January 26-28 Blizzard Observations/Nowcast

[Damage In Tolland]

Mayor Slifka in West Hartford was a little more restrained in his phone call.....still youve got some elevation on me so theres that....good luck...

Ther's not gonna be any cane gusts anywhere in CT. 50-60 sure

[weathercoins]

Sexy bands of snow incoming in the next hour or two. 

 

Liquor store guy said no stores or restaurants are allowed to be open tomorrow. Liquor store seems to be nearing out of stock territory. 

[BostonWX]

RPM is still shutting out western zones from the looks of it at 00z.

[ice1972]

For true junkies, Weather Nation is live streaming someone driving to MA. Currently on US44, so I'm guessing in CT:

http://news.weathernationtv.com/2015/01/26/live-video-streaming-video-northeast-noreaster/

Not CT.....was watching saw a sign for Plympton and the Exit sign style was not CT DOT....pretty sure its Plympton MA....Rt 44 runs through there....east if Taunton

[HoarfrostHubb]

Anyone want to guess what the lowest pressure will be as it bombs?

[ncforecaster89]

Steady light, to sometimes moderate snow, here, as has been the case for the past three hours. Roads are covered with a nice coating. Winds are also continuing to intensify.

Been up a full 37 hours straight and can hardly concentrate, to be completely honest . That said, I will keep you guys informed of developments around this specific area throughout the day tomorrow.

Thanks to everyone who's offered guidance on the presumed best intercept locality for this particular storm.

Have a great night, everyone!

[heavy_wx]

Some elevated KDP values showing up now less than 200 km from the KBOX radar. Should be some nice dendritic growth as those bands move onshore later tonight.

 

[kdxken]

Can see CF slowly sagging south.

 

Really blowing here now. 

Nice to finally have a storm with wind. Lacking with most of last year's storms.

[LSC97wxnut]

Not CT.....was watching saw a sign for Plympton and the Exit sign style was not CT DOT....pretty sure its Plympton MA....Rt 44 runs through there....east if Taunton

 

Yes, I think he's on Rt 3 at the moment...

[Witness Protection Program]

Not CT.....was watching saw a sign for Plympton and the Exit sign style was not CT DOT....pretty sure its Plympton MA....Rt 44 runs through there....east if Taunton

 

 

Yep, thanks.  Just went through the interchange with Route 3 and turned south towards Cape Cod, now exiting at Plymouth Center.

[Baroclinic Zone]

Mesoscale Discussion 43

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MD 43 graphic

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0043

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

0533 PM CST MON JAN 26 2015

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN LONG ISLAND / CAPE COD AND PORTIONS OF ERN MA /

RI / SERN CT

CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW

VALID 262333Z - 270430Z

SUMMARY...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES 1+ INCHES/HOUR WILL PROBABLY BEGIN

BETWEEN 01-03 UTC ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF SRN NEW ENGLAND AND

ERN LONG ISLAND.

DISCUSSION...23Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS AN ESTIMATED 994-MB LOW 200

MI SE ACY AND SURFACE TEMPS BELOW FREEZING ALONG THE SRN NEW ENGLAND

COAST. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A NEGATIVE-TILT MID-LEVEL TROUGH

LOCATED OVER THE CAROLINAS AND WRN ATLANTIC EARLY THIS EVENING.

VERY STRONG H5 HEIGHT FALLS /180 M PER 12 HR/ WILL LIKELY OCCUR

DOWNSTREAM DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS TO THE SE OF LONG ISLAND

--LEADING TO A RAPID DEEPENING OF THE SURFACE LOW BELOW 980-MB AS IT

DEVELOPS NNEWD TO THE SE OF SRN NEW ENGLAND. RADAR MOSAIC IMAGERY

SHOWS A BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW MOVING NWWD OVER MARTHA/S VINEYARD WITH

THIS FEATURE TIMED TO MOVE ASHORE COASTAL RI/MA DURING THE NEXT 1-2

HOURS.

MODELS SHOW THE GRADUAL INTENSIFICATION OF SNOWFALL RATES COINCIDENT

WITH STRENGTHENING LOW- TO MID-LEVEL FRONTOGENETIC FORCING FOR

ASCENT INTO SRN NEW ENGLAND AND ERN LONG ISLAND DURING THE 01-03 UTC

PERIOD. INITIALLY SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH/HOUR WILL BE

CONFINED TO IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS OF RI AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF

MA BUT ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP INLAND DURING THE 01-03 UTC PERIOD.

IT IS LIKELY THE HEAVIER RATES /2 INCHES PER HOUR OR GREATER/ WILL

OCCUR BEYOND 04Z CONCURRENT WITH INTENSIFYING MID-LEVEL FORCING FOR

ASCENT FAVORABLY TIMED WITH STRENGTHENING FRONTOGENESIS OVER SRN

ENGLAND AND LONG ISLAND.

..SMITH.. 01/26/2015

ATTN...WFO...BOX...OKX...

LAT...LON 40757284 41297251 42187098 42167040 41976994 41696990

41226996

[hurricaneman]

Not CT.....was watching saw a sign for Plympton and the Exit sign style was not CT DOT....pretty sure its Plympton MA....Rt 44 runs through there....east if Taunton

44 actually goes straight through to Rt 3 and that seems to be where the band is starting to go to town as of now according to some people I know in that area in Plymouth

[Bostonseminole]

RPM is still shutting out western zones from the looks of it at 00z.

man you love the rpm.

[BostonWX]

man you love the rpm.

 

It actually looks better. I'm not expecting it to be right, just figure i'd post it

[bmj16725]

1.5" here as of 8 PM with light snow. Temp is 19.7 F with a dew of 17. My WAG would be for 15"-21" in this neck of the woods. 

[powderfreak]

HRRR precip through 10am...

[40/70 Benchmark]

_{CF Medway-Wellesley-Lexington -Wilmington and then NNE running toward West Edge of Boxford}

Wish it would sit there, but it won't.

[N. OF PIKE]

44 actually goes straight through to Rt 3 and that seems to be where the band is starting to go to town as of now according to some people I know in that area in Plymouth

well you can see the signs for plympton and Plymouth exits on video so ya we know where he is, he took exit 6a

[SouthCoastMA]

Absolutely pouring snow right now. S+

[dan11295]

23z HRRR was def a bit better wrt getting more precip back into western zones compared to 22z.

[Baroclinic Zone]

Absolutely pouring snow right now. S+

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Very nice band on you.

[Damage In Tolland]

Every HRRR has come way west..now getting nearly 1 inch of qpf back here..that should continue as the thing hopefully gets a clue

[Heisy]

I spent NEMO up in Marlboro MA, we of course had high winds then, but I just went outside here in Mainsfield, and my god it is windy as hell already. It is tough to stay outside for long. This is gonna be one helluva experience for me. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

Anyone want to guess what the lowest pressure will be as it bombs?

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[Mr. Windcredible!]

pretty decent band getting ready to roll in...see if we can finally get some mod snow out of it

[Clinch Leatherwood]

HRRR precip through 10am...

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I can't zoom in, what is the gradient in western areas..that looks savage.

How has the HRRR been doing?  

[Ginx snewx]

2.5 new moderate, blowing snow

[Mr. Windcredible!]

wind starting to pick up a bit too

[RIcoastalWX]

27.8/25 - Moderate Snow/Blowing Snow. Visibility between 1/4 and 1/2 mile.

 

NE 18 - peak gust of 34 so far.

 

3" since snow started at 9am this morning.

 

Snow has been consistently moderate since the initial band moved through a little after 7pm.  

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

2.5" and moderate to heavy snow