40/70 Benchmark Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Where were you for January 2005?Pretty mundane powder event. Great event, but doesn't make my top 5. Those are a special breed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Pretty mundane powder event. Great event, but doesn't make my top 5. Those are a special breed. Even for me, 4/1/97 tops what I saw in 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 For me, I would rank #1 Feb 1978 #2 October 2011 bomb (just the weirdness of 22" of powder in October) #3 3/31/97 I was not the weenie I am now, so no accurate measurement. It is in my head as 30-36" (Gardner, MA), but not sure as I think back But it was pretty much all gone in 5 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 this was my favorite storm and probably always will be after getting 2 inches of snow and small branches started coming down you just knew how epic it was about to become but even in my weenie dreams i never expected it to be as bad as it was!! Yup. I had never seen snow that heavy again until October 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I always loved that map because it had 30" right over ORH...lol. But that map is definitely wrong since a good chunk of eastern MA had over 25"...and there were some pockets of 30" too outside of ORH. Did that storm retro-bomb from the weaker event during the day on 3/31? We had about 7" at my Gardiner home with no wind, and it was all done by midnight, with the real action a clean miss. Maps I've seen for the 4/1 bomb have my area (both Gardiner and New Sharon) in 4-10" or 3-6", and that only makes sense if the two storms were rolled together, or were actually the same storm as lamb and then lion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Ray is right though, t. hose crazy w/e snowstorms are very rare Wow, we agree!! Lol I can't believe how much WE LI had in 2/13....I didn't have nearly that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 For me, I would rank #1 Feb 1978 #2 October 2011 bomb (just the weirdness of 22" of powder in October) #3 3/31/97 I was not the weenie I am now, so no accurate measurement. It is in my head as 30-36" (Gardner, MA), but not sure as I think back But it was pretty much all gone in 5 days I'm surprised 78 ranks that highly for you out that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I'm surprised 78 ranks that highly for you out that way. He was in Foxboro when that happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 He was in Foxboro when that happened. Well, that explains that. Ground zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Well, that explains that. Ground zero. Yep. And going by what I witnessed and not necessarily the impacts where I live now...4/1/97 is tops. Jesus would I give a left one for that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I was in the Long Island screw zone for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Anyone with archived radar or model guidance maps leading up to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Yep. And going by what I witnessed and not necessarily the impacts where I live now...4/1/97 is tops. Jesus would I give a left one for that again. IMBY, that is the most anomalous single event that I have ever seen. 10/11' was lame here, though still anomalous. The dusting I had in May 2002 is up there, too. March '93 warrants honarable mention, too. Never, ever seen driftingg here even on that playing field. Obviously the most anomalous stretch was that three weeks last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collinsville Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 No where near a "jack" but a great storm here. Changed to snow around noon but didn't stick much for awhile. There was only about 2" at 5pm. Thunder occurred 4 to midnight in spurts don't know about after that as I went to bed. The snowfall seemed heaviest after 9pm plus the wind let up some allowing better accumulation. I measured 10.6" at midnight and 16" total in the morning. Second favorite storm behind Oct 2011 since I've been measuring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 No where near a "jack" but a great storm here. Changed to snow around noon but didn't stick much for awhile. There was only about 2" at 5pm. Thunder occurred 4 to midnight in spurts don't know about after that as I went to bed. The snowfall seemed heaviest after 9pm plus the wind let up some allowing better accumulation. I measured 10.6" at midnight and 16" total in the morning. Second favorite storm behind Oct 2011 since I've been measuring. I measured a foot at midnight, then crashed (today I wouldn't have)..woke up to near 30". Must have been some crazy a$$ $hit going down between midnight and 6am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 There's epicosity ...then there must be a transcended rank. 1997 was epic, as were so many others of lore. But the transcended ones ... they don't have "screw zones". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I measured a foot at midnight, then crashed (today I wouldn't have)..woke up to near 30". Must have been some crazy a$$ $hit going down between midnight and 6am. Oh man...It was an all out sh*t storm from like 10-6am or so. I was sleep for a few hours and that's about it. I couldn't stop looking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I don't remember a whole lot as I had just turned 11, but I do remember looking out the window the next morning and seeing my father's trellis for his grapes completely collapsed...plus we didn't have power for a brief period. I also remember it being some of the heaviest/wettest snow I'd seen. This was in Natick. The 2005 storm was also also epic, but I remember I had to leave the next morning to drive back out to Amherst from Natick for spring semester, and was severely disappointed in the total they got out that way. In fact, in my four years spent out there I don't remember a storm over a foot lol. Place is just a snow hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Oh man...It was an all out sh*t storm from like 10-6am or so. I was sleep for a few hours and that's about it. I couldn't stop looking out. I must have averaged 3"/hr in that 6 hour window....during the absolute perfect diurnal window, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I must have averaged 3"/hr in that 6 hour window....during the absolute perfect diurnal window, too. Most of central and eastern MA got 2-3 inches per hour for like 6 straight hours after midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I must have averaged 3"/hr in that 6 hour window....during the absolute perfect diurnal window, too. Just imagine a whiteout for hours with pink flashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 There's epicosity ...then there must be a transcended rank. 1997 was epic, as were so many others of lore. But the transcended ones ... they don't have "screw zones". Well every storm has a screw zone. Not sure what you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Just imagine a whiteout for hours with pink flashes. And I slept throught it. Young and stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Well every storm has a screw zone. Not sure what you mean? Maybe he means relative to the sne region.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Back-to-back, belly-to-belly 14" and 18" Aprils. When is the next time I pull that off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 And I slept throught it. Young and stupid. LOL, well all that matters is the outcome. Not sure the combo of + bust and epicosity will be matched in this day and age. Models are good. I feel like that was half the fun back in the day....and also a big reason why I went into weather. The awe of an outcome totally unexpected and "how did this happen" mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 LOL, well all that matters is the outcome. Not sure the combo of + bust and epicosity will be matched in this day and age. Models are good. I feel like that was half the fun back in the day....and also a big reason why I went into weather. The awe of an outcome totally unexpected and "how did this happen" mentality. Exactly...big reason why '92 rates so highly on my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Well every storm has a screw zone. Not sure what you mean?Mentally unstableness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I wish I had a dam radar of that event. The rates that night were incredible. Blinding snow all night with thunder. Anyone with archived radar or model guidance maps leading up to it? You can get national NEXRAD images archived back to 1995 at Iowa State Univ. Here's a loop for this event... http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/current/mcview.phtml?prod=usrad&java=script&mode=archive&frames=60&interval=30&year=1997&month=3&day=31&hour=6&minute=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 You can get national NEXRAD images archived back to 1995 at Iowa State Univ. Here's a loop for this event... http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/current/mcview.phtml?prod=usrad&java=script&mode=archive&frames=60&interval=30&year=1997&month=3&day=31&hour=6&minute=0 I've seen that, but it always looked like some composite stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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