SouthCoastMA Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Im in Fall River and its just a wall of white coming down. Must be 2-3"+ but I haven't measured yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Radar looking impressive upstream in far western areas and E NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 you need to move west 10 miles 1.5 hereactually just took a measurement and its right about an inch but just a few flurries now....this still just gets me to under 20 inches for season.....they must be loosing their minds in nne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 850 fronto is pretty great...thanks to tightening temp gradient but it would be sweet if we had much stronger lift...oh well Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 looks like most of us will get another really good burst Radar looking impressive upstream in far western areas and E NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 1.75" OTG 30 minutes ago, moderate snow (now and most of the morning) 32/30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I'm just stunned at how bad the media and NOAA is handling this. Reiner going with the "warm ground" deal. 3-5" here though and that's going to be much closer to the truth than anything else I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 4-6 still looks on track around these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIcoastalWX Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 32.3/30 - Light to Moderate Snow. Wind Light NE wind. 2.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 4-6 still looks on track around these parts. I would say easily, only need another inch in many spots to hit 4"...4-8 or maybe even 5-9 or so is in the cards I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 1" of sloppy wet snow here in south Windsor. Local treated roads are wet and I-84 is moving along without any delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinch1989 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 4.3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Measured 1.7 on the deck . radar looks good for another 2-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherX Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Excessive nudity here. 6" new....days, weeks and perhaps a month incoming. So much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Consistent light snow. I owe kev a beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cja1987 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Schools are starting to cancel afternoon stuff here. It's too late to do an early release. If this band continues to pummel us this is going to be really bad in Bourne, Plymouth, Wareham, Sandwich etc. as the buses run in 90-120 minutes Just a poor, poor job of alerting to the potential. Not sure what happened but I hope they address it in the future. TV media doing no better a job. Cindy had the best map at least she has 2-4 here. Yes it was poorly forecast or more accurately, poorly conveyed by many. Models had been hinting for a while and, at the very least, mets should have been playing up the potential more even if the models were not a big hit verbatim. That said, what is the big deal? You keep talking about how this is some kind of disaster for the schools, aside from the slightly unexpected nature of this, its a run of the mill snowfall. Its not enough to get stuck in, its not going to kill anybody. Perhaps as bad as the media/NWS failing to give adequate warning is the flip side, people like you making too big a deal out of the effects. Nevermind the doomsday crap, its part of the dumbing down/cancel school at first flakes mindset we have today. It used to take 8"+ at the exact right time to cancel school as recently as the mid to late 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Starting to pick back up again after lightening up the last hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 2 new on the nose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmj16725 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Just over 1" here with light snow continuing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Interesting band near alb growing. Echos picking up. Great surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 2 new on the nose What is that carved out section on the ruler? Is that for easier slanting lol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Just a nice whitening here. Enjoy it down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Interesting band near alb growing. Echos picking up. Great surprise. Yeah, the radar looks pretty decent for a solid afternoon in these parts. It's nice to have something down for Wednesday to readily stack upon, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Guess you could call this a nice surprise up here in Amherst despite the GFS showing it last night. Moderate snow, smallish flakes. Accumulating on grass, not really on paved surfaces. 31/29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Yes it was poorly forecast or more accurately, poorly conveyed by many. Models had been hinting for a while and, at the very least, mets should have been playing up the potential more even if the models were not a big hit verbatim. That said, what is the big deal? You keep talking about how this is some kind of disaster for the schools, aside from the slightly unexpected nature of this, its a run of the mill snowfall. Its not enough to get stuck in, its not going to kill anybody. Perhaps as bad as the media/NWS failing to give adequate warning is the flip side, people like you making too big a deal out of the effects. Nevermind the doomsday crap, its part of the dumbing down/cancel school at first flakes mindset we have today. It used to take 8"+ at the exact right time to cancel school as recently as the mid to late 90's. Roads including most secondary arteries like 3a, 6a etc are/were snow covered. Side streets are totally untouched because 8-12 hours ago this area was forecast to have under an inch with only a 70% chance of snow...so the local DPW's weren't ready to roll. Rte 6 is backed up 2 exits due to spin outs and now buses have to navigate the entire mess with peoples kids on them. A better forecast 10 hours ago probably would have had school managers looking at early releases or bagging on school entirely. It also would likely have led to towns and MA highway being better prepared. More importantly it would give parents the ability to make the decision of whether or not they should listen to you in thinking it's no big deal....or as parents make the decision to pick their kids up or have them at home entirely. Who cares what they did when we were kids? We also walked in 10" of snow as cars sped by on unplowed roads because back then they didn't call school. You know why they do now? Because of issues like what happened in Providence and elsewhere where bad forecasts left kids in bad situations. You may not think it's a big deal to have kids driving around on snow covered roads in moderate or heavy snow in buses with no seatbelts. A lot of parents would disagree with you. These forecasts sucked and if you've got a vested interest in them don't hide behind your tag. I'm a doomsday guy? LOL... Get bent on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Real pretty out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sankaty Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Light snow 2.5" otg Thinking we might manage 4 or 5" total based on upstream radar, but aside from the initial burst this morning, we haven't really been able to get cranking yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Light/borderline moderate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 2 hours in a row now of 1/2mi vis at TAN, so probably 2"+. Make it 3 hours in a row now. ~3". ...BRISTOL COUNTY... FAIRHAVEN 2.8 1159 AM 2/03 HAM RADIO NORTH FAIRHAVEN 2.3 1207 PM 2/03 HAM RADIO NEW BEDFORD 2.3 1224 PM 2/03 HAM RADIO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 CJ don't mean to get testy but don't on the same token minimize the risk to peoples kids or cavalierly dismiss the implications of what seems like an easy forecast to have gotten "more" correct down here 24 hours ago. The Euro/RGEM/NAM and GFS were all pretty much in sync more than 24 hours ago. Heck into the early AM hours this morning we were still under only a 70% of some snow. The roads are awful, if we get a little break here it may not be a nightmare for the buses, if we don't and it ramps up again prior to 2 it's going to be tough sledding. Side Roads have literally not been touched. Let's not forget budgets are tapped down here so they aren't going to have trucks rolling around unless there's a need. This was the forecast 20 hours ago....and really up through now it's still only for 1-2" here. We are catching a bit of a lull which will allow them to catch up hopefully in time for the buses. The forecasters have had a tremendous winter season and I've said as much. But this one was stubbornly bad. Stubborn being the operative word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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