wx2fish Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 How much new snow today? 12-13" at the First CT Lake where I'm staying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Lol. Almost a ground blizzard here. House is creaking and shuddering Yeah I'm pretty impressed with the wind gusts right now. A few of the ASOSs are dropping VSBYs without any snow falling. It's hard to get blowing snow to reduce VSBY around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 You crushed me in the sleet department... consolation prize Yeah, all of the all-time great winter storms dumped loads of sleet and rain on SNE. I remember it now. Epicosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Map of snow on the ground looks nice!Use this one. Much better.Look at the widespread 20-39 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I saved this from yesterday, those gravity waves ended up in ECT, we had some tremendous gusts then calm then more gusts all the time mixed heavy snow and sleet, Baro was jiggling all over the place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Yeah, all of the all-time great winter storms dumped loads of sleet and rain on SNE. I remember it now. Epicosity. NYC needs 4.4" of snow within the next 7 days to reach the snowiest 30 day period of all time. (43.4", 1949). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb65 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm not too familiar with how they do the NESIS ratings but I'm thinking this one will be pretty hightly rated. It was on the moderate end of the spectrum in SNE but definitely very severe in the deep south, mid atlantic and close to NYC. Probably deserves an entry in the KU book too. My parents who live a few miles north of Baltimore ended up with around 22" or possibly slightly more since they aren't the best at measuring. But they sent me a pic of 18" OTG after round 1 followed by another 4-5" with round 2. I imagine some of that 18" was settled down given how heavy and wet the snow was. My mother-in-law in north NJ just outside of NYC ended up with around 18" from round 1 plus round 2 with a prolonged period of sleet/zr in between. Obviously things were less impressive IMBY with totals only 3-5" in the immediate Boston area but pretty solid totals around ORH and north from there into Maine. It's not often we have a major storm have significant impacts all the way from Georgia up to Maine. I'm curious what the other historians on here think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Use this one. Much better.Look at the widespread 20-39 inches These give actuals http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0&highlight=off&issuedby=BOX&product=HYD http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0&highlight=off&issuedby=GYX&product=HYD http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0&highlight=off&issuedby=CAR&product=HYD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm not too familiar with how they do the NESIS ratings but I'm thinking this one will be pretty hightly rated. It was on the moderate end of the spectrum in SNE but definitely very severe in the deep south, mid atlantic and close to NYC. Probably deserves an entry in the KU book too. My parents who live a few miles north of Baltimore ended up with around 22" or possibly slightly more since they aren't the best at measuring. But they sent me a pic of 18" OTG after round 1 followed by another 4-5" with round 2. I imagine some of that 18" was settled down given how heavy and wet the snow was. My mother-in-law in north NJ just outside of NYC ended up with around 18" from round 1 plus round 2 with a prolonged period of sleet/zr in between. Obviously things were less impressive IMBY with totals only 3-5" in the immediate Boston area but pretty solid totals around ORH and north from there into Maine. It's not often we have a major storm have significant impacts all the way from Georgia up to Maine. I'm curious what the other historians on here think. KU, we need a East coast final total map once its done with ice included Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 It will end up as a cat 3 on NESIS...prehaps a bit higher in the actual KU rankings since the methods are slightly different. I suppose it could sneak into low end cat 4...its easy to forget how many of our northeast storms don't give much snow to the mid-atlantic (esp south of DC) and the southeast and then back all the way up into upsate NY. The widespread coverage of good snows will really boost the ranking even though the big 20"+ amounts were confined to isolated pockets for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Looking east...Joe English hill (1250'), Merrimack River Valley and DErry/Londonderry in distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 65 mph gust at the top of our Observation tower at 243 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I have been up there on occasions and watch guys i ride with step off the trail and dissapear in the snow pack, And i am talking guys that are 6'3", 7-8' pack not uncommon Such depths occur, but IMO they are actually a bit uncommon. The deepest snow I ever measured was 80", on Big Twenty Twp (northernmost township in Maine) in March 1984. That same month saw 65" at the snowstake in Ft.Kent, also the tallest I've had and by about a foot. I have no doubt that both measurements would've been exceeded had I been there in March 2008. Of course, a 4-5' avg snowpack can drift over depressions and be 7+ in those mini-locations, and when amidst 4-8 ft tall spruce/fir one can disappear quite suddenly. When I was breaking trail (on snowshoes) for the boundary maintenance crew and had that happen, our "Franglais"-speaking crew member would say, "My chum dig foxhole for German army!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Well I decided falling short by 2 or 3 inches wasn't worth complaining about. Still made out with 8 in the end for the 2nd 8" event this month. The Depth is somewhere around 13" or so but drifts make that a tough call. The skiing was fantastic and I got to go today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmanmitch Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 11" total here with a thick sleet layer in the middle that is between 0.25 and 0.5" thick. Snow depth is 19". I probably would've had 16-18" if not for the sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Now we're rocking up north, HIE and BML have dipped to 1/4SM in the last hour. Upslope has taken over this way... still snowing decently in town, but really ripping up at the mountain. This was 3pm on one of my last runs of the day, still dumping. Although we got sort of semi-screwed last night, today has been making up for it and orographics are trying to take over. 11-13" from 1,500ft to 3,000ft as of that last 3pm run and check on the stakes. And as of 4:30pm vis still looks quite low on the web cams with good dendrites flying. At home, the snow has been more snow showery as upslope sometimes is here just away from the immediate spine. One minute its just flurries, the next its 1/2 mile moderate snow, then back to flurries, etc. Picked up 10.5" at home through 4pm, but I can already see on the snow board that there's another few tenths in the last hour of fluffy snow, so we'll see what upslope can add to that total. Around 20" on the ground. The lab enjoys wading around in the new snow...I'm definitely going to lose a shoe in the next few days out there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx2fish Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Finally let up a bit in Pittsburg. Vis is back up to about a mile. 7" since 12pm. 15-16" total so far. First half was lower ratio and the last half has been pure fluff. Awesome powder on the trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Took this just before they shut down the Vista Quad at Bolton Valley today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Just got done clearing everything I wasn't clearing periodically yesterday and that clean-up had to be one of the toughest I've had. The areas that I cleared every few hours yesterday had a delightful mix of sleet and ice that had to be scraped off and shoveled every few feet. The areas that I hadn't shoveled weren't too bad but low lying areas had a nice slushy mix at the bottom making for an icy surprise if I didn't get it up. I'm waiting for tomorrow's snow to scrape and salt that before I have an ice skating rink on my hands. This snow is not going to melt quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I guess I'm a bit surprised at how long this has held on around here. I assumed that because of a general lack of blocking that this would have moved on pretty quick and shut off the snow outside of the normal upslope zones. Still snowing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 The snow piles around ORH this morning looked like there had been about 3-4 feet of snow in the past ten days...but its more like 2 feet with a ton of water content. Lots of sleet (mixed with a bit of ZR) last night really cemented the stuff. The snowshoes tomorrow will def be more handy than if the snow was fluffy....sinking into this crap would take a ton of effort to walk in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Glacier snowpack here of anywhere from 6-10". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Just saw that Philly picked up 11.3"... what a winter for PHL, and in general the coastal plain of the northeast. And there's another one coming, too! Can't complain up here as there's 20" on the ground now, but man the snowfall departures at the end of this season are going to be insane from like PHL-IJD-BOS compared to the northern tier from say SYR-BTV-AUG. I still think we come in below normal snowfall (again, not a debbie comment, just objective), while that southern tier will probably double their climo or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Just saw that Philly picked up 11.3"... what a winter for PHL, and in general the coastal plain of the northeast. And there's another one coming, too! Can't complain up here as there's 20" on the ground now, but man the snowfall departures at the end of this season are going to be insane from like PHL-IJD-BOS compared to the northern tier from say SYR-BTV-AUG. I still think we come in below normal snowfall (again, not a debbie comment, just objective), while that southern tier will probably double their climo or more. PHL has regained their horseshoe after getting a bit shafted last winter. BOS should make up for being the screwspot for the I-95 cities yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Massive snowbanks everywhere. The kind we love ..where folks can 't see when they're driving and just have trouble getting around in, and have really irritated looks on their faces. Makes me happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 8.5" / 1.50" liquid total including 0.1" glaze, a thunderstorm, and 1.5" on the back side. Great storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey2002 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Massive snowbanks everywhere. The kind we love ..where folks can 't see when they're driving and just have trouble getting around in, and have really irritated looks on their faces. Makes me happy Does it always make you happy to see others irritated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Otown_WX Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 8.5" / 1.50" liquid total including 0.1" glaze, a thunderstorm, and 1.5" on the back side. Great storm! Wow, I'm surprised you only got 1.5" on the backside. Must've been on the wrong side (barely) of the E/W mid-level thermal gradient. EDIT: Now I realize it was just that the band was a little west of you. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Does it always make you happy to see others irritated?You seem irritated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey2002 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Are you irritated? Nope, just trying to figure you out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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