CoastalWx Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 January and February are close in areas of SNE. Personally, I take my chances in Feb when SSTs are coldest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I'm surprised March is your wettest month and not like July/August/Sept or something when we get t-storms and tropical rains sometimes. Also for snow I'm surprised Dec eeks out Feb. Jerry made a valid point, 31 days versus 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Dec and March do produce those awesome paste jobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Man, we got blitzed in that period from boxing day until the end of Jan or so. That period coincided with a great stretch in my life lol. Good times looking back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I had my biggest meltdown during the early stages of 1/12/11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Man, we got blitzed in that period from boxing day until the end of Jan or so. That period coincided with a great stretch in my life lol. Good times looking back Yeah there was a point when a lot of SNE had more snow on the ground than the Mansfield summit that January. Like 35-40" vs 30". We had a decent January in the end but were fringed by most of those storms...made up for it in March with that 27" storm while most of New England rained. Also, don't you love when a good winter period coincides with a good point in your life? I had that back in the spring of 2007 which is what made those storms more memorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I had my biggest meltdown during the early stages of 1/12/11. Mine was pretty much the entire month of January last winter haha. We've all been there. Several other folks hit the bottom in 2011-2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I had my biggest meltdown during the early stages of 1/12/11.by far my favorite meltdown of all time. You were livid, lol How much did you end up with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Mine was pretty much the entire month of January last winter haha. We've all been there. Several other folks hit the bottom in 2011-2012.only problem was he got smoked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 lol. I think we lost Cory for a while. loz at the hurricane comment. As if our region is bombarded with 'canes year after year. Classic stuff right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Yeah there was a point when a lot of SNE had more snow on the ground than the Mansfield summit that January. Like 35-40" vs 30". We had a decent January in the end but were fringed by most of those storms...made up for it in March with that 27" storm while most of New England rained. Also, don't you love when a good winter period coincides with a good point in your life? I had that back in the spring of 2007 which is what made those storms more memorable. I'm honestly not sure if I will see depth like that ever again in my life. We have an 8 foot cherry tree in the front yard and between the snowblower and natural snow it was almost buried, I'm gunna try to find the pictures. I mean it was comical for this area. If I remember correctly my gfs yard is totally shaded in the back and there was snow lasting into april. And it really is great. It sounds cliche, but it really enhanced that time period for me. Just a 6 or so week period I will always carry with me for a few different reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Lots of roof-a-launches and whoomps from large piles of snow in the evergreens releasing and falling to the ground in today's low 30s temps. My buddy had his grill completely taken out by snow falling off the roof. I'm thinking next time he won't put it so close to the house when there's 2-3" of water weight about to slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I'd rather a winter without snow than another Boxing Day storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I'd rather a winter without snow than another Boxing Day storm.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlantStickers Anonymous Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 January and February are close in areas of SNE. Personally, I take my chances in Feb when SSTs are coldest. Thanks a lot for canceling winter this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 by far my favorite meltdown of all time. You were livid, lol How much did you end up with About 15 inches...lol. I was over the edge that night. I see Kevin has ORH as his obs in his avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I see Kevin has ORH as his obs in his avatar. What? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Thanks a lot for canceling winter this morning. Yeah somehow it seems that way. I guess the multiple posts otherwise got ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlantStickers Anonymous Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Yeah somehow it seems that way. I guess the multiple posts otherwise got ignored. Lol you know how it is, first widespread plowable event in sne and the board will be like a collective smack-head given their fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 another boxing day would be just fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 I'd rather a winter without snow than another Boxing Day storm. lol. I'd hit another Boxing Day storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Boxing Day Schmoxing Day! Under a fooking blizz warning all the way up here, which rarely happens. Did eventually manage 11 inches but that was tough and a big disappointment. Thank God for that January and my eventual 34 inch snowpack. By the way, the NYC forum is such a mess! Man I used to love to go in there for PBP. What happened? It is weenies running amock with 10 post admonishing each other and 1 sort of about weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 You can't make an omelet without cracking a few eggs.... You also run the risk of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Speaking of climo, I'm most curious about January personally. That month up here has been really low every year I've lived in Stowe except for 2010-2011. J.Spin could post some of his stats, but January has been running much lower than any other winter month up here on average for the past 5 years... I don't think it's even close too. I'm curious if it's more climo for January to be suppressed up here, or if it's been more of a recent fluke. I've added a graph of the data below – it could certainly be just a short term trend due to the small nature of my data set, but all three months (Dec, Jan, Feb) were averaging ~40" right across the board, and then these last three seasons have really put a dent into that January mean snowfall while December and February stayed right on track. It's evident on the far right of the graph where the averages are shown, but based on the error bars (± S.D.) it's likely not significant. A couple of good Januarys with snowfall in that ~50" range could probably get it back on track, but low snowfall in that midwinter period has just been a notable trend these past few seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Back 1/2 of December thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmanmitch Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Classic blocked upslope event going on tonight as the Froude number must be < 1. Notice how the heaviest precipitation appears to be west of the Taconics, along the eastern side of the Hudson Valley. We had a light rain with small rain drops earlier, which is characteristic of upslope rain, but now it's a light snow as temperatures have dropped. Often times the heaviest echoes with these NW flow setups is further to the east across Berkshire County. It even looks like there's a secondary area of precipitation further east near the CT River Valley as a result of blocked upslope from the ORH Hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Classic blocked upslope event going on tonight as the Froude number must be < 1. Notice how the heaviest precipitation appears to be west of the Taconics, along the eastern side of the Hudson Valley. We had a light rain with small rain drops earlier, which is characteristic of upslope rain, but now it's a light snow as temperatures have dropped. Often times the heaviest echoes with these NW flow setups is further to the east across Berkshire County. It even looks like there's a secondary area of precipitation further east near the CT River Valley as a result of blocked upslope from the ORH Hills. Screen Shot 2014-12-17 at 7.46.52 PM.png nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmanmitch Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 nice Nice from a meteorological standpoint, but the heaviest echoes are west of here, so we're not getting much more than just some very light snow now. If it was more like a typical upslope event, we'd likely be dumping pretty good here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmanmitch Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 The 00z ALB sounding shows an inversion between 900 and 800 mb, so this is likely the culprit behind the blocked flow. Greater stability will lower the Froude number, especially if there's an inversion at or below ridge top level. Pretty cool how this works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Some light snow/ flurries just started. 36.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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