Quincy Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The worst weather-related commute I've had to date to New Haven. Anywhere from 2-3" of cement from Bethany right into downtown New Haven. Cars stuck all over the place with countless spinouts. Had to be very creative with taking back roads to avoid the gridlock. That's what you get from a couple of inches of heavy snow timed right around the morning rush on a Monday when the public was expecting mostly rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Just a coating here of sleet and snow Are you at home? Nothing on the ground here. looks to be sleeting out now. I don't have a problem with the forecasting. The problem is that most people don't understand that, a forecast is just that a forecast. This day and age, people hear a forecast of 2"-4" of snow, and they go out expecting to see 4" of snow. God forbid if they see less than that or none. The funny thing is when you throw the water cooler forecasts into the mix, all of a sudden that 2-4 has become 6 or more by lunch. Never mind the people who may hear a forecast for a region and transpose it to their, completely different region. Just few weeks ago I was in the doctor's office and I heard I guy talking about the 12" of snow we were supposed to get here in CT. It was obvious that he had heard a CNE forecast, as here in CT that was NOT our forecast. I'm sure he passed that wrong information around throughout the day as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 NWS had nothing really.speaking more about the holier than thou types who are now flat as a pancake on 91 looking like Wily Coyote in a Roadrunner cartoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The worst weather-related commute I've had to date to New Haven. Anywhere from 2-3" of cement from Bethany right into downtown New Haven. Cars stuck all over the place with countless spinouts. Had to be very creative with taking back roads to avoid the gridlock. That's what you get from a couple of inches of heavy snow timed right around the morning rush on a Monday when the public was expecting mostly rain.DOT consultants epic fail,dont forget that.The possibility was there,why no one except us discussed it is baffling really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy4Confluence Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 light to moderate sleet/rain all morning so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Amy Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 4 inches wow. We're melting fast here, down to just grassy/colder areas with a coating now...skies brightening Just walked 10 feet out onto the back open deck. Not an official report by any means, but I got a solid 4" on the wooden ruler, slightly less than 4-1/16". Really heavy wet stuff. No significant winds and far enough away from the house that I believe it...police and fire scanner still discussing various closed roads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 DOT consultants epic fail,dont forget that.The possibility was there,why no one except us discussed it is baffling really Again a 5-10 mile wide area getting 3-4" is not easy to predict. Look at NW CT...they have an inch of snow/sleet. I don't think many outlers expected 4" south of HFD and 1" in Norfolk CT. By the time you warm..it's already too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Again a 5-10 mile wide area getting 3-4" is not easy to predict. Look at NW CT...they have an inch of snow/sleet. I don't think many outlers expected 4" south of HFD and 1" in Norfolk CT. By the time you warm..it's already too late.but you have to admit it was modeled so mentioning it and prepping for it would be prudent, fyi West Hartford to Tolland is way more than 5-10 miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 but you have to admit it was modeled so mentioning it and prepping for it would be prudent, fyi West Hartford to Tolland is way more than 5-10 miles Tolland got 1.5" It was a real narrow band that had the high impact. I mean you can't warn the entire state of 2-4" of high impact wet snow while an area 10 miles wide gets it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Pelted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Tolland got 1.5" It was a real narrow band that had the high impact. I mean you can't warn the entire state of 2-4" of high impact wet snow while an area 10 miles wide gets it either. Worst possible time and worst possible location. Combination of factors that lead to a mess. I don't really think anyone "forecast" this - and I think the fact that even at 5 and 6 am I didn't really see this becoming armageddon for Hartford made it worse. It literally surprised me when I saw our live camera at BDL at 645 a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The area wasn't all that wide. It was fairly close to I-91, on either side. I had just under an inch up near Route 8, but then as you went further east the totals picked up sharply into the 2-3, locally 4" range. I can't imagine there's much in Windham County and New London County stayed mostly/all rain. IJD hasn't reported anything but rain all morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sankaty Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Spring snowman in Middletown, CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Tolland got 1.5" It was a real narrow band that had the high impact. I mean you can't warn the entire state of 2-4" of high impact wet snow while an area 10 miles wide gets it either.true my point is officials are acting like it was a total surprise, were you surprised a heavy band set up? I wasn't, only surprise to me was OES flakes in PYM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The area wasn't all that wide. It was fairly close to I-91, on either side. I had just under an inch up near Route 8, but then as you went further east the totals picked up sharply into the 2-3, locally 4" range. I can't imagine there's much in Windham County and New London County stayed mostly/all rain. IJD hasn't reported anything but rain all morning.pelting here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Worst possible time and worst possible location. Combination of factors that lead to a mess. I don't really think anyone "forecast" this - and I think the fact that even at 5 and 6 am I didn't really see this becoming armageddon for Hartford made it worse. It literally surprised me when I saw our live camera at BDL at 645 a.m. Yeah that's pretty unusual that those NW towns had little while it blossomed and dumped in HFD. Another complication. It's a little more complicated than a weenie snow algorith from a 00z yesterday run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Are you at home? Nothing on the ground here. looks to be sleeting out now. I don't have a problem with the forecasting. The problem is that most people don't understand that, a forecast is just that a forecast. This day and age, people hear a forecast of 2"-4" of snow, and they go out expecting to see 4" of snow. God forbid if they see less than that or none. The funny thing is when you throw the water cooler forecasts into the mix, all of a sudden that 2-4 has become 6 or more by lunch. Never mind the people who may hear a forecast for a region and transpose it to their, completely different region. Just few weeks ago I was in the doctor's office and I heard I guy talking about the 12" of snow we were supposed to get here in CT. It was obvious that he had heard a CNE forecast, as here in CT that was NOT our forecast. I'm sure he passed that wrong information around throughout the day as well. Yes, decent coating on grass and starting on the roads; heavy sleet at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Yeah that's pretty unusual that those NW towns had little while it blossomed and dumped in HFD. Another complication. It's a little more complicated than a weenie snow algorith from a 00z yesterday run. The high res models yesterday were awful too. The RPM did do the best and was most consistent IMO. For people complaining about not explaining potential I would have given this about a 10% or less chance of occurring yesterday for Hartford/New Haven. If I hyped up that potential every time it was there I'd bust 90% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Marlborough, Colchester, Haddam area get hit hard as well, scanner pretty busy down that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmj16725 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 1.75" final here - not bad here in the lowlands for March 31st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The high res models yesterday were awful too. The RPM did do the best and was most consistent IMO. For people complaining about not explaining potential I would have given this about a 10% or less chance of occurring yesterday for Hartford/New Haven. If I hyped up that potential every time it was there I'd bust 90% of the time. Hype sells though. The RPM backed off at 00z though..lol. Go figure. I agree...I know we tried to mention mesoscale stuff yesterday..but this was a unique version of that. I never envisioned this intensifying like it did over the valley into Long Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowciopath Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Ended up with .5", not bad for all sleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Plows just coming by now at 11:15 lol.Pants down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Band is here now, heavy sleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Plows just coming by now at 11:15 lol.Pants down LOL-they could have just waited for the sun to melt it...it's starting to poke through the overcast here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Why would they plow? That is already melting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 LOL-they could have just waited for the sun to melt it...it's starting to poke through the overcast here Dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Warrior commander Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Coating of Snow on the grass surfaces so far. Lots of PL with the -SN and now PL, -FZRA and -SN 33f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Warrior commander Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 RPDLY diminishing intensity attm as band moves E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The most impressive thing to me from this was getting accretion of freezing rain in the daylight hours on Morch 31. Trees still crackling in wind. Temp of 31.0. This has to be a very rare event for just about anyone in SNE to get zr. I can't imagine it happened this late in the season in the past more than once or twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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