dryslot Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Overcast 18.1/1°F, Snow is off to the west but probably be virga for a bit as the air is bone dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Lurker Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Pixie dust here. Would love to get into some of those heavier echoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasnh Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 No snow here yet worse radar is breaking up wodering if we get any snow before temps warm above? Happy everyone south is getting snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 How was the ice? Safe to skate? I would say no......it appears to be 2 maybe 3 inches.....where we go it's actually part of a x-ctry ski place and they actually monitor and then open when it's 6" I think.....hey even regularly clear a piece of it and have nets for hockey and spare sticks and pucks.....lighted until 9 pm....it's pretty sweet actually.....we've been checking every day during vacation..... Meanwhile picking up here in west Hartford.....I would say 1" maybe 2...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 No snow here yet worse radar is breaking up wodering if we get any snow before temps warm above? Happy everyone south is getting snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Overcast 18.1/1°F, Snow is off to the west but probably be virga for a bit as the air is bone dry Nice temp--you're going to get right chilly once the precip moves in. Only 1/4" to show for the first hour. Low visibility, but the flakes suck. 21.0./19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh277 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Mod snow...ground/roads covered. Accidents coming in over the scanner...I am down to 25 now. (Woodstock) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 No snow here yet worse radar is breaking up wodering if we get any snow before temps warm above? Happy everyone south is getting snow! ????? Seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowMan Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 No snow here yet worse radar is breaking up wodering if we get any snow before temps warm above? Happy everyone south is getting snow!Lol wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Flakeage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRSno Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 On 91 now close to West Haven, traffic is barely moving. Gonna be a long drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 half inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterfish55 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Flakes just started 31/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Snowing pretty well at 33. Coating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Wind, cold, snow, cars slipping going up my hill feels like winter again. Got totally bummed today when driving by the drift fields on RT 49 in Sterling Ct, the state put up snow fences in the middle of the fields. No exaggeration when I say and state plow driver KBC360 will agree, one the most perfect drift spots in CT. Long half mile corn fields on the top of a 700 ft rise orientated NW to SE . I have seen 15-20 ft drifts there. Pretty sad day for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Wind, cold, snow, cars slipping going up my hill feels like winter again. Got totally bummed today when driving by the drift fields on RT 49 in Sterling Ct, the state put up snow fences in the middle of the fields. No exaggeration when I say and state plow driver KBC360 will agree, one the most perfect drift spots in CT. Long half mile corn fields on the top of a 700 ft rise orientated NW to SE . I have seen 15-20 ft drifts there. Pretty sad day for me. I envision some unknown vandals coming during the night on Rt. 49 in Sterling........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 not sure but I detect some faint pinging....I suppose that could be snow too....coming down good at any rate..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Wind, cold, snow, cars slipping going up my hill feels like winter again. Got totally bummed today when driving by the drift fields on RT 49 in Sterling Ct, the state put up snow fences in the middle of the fields. No exaggeration when I say and state plow driver KBC360 will agree, one the most perfect drift spots in CT. Long half mile corn fields on the top of a 700 ft rise orientated NW to SE . I have seen 15-20 ft drifts there. Pretty sad day for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Drift fetish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Flakes just started 31/21 instantly whitened everything up too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Question: is that big yellow blob rolling by Waterbury ct snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 So nice to see snow falling from the ski...finally. Ground coated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Down to 32, roads covering over. Slick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 instantly whitened everything up too location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walthsnow Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Nice to see those sweet flakes again! Mid 20's. Very light snow. Wishing all a good storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 location?KTAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 26/23. Moderate snow. Came in like a wall about an hour ago while we were getting in our first (and last?lol) pond skate. That switch on effect is why I enjoy SWFE's. Encouraging that temp went down 2 degrees when snow moved in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 BOX 4pm discussion. 000 FXUS61 KBOX 032109 AFDBOX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 409 PM EST SAT JAN 3 2015 .SYNOPSIS... APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL TRACK INTO THE ST LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY...BRINGING MILD BUT SHOWERY WEATHER TO THE REGION. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL BRING MORE SHOWERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOLLOWED BY DRIER BUT MUCH COLDER WEATHER MONDAY. A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY BITTERLY COLD WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... 400 PM UPDATE... DIGGING SHORTWAVE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WILL PUSH SOUTHERN STREAM SURFACE LOW TOWARDS THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOOKS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. THIS WEAK SURFACE LOW WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS ON THE WEATHER FOR TONIGHT. CURRENTLY INITIAL PRECIP HAS STARTED TO EXPAND ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. BECAUSE OF WET-BULBING...THE INITIAL PRECIP HAS FALLEN AS SNOW. IN FACT SEVERAL OBS AND WEBCAMS SHOW SNOW STICKING ACROSS CONNECTICUT. EXPECT THIS SNOW FALL TO EXPAND INTO MASS AND RHODE ISLAND. A QUICK INCH OR TWO IS EXPECTED AS EASTERLY FLOW OFF THE OCEAN WILL ALLOW FOR THE PROFILE TO MOISTEN UP. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON EXPECT SNOW TO EXPAND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND STICK TO THE SURFACES AS THE GROUND TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW 32F. EXPECT THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO SEE THE BEST CHANCE OF 2 INCHES OR HIGHER IN SNOW TOTAL. OTHERWISE ALONG THE COASTLINES COULD SEE A QUICK BURST OF SNOW THEN A MIX OF SNOW/SLEET DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT... 12Z GUIDANCE IS IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT IN SHOWING AN 800-850MB 2-4C WARM NOISE PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AFTER 00Z. IN FACT BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z SOME GUIDANCE JUMPS 850MB TEMPS FROM 0C TO 7C. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A QUICK CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO SLEET SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. THE TRANSITION WILL BE VERY QUICK ALONG COASTAL REGIONS AS WELL AS ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. IF TEMPS LINGER AROUND FREEZING DURING THIS TRANSITION...A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE ALLOWING FOR A TRACE OF ICE YIELDING TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. THEREFORE HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES TO THE WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES. BIGGEST CONCERN FOR THIS PERIOD HOWEVER IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCRETION ACROSS THE INTERIOR. AS MENTIONED BEFORE...A GOOD WARM LAYER WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW TO TRANSITION TO SLEET THEN TO FREEZING RAIN. BIGGEST CONCERN IS ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY REGION WHERE SHALLOW COLD AIR WILL REMAIN TRAPPED THANKS TO MARITIME HIGH PRESSURE AND WEAK LOW MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. WITH TEMPS BELOW 32F AND STRONG WARM LAYER ALOFT...ANTICIPATE ABOUT 0.15-0.35 INCH OF ICE ACCRETION...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS MUCH ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND COULD ALSO RESULT IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES AND DOWN LIMBS. LUCKILY THE WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT SO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE NOT ANTICIPATE. GUIDANCE ALWAYS TRIES TO SCOURING THE TEMPS OUT TOO FAST FOR THIS REGION SO LINGERED SHALLOW COLD AIR A LITTLE LONGER THEN WHAT MODELS ADVERTISE. BELIEVE THAT AREAS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE A FEW POWER OUTAGES AND THE HIGHER ICE ACCRETION...SO WILL CONTINUE THE WARNING. LASTLY...AS THE SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS AND PASSES OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND WARM AIR ALOFT SURGES NORTHWARD...A MODEST LLJ OF 50-60 KTS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CAPE. HOWEVER BECAUSE IT IS A SOUTHERLY JET IS WILL STRUGGLE TO MIX FULLY DOWN. HOWEVER COULD STILL SEE SOME ISOLATED GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ACROSS THE CAPE TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY/... TOMORROW... MAIN SURFACE LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL PUSH INTO THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY TOMORROW. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE REMINDER OF THE COLUMN TO WARM ABOVE 32F SO THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE INTERIOR WILL COME TO AN END. THE FOCUS THEN TRANSITIONS TO THE RAIN AND WIND POTENTIAL. SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE OF THIS ANOMALOUS SYSTEM WITH PWATS NEAR 3 TO 4 STAND DEVIATIONS AWAY AND 850 MB WINDS ALSO 2 TO 3 STAND DEVIATIONS AWAY. FOCUSING ON THE WINDS...LLJ WILL BE MORE OUT OF THE SW AT 925 MB STREAMING BETWEEN 50-70 KTS. HOWEVER IT IS HARD TO MIX DOWN AT A SOUTHERLY WIND AND MANY SOUNDINGS DO SHOW AN INVERSION THROUGHOUT THE DAY. YET IT APPEARS THAT WE COULD HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL SO WITHIN ANY HEAVY SHOWER MAY AID FOR THE STRONG WINDS TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS WHICH HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF MIXING. HEAVY RAINFALL IS A POTENTIAL AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS COLD FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW. THIS YIELDS TO PWATS CLOSE TO AN 1.5 INCHES...ESP ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST. EVEN SOME OF THE HI-RES GUIDANCE SHOWERS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME RAIN BANDS TO DEVELOP AND TREK ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...WHICH MAY YIELD TO MINOR URBAN FLOODING THANKS TO A HIGH AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. ISOLATED THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS SURFACE LI`S DROP BELOW 0. ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL ALSO YIELD TO A RISK OF TRAINING AND URBAN FLOODING. THE BEST REGION FOR THIS TO OCCUR IS ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST OF MA AND RI. FINALLY SURFACE TEMPS WILL WARM THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH PERHAPS A FEW SPOTS HITTING CLOSE TO 60F. IF THAT DOES OCCUR THEN WE MAY MIX OUT ALLOWING FOR WINDS TO GUST HIGHER AT THE SURFACE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Snow covering everything. Blowing around the road. Shows you how coldvits been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Seasons Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Snow/Sleet mix, total accumulation 1.0" 4:25PM North Haven, CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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