PhineasC Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Looks like another 5-7 here based on the latest models, I just glanced quickly. I just measured 13 in that same spot from earlier. There is a lot of blowing and drifting now however. If that's true, I should hit 17" or so assuming upslope adds in some fluff tomorrow. Some of the heaviest snow I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderblizzard Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, WinterWolf said: Lmao...I got an inch in a couple hrs. Then it turned back to rain. A little over an inch from 10:00-11:30, white rain, then hours of rain... exciting. Some places further north at this elevation/longitude barely flipped at all so technically I guess we're lucky lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 1 minute ago, PhineasC said: Looks like another 5-7 here based on the latest models, I just glanced quickly. I just measured 13 in that same spot from earlier. There is a lot of blowing and drifting now however. If that's true, I should hit 17" or so assuming upslope adds in some fluff tomorrow. Some of the heaviest snow I have ever seen. Get used to it. Toto we’re not in Maryland anymore... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Jeezuz, just suit up and go play in the yard! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Thunderblizzard said: A little over an inch from 10:00-11:30, white rain, then hours of rain... exciting. Some places further north at this elevation/longitude barely flipped at all so technically I guess we're lucky lol. Yes I agree. I thought the same thing seeing they had nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Congrats to Phin. This was a agonizing storm for those watching the model swings for several days and then when everything seemed to line up well..at least for a couple ...it produced big . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 1 minute ago, WinterWolf said: Yes I agree. I thought the same thing seeing they had nothing. Lately...taking the under in this area on marginal events pays off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Well anyway… It was a fun system here where I am located so no complaints from me Four inches of blue ...got a little threatening there for a little bit around 2 o’clock when it started to get lower visibility and the trees started to sag a bit ... oops, so it cut off early - like I said if you’re a winter enthusiast just be happy it’s not March 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 9 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Looks like another 5-7 here based on the latest models, I just glanced quickly. I just measured 13 in that same spot from earlier. There is a lot of blowing and drifting now however. If that's true, I should hit 17" or so assuming upslope adds in some fluff tomorrow. Some of the heaviest snow I have ever seen. Won't be the last time you say this, ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NW_of_GYX Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Bust here. 3” of some of the worst looking snow I’ve ever seen lol. Some places to my west did worse according to FB. I wonder if NoCo cracks an inch. Meanwhile just to my south with elevation going to triple me like Lava. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said: Well anyway… It was a fun system here where I am located so no complaints from me Four inches of blue ...got a little threatening there for a little bit around 2 o’clock when it started to get lower visibility and the trees started to sag a bit ... oops, so it cut off early - like I said if you’re a winter enthusiast just be happy it’s not March 15 Ya, and It ain’t even December 15 yet....10 days prior actually. Bring on the real winter now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 To be fair, modeled 2m temps were always horrible. In SNE it was narrow bands of ideal conditions for snow in an otherwise hostile setup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Ended with 1.5". The flip and rip was awesome but once I got into some subsidence between bands it never recovered. Ended as rain. Temp jumped to 36 and now we have only slushy coatings remaining. Garbage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Just now, HIPPYVALLEY said: To be fair, modeled 2m temps were always horrible. In SNE it was narrow bands of ideal conditions for snow in an otherwise hostile setup. Yes sir...well said Hippy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Just now, CTValleySnowMan said: Ended with 1.5". The flip and rip was awesome but once I got into some subsidence between bands it never recovered. Ended as rain. Temp jumped to 36 and now we have only slushy coatings remaining. Garbage. Wind and low DP has my driveway almost dry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Just now, WinterWolf said: Yes sir...well said Hippy. I think there were plenty of red flags at half mast last night. Weenie goggles got the best of some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Just now, HIPPYVALLEY said: Wind and low DP has my driveway almost dry! Did you see a flake Hippy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 I just gotta day for my area ..despite the airmass it got down to 32 At 145-2pm in afternoon and had 2” with meat of the lift forecast from 18z - 0z. We had solid rates till 3pm but the lift did not arrive as advertised in Nashua from 19z to 0z . 1/2 mile snow was not getting it done and we all knew this and the forecast were all calling for huge lift and 1-2” rates mid to late afternoon and into evening . It just didn’t happen and we did have more shredded Radar here compared to Other spots relatively close (west or east or south ) but ya the late afternoon lift not materializing as forecast was the prime reason for the forecast bust here . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Eustis Maine. 1200’. SN. 28. 10”. we’re getting nice rates but the brighter banding keeps slipping to our south where the elevation is higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 2.5” at home. 2.76” liquid in the gauge. Probably a half inch rain before snow started mixing in. 1:1 ain’t going to cut it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 1 minute ago, OceanStWx said: 2.5” at home. 2.76” liquid in the gauge. Probably a half inch rain before snow started mixing in. 1:1 ain’t going to cut it. So it sucked there too...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Portland...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 2 hours ago, ORH_wxman said: When everyone was flipping to snow ahead of schedule I thought it was going to be a positive bust...LOL. Shows how quickly things can change. I was sure that the 128 belt was gonna get rocked. They were changing over around 2pm and it looked excellent for hours...but they just never mustered the intensity after the flip. The low level temps were a problem but I’m still surprised. I guess maybe the lift wasn’t quite lining up perfectly in DGZ which really helps in marginal setups. You need everything to go right...esp at lower elevations and perhaps that was the one ingredient missing in an otherwise perfect opportunity to overcome the marginal near-sfc layer. Thank you for that. That is so refreshing. Only the best here, including you, Walt, and some others, are confident enough to admit when they were wrong and understand why. Attributing incorrect forecasts to weenie maps across the board is a tiresome narrative. Career NWS mets, actually putting up concrete maps, and to an audience of hundreds of thousands, got this and other storms wrong, and it's not because they were rip-reading weatherbell maps. There were plenty of red flags that we can point to in hindisight. As always, a confluence explains the bust. Last night we actually mentioned that the best omega was well below the DGZ in eastern SNE throughout most of the event --- but maybe we dismissed that as generating poor but not inadequate snowgrowth. We've certainly overcome that in other storms. A stinger never really materialized. We've certainly had past storms overcome marginal airmasses with good dynamics, and maybe this just did not pack enough punch. Not a single person here would have said Northborough would end up with 1.5". Even Lunenberg managed only 6.5" lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: It was the lift , it didn’t materialize as impressive as forecast during late afternoon and evening . We new 1/2 mile moderate snow wasn’t gonna do it in SNE and that’s primarily what we saw after 4pm N of Pike . Anyone look at visibilities at KBED LWM / ASH after 5pm on their hourly reports .. that was why it underperformed Let’s move onto the next potential...whenever that may be lol? This was anon event here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 1 hour ago, PhineasC said: Are there any people where you live ? I bet you miss the Mid Atlantic and all the busts. Enjoy man. Nice pic. 29 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: Jeezuz, just suit up and go play in the yard! Naked snow angels 16 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: To be fair, modeled 2m temps were always horrible. In SNE it was narrow bands of ideal conditions for snow in an otherwise hostile setup. People thought the ccb was going to bring down temps in many areas. The models did a good job with the freezing line. 2 minutes ago, dryslot said: Portland...... Coast FTL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, WinterWolf said: Let’s move onto the next potential...whenever that may be lol? This was anon event here. January Models look awful going forward 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: 2.5” at home. 2.76” liquid in the gauge. Probably a half inch rain before snow started mixing in. 1:1 ain’t going to cut it. Did you have many reports from elevations or are those generally sparse ? Seems many in Maine Got tons of liquid but Missed warning snows by being about 500 feet Too low elevation . Just wondering what someone with another 500-800” elevation would have seen In interior SW Maine . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, MJO812 said: Are there any people where you live ? I bet you miss the Mid Atlantic and all the busts. Enjoy man. Nice pic. Naked snow angels People thought the ccb was going to bring down temps in many areas. The models did a good job with the freezing line. Coast FTL About 50 people or so live up on the hill where I am. 300 some in Randolph total. It's a very sparse area. If you want this lifestyle, just do it, is my advice. Most people here are working class salt-of-the earth types. They are not high-rollers and most of the homes in Randolph are very modest. I live in basically the largest compound in the town. This entire area is very blue collar which was a big part of the draw for me. I love the people here and in Gorham/Berlin/Milan. Honest, hardworking people. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Looking at radar, I am thinking 20"+ might be in play. I haven't performed diligent measuring. I am just sticking a ruler in the ground. A lot of the depth has been lost to compaction. I bet the CoCoRaHS guy down the road from me captured the lost inches. I can't wait to see his obs. I bet he has measured 15-17 already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, PhineasC said: About 50 people or so live up on the hill where I am. 300 some in Randolph total. It's a very sparse area. If you want this lifestyle, just do it, is my advice. Most people here are working class salt-of-the earth types. They are not high-rollers and most of the homes in Randolph are very modest. I live in basically the largest compound in the town. This entire area is very blue collar which was a big part of the draw for me. I love the people here and in Gorham/Berlin/Milan. Honest, hardworking people. You live in a compound? Sounds large. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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