OceanStWx Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, CT Rain said: Do you leave the gauge out for snow? I always take it in and just do cores with the snow board. I’m leaving it out right now. But there’s roughly a 0% chance my wife will keep an eye on it an make sure it doesn’t overflow if I’m at work. So I’ll probably end up doing cores too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Just now, OceanStWx said: I’m leaving it out right now. But there’s roughly a 0% chance my wife will keep an eye on it an make sure it doesn’t overflow if I’m at work. So I’ll probably end up doing cores too. Yeah most snow is a disaster with the 4" gauge so I always keep it inside... unless it's a quick transition to sleet/rain. I can vouch that getting a spouse to keep an eye on a rain gauge... or better yet clear a snow board and do a core.... is not something that will ever happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDRY Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 On 12/17/2020 at 1:58 PM, met_fan said: Owego and Oswego are two different places Indeed! Thanks. 240 hr. Euro at least looks solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 33 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: I’m leaving it out right now. But there’s roughly a 0% chance my wife will keep an eye on it an make sure it doesn’t overflow if I’m at work. So I’ll probably end up doing cores too. There's a lot of undercatch with snow and the 4" can and it can stick to the rim in paste events. I've tried using it to catch and measure new snowfall in windy conditions in the past and it fills up at a slant and makes it impossible. What's the size of those antifreeze HADS weighing gauges like at SLSN3? Are there any sites in the northeast that use snow pillows for w.e.? I know Hermit Lake has a SNOTEL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 20 hours ago, MarkO said: Can anyone from Aquidneck Island report what they got from snow totals? not sure if anyone replied, I never measured before we flipped to rain. i had around 4" (eyeballin) of compacted rain soaked around 6AM, also my area if very exposed so difficult to measure. I have seen reports on the island of 6-7". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, CT Rain said: Yeah most snow is a disaster with the 4" gauge so I always keep it inside... unless it's a quick transition to sleet/rain. I can vouch that getting a spouse to keep an eye on a rain gauge... or better yet clear a snow board and do a core.... is not something that will ever happen. I got the snow board class down pat for her but thats it. I think I am going stop there. She did great this storm though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 35 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: I got the snow board class down pat for her but thats it. I think I am going stop there. She did great this storm though I can see it now, instead of ringing a bell for food Ginxy’s ringing the bell for the 18z snow measurements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 A new before and after with an image from when the event was over. And then one with compaction included today (didn't want to taint the previous one ) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 26 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: I can see it now, instead of ringing a bell for food Ginxy’s ringing the bell for the 18z snow measurements. Lol what guy with advanced dementia thought the new NWS radar page was a good idea. WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Seasons Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Lol what guy with advanced dementia thought the new NWS radar page was a good idea. WTF THIS^ Infuriates me that they though this was an "upgrade". It really couldnt be any worse. Not only are the graphics just horrific to look at and extremely hard to differentiate with the eyes...when i zoom in the page literally takes minutes to load, if at all. The loop either doesn't work or is extremely jittery and slow. And its not like im using some 2002 XP Machine. I have a newer PC with a core i7, 16GB of RAM and solid GPU...and it STILL isn't enough. Sad they killed a good thing, really liked their radar. Glad i have https://www.weathertap.com/radar/home I'd really like to hear an explanation for this change. Look at this comparison... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Seasons Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I deleted the map because i am going to update it with new totals from BOX and ALY PNS and the updated total from @metagraphica in Salem. Should be out by tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnaude241 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Meant to check in earlier today but we had mood snows until around 9AM at the canal rotary. Overcast all day with the sun just starting to peek out as it sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimetree Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said: THIS^ Infuriates me that they though this was an "upgrade". It really couldnt be any worse. Not only are the graphics just horrific to look at and extremely hard to differentiate with the eyes...when i zoom in the page literally takes minutes to load, if at all. The loop either doesn't work or is extremely jittery and slow. And its not like im using some 2002 XP Machine. I have a newer PC with a core i7, 16GB of RAM and solid GPU...and it STILL isn't enough. Sad they killed a good thing, really liked their radar. Glad i have https://www.weathertap.com/radar/home I'd really like to hear an explanation for this change. Look at this comparison... But that's what they're using to run the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Seasons Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, rimetree said: But that's what they're using to run the site. must be some drastic cut backs in NOAA...back to 80s graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 2 hours ago, OceanStWx said: He stopped short of giving your a ICAO ID but you’re in there. Now that I’ve started CoCoRaHS, I’m loathing the 4” gauge. I miss my WFO 8” bucket. The 4” nearly overflowed with snow twice during this event. Kinda hard to invert the big tube for a core. My Stratus lives indoors in the cold season, only let outside to take cores. Despite the claim of safety, I'm not confident that it would survive a heavy rain followed by freeze. Two years ago we had a 2"+ downpour while we were in SNJ for Christmas. When we got back, the 5-gal used for winter precip held an ice-discus that had bowed the bottom nearly an inch without breaking it - returned to normal once emptied and warmed. If there's much over 11" on the board I'll take the core in 2 steps, usually by carefully sliding my snow shovel (uncurved blade) at the halfway point, pushing the tube to contact and then very carefully lift/invert the shovel while holding the tube, taking care to swing away from the snowboard. I'll have a 2-gallon wash pail to dump the 1st partial core and just put the tube upside down into the pail with the 2nd. I do the melt/measure like dendrite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, tamarack said: Kinda hard to invert the big tube for a core. My Stratus lives indoors in the cold season, only let outside to take cores. Despite the claim of safety, I'm not confident that it would survive a heavy rain followed by freeze. Two years ago we had a 2"+ downpour while we were in SNJ for Christmas. When we got back, the 5-gal used for winter precip held an ice-discus that had bowed the bottom nearly an inch without breaking it - returned to normal once emptied and warmed. If there's much over 11" on the board I'll take the core in 2 steps, usually by carefully sliding my snow shovel (uncurved blade) at the halfway point, pushing the tube to contact and then very carefully lift/invert the shovel while holding the tube, taking care to swing away from the snowboard. I'll have a 2-gallon wash pail to dump the 1st partial core and just put the tube upside down into the pail with the 2nd. I do the melt/measure like dendrite. Found out the hard way, Left it out with water inside the graduated inner cylinder, It froze solid and put a bulge into one side of it so i had to replace it, Now i just bring it indoors unless we look to have a warm rain event like a grinch storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Took a hour drive north from Nashua today Around 11am on highway First noticeable increase is when you enter Concord, NH . The Trees were just caked w Powder . Drove another 15 miles north to the Rest area near the Northfield , NH border. Parked and took a walk . Was gorgeous winter wonderland with snow just below the kneecap. Drove another 10 miles north And saw a couple vehicles in driveways buried still , and then turned around Headed south and grabbed AYCE Sushi (made to order) in MHT. Good times . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 15 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: Took a hour drive north from Nashua today Around 11am on highway First noticeable increase is when you enter Concord, NH . The Trees were just caked w Powder . Drove another 15 miles north to the Rest area near the Northfield , NH border. Parked and took a walk . Was gorgeous winter wonderland with snow just below the kneecap. Drove another 10 miles north And saw a couple vehicles in driveways buried still , and then turned around Headed south and grabbed AYCE Sushi (made to order) in MHT. Good times . Too bad you couldn’t get up here yesterday. I mean the snow is still impressive, but I’ve already compacted from 30” to 21” imby. btw...that rest area on the Northfield/Canterbury line has the Canterbury RWIS in front of it. Pound city yesterday... https://vortex.plymouth.edu/mapwall/cgi-bin/display_rwis.php?id=10008&yy=2020&mm=12&dd=17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 3 hours ago, backedgeapproaching said: Speaking of Peru. New VT record if verified. COOP observer with 44.8". That COOP has been around for 80 years. His reports never seem out of line after events either. That’s awesome! That should be a record from that COOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 18 minutes ago, dryslot said: Found out the hard way, Left it out with water inside the graduated inner cylinder, It froze solid and put a bulge into one side of it so i had to replace it, Now i just bring it indoors unless we look to have a warm rain event like a grinch storm. I leave the large outer cylinder out in the snow (Stratus) and melt that. I have cracked the inner one before leaving it out and getting water to freeze in it... so that comes inside all winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Like Will or someone said, this was still a pretty high end event with a nice swath of 12+, but that ridiculous mega band just takes the headline and makes a foot seem meh almost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrangewx Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Skied Magic mountain today. Untouched since they opened upper mountain today. Settle powder was at least 2 feet id guess. Incredible skiing for basically one storm this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 2 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said: must be some drastic cut backs in NOAA...back to 80s graphics. I think NOAA hired the ecmwf.int graphics guys to design their radar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Looks like a new report of 4 feet came in for NH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Just now, andyhb said: Looks like a new report of 4 feet came in for NH. I posted about that from cocorahs this morning. I don't trust the obs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Also regarding fairly modest storms (intensity wise via central pressure) producing extreme snowfalls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Lol this from Ludlow, VT. That’s a healthy 24-hours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: Lol what guy with advanced dementia thought the new NWS radar page was a good idea. WTF Well, our old radar page sucked. Bad. This isn’t much better though. Not intuitive and graphics are only so so. So many good sites out there we could’ve reached out to for ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 So this (24.2") will end up being CON's 2nd largest snowstorm on record and the biggest since the blizzard of 1888. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 hours ago, dendrite said: I posted about that from cocorahs this morning. I don't trust the obs. Holy fuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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