LongBeachSurfFreak Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 17 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said: 1.9" so far on .52" LE. Not exactly awe inspiring ratios Snow/sleet combo most if the day. Temp was up at 30F midday, but has actually slowly trickled down to 26F. Curious to see how much ZR I get before the low level cold is scoured out. Surprised you had so little snow. Stratton was reporting 4". Based on the temp profiles and your ratios I don't see how they could possibly have done that much better then you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx2fish Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 This is pretty impressive. I figured we'd be colder than modeled but not this cold. 20F and still dropping with snow grains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 We've had ice pellets with maybe pixie dust for the past 2 hours. Def from low level cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbenedet Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Heavy snow and sleet 20 F. Gusty NE wind. Probably the best winter event we've had on the seacoast of NH this season. A winter storm warning should have been issued here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Lucky that this didn't happen about 3-4 hours sooner...when this low level cold sloshes east before finallly lifting out....it's gonna be a big flash freeze in BOS metro/metro west inside of 128. If it had happened at rush hour instead of a couple hours from now, what a disaster that would have been. Probably more than a few folks will be landing on their azzes when they take out the trash after dinner unsuspecting of what transpired in the prior couple hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 24 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Surprised you had so little snow. Stratton was reporting 4". Based on the temp profiles and your ratios I don't see how they could possibly have done that much better then you Well 4" vs 2" isn't really "that" much better. I didn't look at the mid levels for Stratton or any place over the spine, but wouldn't take much more cold through the column to get 4-5" on the east slopes. I was flirting all day with big fatties and pellets. It was also super gusty and the west slopes and hard to get a totally accurate measurement. When it was snowing, it blowing all round and right off the glacier that I have in the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 24 minutes ago, wx2fish said: This is pretty impressive. I figured we'd be colder than modeled but not this cold. 20F and still dropping with snow grains 17 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: We've had ice pellets with maybe pixie dust for the past 2 hours. Def from low level cold. MHT just flipped back to -SN, so I definitely think the low level cold is producing snizzle instead of FZDZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 12 minutes ago, jbenedet said: Heavy snow and sleet 20 F. Gusty NE wind. Probably the best winter event we've had on the seacoast of NH this season. A winter storm warning should have been issued here. How much do you have? I think a 9" in 24 hour warning criteria probably fit this system best, but that's not how our WCM rolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Max temp of -0.1C at 781 mb on the GYX sounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 5 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: MHT just flipped back to -SN, so I definitely think the low level cold is producing snizzle instead of FZDZ. You figure we're flirting with like -6C in the boundary layer and the layer is fairly deep right now...like 900mb and below. That's gonna produce some cruddy flakes and certainly freeze anything liquid from aloft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Pounding sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Ripping good. 4" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbenedet Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 7 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: How much do you have? I think a 9" in 24 hour warning criteria probably fit this system best, but that's not how our WCM rolls. Yea. I'm not familiar with the criteria around here. I moved up here recently from NY. I suppose my argument should be pointed at the criteria rather than the forecaster(s). We aren't close to 9". Probably around 5 but it's hard to tell. The sleet has capped accums for the past several hours. I guess my point is this is a legit winter storm, and we don't have a warning. Environemntal Conditions are brutal and road conditions are horrible-- it's a high impact event that's lasted all day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Little bit of everything frozen except hail for my driveway clearing. Probably did that at a bad time but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Just now, jbenedet said: Yea. I'm not familiar with the criteria around here. I moved up here recently from NY. I suppose my argument should be pointed at the criteria rather than the forecaster(s). We aren't close to 9". Probably around 5 but it's hard to tell. The sleet has capped accums for the past several hours. I guess my point is this is a legit winter storm, and we don't have a warning. Environemntal Conditions are brutal and road conditions are horrible-- it's a high impact event that's lasted all day... Well our criteria is 6" in 12 hours, or 9" in 24+ hours. We've had a 3-6" forecast for days now, so I'm actually pretty happy with this one. And technically speaking, the winter weather advisory is issued for poor road conditions. I think we've gotten away recently from the winter storm warnings truly meaning life threatening conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 38 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: Lucky that this didn't happen about 3-4 hours sooner...when this low level cold sloshes east before finallly lifting out....it's gonna be a big flash freeze in BOS metro/metro west inside of 128. If it had happened at rush hour instead of a couple hours from now, what a disaster that would have been. Probably more than a few folks will be landing on their azzes when they take out the trash after dinner unsuspecting of what transpired in the prior couple hours. It was right around 32 a couple hours ago in Lexington, with some freezing drizzle, and the walkways were nice and icy. I am heading out shortly, hoping to avoid falling on my ass on my way down the stairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 2.6" final...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, dendrite said: 2.6" final...lol Dead on with CON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 The cold may get into Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 We had a surprise 3.5" of snow last night (almost our biggest snow this season lol) and as I type this it is 29F with freezing rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: Dead on with CON. Is that final there? I swear they had more than that. Did you see my post a couple days ago about 1/31 in their F6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Just now, dendrite said: Is that final there? I swear they had more than that. Did you see my post a couple days ago about 1/31 in their F6? They just called in with 2.6" total, and I don't see much more for them if any. I did, I sent it along to our climate focal point and he swore he had already fixed it, but turns out he just removed the snow error and forgot to fix the precip too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: They just called in with 2.6" total, and I don't see much more for them if any. I did, I sent it along to our climate focal point and he swore he had already fixed it, but turns out he just removed the snow error and forgot to fix the precip too. Cool. Thanks. I caught it the other day when comparing my Jan liquid to CON. And I agree CON is done...I just swear when I left there at 3p there had to have been about 3" new then. Guess I overestimated a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 10 minutes ago, dendrite said: Is that final there? I swear they had more than that. Did you see my post a couple days ago about 1/31 in their F6? I measured 4" earlier.. airport total 2.6" seems low to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, dendrite said: Cool. Thanks. I caught it the other day when comparing my Jan liquid to CON. And I agree CON is done...I just swear when I left there at 3p there had to have been about 3" new then. Guess I overestimated a bit. Waiting until 7 PM exactly to measure might've led to some compaction when the mix started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Starting to get foggy...will be pushing 60 degrees...no cold tuck for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 14.9F Moderate sleet. 3" which should be about the storm total plus the bit of sleet we will add on this eve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Still an unrelenting scalping at 26F. This pile is below a roof valley and eave on my house and is pretty much all sleet/snow grains rolling off from this event and the last event a few weeks ago where I had around 6" with a lot of IP mixed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 4.2" and the sleet b**ch is here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Cant get out to measure but I've got about this much. Note: there was snow on the table before it started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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