The 4 Seasons Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 0.8" fell since i last cleared. Makes the final snowfall 4.1" in North Haven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowman Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 7.0" 30" on Season. Happy here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siker Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Flurries continue, 2.5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Ok yeah if talking about it all as meso-scale then I agree with you. Looking at some BTV 4km WRF maps you can see it to some degree. At the 700mb level you can see the onshore flow causing frontogenesis to develop over SE Mass, likely related to a coastal front or some sort of land-sea speed convergence. You can see how the isotherm bends there, indicating slightly warmer mid-level temps which is likely indicative of downward sinking air as you move west of that SE Mass lift. (Also will be interesting to see if that Berkshire band develops more as the BTV 4 really likes the Fronto in that area) BTV_4_700mb.png A 850mb you can also see it on the low level omega. Right along the SE Mass coast you have negative UVVs showing low level lift causing precipitation (and with the strong winds, that'll drift inland quite a bit)...but by the time you get back to PVD you are squarely in postive UVVS showing some sinking low level air. That would easily be off-set by mid-level banding or lift, but when you couple the various levels together, the meso-scale features lead to a general decrease in precipitation rates over Rhode Island. BTV_4_850mb.png Ekster and I ripped off some images from AWIPS during the last event. The modeling does pick up on it. If you cut a cross section through SE MA into RI, they most definitely have sinking air over RI in the low to mid levels in these set ups. I know Will has mentioned it, but the really curious thing is that this seems like a recent occurrence. This subset of conditions (inversion in the mid levels, NE flow through the boundary layer, etc) should be relatively common and similar for East Coast cyclogenesis, yet we really don't remember seeing this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Up to 3.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 HRRR has been way too bullish today. Maybe you'll get an extra inch today. Take 'em down as you like to say - though the Farmington Valley is getting it pretty good. The HRRRX on the other hand was lighter altogether. Outside of the South Shore and Cape it always really felt more like an advisory event than warning. PWM 4.4" so far, but not sure we get to 6" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I luckily ended up with 4", I was between the heavy bands all day but light and steady did the deed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Um guys? There's more snow showers headed SW to NE FROM jersey into SW CT......Word to the mutha Fukin K home boy...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 So I'm done shoveling and I'm going with 4.5" on the bubble here in the Webster Hill neighborhood of West Hartford.......wut a joy that was to shovel compared to the sloppy mashed of Friday......nice pack right now and for once we're looking at a late season pack.....dare I say a Morch pack? Lolz...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Wow, nice finish here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Best snow of the day. Empty radar and pouring mountain powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Dang guys.....deep winter out there.....enjoy.....only weeks left..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Met hobbyist question. What caused that dry down burst of winds this morning. I saw the pressure drops,all I can imagine is like dropping a rock in a pond the biggest wave is the first. By far way above any other winds we had today. My first thought is this. Overnight your sounding probably looked something like ALY. Shallow nocturnal inversion, well mixed above it. That inversion eliminates the frictional element to winds, and just above it is slightly stronger wind max. As diurnal heating, or CAA mixed out the low level inversion, you get an initial burst of winds stronger than the rest because shortly thereafter mechanical mixing makes the winds in the boundary layer more uniform. That CAA shows up right at the same time as that barograph trough you posted. So a cold front went through the area and helped mix out the nocturnal inversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Dang guys.....deep winter out there.....enjoy.....only weeks left..... Actually, planning on about 6 more weeks of winter here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashFreeze Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 18, very light snow, N wind @ 7mph, 4.8" as of 12:15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Just shy of 12:1 ratio here at the office (3.7 off of 0.31") Just goes to show you there are many factors that go into ratios. Not only do you need the depth of the layer, but it needs to be saturated, it needs to have strong lift through it, and you want winds to be on the lighter side. The NAM at PWM around this time has a nearly 300 mb deep DGZ. Great for high ratio fluff. But the lift wasn't that strong, and located above the DGZ. If your omega curve looked more like what I drew in there, we could have been talking 20:1. I'm guessing that was our rationale for upgrading parts of our area to warnings on the day shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Actually, planning on about 6 more weeks of winter here. Serious? I love you.......here in the Valley it's dicey post 2/25.......come on winter!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Serious? I love you.......here in the Valley it's dicey post 2/25.......come on winter!!!!! Well, I might have a few more weeks of latitude but we are running into our "real winter" the next few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Madness Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Lastest PNS: http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.nous41.KBOX.html BOS 6.4", ORH 5.5", BDL 3.5", PVD 6.2" Big winner is MVY with 9.8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnno Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Wow pouring snow again crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I'm eye-balling 2" here. Brings me to 10" on the season. #thiswinterblows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bch2014 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Well, this storm pushes BOS out of an "all-time bad" winter (at least in the snowfall department)... IMO, BOS was/is "due" for BN winter within 1SD of the mean. Is it just me, or have we not had that in a while? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1pf Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 very light, fine snow 20.1/17.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fz583 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Done shoveling. Looked like close to 7". Nice storm. 7"? I had 4" in Hopkinton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walthsnow Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 7"? I had 4" in Hopkinton. Nws spotter report had 6.3" in Framingham as of 6:30. I'm right on the border with Framingham. I went out to shovel 3 hours after that. Looked like easily 7" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Ripping. The 1/2sm at the airport is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Halifax same deal. These canadian obs are awful. 15 inches and they didnt report heavy snow once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 4.5" total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1pf Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 5:25AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 5:25AM Merry Christmas and great picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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