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OBS/DISCO - The Historic James Blizzard of 2022


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Just now, CoastalWx said:

Yeah could be I guess. I know ray is very careful with measuring.

Yeah I bet any conservative measuring might play into totals too.  I just think all these photos have like 10” ranges just looking at them that could be “believable” amounts.  Anything near a house looks jacked up a bit, but out in a field is likely scoured some.

I find at the mountain the official snow plots can be underwhelming in large windy snows.  Like it “seems like” 18 inches only to find 13” packed in.

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The emotional attachment in regard to the amount of snow one gets in their backyard:
Moving doesn't work. Trust me I know. Thank God for me it's only a hobby. I missed my calling years ago. Life would have been different for sure.   
The professionals who post in this forum have a reputation to upkeep and kudos to each and every single one of them. We are lucky.

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12 minutes ago, wx2fish said:

It's been especially bad since he moved there. This area can do well, but it hasn't been a good run. The biggies in 2018, 2015, and 2013 were all great for ASH/Methuen. It's just been a real bad stretch, no denying it. I think just north of us got the real hose in this one. Coworker in Hooksett said he only got 5". 

Yep. Bad run and over a 5 winter sample, pretty easy to happen. 

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4 hours ago, TheSnowman said:

Sharon - 30"  

Foxboro - 24" (As Always it seems)  

Boston - 24"!  

Flipping Attleboro next town over had a Report of - 22"!  

Burrellville which is All WEST of me - 21"  

And ALL I get it seems 17" Total??  Don't get to mark off a 20" Storm?  Don't get only the 9th Ever recited 24" storm? I mean NO town in the upset 2/3 of the State had Less than me! What a Screw Hole.  

Thank.  God.  I didn't come home.   I would have been Losing my crap.  And for the 1ST TIME EVER in a Major Event, Freaking Hell on Earth Itself, the PVD Airport Measurement, beat me!!  19"!  

Will end up as my 14th Biggest storm since the 1992-1993 Great Snow Era Began.  Not bad.   But Not that big of a deal.  

You have issues. 

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Just now, CoastalWx said:

How is there a 4.5” difference?

I measured 3 times yesterday

First measurement was around 10 AM 4.5

2nd measurement was around  1:30 PM 9.0

3rd measurement was at 5:30 PM       15.0.....called that in to NWS

Final measurement this morning  was at 7 AM.....16.5....

All of the measurements were in a spot I cleared...The  final total is right in line with totals from other cities/towns in the Merrimack valley area.

 4.5

+4.5

+6.0

+1.5

Total  16.5

From NWS: And keep in mind the time of thee reports on the list

...ESSEX COUNTY...
1 E DANVERS                  24.5 IN   0710 PM 01/29   42.57N/70.93W        
2 NW MARBLEHEAD              20.0 IN   0459 PM 01/29   42.51N/70.89W        
2 NW PEABODY                 19.0 IN   0530 PM 01/29   42.55N/71.00W        
1 ESE NEWBURYPORT            16.0 IN   1008 PM 01/29   42.81N/70.87W        
1 ESE NEWBURYPORT            15.0 IN   0557 PM 01/29   42.81N/70.87W        
METHUEN                      15.0 IN   0530 PM 01/29   42.72N/71.18W        
1 SW LAWRENCE                14.0 IN   1017 PM 01/29   42.69N/71.17W        
2 W NEWBURYPORT              13.5 IN   0945 PM 01/29   42.81N/70.93W        
1 N ANDOVER                  12.0 IN   0756 PM 01/29   42.67N/71.14W        

...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...
WAKEFIELD                    22.4 IN   0604 PM 01/29   42.50N/71.07W        
1 N BURLINGTON               22.3 IN   0734 PM 01/29   42.52N/71.20W        
1 SSW WAKEFIELD              22.0 IN   0521 PM 01/29   42.49N/71.07W        
2 W WINCHESTER               20.5 IN   1050 PM 01/29   42.45N/71.18W        
WAKEFIELD                    20.3 IN   0930 PM 01/29   42.51N/71.07W        
2 W NATICK                   20.1 IN   0826 PM 01/29   42.28N/71.39W        
1 WSW MALDEN                 20.0 IN   0615 PM 01/29   42.42N/71.08W        
2 W WINCHESTER               19.3 IN   0712 PM 01/29   42.45N/71.19W        
2 WSW WILMINGTON             19.0 IN   0907 PM 01/29   42.55N/71.20W        
1 NNW WAKEFIELD              19.0 IN   1025 PM 01/29   42.51N/71.07W        
2 W NATICK                   18.9 IN   0617 PM 01/29   42.28N/71.39W        
LEXINGTON                    18.9 IN   1014 PM 01/29   42.45N/71.23W        
2 ENE BILLERICA              18.5 IN   0512 PM 01/29   42.56N/71.23W        
2 S LOWELL                   18.2 IN   0623 PM 01/29   42.61N/71.32W        
WESTON                       17.5 IN   0920 PM 01/29   42.37N/71.26W        
1 E BELMONT                  17.5 IN   0500 PM 01/29   42.40N/71.15W        
1 WNW HUDSON                 17.1 IN   0850 PM 01/29   42.40N/71.58W        
3 SSE SUDBURY                16.5 IN   0915 PM 01/29   42.33N/71.38W        
2 SSE WALTHAM                16.0 IN   0627 PM 01/29   42.36N/71.23W        
1 NNW LEXINGTON              16.0 IN   0449 PM 01/29   42.46N/71.24W        
1 ESE WOBURN                 15.5 IN   0654 PM 01/29   42.48N/71.14W        
2 NW WESTFORD                15.3 IN   0830 PM 01/29   42.61N/71.47W        
2 N CHELMSFORD               15.0 IN   0745 PM 01/29   42.63N/71.37W        
WESTFORD                     14.8 IN   1216 AM 01/30   42.58N/71.44W        
2 WSW WILMINGTON             14.5 IN   0509 PM 01/29   42.55N/71.20W        
1 SE DRACUT                  14.2 IN   1057 PM 01/29   42.66N/71.28W        
3 ESE TYNGSBORO              14.1 IN   1055 PM 01/29   42.67N/71.37W        
1 WNW LITTLETON              14.0 IN   0700 PM 01/29   42.54N/71.49W        
1 WSW BELMONT                14.0 IN   0704 PM 01/29   42.39N/71.18W        
WESTFORD                     13.0 IN   0700 PM 01/29   42.58N/71.43W        
NATICK                       13.0 IN   0900 PM 01/29   42.28N/71.34W        
1 WSW NEWTON                 12.0 IN   0626 PM 01/29   42.33N/71.23W        

...NORFOLK COUNTY...
1 WSW STOUGHTON              30.9 IN   0815 PM 01/29   42.11N/71.12W        
2 NNW SHARON                 30.4 IN   0654 PM 01/29   42.14N/71.20W        
2 SSE QUINCY                 30.0 IN   0850 PM 01/29   42.24N/71.00W        

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, SnoSki14 said:

So did anyone get the elusive 30"

Looks like a couple spots hit it. 

And TauntonBlizz posted a pic of him snow blowing that was pretty good evidence of 30”+. Snow on the level was comfortably over his 26” auger housing. 

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3 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Yeah I bet any conservative measuring might play into totals too.  I just think all these photos have like 10” ranges just looking at them that could be “believable” amounts.  Anything near a house looks jacked up a bit, but out in a field is likely scoured some.

I find at the mountain the official snow plots can be underwhelming in large windy snows.  Like it “seems like” 18 inches only to find 13” packed in.

It wasnt that hard to find consistency in my yard. And I came in very close to the other guy in town. Dont measure in a drift, dont measure next to a building. Driveways didnt hurt totals because it was so cold. I could see it being harder in an urban environment though.

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Just now, JC-CT said:

It wasnt that hard to find consistency in my yard. And I came in very close to the other guy in town. Dont measure in a drift, dont measure next to a building. Driveways didnt hurt totals because it was so cold. I could see it being harder in an urban environment though.

My property is also surrounded by trees though, so that I'm sure helps a lot.

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3 minutes ago, JC-CT said:

My property is also surrounded by trees though, so that I'm sure helps a lot.

Trees do help a lot. I’ve noticed that where I live too. Snow seems much more evenly distributed with all the woods around me versus my old place which was not a ton of trees. The trees act as a wind break. 

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6 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

ratios in that band had to be pretty high 16:1/18:1.  It was piling up fast once the winds subsided a little around 1.

I never had the wind drop until late day. I bet if winds were lighter we all would have had 30-35 LOL. The bottom 6” of snow is packed in good.

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19 minutes ago, ROOSTA said:

The emotional attachment in regard to the amount of snow one gets in their backyard:
Moving doesn't work. Trust me I know. Thank God for me it's only a hobby. I missed my calling years ago. Life would have been different for sure.   
The professionals who post in this forum have a reputation to upkeep and kudos to each and every single one of them. We are lucky.

Speaking of MBY 
Temps bottom out at 22°F
  

Agree,....I learned a long time ago that the weather is going to do whatever it wants to do

As the noted baseball philosopher Mickey Rivers said...

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23 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Yeah I bet any conservative measuring might play into totals too.  I just think all these photos have like 10” ranges just looking at them that could be “believable” amounts.  Anything near a house looks jacked up a bit, but out in a field is likely scoured some.

I find at the mountain the official snow plots can be underwhelming in large windy snows.  Like it “seems like” 18 inches only to find 13” packed in.

You do the best you can with what you have, In these storms with a lot of wind is very problematic to measure as you are dealing with all you mentioned, And yes, Under measuring i think happen more then over unless your in lunnenburg then you just add 6" to whatever your total is.........:lol:

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