FRWEATHA Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 One of the worst commutes in a long time down here. S. Coast is easily going to achieve 3 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 How is there not an advisory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sankaty Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 2.5" in Middletown, CT. 23F 9.5" for the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 minute ago, CoastalWx said: How is there not an advisory? terrible judgement by Box...they have an army of mets, no excuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 shame on upton too for their cwa in se ct, rush hour impact etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 2.5 final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Had a coating before coming into work. Not measurable though. Trace. Nice little event for south coast peeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Just now, CoastalWx said: How is there not an advisory? Well to their defense, they did have a Special Weather Statement posted yesterday afternoon and it's still up as of this AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 minute ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Well to their defense, they did have a Special Weather Statement posted yesterday afternoon and it's still up as of this AM. But did it activate a push that went to people’s phones? If not, the statement is meaningless to the general public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Just now, weathafella said: But did it activate a push that went to people’s phones? If not, the statement is meaningless to the general public. Didn't know that was a thing people knew or cared about. I guess I'm ignorant to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 11 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Well to their defense, they did have a Special Weather Statement posted yesterday afternoon and it's still up as of this AM. Those are a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Those are a joke. Perfect event for the old travelers advisory which were used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Didn't know that was a thing people knew or cared about. I guess I'm ignorant to this. It’s important for the mets/offices for verification purposes but so much of the public couldn’t tell you the difference between the different advisories and warnings. You could’ve had a WSW up and people would still be going 70mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Many people weren't aware of this event. Terrible commute, took me 90 minutes to go 25 miles..Fishtailed about a dozen times and almost spun out on the highway. Many still drive like idiots..love getting tailed on snow covered roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 minute ago, SouthCoastMA said: Many people weren't aware of this event. Terrible commute, took me 90 minutes to go 25 miles Classic case of communication fail along with QPF ripping and reading. It was pretty clear yesterday evening it would be a 2-3" event there given the ratios. Some areas more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Suns out here now. Looks like 1.5”+... Nice little event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I don’t think there is a way to prevent clusterfok morning commutes with these type of events. You can put up an advisory, it would not matter. Unless we have a hazardous weather drivers license course that everyone must pass on a yearly basis or something that extreme to train dumb people...but that’s the thing, dumb people don’t learn...they just will be forever, dumb. Compound that with over population and a severly outdated road infrastructure, in CT...no way out of this, time to colonize Mars maybe or move to Nebraska...same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 13 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: I don’t think there is a way to prevent clusterfok morning commutes with these type of events. You can put up an advisory, it would not matter. Unless we have a hazardous weather drivers license course that everyone must pass on a yearly basis or something that extreme to train dumb people...but that’s the thing, dumb people don’t learn...they just will be forever, dumb. Compound that with over population and a severly outdated road infrastructure, in CT...no way out of this, time to colonize Mars maybe or move to Nebraska...same thing. If I was king and supreme ruler I'd make you have a hazardous weather license endorsement. Any time you're under an event, only trained drivers would be allowed on the roads. There are a ton of new drivers both young and old that have zero experience in winter weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Based on the trajectory of this storm, I would think Nantucket would come in with the most snow out of this one . Maybe a good 4" or so given the banding and cold temps. Generally a 2-4" sort of situation down there, Cape and islands. Congrats James, You wanted it. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarverWX Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Finished with 1.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 10 minutes ago, amarshall said: If I was king and supreme ruler I'd make you have a hazardous weather license endorsement. Any time you're under an event, only trained drivers would be allowed on the roads. There are a ton of new drivers both young and old that have zero experience in winter weather. Someday when we have computers in our heads every vehicle will have a hologram above it and we’ll all be able to give it an up or down vote mentally. Stay away from the below 0 drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, CarverWX said: Finished with 1.5" That’s it? You must be more north than I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 1/2" here with 2-3" of frozen crud beneath. Still 100% cover in rown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 5 minutes ago, CarverWX said: Finished with 1.5" Really? We finished with that here... figured you would have done at least somewhat better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I measured 2" when I left my house at 8:15, and we were in the middle of that solid band. I'd extrapolate that we finished somewhere between 2.5"-3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 32 minutes ago, amarshall said: If I was king and supreme ruler I'd make you have a hazardous weather license endorsement. Any time you're under an event, only trained drivers would be allowed on the roads. There are a ton of new drivers both young and old that have zero experience in winter weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Didn't know that was a thing people knew or cared about. I guess I'm ignorant to this. It’s how a large chunk of the non wx obsessed public gets their information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 16 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said: Really? We finished with that here... figured you would have done at least somewhat better Yeah, he's up along the Rt 44 northside. South side of Carver definitely did better. That's like 10mi. I must have around 2" based on the observations around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 28 minutes ago, weathafella said: It’s how a large chunk of the non wx obsessed public gets their information. Even if they get an advisory, how does the average Joe/Jane change their driving habits? They don't...they just keep on keepin on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 10 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: Even if they get an advisory, how does the average Joe/Jane change their driving habits? They don't...they just keep on keepin on Nobody will. But the problem is communication. Everyone just brushed it off, but if you word it that you'll have 2-3+" on the roads sticking immediately at 20F..it may allow for some rethinking of better planning of morning rituals. There was a SWS on the event, but those are not going to be broadcasted on the software like advisories or warnings. So it goes unnoticed basically. Anyways a 2-3" event should have an advisory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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