Ocean Effect Snow Showers for the Cape and Islands Jan 13-15th 2015

[Baroclinic Zone]

An incredible 0.1" fell overnight!

[CoastalWx]

FZDZ too.

[Baroclinic Zone]

Epic 2014-15 Winter continues.

[JC-CT]

Epic 2014-15 Winter continues.

You are close. Just do it in the banter thread.

Actually, there should be a meltdown thread. So we have them all in one place to look back on.

[SR Airglow]

Looks like a quarter to a half an inch will measure on my way out this morning.

[Baroclinic Zone]

You are close. Just do it in the banter thread.

Actually, there should be a meltdown thread. So we have them all in one place to look back on.

Will never enter my psyche.  I don't care one iota about "missing out" on snow. 

[SR Airglow]

0.4" new, really pretty outside with a nice blanket of white on everything. We definitely had a little ZRDZ as well, good call on BOX putting out the WWA as it was super slippery this morning heading out. 

[CoastalWx]

Meh. Coating here, maybe half inch in Milton.

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

0.1-0.2"?.

I'll be honest, surprised to see the ground white

[SouthCoastMA]

a very nasty coating of ice on all side roads and some bigger roads..it was like a skating rink out there this morning. just a feather dusting of snow last night, and now its freezing drizzle.

[Ginx snewx]

Will never enter my psyche.  I don't care one iota about "missing out" on snow. 

I call BS, 

[SR Airglow]

HRRR suggesting up to another inch this afternoon in some spots. Starts to come in again after noon-1PM or so on it. 12z RGEM NAM 4km NAM support this also.

[Baroclinic Zone]

I call truth, 

fyp

[Ginx snewx]

I will never admit my seething anger when I am raining while others are dumping

No fYP

[Baroclinic Zone]

No fYP

If only that were the case.

[CoastalWx]

HRRR suggesting up to another inch this afternoon in some spots. Starts to come in again after noon-1PM or so on it. 12z RGEM NAM 4km NAM support this also.

 

Not so sure cloud physics supports snow unless tops get glaciated. Steady FZDZ here at home.

[HoarfrostHubb]

An occasional flurry here in Leominster.  Some pretty good flakes at one point

 

Stay safe!

[HimoorWx]

Steady heavy drizzle here in Boston, but fortunately it does not seem to be freezing at all on sidewalks or roads even though Logan is still reporting 27.

[N. OF PIKE]

If only that were the case.

Just keep the workouts going!

Light snizzle frizzle here in wakefield 29f

[N. OF PIKE]

Steady heavy drizzle here in Boston, but fortunately it does not seem to be freezing at all on sidewalks or roads even though Logan is still reporting 27.

Honestly what is up with that ? Same deal here

[CoastalWx]

It's freezing, just not to roads. My stairs are a sheet of ice. Roads well treated around here.

[HimoorWx]

It's freezing, just not to roads. My stairs are a sheet of ice. Roads well treated around here.

Glad the roads are in good shape.  Does this look like it will continue thru the afternoon?  Glad my car is in the parking garage at the train station!

[SR Airglow]

Glad the roads are in good shape.  Does this look like it will continue thru the afternoon?  Glad my car is in the parking garage at the train station!

Should be stuff around through the afternoon yes.

[Baroclinic Zone]

It's freezing, just not to roads. My stairs are a sheet of ice. Roads well treated around here.

It's not freezing at my office.  I just went outside and checked my car.  Just wet and drizzly.

[CoastalWx]

Glad the roads are in good shape. Does this look like it will continue thru the afternoon? Glad my car is in the parking garage at the train station!

It's back to snow here as cloud tops must be cooling.

[N. OF PIKE]

It's freezing, just not to roads. My stairs are a sheet of ice. Roads well treated around here.

It is not freezing on Many surfaces besides roads

Curious as to why Scott?

Only thing frozen was railing. Not side walks ,car tops (parked for hrs) nada 28-29f

[CoastalWx]

It is not freezing on Many surfaces besides roads

Curious as to why Scott?

Only thing frozen was railing. Not side walks ,car tops (parked for hrs) nada 28-29f

That little burst of tiny flakes whitened the roads a bit. Freezing rain has a real hard time at freezing in roads during the day with little wind at 29F. The act of freezing alone promotes heat released too.

[N. OF PIKE]

Bit more slippery in Woburn @27f

[ORH_wxman]

At 29F, it could be tough to freeze in the height of the day insolation. We even had that problem to some extent in ORH during the first part of the December 2008 ice storm. It was like 30F midday and not much was icing over despite light rates except like powerlines and elevated limbs. Then the sun started to set 330-4pm and it turned into a skating rink and the rest is history...the rain turned heavy but we froze anyway at 30-31F.

 

 

It's probably a lot easier sub 26F or 27F during midday.

[Tropopause_Fold]

At 29F, it could be tough to freeze in the height of the day insolation. We even had that problem to some extent in ORH during the first part of the December 2008 ice storm. It was like 30F midday and not much was icing over despite light rates except like powerlines and elevated limbs. Then the sun started to set 330-4pm and it turned into a skating rink and the rest is history...the rain turned heavy but we froze anyway at 30-31F.

 

 

It's probably a lot easier sub 26F or 27F during midday.

i also wonder - in a situation like this where the nuclei is actually salt particles right off the ocean...if that hurts at all? is it possible it actually lowers the freezing temp even a tiny bit more? 

 

regardless, there's also tons of salt and salt dust all over the place from the last few days.