The 4 Seasons Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 2005 and 2015 were both let downs here that have left scars...but still glad the cape and islands got hammered. I always feel for you guys when its pouring buckets there and snowing in CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCAPEWEATHERAF Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 I would go with about 32" for the Blizzard of 2015 here in Harwich, MA. Unofficial amount according to my front yard measurements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCAPEWEATHERAF Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 Forestdale, MA went out to the early lead for snowfall accumulations with the Blizzard of 2005. 23" within the first 9 hours of the storm. However the band that dumped all of the snow on Taunton dumped 5"/hour before it went off the coast over Barnstable county and produced 8"/75 minutes over Plymouth county. Duration the Blizzard of 2015 beats out 2005, but severity the 2005 storm beats out the Blizzard of 2015. I wish we had a forum back then in 2005 that would could have archived like we did with the blizzard of 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Forestdale, MA went out to the early lead for snowfall accumulations with the Blizzard of 2005. 23" within the first 9 hours of the storm. However the band that dumped all of the snow on Taunton dumped 5"/hour before it went off the coast over Barnstable county and produced 8"/75 minutes over Plymouth county. Duration the Blizzard of 2015 beats out 2005, but severity the 2005 storm beats out the Blizzard of 2015. I wish we had a forum back then in 2005 that would could have archived like we did with the blizzard of 2015. EasternUSWx and WrightWeather were the 2 forums that I knew that were really active at that time. I was not a member atthe time but did browse each one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 EasternUSWx and WrightWeather were the 2 forums that I knew that were really active at that time. I was not a member atthe time but did browse each one.yeah. Jan 05 was our first big storm on eastern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 yeah. Jan 05 was our first big storm on eastern. Dec 03? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Dec 03? Pretty sure we were still on WWBB for that. Marcus had Eastern up briefly for Isabel in Sep 03 when WWBB was down for the count. Then he dumped OT and eastern's OT took over in summer/fall 04, but most people still posted wx over there. Finally the wx migration began Dec 04/Jan 05. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Pretty sure we were still on WWBB for that. Marcus had Eastern up briefly for Isabel in Sep 03 when WWBB was down for the count. Then he dumped OT and eastern's OT took over in summer/fall 04, but most people still posted wx over there. Finally the wx migration began Dec 04/Jan 05. ok I thought I joined in Nov 03, maybe it was 04, sucks we lost that DB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCAPEWEATHERAF Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 NEMO also a great matured satellite presentation. It just seems like the ideal pressure for a nor'easter for Cape Cod snowfall is anywhere between 970-985mb, anything any stronger and we mix, anything any weaker, we get snow, but not 30" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 NEMO also a great matured satellite presentation. It just seems like the ideal pressure for a nor'easter for Cape Cod snowfall is anywhere between 970-985mb, anything any stronger and we mix, anything any weaker, we get snow, but not 30" Definitely some truth to that if the storm is stronger (lower pressure) because it is more mature and has had more time to injest warm air. But I'm sure if you had a super bomb that was sub 970 but still rapidly depening you would still be snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCAPEWEATHERAF Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Yeah, but it would definitely need to be lower than 965mb for us to be snow and just east of the benchmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I would go with about 32" for the Blizzard of 2015 here in Harwich, MA. Unofficial amount according to my front yard measurements. How do you measure snow in those winds? Serious question...what do you personally do to try and accurately measure it? I'd think you definitely need a circular snow fence with a stake in the middle or something right? Or a bucket with a wind-screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCAPEWEATHERAF Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Yeah definitely need a wind screen powderfreak. I just do multiple about six measurements to accurately get a handle and then take the average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCAPEWEATHERAF Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 The Blizzard of 2005 was colder at the beginning with a true arctic air mass, but both storms were all snow, and no changeover to rain or mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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