OceanStWx Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Unless it's vastly different there than here, it's a perception/anomaly thing. Days with thunder, 40 years of data from sites in northern, southern and western Maine: DJFM: 14 days with thunder, 2.5% of total MJJA: 467 days with thunder, 83% of total Augusta reporting freezing rain and 29 at 1 PM. Looks like no more than fzdz outside the office, 2 miles SE and 200' lower than the co-op site. No sign of accretion on trees and shrubs, though there might be 1/20" that I can't detect from inside. My anecdotel evidence from years of ice storms at elevation in ORH supports the 1/4 inch line...usually get a few sporatic power outages at 1/4 inch but tends to increase rapidly once we're at 3/8" and half an inch is like a chain reaction that goes off. Anecdotal evidence from a NNE forester (not me, though I agree) with 40+ years of experience: Serious damage begins as accretion (thickest side, not the average) reaches 20mm. Would probably translate to 0.4-0.5" when measured in the prescribed manner. In the 1998 event, I saw grass stems, frozen in vertical position, with diameters approaching 2.5" - soda-can size. Not sure how that would translate. Assuming that 20 mm is all on the upwind side, and very little glaze is on the downwind side, that's an average of just under .40", so supports the 1/3 to 3/8 theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 under? Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Sadly, there was a fatal car accident this morning prob due to icing here We knew the girl killed and her brother who is seriously hurt They were on the way to school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterfish55 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 torrents of rain here at work in SECT Moderate drought continues Heavy rain on my doorstep. Hoping for some thunder tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Nearly continuous downpours here in South Windsor for the last 1hr, hopefully this helps with the dangerous drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Sadly, there was a fatal car accident this morning prob due to icing here We knew the girl killed and her brother who is seriously hurt They were on the way to school Crap that is sad. Unfortunately it is accidents like this that will have people questioning whether or not to call school in advance due to possible weather events. I saw something like this happen a few years back where school was not cancelled...The icing happened and then the fatality. People were coming at the board of Ed asking why. Of course those were the same people complaining about a cancellation a year prior with an almost identical weather set up. ...I'm not saying this was the case with what you mentioned as I do not know the school closing situation or if that was even a factor. Regardless that is very sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Tropical style monsoon rain now with a low rumble of thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Sadly, there was a fatal car accident this morning prob due to icing here We knew the girl killed and her brother who is seriously hurt They were on the way to school WTF that sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Sadly, there was a fatal car accident this morning prob due to icing here We knew the girl killed and her brother who is seriously hurt They were on the way to school Terrible. Sorry for your loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 WTF that sucks My son was snowboarding with their son last week. He might not pull through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Horrible! My son was snowboarding with their son last week. He might not pull through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Sad news about the accident. My report of 31.8F and freezing rain sounds trivial. Maybe obs threads in a general way help, so people are a bit more informed as per weather conditions. Trees are glazing pretty good now. Temp was up to 31.9F an hour ago but before the rain shield moved in but now hovering 31.7/8F. Need it to rise just a bit to start the melting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Pouring here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 My son was snowboarding with their son last week. He might not pull through.was ice a factor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 was ice a factor? I am thinking so People were saying that road was iced. The roads I was on were passable but I was going slow until rte 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 BARRE - A serious accident on Route 62 between Cummings Road and Barre Falls Dam closed the road near the Hubbardston line for several hours Wednesday morning. Police said people were injured when a vehicle slammed into a tree before 10 a.m. Schools in the Quabbin Regional School District had delayed opening by two hours Wednesday morning because of the snow, ice and rainfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 My son was snowboarding with their son last week. He might not pull through. Dude. That is horrible, horrible news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Pouring at 32.2F here, but there's quite a bit of sag to the trees at home. There were even some slippery spots at the top of the hill around 800'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Pouring at 32.2F here, but there's quite a bit of sag to the trees at home. There were even some slippery spots at the top of the hill around 800'. Are any boobs coming down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hearing of solid glaze back in ORH at elevation....I'll try and get a few pics in an hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Does anyone know a good camera trick for capturing ice on trees, I always find it one of the most challenging things to capture (especially with a phone camera). It never looks nearly as impressive as the real thing. Zooming in seems to make it look a little better in my own experience (avoid any flash because then it often looks like water)...but yeah, ice is just one of those things where you have to look at a pic and then say to yourself "it's a lot more impressive in person". It's hard to get on camera to look as thick as when you are looking at it with the naked eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Just went above freezing at 32.1F. Light to moderate rain. Trees are "lightly" coated with ice but not as much as I would have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hey sorry to hear that man! That is really awful. That is definitely one tough stretch of road for bad weather in the Winter, but still you don't hear off too many accidents. I'm trying to picture where there that is - got to be a bit past comet pond. Very sorry to hear, my condolences! Right near Barre Falls Dam headed towards Barre center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Longest duration heavy rain I've seen in a long time here in South Windsor, it's been pouring since 1pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Longest duration heavy rain I've seen in a long time here in South Windsor, it's been pouring since 1pm. Congrats on everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 1.26" according to the closest weatherunderground station. Most of that since 1pm. Drought busting rains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 31.6f. RN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanks45 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Wow....went from 40 to 56 in less than 10 minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Most of the snow we got overnight has stuck around. It's lasted much longer than last week's mess. That's a win in my book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Most of the snow we got overnight has stuck around. It's lasted much longer than last week's mess. That's a win in my book! Haha I was thinking the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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