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Feb 15-16 President's Day Massacre Obs


CT Valley Snowman

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lol. Are you joking?

I live on a state road, and the plows have come by about 6 times since 7:00am, sparks flying, and dropping the plow to capture that 2 square foot patch of .25" ice barely at the edge of the shoulder.  I have videos of these clowns just plowing nothing.  It is an utter joke.

 

I refer to this as "sharpening the blades."

 

on the morning of January 27, Burlington was -27, on the 28th it hit 46.

 

In BGR the numbers were -21 and 47.  The bigger mess came earlier that month, with the following 4-day sequence:

 

1/16/94   -3   -20

1/17/94   42  -12   0.58"   4.6"

1/18/94   42     2   1.00"   4.6" 

1/19/94     2  -14

1/20/94     7  -24

 

After that frigid-snow-rain-snow-frigid scenario, I-95 between BGR and Newport (probably a ways north of BGR, too) was almost undriveable, with washboard-y snow/ice chunks 4" high and frozen down so tightly that the graders made little progress removing them.  Max "safe" speed was about 15 mph on much of that stretch.

 

At my (then) Gardiner home, the temp rise stopped at 30, in Farmington only 20, so the real mess was avoided there.  

 

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NJC001-005-007-011-015-019-021-029-033-PAC017-045-091-101-161815-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0001.160216T1729Z-160216T1815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1229 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
EAST CENTRAL SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 115 PM EST

* AT 1228 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
ROYERSFORD TO ELMER TO NEAR LAUREL LAKE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 75
MPH
.

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I guess we can conclude and say that CT simply isn't a wintry place? Can't handle the snow. 

 

;)

 

I sometimes wonder that with the bogus school delays and  closings sometimes....

The garage in Union does a good job on the state highways for the area that they cover.  They cover  SR 190 to the crest of Chestnut Hill on the western side of Stafford and when it snows, there is a clear difference between the two sides of the mountain.  The other garages don't as good a job IMHO.

 

 

I remember a storm back in the 90s where there was a flash freeze and 91 turned into a skating rink for about a week until we had a rain event.  Every night they would have to sand to make it drivable.  You'd cross into Mass. and the road was fine...caked with salt.  I wish the utilities and DOT would take some notes but I guess that is too much to ask.  Money spent is one thing, but technique is another.

Interesting point here, the CT DOT does not use sand anymore-salt, calcium chloride only.   Our town followed suit-no sand, which I like come spring-not having to wait to May for the street sweeper, but last night coming down Rte 8 in mid teens with snow, some sand might have been good-salt doesnt work too well in 15 degree weasther.

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BIG LOW TOPPED SQUALL LINE TO OUR SOUTHWEST!!!!!!!!

 

Mesoanalysis has 100 J/KG of MUcape over CT with lapse rates nearing 6.5 C/KM!!!!!!!!

 

And we're in RFQ of strong MLJ streak!!!!!!!!

 

 

Had an AWESOME wind driven rain here at school...I'm soaked!!!  

 

This line should make it in...I got my camera ready!!!!!!!

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BIG LOW TOPPED SQUALL LINE TO OUR SOUTHWEST!!!!!!!!

 

Mesoanalysis has 100 J/KG of MUcape over CT with lapse rates nearing 6.5 C/KM!!!!!!!!

 

And we're in RFQ of strong MLJ streak!!!!!!!!

 

 

Had an AWESOME wind driven rain here at school...I'm soaked!!!  

 

This line should make it in...I got my camera ready!!!!!!!

Big winds

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