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New England Overrunning Event 02/03-02/04/22


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18 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Lol wut.

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CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-012245-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
150 PM EST MON JAN 31 2022

...BLIZZARD OF 2022 - FINAL DETERMINATIONS...

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WERE REACHED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS
RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 29,
2022. LIGHT SNOW BEGAN LATE AT NIGHT ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 28. SNOWFALL 
TOTALS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES WERE COMMON ACROSS THOSE REGIONS, WITH 
LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 30 INCHES REPORTED SOUTH OF BOSTON. WIND GUSTS 
REACHED HURRICANE FORCE ON CAPE ANN, CAPE COD, AND NANTUCKET DURING 
THE STORM.

THE DEFINITION OF A BLIZZARD IS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW
REDUCES VISIBILITY TO BELOW 1/4 MILE ALONG WITH WINDS THAT
FREQUENTLY GUST TO 35 MPH OR MORE. THESE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MUST
BE THE PREDOMINANT REPORTED CONDITION FOR AT LEAST 3 CONSECUTIVE 
HOURS.

WHEN REVIEWING WHETHER A PARTICULAR OBSERVATION LOCATION HAD
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, WE CONSIDERED VISIBILITIES EQUAL TO 1/4 MILE
BECAUSE THAT IS QUITE LOW FOR AN AUTOMATED SENSOR TO BE ABLE TO
DETECT IN SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW. 

THE FOLLOWING STATIONS RECORDED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...

IN RHODE ISLAND...

PROVIDENCE (KPVD)...5 HOURS 18 MINUTES, FROM 921 AM TO 158 PM AND 
FROM 210 PM TO 251 PM. 

WESTERLY (KWST)...6 HOURS 16 MINUTES. CRITERIA WERE MET FROM 911 AM 
TO 1146 AM, FROM 1153 AM TO 301 PM, AND FROM 420 TO 453 PM.

NEWPORT (KUUU)...9 HOURS 28 MINUTES CONTINUOUSLY, FROM 
725 AM TO 453 PM. 

BLOCK ISLAND (KBID)...6 HOURS 37 MINUTES CONTINUOUSLY, FROM 
705 AM TO 142 PM.

IN MASSACHUSETTS...

BOSTON (KBOS)...7 HOURS 39 MINUTES CONTINUOUSLY, FROM 
815 AM TO 354 PM.  

WORCESTER (KORH)...8 HOURS 27 MINUTES. IT WAS CONTINUOUS FOR 8 HOURS 
16 MINUTES FROM 749 AM TO 405 PM. CONDITIONS ALSO WERE MET FROM 432 
PM TO 443 PM.

BEVERLY (KBVY)...6 HOURS 9 MINUTES. CONDITIONS WERE MET FROM 853 TO 
1153 AM, 1225 PM TO 201 PM, 253 PM TO 353 PM, AND FROM 453 PM TO 526 
PM. 

LAWRENCE (KLWM)...5 HOURS 14 MINUTES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRED 
FROM 1254 PM TO 245 PM AND FROM 331 PM TO 654 PM.  

HYANNIS (KHYA)...AT LEAST 6 HOURS 33 MINUTES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS 
WERE CONTINUOUS FROM 704 AM TO 1232 PM, BUT THEN REPORTING WAS 
INTERRUPTED UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS 
RESUMED FROM 505 PM TO 539 PM AND FROM 548 PM TO 619 PM.   

MARSHFIELD (KGHG)...12 HOURS 0 MINUTES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WERE 
CONTINUOUS FOR 10 HOURS 40 MINUTES FROM 435 AM TO 315 PM. THEY WERE 
AGAIN MET FROM 335 PM TO 355 PM AND FROM 415 PM TO 515 PM.

MARTHA'S VINEYARD (KMVY)...9 HOURS 17 MINUTES CONTINUOUSLY, FROM 
743 AM TO 500 PM.

THE FOLLOWING STATIONS EITHER CAME CLOSE OR WERE UNABLE TO 
BE DETERMINED...

NANTUCKET (KACK) CAME CLOSE, WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TOTAL 
OF 4 HOURS 32 MINUTES, BUT THERE WAS NOT A 3-HOUR CONSECUTIVE PERIOD.

NEW BEDFORD (KEWB) MET CRITERIA FOR A TOTAL OF 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES, 
BUT THERE WAS NEARLY A 3 HOUR GAP IN THE CONDITIONS.

CHATHAM (KCQX) MET CRITERIA FROM 816 AM THROUGH 852 AM, BUT AT THAT 
TIME, THE POWER WAS LOST AND NO DATA WERE RECEIVED.

FALMOUTH (KFMH) MET CRITERIA BEGINNING AT 650 AM, BUT VISIBILITY 
READINGS CEASED AT 746 AM. SO, ALTHOUGH WINDS WERE GUSTING ABOVE 35 
MPH CONTINUOUSLY INTO THE AFTERNOON, A BLIZZARD WAS UNABLE TO BE 
DETERMINED WITHOUT THE VISIBILITY READINGS.  

SMITHFIELD (KSFZ) MET CRITERIA FROM 806 AM TO 827 AM AND FROM 853 AM 
TO 956 AM, BUT THEN ALL WIND DATA WERE LOST AND THUS A BLIZZARD WAS 
UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED WITHOUT THE WIND READINGS.

PROVINCETOWN (KPVC) HAD NO DATA AFTER 556 AM AND THUS NO 
DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE.

My daughter lives about a mile from KFMH AWOS unit...  I checked her ring cam every 30 minutes and for about 8 hours I could not see the house across the street.  No doubt KFMH would have verified blizzard if visibility sensor did not fail.

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1 minute ago, PhineasC said:

No one is doubting your experience dude. We all have snowstorms we remember fondly for various reasons, even if they don't get in the history books. I don't get the defensiveness over it. Many people were screwed by this and it wasn't really a textbook HECS for that reason. You know well that geographic range is a criteria. An historic storm at my MD place means I get 2' and that extends all the way to far Western MD and down south to central or southern VA and well up into PA. A large range. The best totals from this were confined to a very narrow range that had the stationary bands. Everyone else got like 8-12 or less up and down the coast.

Again no one claimed HECs. No one south of us had 2015 winter either. 

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2 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

No one is doubting your experience dude. We all have snowstorms we remember fondly for various reasons, even if they don't get in the history books. I don't get the defensiveness over it. Many people were screwed by this and it wasn't really a textbook HECS for that reason. You know well that geographic range is a criteria. An historic storm at my MD place means I get 2' and that extends all the way to far Western MD and down south to central or southern VA and well up into PA. A large range. The best totals from this were confined to a very narrow range that had the stationary bands. Everyone else got like 8-12 or less up and down the coast.

Yea, March 14, 2018 was epic for me, but on a regional scale, it was nothing too historic....despite blizz conditions..

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2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Right....see 20-36" toals clear back through ORH? We didn't see that here. But I do agree Juno wasn't impressive either on a NESIS scale...correct 

Doubt anyone cares about NESIS really. Half our subforum got screwed the other half got smoked. Very very few storms smoke both. Jan 11 did but hard pressed to find many others. 

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1 minute ago, Ginx snewx said:

Again no one claimed HECs. No one south of us had 2015 winter either. 

That's fair. This is just one you will need to store in the personal memory banks and not worry about anyone else. I have storms like that, we all do. They meant more because of whatever reason and f*ck the "official narrative." I remember storms based on factors like that instead of the raw results. It's why the ice storms in the early to mid-90s stick with me so much. Had so much fun in those storms, getting paid by neighbors to chip the ice off their cars. LOL feels like that kind of storm could never happen again.

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16 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Ray got screwed so it was meh to the other 5 million people 

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Does anyone know why the BOX PNS did not include any Hartford Cty totals, and for that matter none from Tolland County in their final issuance.  Also, very few Cape totals even though there are many spotters there?  Why post this map without any Cape data? When I review the PNS, it appears to be mainly CoCoaHS site reports, which usually state the distance to a nearby city center.  Very few reports from just specific towns?  Also, no longer a reference to trained spotter, media, etc... 

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2 minutes ago, FXWX said:

Does anyone know why the BOX PNS did not include any Hartford Cty totals, and for that matter none from Tolland County in their final issuance.  Also, very few Cape totals even though there are many spotters there?  Why post this map without any Cape data? When I review the PNS, it appears to be mainly CoCoaHS site reports, which usually state the distance to a nearby city center.  Very few reports from just specific towns?  Also, no longer a reference to trained spotter, media, etc... 

WTH knows. I know I reported 24 to them on the spotter phone and thru Cocorahs and ignored

What to make of model wars hey? Damn two oppo camps. Huge societal impact differences. Let's go Goofus!!!

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