CoastalWx Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 it's funny how everything is so relative when i lived in raynham mass in junior high/H.s i would be happy with 50 inches a year.....esp remember the april fools day storm.....and how the down slope nor'easter gave me only 3 inches of crap snow while diamond hill, ri where i went sledding later that day had over 20 inches at base of hill. when i moved to burlington mass after 10 years in Fl i would have been happy with 20 inches of snow i was driving all over the damn place to find snow..i dragged my gf of the time to wachusett in mid october after buying sled's at home depot that morning.....(and got great pics)....not to mention i think ORH airport a day or two prior to see a few flakes flyin ...i got fb pics to prove it then framingham last year i wanted at least 65....and got about 90-95....(and went skiing about 30 x at wa wa chusets) now i'm looking at sugar bowl california rentals and they average 500/ year .... i don't think i could ever enjoy (or tolerate) a SNE (errr non green mtn or white mtn) winter again if i actually went out there for more than a winter. Only we didn't get downsloped..lol. That was one of Will's all time storms, meanwhile it ripped my heart out and lit it on fire. One of the worst feelings I've ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I know...the weenie snows on the 20th really made it fun imo. I did pretty well in that. Of course we changed to rain the next day after a few inches, but overall it was a fun 48 hrs. 12/08 totally slipped my mind. I just looked back over my numbers.12/19 8.5" 12/20 4.1" 12/21 11.6" Unfortunately the following week torched 2/3 of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Only we didn't get downsloped..lol. That was one of Will's all time storms, meanwhile it ripped my heart out and lit it on fire. One of the worst feelings I've ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 The dendrites on the 20th were about as perfect as 2/7/03. Just less intense of course. But I think I had about 3" of fluff from probably under 0.10" of W.E. It had to be at least 30 to 1 ratios that next day. It makes sense though since 850s were like -12C to -14C and the snow growth was in the low levels there...perfect temp for dendrites. I had 4.1" on 0.09". I believe that is still the highest ratio snow I've recorded here for anything over 1". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 If that happens again I'll be going on a banning spree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 If that happens again I'll be going on a banning spree. this one was epic!!! school was canceled m-w! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 12/08 totally slipped my mind. I just looked back over my numbers. 12/19 8.5" 12/20 4.1" 12/21 11.6" Unfortunately the following week torched 2/3 of it. Yeah that was great. I woke up during the morning of the 21st before the main event started with another 2" on my car from this one band assoc with the cstl front passing through. After the band went by, my wind turned east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ORH_wxman Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 If that happens again I'll be going on a banning spree. The funny thing is I never realized how sharp the northern cutoff was on that storm until years later when I made my first map of that storm (much crappier than the one I posted)....I always assumed your area and most of the mountains got crushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Man I wished I lived here for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Man I wished I lived here for that Yeah you probably woulda had 18-20" at 550 feet there while down the road a few hundred feet lower had a quarter of that, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CoastalWx Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 The best part of that pic is Ray's face. I can just picture that face whenever Will says elevation event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ORH_wxman Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 The best part of that pic is Ray's face. I can just picture that face whenever Will says elevation event. NOUS41 KBOX 251215 PNSBOX CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-260010- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED SPOTTER REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 710 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010 THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 36 HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR THE STORM THAT ENDED WEDNESDAY EVENING. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS ...FRANKLIN COUNTY... ROWE 25.0 310 PM 2/24 SPOTTER ASHFIELD 23.6 644 PM 2/24 SPOTTER HEATH 22.0 400 PM 2/24 SPOTTER SHELBURNE 22.0 721 PM 2/24 PUBLIC CONWAY 18.0 228 PM 2/24 SPOTTER GREENFIELD 14.0 1050 AM 2/24 SPOTTER EL. 1000FT SHELBURNE 13.8 502 AM 2/24 PUBLIC MONTAGUE 10.0 1103 AM 2/24 PUBLIC EAST CHARLEMONT 8.5 912 AM 2/24 SPOTTER WHATELY 6.5 213 PM 2/24 SPOTTER ...HAMPDEN COUNTY... CHESTER 19.5 1223 PM 2/24 HAM RADIO BLANDFORD 19.0 730 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO SOUTHWICK 12.0 1043 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO WESTFIELD 7.0 730 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO HOLYOKE 6.0 730 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO SUFFIELD CORNER 5.0 730 PM 2/24 SPOTTER CHICOPEE 3.8 1000 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO AGAWAM 3.0 730 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO LONGMEADOW 3.0 114 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO SPRINGFIELD 3.0 730 PM 2/24 SPOTTER HAMPDEN 2.0 730 PM 2/24 SPOTTER MONSON 2.0 114 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO ...HAMPSHIRE COUNTY... CHESTERFIELD 24.0 730 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO PLAINFIELD 21.5 300 PM 2/24 SPOTTER GOSHEN 18.0 827 AM 2/24 SKYWARN SPOTTER MIDDLEFIELD 18.0 1209 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO WEST CHESTERFIELD 16.0 659 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO WORTHINGTON 13.3 704 AM 2/24 NWS COOP WESTHAMPTON 13.0 710 AM 2/24 SPOTTER EL. 800FT SOUTH HADLEY 6.0 953 AM 2/24 SKYWARN SPOTTER BELCHERTOWN 2.2 740 AM 2/24 PUBLIC AMHERST 2.0 700 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO WARE 2.0 730 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO GRANBY 0.8 430 AM 2/24 EMERGENCY MANAGER ...MIDDLESEX COUNTY... TOWNSEND 13.5 1005 AM 2/24 SKYWARN SPOTTER PEPPERELL 7.0 900 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO GROTON 4.5 930 AM 2/24 SPOTTER SHIRLEY 4.5 549 AM 2/24 SPOTTER HUDSON 4.1 1030 AM 2/24 SPOTTER GROTON 3.5 642 AM 2/24 SPOTTER AYER 3.2 913 AM 2/24 SKYWARN SPOTTER MAYNARD 2.7 623 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO ...WORCESTER COUNTY... ASHBURNHAM 16.8 230 PM 2/24 NWS COOP GARDNER 16.0 231 PM 2/24 SPOTTER EL 1000 FT FITCHBURG 15.0 852 AM 2/24 SPOTTER EL 90 FT PRINCETON 14.5 949 AM 2/24 SKYWARN SPOTTER TEMPLETON 13.0 835 AM 2/24 HAM RADIO EL. 970FT HUBBARDSTON 12.0 1024 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO STERLING 12.0 937 AM 2/24 HAM RADIO EL. 670 FT WESTMINSTER 12.0 929 AM 2/24 HAM RADIO EL. 1080FT WINCHENDON 12.0 955 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO PHILLIPSTON 11.0 718 AM 2/24 SPOTTER WORCESTER 10.7 100 PM 2/24 ORH AIRPORT BOYLSTON 9.4 912 AM 2/24 SKYWARN SPOTTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 anyone know what the wind gusts were in the down slope noreaster event.....my biggest memory from that was the awe when open'd the screen door to my deck and heard the wind and saw the trees swaying.....was just roaring out there.....the 3 inches....didn't really bother me...i was happy it was white on the ground....but when i saw the 20 plus at diamond hill then i was kinda like "my house is a generally awful locale for snow" on the ride home. If only i was like 6 miles NNW near borderland state park i mean raynham blows for about 98% of coastal fronts (even N. raynham lol) while norton and other towns like mansfiled can be cold and snowy. they are too far west to get much OES.....but i mean at least it's not the south coast. I also remember the storm of the centrury ...had about a foot of powder snow then a 1/2 inch of sleet then hours of pouring rain and it ends as a period of flurries as PVD got 3 inches on back end that am.....storm of century left me with about 3 inches of pic axe like ice on my drive way while atlanta georiga had about 4x the snowpack as me. lets see what else did repress from raynham ......well there was an epic snowpack one year in the mid 90's .....and a couple awesome years of annual snowfall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 anyone know what the wind gusts were in the down slope noreaster event.....my biggest memory from that was the awe when open'd the screen door to my deck and heard the wind and saw the trees swaying.....was just roaring out there.....the 3 inches....didn't really bother me...i was happy it was white on the ground....but when i saw the 20 plus at diamond hill then i was kinda like "my house is a generally awful locale for snow" on the ride home. If only i was like 6 miles NNW near borderland state park i mean raynham blows for about 98% of coastal fronts (even N. raynham lol) while norton and other towns like mansfiled can be cold and snowy. they are too far west to get much OES.....but i mean at least it's not the south coast. I also remember the storm of the centrury ...had about a foot of powder snow then a 1/2 inch of sleet then hours of pouring rain and it ends as a period of flurries as PVD got 3 inches on back end that am.....storm of century left me with about 3 inches of pic axe like ice on my drive way while atlanta georiga had about 4x the snowpack as me. lets see what else did repress from raynham ......well there was an epic snowpack one year in the mid 90's .....and a couple awesome years of annual snowfall Dec 1992 had huge gusts on the coast. I think the Cape and Islands had hurricane force (even BOS got close IIRC...maybe 72mph there?) Inland it was more in the 60s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 NOUS41 KBOX 251215 PNSBOX CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-260010- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED SPOTTER REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 710 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010 THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 36 HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR THE STORM THAT ENDED WEDNESDAY EVENING. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS ...FRANKLIN COUNTY... ROWE 25.0 310 PM 2/24 SPOTTER ASHFIELD 23.6 644 PM 2/24 SPOTTER HEATH 22.0 400 PM 2/24 SPOTTER SHELBURNE 22.0 721 PM 2/24 PUBLIC CONWAY 18.0 228 PM 2/24 SPOTTER GREENFIELD 14.0 1050 AM 2/24 SPOTTER EL. 1000FT SHELBURNE 13.8 502 AM 2/24 PUBLIC MONTAGUE 10.0 1103 AM 2/24 PUBLIC EAST CHARLEMONT 8.5 912 AM 2/24 SPOTTER WHATELY 6.5 213 PM 2/24 SPOTTER ...HAMPDEN COUNTY... CHESTER 19.5 1223 PM 2/24 HAM RADIO BLANDFORD 19.0 730 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO SOUTHWICK 12.0 1043 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO WESTFIELD 7.0 730 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO HOLYOKE 6.0 730 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO SUFFIELD CORNER 5.0 730 PM 2/24 SPOTTER CHICOPEE 3.8 1000 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO AGAWAM 3.0 730 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO LONGMEADOW 3.0 114 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO SPRINGFIELD 3.0 730 PM 2/24 SPOTTER HAMPDEN 2.0 730 PM 2/24 SPOTTER MONSON 2.0 114 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO ...HAMPSHIRE COUNTY... CHESTERFIELD 24.0 730 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO PLAINFIELD 21.5 300 PM 2/24 SPOTTER GOSHEN 18.0 827 AM 2/24 SKYWARN SPOTTER MIDDLEFIELD 18.0 1209 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO WEST CHESTERFIELD 16.0 659 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO WORTHINGTON 13.3 704 AM 2/24 NWS COOP WESTHAMPTON 13.0 710 AM 2/24 SPOTTER EL. 800FT SOUTH HADLEY 6.0 953 AM 2/24 SKYWARN SPOTTER BELCHERTOWN 2.2 740 AM 2/24 PUBLIC AMHERST 2.0 700 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO WARE 2.0 730 PM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO GRANBY 0.8 430 AM 2/24 EMERGENCY MANAGER ...MIDDLESEX COUNTY... TOWNSEND 13.5 1005 AM 2/24 SKYWARN SPOTTER PEPPERELL 7.0 900 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO GROTON 4.5 930 AM 2/24 SPOTTER SHIRLEY 4.5 549 AM 2/24 SPOTTER HUDSON 4.1 1030 AM 2/24 SPOTTER GROTON 3.5 642 AM 2/24 SPOTTER AYER 3.2 913 AM 2/24 SKYWARN SPOTTER MAYNARD 2.7 623 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO ...WORCESTER COUNTY... ASHBURNHAM 16.8 230 PM 2/24 NWS COOP GARDNER 16.0 231 PM 2/24 SPOTTER EL 1000 FT FITCHBURG 15.0 852 AM 2/24 SPOTTER EL 90 FT PRINCETON 14.5 949 AM 2/24 SKYWARN SPOTTER TEMPLETON 13.0 835 AM 2/24 HAM RADIO EL. 970FT HUBBARDSTON 12.0 1024 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO STERLING 12.0 937 AM 2/24 HAM RADIO EL. 670 FT WESTMINSTER 12.0 929 AM 2/24 HAM RADIO EL. 1080FT WINCHENDON 12.0 955 AM 2/24 AMATEUR RADIO PHILLIPSTON 11.0 718 AM 2/24 SPOTTER WORCESTER 10.7 100 PM 2/24 ORH AIRPORT BOYLSTON 9.4 912 AM 2/24 SKYWARN SPOTTER do you have the PNS map's for this event...Will I was out driving around in a SUV that nite.... i was up in 495 ...pulled over on my laptop ...reading about mekster going up to diamond hill ( i believe if i have the right storm) and mean while i decided to drive town 495 and it seemed to get a bit hectic right as i was getting ready to cross 290...heading south...i pulled off on 20....near some hotel...and head'd east ward i noticed the roads were snow covered until i got to somewhere in wayland...and then it mixed with rain over toward weston and 95....when i got back to burlington at 215 am i was greeted with the LARGEST snow balls falling from the sky that i have ever seen in my life...they were gargantuan...and they coated the ground in about 15 minutes....there was an inch of glop at my house in the am...then i drove east and when i got about two miles east near 93/128 there was nada . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I wished I lived here in Dec 1992. It was good in Lowell but here was sick Close to 40" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 2/25/10 could have been epic if it hadn't flipped over Still psyched over 2/27/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 do you have the PNS map's for this event...Will I was out driving around in a SUV that nite.... i was up in 495 ...pulled over on my laptop ...reading about mekster going up to diamond hill ( i believe if i have the right storm) and mean while i decided to drive town 495 and it seemed to get a bit hectic right as i was getting ready to cross 290...heading south...i pulled off on 20....near some hotel...and head'd east ward i noticed the roads were snow covered until i got to somewhere in wayland...and then it mixed with rain over toward weston and 95....when i got back to burlington at 215 am i was greeted with the LARGEST snow balls falling from the sky that i have ever seen in my life...they were gargantuan...and they coated the ground in about 15 minutes....there was an inch of glop at my house in the am...then i drove east and when i got about two miles east near 93/128 there was nada . They do have a map for that, but its java unlike the other maps from previous winters, so you need to screen capture it to post it as a pic file. That storm had a massive elevation gradient. Down near lake Quinsig there was like 4-5" of slop while I had nearly a foot just 2-3 miles W and up above 900 feet on winter hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I wished I lived here in Dec 1992. It was good in Lowell but here was sick Close to 40" WA WA was like donner/ tahoe for a storm 42 inches EPIC..... who will get smoked this year........will someone see a 20 incher....a thirty incher......more.......all possible in just about any area in SNE....which IMO is one thing that makes this area special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 WA WA was like donner/ tahoe for a storm 42 inches EPIC..... who will get smoked this year........will someone see a 20 incher....a thirty incher......more.......all possible in just about any area in SNE....which IMO is one thing that makes this area special This video is interesting, if not a bit long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 2/25/10 could have been epic if it hadn't flipped over Still psyched over 2/27/10 2/25 was not an elevation event in Central VT....Middlebury got 20" at the bottom of the Champlain Valley. We had a nice slug of moisture moving due north with that coastal low forming, classic signal for the CPV to get blasted. We barely stayed all snow though. WA WA was like donner/ tahoe for a storm 42 inches EPIC..... who will get smoked this year........will someone see a 20 incher....a thirty incher......more.......all possible in just about any area in SNE....which IMO is one thing that makes this area special I think interior NNE is favored with the -QBO/Nina. I'm really liking where I'm sitting though Rindge probably isn't the best place for 20"+ events since it's fairly far from the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 WA WA was like donner/ tahoe for a storm 42 inches EPIC..... who will get smoked this year........will someone see a 20 incher....a thirty incher......more.......all possible in just about any area in SNE....which IMO is one thing that makes this area special I was in Holden, MA for that storm....it was incredible. We lost power for about 24 hours. I measured 35" in Holden at about 1,000 feet 2 miles shy of the Paxton border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 2/25 was not an elevation event in Central VT....Middlebury got 20" at the bottom of the Champlain Valley. We had a nice slug of moisture moving due north with that coastal low forming, classic signal for the CPV to get blasted. We barely stayed all snow though. I think interior NNE is favored with the -QBO/Nina. I'm really liking where I'm sitting though Rindge probably isn't the best place for 20"+ events since it's fairly far from the coast. ????????????? Look what Rindge got in Feb 2001 noreaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 ????????????? Look what Rindge got in Feb 2001 noreaster Yeah Rindge gets their fair share of 20" events. They really aren't any further from the coast than ORH is and ORH has had plenty of 20"+ events. The only thing that might hurt them is they will get some minor downslope on a ENE/NE wind sometimes...they are in a general upslope region, but when the wind is the right velocity, it can create some issues from the Wapack Range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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