tamarack Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 2:34 PM, ORH_wxman said: 6 years ago today was a good one in 2017 We got 4.6" from the northern edge, better than the 1-3 forecast. Then 2/11 added 8" of 31-to-1 feathers with temp in the singles, followed by the winter's 2nd 21" dump on 12-13. That brought the pack to 47" and the morning forecast on 2/15 was for 12-16" - easy 50s pack with an outside chance at 60" on the way. not. As first flakes were falling, the afternoon forecast dropped to 6-10, which was eked into verification with a 6.2" total, post-storm pack 46" as the wind did some scouring near the stake. Then Feb 17-28 ran 11.5° A, chopping the pack by half. Our rescue Lab mix from TX arrived on Feb 4, perhaps never having experienced snow, then saw 45" in her first 2 weeks here. (And was even more terrified by the pi-day blizzard. Like all Labs, she loves snow now.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 2:47 AM, The 4 Seasons said: Yeah it was probably in my top 5 all time, thunder snow here to boot. I also it was one of the easiest most straight forward storms to forecast, ever. Every model was in agreement and run to run consistency was great. Went 10-18, and the state ended up with a pretty uniform 10-18 with one 19 report in EHa. My town was the jackpot for a storm???? And had 19”????? Unbelievable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 That was a good one. Had 2 or 3 claps of thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Seasons Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 8 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said: My town was the jackpot for a storm???? And had 19”????? Unbelievable On 2/9/2022 at 1:12 PM, WxWatcher007 said: My town jackpotted? Incredible. Only because I was living in DC at the time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 This was from Nemo. My car in Dorchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 This are mine after Feb 2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 2 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said: 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Seasons Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Can't believe it's been 8 years already. This was a pretty bad bust W of 91. 2" of overrunning then it was done. Missed the Ivt and main storm to the east. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 Man that was epic. The mid level magic event. When all the models showed a great H7 look, soundings good, but little QPF. I think it was the RGEM that showed ern areas may get crushed. Still the heaviest snow I’ve ever driven in going to work at 5a. Had to follow the guardrail on the X-Way to know when there would be turns because vis was about 100’. Arrived to work to see Cantore in an MCS in Plymouth. Underrated event for Bob’s area to EWB. 20-23” there in a matter of hours. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastonSN+ Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 12 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said: Can't believe it's been 8 years already. This was a pretty bad bust W of 91. 2" of overrunning then it was done. Missed the Ivt and main storm to the east. That Winter was so amazing that although we missed out on the bullseye on so many storms, we still ended up with way above average snowfall totals WOR! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Seasons Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 16 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Man that was epic. The mid level magic event. When all the models showed a great H7 look, soundings good, but little QPF. I think it was the RGEM that showed ern areas may get crushed. Still the heaviest snow I’ve ever driven in going to work at 5a. Had to follow the guardrail on the X-Way to know when there would be turns because vis was about 100’. Arrived to work to see Cantore in an MCS in Plymouth. Underrated event for Bob’s area to EWB. 20-23” there in a matter of hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 MQE with a suspect total, but they had a few that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 33 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said: @HIPPYVALLEY just smashed his Tandy after seeing that map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 12 minutes ago, mreaves said: @HIPPYVALLEY just smashed his Tandy after seeing that map. Ryan H too. Unfortunately there was a min near the river that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, The 4 Seasons said: Can't believe it's been 8 years already. This was a pretty bad bust W of 91. 2" of overrunning then it was done. Missed the Ivt and main storm to the east. I was in DC, and that mega front that went through was one of the greatest winter events I’ve experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 2 hours ago, mreaves said: @HIPPYVALLEY just smashed his Tandy after seeing that map. VD massacre for the GYX staff. Our area was blizzard-warned for the 24 hours before the storm began. When their afternoon AFD chopped forecast snow from 18-24 to 12-18, I wondered what was going on. By the 11 PM news, the massive bust for all but the coast had become obvious. 1.5" here (4th event that season to verify at just 1/8 of what would be needed for verification), 12"+ southern Maine coast, 25" at 20' asl in Machias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, tamarack said: VD massacre for the GYX staff. Our area was blizzard-warned for the 24 hours before the storm began. When their afternoon AFD chopped forecast snow from 18-24 to 12-18, I wondered what was going on. By the 11 PM news, the massive bust for all but the coast had become obvious. 1.5" here (4th event that season to verify at just 1/8 of what would be needed for verification), 12"+ southern Maine coast, 25" at 20' asl in Machias. That was a bad bust. Guidance was too focused on the WAA delivering the precip and seemed to underestimate the explosive nature of the deepening mid level lows. That was a sub 500 Hpa low going under SNE. Unheard of really. One would wonder if the anomalous nature of that just did not play well with model guidance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, tamarack said: VD massacre for the GYX staff. Our area was blizzard-warned for the 24 hours before the storm began. When their afternoon AFD chopped forecast snow from 18-24 to 12-18, I wondered what was going on. By the 11 PM news, the massive bust for all but the coast had become obvious. 1.5" here (4th event that season to verify at just 1/8 of what would be needed for verification), 12"+ southern Maine coast, 25" at 20' asl in Machias. I remember that vividly and Scott (CoastalWx) and I were talking about why so much QPF was being thrown inland on guidance leading up to it. We were legimately puzzled because the upper air and mid-levels didn’t really support that type of QPF layout. We theorized that because heights were so obscenely low in that event, perhaps it was giving guidance trouble because the temp gradients and lapse rates were so obscene (hydrostatic models would have more trouble with extreme lapse rates)…but that was just a theory. Who knows the real reason. It was the RGEM that showed the potential bust up there first along with the positive bust down in eastern MA about 24-36 hours before the event. RGEM had its random hall of fame season that year…we joke it was like Brady Anderson’s 50 HR season in 1996….it also absolutely nailed the death band in the Jan 2015 blizzard along 495-ORH-Ginxy along with red flags in western SNE and then nailed the redevelopment and prolonging of the Feb 2nd event that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 17 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: I remember that vividly and Scott (CoastalWx) and I were talking about why so much QPF was being thrown inland on guidance leading up to it. We were legimately puzzled because the upper air and mid-levels didn’t really support that type of QPF layout. We theorized that because heights were so obscenely low in that event, perhaps it was giving guidance trouble because the temp gradients and lapse rates were so obscene (hydrostatic models would have more trouble with extreme lapse rates)…but that was just a theory. Who knows the real reason. It was the RGEM that showed the potential bust up there first along with the positive bust down in eastern MA about 24-36 hours before the event. RGEM had its random hall of fame season that year…we joke it was like Brady Anderson’s 50 HR season in 1996….it also absolutely nailed the death band in the Jan 2015 blizzard along 495-ORH-Ginxy along with red flags in western SNE and then nailed the redevelopment and prolonging of the Feb 2nd event that year. Doesn't get any more unstable than this. Go up moist adiabatically from 900mb and you can just envision the MUCAPE. TTs 61 lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 Ginxy drifts 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 10 hours ago, CoastalWx said: Ryan H too. Unfortunately there was a min near the river that year. There usually is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 13 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said: Can't believe it's been 8 years already. This was a pretty bad bust W of 91. 2" of overrunning then it was done. Missed the Ivt and main storm to the east. Epic storm in Boston. Pretty unique radar evolution with a band swinging through up into coastal Maine, throwing on the brakes, then coming right back south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 1 hour ago, CoastalWx said: Ginxy drifts The greatest Jebwalk I ever had was after that storm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 10 minutes ago, Hoth said: The greatest Jebwalk I ever had was after that storm. Great pic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 This is the storm we maxed out our snow depth in Acushnet. iirc ~30" depth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 My street on 2/17/15. Before another 3”+ fell again lol. A two way street turned one way. Unreal. https://www.facebook.com/scott.nogueira/videos/10206174404903573/?d=n 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 In Scott's vein, here's a fun little video about the challenges of removing the snow in 2015 at MIT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Seasons Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Since its the 5-year anniversary, i thought id post a few images. This was an incredible storm. Pretty much a 6-hour window or maybe even a bit less of heavy snow, several CG strikes locally that sounded like a summer-time severe storm with loud convective claps and snowfall rates of 2-3"/hr. We picked up about 13.5" from around 330pm to 930pm. Western CT had a truly historic event with 22-28" while the SE corner got hardly anything with an inch or two, quite the gradient. Here's the updated map i just did a couple months ago.... 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEisMan Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 That band just hung over the my head at the border of NY/CT. Legit 26”. Would love to do that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 That was an outrageous deform band in WMA, WCT and SVT. I think that was the event Mitch reported 18" in 3 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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