Thunderblizzard Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Light snow here... dusting on the cars. 34.6F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Grass whitening. Roads not too bad. Light snow continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Hopefully you guys can pull off some snow. As I am usually talking about, just 1-2” can do good things for the overall wintry appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXWX Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said: light to moderate 12 miles NW of New Haven coating so far . Is your actual ob or something that was passed along? I cannot find an airport visibility ob or a highway camera showing anything approaching moderate snowfall rates? I-84 / I-95 cams showing very decent visibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metagraphica Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Just drove from 39 and white rain in Waterford to 33 and snow at home in Salem. Not too far as the crow flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, Thunderblizzard said: Light snow here... dusting on the cars. 34.6F Yes same here...at least it’s snowing...a little anyways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sey-Mour Snow Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, FXWX said: Is your actual ob or something that was passed along? I cannot find an airport visibility ob or a highway camera showing anything approaching moderate snowfall rates? I-84 / I-95 cams showing very decent visibility? My observation it’s definitely steady light to moderate snow. Sticking to everything including roads. I’m about 6 miles SSE of OXC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanks45 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Just took my kid to see Frozen 2, it must have worked...started snowing by the time I got home, everything coated minus the roads, temp down to 33.6° 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXWX Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Sey-Mour Snow said: My observation it’s definitely steady light to moderate snow. Sticking to everything including roads. I’m about 6 miles SSE of OXC. Ok... small, localized enhanced areas; just a bit to your north OXC showing 10 mi. vis... hope you pick up a solid cover; sfc temps not helping out in many places... thanks for ob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 People love to report snow intensity, but usually it gets a bit overestimated. None of us have vis sensors so it's always just an educated guess. I think a lot of mod reports here are actually light and a lot of heavy are just moderate. Not accusing anyone of overestimating...just throwing it out there. I haven't looked at much down there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sey-Mour Snow Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 minute ago, FXWX said: Ok... small, localized enhanced areas; just a bit to your north OXC showing 10 mi. vis... hope you pick up a solid cover; sfc temps not helping out in many places... thanks for ob I’m up at 550’ elevation it’s coming down good and sticking. Yes well it’s much lighter there as I’m between 20-25dbz and they are 10-15dbz. I’m in far SW Seymour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, dendrite said: People love to report snow intensity, but usually it gets a bit overestimated. None of us have vis sensors so it's always just an educated guess. I think a lot of mod reports here are actually light and a lot of heavy are just moderate. Not accusing anyone of overestimating...just throwing it out there. I haven't looked at much down there. You mean terms like pounding and ripping get overused? The hell you say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Just now, dendrite said: People love to report snow intensity, but usually it gets a bit overestimated. None of us have vis sensors so it's always just an educated guess. I think a lot of mod reports here are actually light and a lot of heavy are just moderate. Not accusing anyone of overestimating...just throwing it out there. I haven't looked at much down there. Agreed. I often think it’s moderate and then see the ASOS is like 1.25sm -SN. I’ve definitely tuned down my estimates over the years. A 1-1.5sm light snow is a pretty darn steady snowfall that will accumulate pretty quick. Even 2-3sm -SN can seem real steady with the right flakes. At night it’s impossible to tell anyway. I think “ripping” on here is used far too often for what is a steady 1-2 mile vis -SN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: You mean terms like pounding and ripping get overused? The hell you say. Ha you barely beat me to that one. Ripping and pounding as all ASOS are 1.5 miles...but it is a very steady snow. I think folks think of moderate not in terms of visibility but just that it’s snowing hard enough to accumulate quickly on roads. Its almost like another scale from the human perspective (not visibility related)... Light snow is flurries or non accumulating stuff. Moderate is when it’s steady enough to accumulate and heavy snow is like 0.5-1” per hour regardless of visibility (can often get up to 1” in an hour from 0.75 or 1.0 vis) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowBrosForever Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, dendrite said: People love to report snow intensity, but usually it gets a bit overestimated. None of us have vis sensors so it's always just an educated guess. I think a lot of mod reports here are actually light and a lot of heavy are just moderate. Not accusing anyone of overestimating...just throwing it out there. I haven't looked at much down there. Well I can truthfully and without any possible exaggeration say there are no flakes out here. HRRR says that may change about 3am, but right now, SNE is having all the fun. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Looks to be on my doorstep, if I get an inch I'll be happy. I think someone gets a surprise overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Definitely picked up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderblizzard Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Light snow continues... down to 33.7F. Coating on everything but the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Pounding out. Well...relative to what the past 3 weeks have been it feels like it is but really just light snow. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Man, radar hallucinations and whatnot, but sure looks like the Cape is gonna get it good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Nothing here yet, just overcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 Nice band just south of Newport, New Bedford, and Falmouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Hoth said: Man, radar hallucinations and whatnot, but sure looks like the Cape is gonna get it good. When this hits the gulf stream, Jimbo may loose control and go 8-12” with blizzard conditions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCAPEWEATHERAF Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 MVY is reporting light rain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanks45 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Pounding out. Well...relative to what the past 3 weeks have been it feels like it is but really just light snow. Just got back from the Southbury Cinema, they had an inch of salt down on that parking lot.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCAPEWEATHERAF Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Surface low looks like it is inching towards the Islands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderblizzard Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Getting a burst of moderate right now... good snow growth. 32.8F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Man....if only this thing was a little further west...looks nice on radar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Light snow falling here now, not covering the ground yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCAPEWEATHERAF Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I think the low is further north, than models indicated, and could be tracking between ACK and the BM. You can see the location of the low on satellite right now check the infrared imagery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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