January 12-14 Kitchen Sink Storm Discussion

[Baroclinic Zone]

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Gotta get the leaves out before the epic CJ.

My yard is a leaf disaster.  Oak leaves FTL.  Wet and matted down.

[dryslot]

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Gotta get the leaves out before the epic CJ.

lol, Hopefully modeling comes around for one.

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, ORH_wxman said:

Precip def raced out really fast. If we held onto it a bit longer I think this had potential to be pretty nasty but luckily it is drying out. 

No sir..Kevin says More is coming in from the SW lol.  He’ll be seeing freezing rain soon he thinks.  

Precip always races out very fast in these set ups it seems.  I wasn’t expecting any freezing precip due to that likelihood alone.  Figured the precip would be over before the cold air got a chance to rush in.  

 

Abd the whole flash freeze idea rarely works out...I take that nonsense with a grain of salt whenever I see that in these set ups. 

[dryslot]

Flakes in the air would be a bonus, I don't see much of anything up here, The precip is well NE and that batch to the NW is going to stay NW.

[powderfreak]

Ripping snow now.  Blowing like 50mph too.

Temps below zero now at the picnic tables.  

What a flash freeze.  Good bit of ice on the trees at home and now snow.  Still full snow coverage so got that going too.

[DavisStraight]

10 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Wind just shifted at ORH. 10F drop. 

I think the front is through Worcester and tolland right now, should come through me shortly.

[ORH_wxman]

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

It's basically a cold front. Earlier runs had the cold sliding from the north and from the west. By yesterday it looked like a typical fropa. 

Yeah it trended more and more into a stacked cold front without much sfc lead. Also when the drain was more out of the north it is better for low level moisture. As recently as a couple days ago there was a pretty good signal for FZDZ for a while after FROPA. Started trending against that but even yesterday it was still showing at least some potential for maybe like 2-3 hours of good LL moisture still around after temps dropped below freezing....flash freezes are always fickle...a couple hours can make a huge difference. It's def harder to get them the further east you are since moisture dries out quicker but I still was looking at potential over the interior yesterday...though admittedly the trend was negative for it. Obviously the most ideal setups are NE winds or n winds. Like in the cold tuck before Xmas. That was textbook for eastern areas. 

[dendrite]

This is freezing up pretty fast. Wind is roaring and down to 27F.

[dryslot]

1 minute ago, powderfreak said:

Ripping snow now.  Blowing like 50mph too.

Temps below zero now at the picnic tables.  

What a flash freeze.  Good bit of ice on the trees at home and now snow.  Still full snow coverage so got that going too.

That's how its done, Nice.

[Ginx snewx]

2.81 final drying fast

[512high]

I just went from 59f to 48 in 25 min, good wind,

[dendrite]

Damnit. Just lost power. 

[Damage In Tolland]

6 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

I think the front is through Worcester and tolland right now, should come through me shortly.

It came thru 90 minutes ago. Down to 32

[dryslot]

33 minutes ago, 25thamendmentfan said:

It's almost like they got caught colluding with Russians and paying porn stars 130 thousand in hush money. Sad!

Just as an FYI, A lot of us bust ea other on here in fun.

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

5 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Damnit. Just lost power. 

As long as you can charge your phone, all is well. 

Seriously though, hope its restored quickly if no genny. GL.

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

20 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

No sir..Kevin says More is coming in from the SW lol.  He’ll be seeing freezing rain soon he thinks.  

Precip always races out very fast in these set ups it seems.  I wasn’t expecting any freezing precip due to that likelihood alone.  Figured the precip would be over before the cold air got a chance to rush in.  

 

Abd the whole flash freeze idea rarely works out...I take that nonsense with a grain of salt whenever I see that in these set ups. 

Flash freezes are like big wind events here, they never pan out. 

[DavisStraight]

7 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

It came thru 90 minutes ago. Down to 32

No kidding, I just dropped 12 degrees in an hour so just went through here

 

 

 

 

[eyewall]

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

Impressive to see BTV down to 1/8 visibility with +SN.  I still can't believe it was in the 60s like 16 hours ago.

KBTV 131313Z 34014KT 1/8SM R15/2000V3000FT +SN BLSN FZFG

 

I can definitely confirm the 1/8 at times. Finally a good low vis event  I have only seen it lower in squalls and during Pi-Day

[Brewbeer]

Amazing temp drop here outside Springfield, from 60F at 6:00 AM to 31F at 9:30.  Wind is cranking.

[DavisStraight]

2 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Flash freezes are like big wind events here, they never pan out. 

Or backend snows

[klw]

Glacier established.  Pack hit but not destroyed.

[wxeyeNH]

What a front. Trees roaring flash freeze up here. Make sure you can open close car doors, windows, keys etc.

[powderfreak]

20 minutes ago, dryslot said:

That's how its done, Nice.

Not gonna lie it's a pretty exciting weather morning... some legit winter storm conditions out there even if just for a few hours.  

Wish I could send it to rotate through everyone.  

[powderfreak]

2 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

What a front. Trees roaring flash freeze up here. Make sure you can open close car doors, windows, keys etc.

I had to put hot water in a pitcher and pour it on my windows and locks this morning to get into the car.  A solid glaze of freezing rain on everything and an ice scraper wasn't going to do it.  

[dryslot]

2 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Not gonna lie it's a pretty exciting weather morning... some legit winter storm conditions out there even if just for a few hours.  

Wish I could send it to rotate through everyone.  

It kind of takes some of the sting away from friday anyways.

[Bostonseminole]

Is that the front on radar?


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[HoarfrostHubb]

Was walking the dog just now.  Wind blown drizzle switched to wind blown snizzle. Now we have legit light snow

33.1F now off a high of 57

[Bostonseminole]

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[Cold Miser]

17 hours ago, dendrite said:

Adoption maybe?

I suppose. Just sounds like an odd way to say it.
maybe not even human.

...But I digress. 

Complete and total washout overnight.  Just large, piles from the plowing.  I can't believe how quickly it all went away, and for so many, even so much loss up north.  Funny that I am not bummed out about losing the snow as I have been in the past.  Mabybe because I am older and wiser (although probably not).  But, after having a pretty good December (especailly the Christmas day special) and first week of this month I am pretty satisfied with the way this winter has been going so far. Most years some kind of thaw or 2 is inevitable.  I am at the B+/A- range thus far this season.

Of course my tune will change if we don't truly reload / and or end up with a good ole fashioned winter-crap fest over the next 2 or so months. 

[Cold Miser]

17 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Flash freezes are like big wind events here, they never pan out. 

Yeah. for the most part it seemed like CT mets were trying to down play that sceneario.  At least that was the last I heard in the afternoon yesterday.