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Blizzard 2018 Take II: The Firehose


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5 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Wave the white flag man. Snow lovers lost this in New England. Only solace we can take is there’s zero warmth or spring in sight , and we’ll get our day back next week 

Not yet...

Verbatim 18z NAM does not have it snowing in BOS until later 8-9pm tonight... I think the 0z-4z timeframe can produce.

My 4-8" call for Boston will probably fail, but at this point I just want to avoid the shutout.

I'll be happy with even a dynamic flash and inch covering, and guidance supports that.

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3 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Another late season marginal event that owned me...next time, I'm just going to go low on snow...save days of obsession and a better verification. 

You and Harv...I give you credit going opposite of what he was saying...but I guess we know why he’s the Pro he is. 

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3 minutes ago, sbos_wx said:

I'm telling ya, keep the faith. I'd feel a lot better in the interior near a place like N RI or SE MA or interior south shore than BOS, but....

 

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Whats site for that radar

Last half hour looks impressive out there

Its gotta keep chugging west a bit more And hold the latitude

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1 minute ago, wxsniss said:

Not yet...

Verbatim 18z NAM does not have it snowing in BOS until later 8-9pm tonight... I think the 0z-4z timeframe can produce.

My 4-8" call for Boston will probably fail, but at this point I just want to avoid the shutout.

I'll be happy with even a dynamic flash and inch covering, and guidance supports that.

It's fair to go 1-4" at BOS for now. Can see it on the radar, and modeling supports it.

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16 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

I called this days ago, this would be a non-event for CT snow wise, and was laughed at. There still will be some 6-12" amounts in the NW hills but less than 1% lives there. 

I'm thinking this may be too high with totals but sticking with it, can't wait to see what verification looks like for this storm.

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I think there was a lot of sound basis for arguments either way.  I don't think anyone should be laughed at for making a call based on sound judgement.  On the other hand, there's comments like this one without any sound basis:

5 minutes ago, ice1972 said:

I posted this last Saturday about this event.......this storm sucks so bad.....just like this winter.....

https://www.americanwx.com/bb/topic/50900-february-is-upon-us-pattern-change-is-in-order/?do=findComment&comment=4835096

 

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Here's a wider view of secondary pulse of precip for E MA/RI and maybe E CT later...you can see it out in the gulf of maine. But again, the cooling needs to happen so that this can be used for accumulating snow and not white rain

 

 

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The NAO just got its azz totally kicked by the Pacific.  I pointed out using annotated charts earlier in the day ... that the larger scale planetary wave configuration did this system (and ultimately, colder enthusiasts) a big disservice.

This system isn't stalling long enough.  Also, I suspect that entire warmth of the domain prior to this thing's arrival, and not having enough of a 'fresh' cold air source, also was indirectly related to the SE ridge's influence ... The two together 86'ed this thing ... The SE ridge is a artifice of the Pacific residual butt-bang circulation over the last month, and it's influence is helping to squeeze/push/nudge this thing out despite the NAO. 

Also, just a thought - I haven't looked down stream (which is ironically "upstream" in this ordeal) ...but -NAOs will tend to import warm air from the NE given time. Yesterday's WPC surface analysis showed a a large warm front pushing into the Maritimes from the NE... I'm wondering if this circulation may have enrained warmth from that source. Probably not but who knows.  

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