HalloweenGale Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Technically the storm was still raging on this date, but I remember it as though it was yesterday. I was living on ACK Island at the time. We had 13 inches of snow, but the drifts were higher. I remember that winter was epic. The map above is from Ray's NJ Snowstorms, and ultimately from TWC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 One hell of a storm. Forecast to miss most north of NYC, GFS finally caved the day before and the rest is history.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey2002 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I'm not old enough to recall the details, but I do remember TWC having to make new colors for 24"+ and I think eventually 30"+ on their map, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I remember Barry Burbank on the 11pm news Saturday night coming on and saying "It now looks like this storm will not miss southern New England, in fact, I'm now calling for a blizzard of historic proportions for the southeastern third of the region and even a major storm all the way back into the interior" (to paraphrase). That was one of the more exciting newscasts I have watched because all day long I had the Weather Channel on and they were talking about how NYC may or may not get a huge storm...and we would miss. Back then, we didn't have local news on Saturday except noontime and 11pm. (maybe one station had a 6pm Saturday newscast) So it kind of had the feeling of hitting the lottery...you weren't expecting such a major shift for the better. Even though it was a fairly "run of the mill" storm back here as far as KU storms go (about 15 inches)...it was exciting in the fact that it was going to be a total whiff until about 24-30 hours out. It was certainly a more prolific storm for the coastal areas and SE MA/RI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 BDR only posted 15 inches which is a joke. We had a good 20-24 inches around here and in surrounding areas. I figured it would be on the ground forever, next storm was 50% snow before a change to rain and next 4-5 storms were warm cutters wiping it all out in a matter of 2-3 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Think I saw ~24" from this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I remember Barry Burbank on the 11pm news Saturday night coming on and saying "It now looks like this storm will not miss southern New England, in fact, I'm now calling for a blizzard of historic proportions for the southeastern third of the region and even a major storm all the way back into the interior" (to paraphrase). That was one of the more exciting newscasts I have watched because all day long I had the Weather Channel on and they were talking about how NYC may or may not get a huge storm...and we would miss. Back then, we didn't have local news on Saturday except noontime and 11pm. (maybe one station had a 6pm Saturday newscast) So it kind of had the feeling of hitting the lottery...you weren't expecting such a major shift for the better. Even though it was a fairly "run of the mill" storm back here as far as KU storms go (about 15 inches)...it was exciting in the fact that it was going to be a total whiff until about 24-30 hours out. It was certainly a more prolific storm for the coastal areas and SE MA/RI. This was my first 2 foot storm (just missed 1983) and probably one of my all time favorites (top 3 or 4). Like you, I had a similar experience with the storm. I was with my family coming back from a day of skiing at Mount Snow and stopped at my aunt and uncle's house in Northampton. They had Channel 3 on the TV (wfsb was the CBS affiliate for both the Hartford/New Haven and Springfield markets up until recently) and Bruce Deprest chucked them far and long with a 1-2 foot forecast. On Friday, when we had left, the storm wasn't supposed to bring anything sizable to our area and was generally forecast to be pretty meh north of NYC. That was probably the last storm I enjoyed as a "weather consumer" - within a month I had discovered some computer models and all sorts of weather information on the internet. Can't believe it's been 18 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I remember Barry Burbank on the 11pm news Saturday night coming on and saying "It now looks like this storm will not miss southern New England, in fact, I'm now calling for a blizzard of historic proportions for the southeastern third of the region and even a major storm all the way back into the interior" (to paraphrase). That was one of the more exciting newscasts I have watched because all day long I had the Weather Channel on and they were talking about how NYC may or may not get a huge storm...and we would miss. Back then, we didn't have local news on Saturday except noontime and 11pm. (maybe one station had a 6pm Saturday newscast) So it kind of had the feeling of hitting the lottery...you weren't expecting such a major shift for the better. Even though it was a fairly "run of the mill" storm back here as far as KU storms go (about 15 inches)...it was exciting in the fact that it was going to be a total whiff until about 24-30 hours out. It was certainly a more prolific storm for the coastal areas and SE MA/RI. Yes, I remember that and Barbara Conrad on Ch 56 reading what I now assume was the ETA FOUS and claiming we were going to see substantial snow. I stayed at my Grandmother's to help shovel, but we had just over 24" in Brockton which finally broke my 2' drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 This was my first 2 foot storm (just missed 1983) and probably one of my all time favorites (top 3 or 4). Like you, I had a similar experience with the storm. I was with my family coming back from a day of skiing at Mount Snow and stopped at my aunt and uncle's house in Northampton. They had Channel 3 on the TV (wfsb was the CBS affiliate for both the Hartford/New Haven and Springfield markets up until recently) and Bruce Deprest chucked them far and long with a 1-2 foot forecast. On Friday, when we had left, the storm wasn't supposed to bring anything sizable to our area and was generally forecast to be pretty meh north of NYC. That was probably the last storm I enjoyed as a "weather consumer" - within a month I had discovered some computer models and all sorts of weather information on the internet. Can't believe it's been 18 years! who is the CBS affiliate there now? Rough times for WFSB as they've been taken off down here due to carriage dispute....Cablevision doesn't want to pay for 2 CBS affiliates in Fairfield County.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 That storm actually had a nasty dryslot with sun visible over SE MA despite them jacking. Big OES contribution too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 smokin' cirrus in that storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 who is the CBS affiliate there now? Rough times for WFSB as they've been taken off down here due to carriage dispute....Cablevision doesn't want to pay for 2 CBS affiliates in Fairfield County.... They have a satellite station in Springfield now WSHM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 That storm actually had a nasty dryslot with sun visible over SE MA despite them jacking. Big OES contribution too. That storm was extremely cold too. If you look at some of the hourlies for BDL and BDR they were in the single digits and ripping S+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 This was my first 2 foot storm (just missed 1983) and probably one of my all time favorites (top 3 or 4). Like you, I had a similar experience with the storm. I was with my family coming back from a day of skiing at Mount Snow and stopped at my aunt and uncle's house in Northampton. They had Channel 3 on the TV (wfsb was the CBS affiliate for both the Hartford/New Haven and Springfield markets up until recently) and Bruce Deprest chucked them far and long with a 1-2 foot forecast. On Friday, when we had left, the storm wasn't supposed to bring anything sizable to our area and was generally forecast to be pretty meh north of NYC. That was probably the last storm I enjoyed as a "weather consumer" - within a month I had discovered some computer models and all sorts of weather information on the internet. Can't believe it's been 18 years! you had two feet in northampton for that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Took forever for it to snow, hours of virga then boom a wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 i had fifteen inches for that storm in bristol ct with total on the ground after the storm around or just under two feet with the snow from the prior storms. i hated that storm bc it seemed like everyone else had at least 8 to 12 inches more and had a 30 to 40 inch snowpack after.....i remember a quick three inches sunday afternoon and then a ten hour dryslot with flurries and then a resumption to steady snows but inch hr rates, nothing like what seemed to be going on elsewhere. what i do remember most noteworthy is the bitter cold well below zero in the morning and mid single digits in the afternoon as the snow began to fly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 you had two feet in northampton for that one? Nope... Guilford CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 you had two feet in northampton for that one? Looks like a small 24+ spot in the Northampton area. I was in Springfield back then and like everyone else thought it was going to be a total miss, was like Christmas morning when things changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 BDR only posted 15 inches which is a joke. We had a good 20-24 inches around here and in surrounding areas. I figured it would be on the ground forever, next storm was 50% snow before a change to rain and next 4-5 storms were warm cutters wiping it all out in a matter of 2-3 weeksi always wondered about bdrs total for that storm bc everyone else down there had reoorted so much more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Looks like a small 24+ spot in the Northampton area. I was in Springfield back then and like everyone else thought it was going to be a total miss, was like Christmas morning when things changed.how did spfd make out with that one and do you remember what the depth was after it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 This event is near and dear to me. Broke the 2' cherry. Great snow growth in this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 There was a mesoband on the pivot point around Grea Barrington where they got over 30 inches. A random jackpot spot well away from the synoptic jackpot that was along the south coast and SE MA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Had about 10" in Auburn for this. If I was living here at the time I'd have been high on cirrus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtd208 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I believe I wound up with around 27", a great memorable blizzard and my all time favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I remember xc skiing in the arboretum that Sunday before it started snowing over a deep cover PC maybe 18. Then we doubled it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 This event is near and dear to me. Broke the 2' cherry. Great snow growth in this as well. Where were you in '78? Oh, yeah...never mind I don't recall it much. We lived in an apartment in Gardner at the time and I worked in Marlboro but it seemed pretty normal/large. Maybe 12-15" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Where were you in '78? Oh, yeah...never mind I don't recall it much. We lived in an apartment in Gardner at the time and I worked in Marlboro but it seemed pretty normal/large. Maybe 12-15" Somewhere in my dead sea scrolls I have pictures from '94 and '96. I haven't seen them in years though. I'll find them some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I remember xc skiing in the arboretum that Sunday before it started snowing over a deep cover PC maybe 18. Then we doubled it. Jan 1996 was the snow depth record for BOS (broke 1978) and still is since 2011 I believe never got measured officially as depth is no longer kept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Todd Gross etcetera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 how did spfd make out with that one and do you remember what the depth was after it? I seem to remember about 15" or so. I remember the snow Depth that year getting pretty deep, I remember inspecting houses and the snow was up to my waist in some yards, I don't remember if it was that deep right after this storm or later in the season because we did get more storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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