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January 2nd/3rd Storm Observations

Bostonseminole

By Bostonseminole,
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powderfreak

powderfreak

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Yes - great for those - was thinking that as well earlier today.

I will say the skiing today was excellent for only 3" of snow...the dense arctic sugar of 8-10:1 ratio snow at below zero temps made it ski deeper than 3". The funny thing is, in a lot of upslope situations, the same 1/3" QPF would deliver like 8-12" of snow, lol.

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CT Rain

CT Rain

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What likely caused it? Couldn't have been lack of cold in the growth levels. Lack of moisture? I thought the skews looked good...

 

Most of the lift that gave s the snow was very low - around 925mb or so through most of the storm. Had some low level stuff during the day yesterday that was all really low and then the stuff last night - at least the good comma head stuff never really developed. I thought we'd see a good burst of mid level stuff after midnight but even that didn't really get going. Seemed like a lot of it was some low level convergence with the easterly jet just off the deck. 

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40/70 Benchmark

40/70 Benchmark

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I'd say a final call of somewhere between 14-15".  Someone else mentioned it, but in North Andover, my office shows less snow now than it did yesterday around 2:00 p.m. when I left.  Compaction ate up probably 30% or more of the snow, so anyone measuring today won't be close to what fell.

 

Ray, is your current temp really 13?  My car is showing the current as 6 degrees in North Andover.

14.1...I think the sun is throwing it off because the local wx bug reads 10.

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powderfreak

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Man that's awesome! Congrats. The 4kft picnic tables are jealous :lol:

I have no idea how you measure that though...wow. There's absolutely no snow on any roof-tops or elevated surface in those pics...forget a nice elevated snow board for measuring, lol. Any idea on liquid equiv? Any cores (I'd assume ASOS wouldn't even be close)?

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BostonWX

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Man that's awesome! Congrats. The 4kft picnic tables are jealous :lol:

I have no idea how you measure that though...wow. There's absolutely no snow on any roof-tops or elevated surface in those pics...forget a nice elevated snow board for measuring, lol. Any idea on liquid equiv? Any cores (I'd assume ASOS wouldn't even be close)?

 

This is what i have from GRLEVEL3. It is probably higher in reality though with the ocean enhancement

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Bryan

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Newport Ave is completely flooded between stop & shop and Cathay pacific. 2 Mercedes drivers thought it'd be a good idea to go through, they are now stuck. Road is blocked off.

Correction, appears to be located in front of 150 Newport Ave extension by the north Quincy T stop.

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TalcottWx

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Definitely a colder boxing day. Interior areas really struggle in these type of setups. It definitely was an eastern new england storm. There was no really strong lift or deform bands that usually cash the interior in. The stronger banding was well south of new england and out over the ocean. OES saved eastern areas and otherwise you were left high and dry minus the WAA bands. CT screwzone especially with the valley. Not to mention that snowgrowth was hell back there too.

 

Boston did not get into any crazy banding minus a few hours. However, they were close enough to the fringe of the essex band to consistently produce moderate snow. Then when the best oes went southeast BOS was again close enough to not really be in the core of the band but still bring great snowfall rates. A nice prolonged significant snowfall with extreme temperatures. An absolute treat. Scott's area was absolutely in a perfect spot for last night as I thought he would be. Got into his band for a little while too.

 

An absolutely historic snowstorm due to the cold air. Not much else outside of Essex county. We have this type of coastal flooding and waves every winter. 

 

I'm going with 15" here in South Boston. I spent my morning shoveling out a bar, a parking lot and adjacent sidewalks, and three cars afterwards. Needless to say I am tired. Haven't started on our three cars yet, only our sidewalk is done. Most sidestreets still snowcovered and packed down like something you would see in New Hampshire or Vermont. My street isn't too bad as it sees a lot of traffic. Only main roads clear in the neighborhood.

 

My street is a wind tunnel. Not much snow on the cars or sidewalks but streets that face in the opposite direction are buried. Very much 2005 esque. Parked car on one side of the street buried while there is a dusting 5 feet across the street where the wind is blowing.

 

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weatherMA

weatherMA

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That Shrewsbury report should jive with ORH right?

 

 

That shrewsbury report looks way off. Westborough 2 miles east had 6

 

 

There's always an inflated report that comes out of there...not sure where its measured. There's going to be at least some variability though in the measurements with the extreme drifting.

Yeah its complete bull. I measured around 8-9"...on average near the Worcester line at 500' near the high school.

 

I know who it is...its "SNE Wx Coverage" on twitter... he measures near the center of town. As Will said it happens a lot...I'm used to it and NWS always excepts his higher, (less accurate), total over mine, so I stopped submitting. I'm pretty confident we had about 8.5" and there is no way Shrewsbury had over 10" IMO.

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TalcottWx

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Here is BOS obs from the start of the storm. Absolutely sick.

Edit : Formatting came out like crap

03 Jan 12:54 pm EST 12 1 61 -5 NNW 16 10.00  FEW010 SCT025 BKN220 1014.9 29.97 29.957 0.02 12 3 OK
03 Jan 11:54 am EST 11 1 64 -5 NNW 14G21 6.00 BLSN  FEW010 SCT030 BKN120 1014.0 29.95 29.937 OK
03 Jan 11:16 am EST 9 0 66 -9 N 18G29 6.00 BLSN  FEW015 BKN030 BKN045 29.94 29.927 OK
03 Jan 10:54 am EST 9 1 69 -9 N 18G26 2.50 BLSN BR  FEW015 BKN035 BKN043 1013.3 29.93 29.917 T OK
03 Jan 10:30 am EST 9 1 72 -11 N 22G29 2.00 -SN BLSN BR  FEW015 BKN035 OVC043 29.92 29.907 T OK
03 Jan 9:54 am EST 6 0 75 -15 N 21G26 1.50 -SN BLSN BR  FEW015 BKN027 OVC036 1012.6 29.91 29.897 T 0.02 OK
03 Jan 8:54 am EST 5 -2 71 -13 NNW 15G29 1.00 -SN BLSN BR  FEW015 BKN027 OVC034 1011.0 29.86 29.847 T OK
03 Jan 7:54 am EST 4 -2 76 -15 NNW 17G24 0.75 -SN BLSN BR VV020 1010.3 29.84 29.827 0.02 OK
03 Jan 6:54 am EST 3 -2 79 -18 N 21G26 0.50 SN BLSN FZFG VV015 1009.1 29.80 29.787 0.02 0.14 0.48 3 2 OK
03 Jan 6:33 am EST 3 -2 78 -18 NNW 20G26 0.75 -SN BLSN BR VV016 29.79 29.777 0.02 OK
03 Jan 5:54 am EST 3 -2 79 -18 N 21G28 0.50 SN BLSN FZFG VV013 1007.5 29.75 29.737 0.02 OK
03 Jan 5:17 am EST 3 -2 78 -19 NNW 23G31 0.50 SN BLSN FZFG VV011 29.74 29.727 0.01 OK
03 Jan 4:54 am EST 2 -3 79 -21 N 23G36 0.50 SN BLSN FZFG VV009 1006.2 29.72 29.707 0.02 OK
03 Jan 4:52 am EST 1 -2 84 -22 N 22G36 0.50 SN BLSN FZFG VV009 29.73 29.717 0.02 OK
03 Jan 3:54 am EST 2 -3 79 -21 N 24G31 0.50 SN BLSN FZFG VV011 1007.0 29.74 29.727 0.03 0.08 OK
03 Jan 2:54 am EST 2 -4 75 -19 N 20 0.75 SN BLSN FZFG VV014 1007.9 29.77 29.757 0.02 OK
03 Jan 1:54 am EST 2 -4 75 -20 N 22G32 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV010 1009.2 29.81 29.797 0.03 OK
03 Jan 12:54 am EST 2 -3 79 -20 N 22G29 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV008 1010.0 29.83 29.817 0.04 0.14 7 2 OK
03 Jan 12:30 am EST 1 -2 84 -22 N 23G33 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV009 29.83 29.817 0.03 OK
03 Jan 12:12 am EST 1 -2 84 -22 N 24G32 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV010 29.84 29.827 0.02 OK
02 Jan 11:54 pm EST 2 -3 79 -20 N 21G32 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV009 1010.9 29.86 29.847 0.02 26 2 OK
02 Jan 11:40 pm EST 3 -2 78 -20 N 24G31 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV009 29.86 29.847 0.02 OK
02 Jan 11:04 pm EST 3 -2 78 -19 N 23G32 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV010 29.86 29.847 0.01 OK
02 Jan 10:54 pm EST 3 -2 79 -19 N 22G33 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV009 1011.3 29.87 29.857 0.02 OK
02 Jan 10:08 pm EST 3 0 84 -19 N 23G31 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV009 29.88 29.867 T OK
02 Jan 9:54 pm EST 4 0 83 -18 N 22G32 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV010 1012.2 29.90 29.887 0.02 0.06 OK
02 Jan 9:52 pm EST 5 0 78 -17 N 23G32 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV010 29.89 29.877 0.02 OK
02 Jan 8:54 pm EST 6 1 79 -15 N 21G29 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV006 1013.6 29.94 29.927 0.03 OK
02 Jan 8:27 pm EST 7 1 78 -14 N 24G31 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG VV009 29.95 29.937 0.01 OK
02 Jan 7:54 pm EST 6 1 79 -14 N 20G29 0.25 SN BLSN FZFG BKN011 OVC017 1014.2 29.95 29.937 0.01 OK
02 Jan 6:54 pm EST 8 3 79 -12 N 20 0.25 SN FZFG VV010 1015.9 30.00 29.987 0.03 0.11 26 8 OK
02 Jan 5:54 pm EST 10 6 84 -9 N 20 0.25 +SN FZFG OVC009 1015.8 30.00 29.987 0.02 OK
02 Jan 5:47 pm EST 10 7 85 -8 N 17 0.25 +SN FZFG OVC009 30.00 29.987 0.02 OK
02 Jan 5:44 pm EST 10 7 85 -7 N 16 0.25 -SN BR BKN009 OVC014 30.00 29.987 0.02 OK
02 Jan 5:40 pm EST 10 7 85 -8 N 17 0.25 -SN BKN011 OVC017 30.00 29.987 0.01 OK
02 Jan 4:54 pm EST 12 8 84 -4 NNW 15 1.25 -SN BR  SCT010 OVC014 1016.3 30.01 29.997 0.02 OK
02 Jan 4:52 pm EST 12 9 85 -4 N 15G22 1.25 -SN BR  SCT010 OVC014 30.02 30.007 0.02 OK
02 Jan 4:21 pm EST 12 9 85 -4 N 14 0.75 -SN  SCT010 OVC015 30.02 30.007 0.01 OK
02 Jan 3:54 pm EST 12 8 84 -5 N 16 0.50 SN BLSN BKN010 OVC015 1016.6 30.02 30.007 0.03 0.04 OK
02 Jan 3:36 pm EST 12 9 85 -5 N 16G22 0.50 SN BLSN BR BKN010 OVC013 30.04 30.027 0.02 OK
02 Jan 3:17 pm EST 16 10 79 4 N 10 0.50 SN BLSN BR BKN008 OVC013 30.06 30.047 T OK
02 Jan 3:03 pm EST 16 10 79 2 N 14G20 0.50 SN BLSN BR  FEW008 BKN013 OVC021 30.05 30.037 T OK
02 Jan 2:54 pm EST 20 16 84 8 N 12G35 0.50 SN BLSN BR BKN013 OVC021 1017.6 30.05 30.037 T OK
02 Jan 1:54 pm EST 26 21 81 10 NE 26G32 0.50 -SN BLSN BR  SCT011 OVC020 1018.6 30.08 30.067 0.01 OK
02 Jan 1:42 pm EST 27 21 80 13 NE 22G32 0.50 -SN BLSN BR  SCT011 OVC020 30.09 30.077 T OK
02 Jan 1:30 pm EST 25 21 86 8 ENE 30G36 0.50 -SN BLSN BR  FEW009 BKN013 OVC020 30.08 30.067 T OK
02 Jan 12:54 pm EST 24 20 84 9 NE 22G37 0.50 -SN BLSN BR BKN014 OVC021 1019.7 30.12 30.107 0.01 0.09 26 19 OK
02 Jan 11:54 am EST 24 20 84 8 NE 25G38 0.50 -SN BLSN BR BKN010 OVC016 1021.0 30.15 30.137 T OK
02 Jan 11:31 am EST 25 19 80 9 NE 26G33 0.50 SN BLSN FZFG BKN013 OVC021 30.17 30.157 T OK
02 Jan 11:17 am EST 25 19 80 9 NE 28G35 0.50 SN BLSN FZFG  SCT011 BKN016 OVC023 30.18 30.167 T OK
02 Jan 10:54 am EST 25 21 85 10 NE 22G33 0.50 SN BLSN FZFG BKN011 OVC017 1023.0 30.21 30.197 0.01 OK
02 Jan 10:24 am EST 27 21 80 12 NE 25G33 0.50 SN OVC014 30.24 30.227 0.01 OK
02 Jan 9:54 am EST 24 21 88 10 NE 18 0.50 SN FZFG OVC008 1024.2 30.25 30.237 0.03 0.07 OK
02 Jan 8:54 am EST 20 16 84 7 NNE 14 0.50 SN FZFG BKN008 OVC013 1024.8 30.27 30.257 0.04 OK
02 Jan 8:51 am EST 19 16 86 6 N 13 0.50 SN FZFG BKN008 OVC013 30.27 30.257 0.03 OK
02 Jan 8:10 am EST 19 16 86 6 N 13 0.50 -SN BR BKN012 OVC018 30.28 30.267 0.01 OK
02 Jan 7:54 am EST 19 15 84 5 N 14 0.75 -SN BR BKN018 OVC032 1025.3 30.28 30.267 T OK
02 Jan 7:13 am EST 19 16 86 5 N 14 2.50 -SN BR BKN022 OVC028 30.30 30.287 T OK
02 Jan 6:57 am EST 19 16 86 5 N 14 3.00 -SN BR BKN028 OVC035 30.30 30.287 T OK
02 Jan 6:54 am EST 19 15 84 5 N 14 2.50 -SN BR  SCT024 BKN030 OVC035 1025.9 30.30 30.287 0.01 0.07 0.07 21 19 OK
02 Jan 6:16 am EST 19 16 86 6 N 12 2.50 -SN BR OVC026 30.30 30.287 T OK
02 Jan 5:54 am EST 19 14 80 5 N 15 1.75 -SN BKN026 BKN035 OVC050 1026.3 30.31 30.297 0.01 OK
02 Jan 5:44 am EST 19 14 79 6 NNE 13 2.00 -SN BKN026 BKN035 OVC050 30.31 30.297 T OK
02 Jan 5:05 am EST 19 14 79 8 N 10 3.00 -SN  FEW025 OVC046 30.33 30.317 T OK
02 Jan 4:54 am EST 19 14 80 8 N 10 2.50 -SN  FEW028 OVC048 1026.6 30.32 30.307 0.02 OK
02 Jan 4:47 am EST 19 14 79 6 N 12 1.75 -SN  SCT026 OVC050 30.32 30.307 0.01 OK
02 Jan 3:54 am EST 19 14 80 8 N 9 2.00 -SN BKN020 OVC029 1027.2 30.34 30.327 0.02 0.03 OK
02 Jan 3:08 am EST 19 14 79 8 N 9 1.75 -SN BKN024 OVC031 30.35 30.337 T OK
02 Jan 2:54 am EST 19 14 80 8 NNE 9 2.00 -SN BKN026 OVC035 1027.7 30.35 30.337 0.01 OK
02 Jan 2:41 am EST 19 16 86 8 NNE 9 2.00 -SN BKN026 BKN032 OVC045 30.35 30.337 0.01 OK
02 Jan 1:54 am EST 20 15 81 NNE 8 1.75 -SN OVC022 1027.9 30.36 30.347 T OK
02 Jan 1:41 am EST 19 14 79 NNE 8 1.75 -SN BKN025 OVC030 30.36 30.347 T OK
02 Jan 1:15 am EST 21 12 68 NNE 8 2.50 -SN BKN029 OVC044 30.36 30.347 T OK
02 Jan 12:54 am EST 21 11 64 NNE 7 4.00 -SN BKN028 BKN040 OVC055 1028.1 30.37 30.357 T T 24 21 OK
01 Jan 11:54 pm EST 23 7 49 NNE 7 10.00 BKN049 OVC065 1028.5 30.37 30.357 29 19 OK
01 Jan 10:54 pm EST 23 7 49 N 3 10.00 BKN070 OVC090 1029.2 30.40 30.387
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BostonWX

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Yeah its complete bull. I measured around 8-9"...on average near the Worcester line at 500' near the high school.

 

I know who it is...its "SNE Wx Coverage" on twitter... he measures near the center of town. As Will said it happens a lot...I'm used to it and NWS always excepts his higher, (less accurate), total over mine, so I stopped submitting. I'm pretty confident we had about 8.5" and there is no way Shrewsbury had over 10" IMO.

 

I know someone who lives in shrewsbury just s of rt 9 off of oak or lake street ill ask him to measure

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weatherMA

weatherMA

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The dude that reports it is on Twitter..This is where it came from

 

@WX1BOX Here is the view outside my house in Shrewsbury MA where I measured 12.5" total pic.twitter.com/fgTBqsIVEC

Terrible measuring spot.

I'll have to wait until later to see the pic since I can't view twitter at work.

 

Our friend ma_blizzard measured like 9 inches in Shrewsbury. Combined with 10" in ORH and the 6" report in Westborough (which seems a bit low on the other end), the 12.5 seems a tad high, but who knows.

Yeah I'm sure Matt will confirm we had 8-9" not 12" later.

It looks like a foot..but it also looks like it's right under a roof or something

Yes.

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wxsniss

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Other (obvious) thing to keep in mind as some people look outside today and are expecting more:

This fluffy dry snow is sublimating much faster than most storms we experience.

 

For once there's a Logan reading that closely mirrors reports from the greater metro area.

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ROOSTA

ROOSTA

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I see Winchester came in with a 14" report must be on the eastside of town. It does not feel like 14.7°F out, it actually feels much warmer but not something I would like to acclimated to. Temps are going to plunge tonight - PNS -5°F. If it does get that cold it will be the lowest I've recorded here.  

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