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The Blizzard of the Ides, 2017 ...observation time


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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gray ME
243 PM EDT Tue Mar 14 2017

...POWERFUL WINTER STORM TO BRING BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT...

.A strong low pressure system is tracking up the Eastern
Seaboard. Periods of heavy snow will continue through this
evening. Snowfall rates of two to three inches per hour are
expected. Winds will gust 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph along
the coast resulting in blizzard conditions through evening. The
storm will come to an end overnight into early Wednesday morning.

MEZ020>022-150245-
/O.UPG.KGYX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170315T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KGYX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170315T1200Z/
Androscoggin-Kennebec-Interior Waldo-
Including the cities of Greene, Lewiston, Sabattus, Wales, Minot,
Turner, Auburn, Livermore Falls, Augusta, Sidney, Windsor,
Vassalboro, Waterville, China, Palermo, Brooks, Jackson, Knox,
Liberty, Montville, Morrill, Waldo, Winterport, and Unity
243 PM EDT Tue Mar 14 2017

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Gray has issued a Blizzard
Warning...which is in effect until 8 AM EDT Wednesday. The Winter
Storm Warning is no longer in effect.

* HAZARD TYPES...Heavy snow.

* Accumulations...Snow accumulation of 14 to 18 inches.

* TIMING... The heaviest snow and most significant impacts are
  expected this afternoon.

* Temperatures...In the upper 20s.

* Winds...Northeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* Visibilities...One quarter mile or less at times.

* IMPACTS...Heavy snow today and tonight combined with gusty winds
  and blowing snow...will create blizzard conditions at times and
  lead to dangerous travel.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are
expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds
and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout
conditions...making travel extremely dangerous. Do not travel. If
you must travel...have a winter survival kit with you. If you get
stranded...stay with your vehicle.

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Just now, moneypitmike said:

I'm so glad it missed us.  Just the same, the back edge is not that far away.  This will end much earlier than I had anticipated.

Hoping we get a little backfill on radar but we had every right to be highly skeptical of those forecast totals.  Most models had big numbers though. 

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Ive now missed a top 5 event for me 3 years in a row within 25-50 miles. Jan 15 was east, Jan 16 was south, today is west. Might as well go for the complete compass with this one and give PF a 30 burger so I can get the north miss bundled in. 

Yea, it's a bit of a bummer. not gonna lie. Threw 98% strikes for 8.2 innings (like 865 total runs of guidance) with a perfect game on the line with one out left against the .180 avg weak hitting catcher (nam)......and.......he rips a shot to deep left center into the upper deck, and effin ruined it. I still get the win, but no one will remember it. 

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This turned out to be a far bluer snow bomb then I thought it would honestly for folks in the interior... 

I guess I was too focused on the big picture and bringing the major players in the synoptics together/phasing and all that jazz and didn't pay much attention to the details... But, this snow is perfect snow-ball fight snow. It packs like on it's own it so spongy and I'm up here in NW Middlesex Co in interior N-central Mass... 

It's blowing off the roofs a bit when the wind really gusts, but it's definitely closer to 10:1 

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3 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Ive now missed a top 5 event for me 3 years in a row within 25-50 miles. Jan 15 was east, Jan 16 was south, today is west. Might as well go for the complete compass with this one and give PF a 30 burger so I can get the north miss bundled in. 

Yea, it's a bit of a bummer. not gonna lie. Threw 98% strikes for 8.2 innings (like 865 total runs of guidance) with a perfect game on the line with one out left against the .180 avg weak hitting catcher (nam)......and.......he rips a shot to deep left center into the upper deck, and effin ruined it. I still get the win, but no one will remember it. 

Yeah, kind of humorous that WNE has missed historic totals in every direction since 2013.  

Still a fun storm but pedestrian totals for most in SNE. 

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23 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said:

6" past 3 hours here in SVT.

Think Mahk was talking about 96 Blizz down in Philly, I was in the philly burbs and the past 3 hours with wind and snow have definitely matched that.  The winds are pretty remarkable.  That storm blows this away because of the duration which this wont have. 

yup

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