played a part imho. We'll agree to disagree. Round II was a colder version of Boxing day. Also, maybe I wasn't clear...but I didn't intend for you to get another 8"...just that that it would continue to snow through the night adding a few more inches which it did. That's the mid levels, otherwise if it were an OES CJ..it would have quit there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Underperformer compared to your forecast Yes it was..and it was due to sand..not fluff falling from the sky. I thought 8-12..so was a bit high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 That's all I mean. Yes perhaps it was some subsidence, but it was more everything shifting SE. Like I said..good call. You were in perfect spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Also, maybe I wasn't clear...but I didn't intend for you to get another 8"...just that that it would continue to snow through the night adding a few more inches which it did. That's the mid levels, otherwise if it were an OES CJ..it would have quit there. Ok, yes....miscommunication. NBD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Just drove from Duxbury to Boston. 1 hr 45 min. Maybe 14". 17F duxbury/2f Boston. Roads were treacherous on rt3. Near white out. Fine up near Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlacroix4 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 So this storm will go down as one of the most incredible winter storms I have ever experienced. During the day our high temp briefly hit +2, then dropped to 7-10 below zero for most of the storm. We had a meso band come through that dropped 2.5 inches in ONE HOUR! We got hammered my way because of banding. Talk about exceeding forecasts, we ended up with 13.2 inches here. Very hard to measure, so I tried to take the average. I bet if we had not gotten the high winds, we would easily have 14+ to measure. We lost a lot of our fluff to compacting. This was one of the storms where models really had trouble I think with some of the dynamics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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