Last Hurrah Obs Thread: 3/13-15/23

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 minute ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

The weenie maps were fine above 900 or so ‘

Exactly.  It was clear for days this was an elevation event,  despite what weenie goggles we wanted to throw on.

[CarverWX]

Just started snow here 

[CCHurricane]

5 minutes ago, Boston Bulldog said:

How is the density? 

First foot or so was a bit heavy, saw a few people searching for lost skis while on the lift. Second foot felt much better. Conditions on Upper Standard was the run to hit on repeat throughout the day.

[Kitz Craver]

1 minute ago, tunafish said:

trim them friggin' finger nails, bub, that's what.

Jesus, how short you keep em dude? Lol

[weatherwiz]

7 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

are you reporting from springfield or CT?

yes, Springfield 

[CCHurricane]

21 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

absolutely dumping on the Stratton Summit

 

Just won’t quit. Groomers will be heavenly tomorrow.

[dendrite]

4 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said:

Based on measuring every 2-3 hours where I've cleared, 11.5" with mod-heavy snow 1/4 viz.  16-22 pack in the fields and 24-27 in the woods (highest of the season)

You clear every 2-3 hours?

[OceanStWx]

One thing you’ll just about never see is elevation dependent ratios. This event would’ve been a great case for sampling elevations below a certain value and drilling down ratios. But an NBM will never do that. Most models just show ratios until just above the surface.

[The 4 Seasons]

1 minute ago, weatherwiz said:

yes, Springfield 

how much there?

 

[mahk_webstah]

pics from earlier.

just started  dumping again.

[powderfreak]

16” stack on Mansfield today.  Biggest 24 hour of the season.

[LSC97wxnut]

Snow trying to mix back in, still mostly white rain.

Winds not a factor yet either.

35.8*

[ariof]

Yankee Publishing has a webcam which takes a static image every hour. They've been in the pivot firehose since the storm started at 1600', I assume they're north of 24" by now.

Here's a GIF of the storm (missing the image from 0700).

[mahk_webstah]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

You clear every 2-3 hours?

I clear whenever I get my ass up and outside lol.  Not an official measurer.  Sometimes every 2 hours, sometimes every 4.  My best guess is 11.5.  Did you see my earlier post to Chris about the huge local differences just in Boscawen?  Hoping we can stay in some good banding and break 15.

[NW_of_GYX]

Finally starting to crank here, let’s see what we can do over the next 4-6 hours 

[Great Snow 1717]

55 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

IMO, the snowfall maps have been a detriment to the field. These things get tossed around left and right and literally all they do is create unrealistic expectations and create hype for the public. There is nothing worse then seeing 384-HR snow maps being thrown around all over social media or snow maps for a "D10 threat". There is absolutely ZERO reason. 

When an event happens the event is then measured solely on how the f****** snow maps "performed". WHO GIVES A SHIT HOW THE HELL THEY PERFORMED. 

Speaking of QPF though, I think models have come along way with QPF forecasting. But I think mesos have really helped with this. 

A Post of The Year Award Nominee!!!.....I agree 100%

[Wx37]

Temp is dropping here in Medford and light snow is beginning to stick again.

[8611Blizz]

[CoastalWx]

TSSN in that band in Maine. 

[tunafish]

1 minute ago, NW_of_GYX said:

Finally starting to crank here, let’s see what we can do over the next 4-6 hours 

you're in a great spot for that rotating band (I think).

[weatherwiz]

4 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

how much there?

 

Never got to get out and officially measure before everything shut off, but when I went out a few hours ago there was close to 3.5'' and I figure maybe lost 1/2'' (maybe a bit more) with melting. No new thus far. 

[wx2fish]

Picking up with better flakes again. Hopefully fills in for a few more hours. 

[BuildingScienceWx]

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

38” on the level in West Dover, VT 

West Dover has been getting smoked all day via radar and my webcams. The railing is 42" in my photo. I cleared the deck this past weekend so that's all new.

[Lava Rock]

1 minute ago, tunafish said:

you're in a great spot for that rotating band (I think).

Finally puking pretty good at home

[Thunderblizzard]

1 hour ago, The 4 Seasons said:

this will change A LOT but heres a preliminary map based on reports so far. The reports are from varying times so take it with a grain of salt.

Ill do a full map when its all said and done and probably one for CT/MA/RI with that new map i made for SNE

0.6" here this morning followed by hours and hours of 34-35F white rain. Brown, wet ground now. 220 ft elevation.

[SouthCoastMA]

I think the Feb 13' storm was the advent of the weenie snow map craze. At least, that's the one that comes to mind with those crazy 40-60" totals some were spitting out. 

[dendrite]

4 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said:

I clear whenever I get my ass up and outside lol.  Not an official measurer.  Sometimes every 2 hours, sometimes every 4.  My best guess is 11.5.  Did you see my earlier post to Chris about the huge local differences just in Boscawen?  Hoping we can stay in some good banding and break 15.

Ah. That will overinflate. You should never clear more frequently than every 6hrs. I just measure on my board hourly, but only clear it at the 6-8hr frequencies.

What do you have for an untouched new total on the ground?

[NeonPeon]

The general public can't be trusted with these maps, not like the reasonable, cautious folks on here, who know never to get carried away, or emotionally invested. 

[BombsAway1288]

21 minutes ago, wkd said:

If people would look at the "total positive snow-depth change" instead of the 10:1 total snowfall maps their expectations would be more realistic.

It wasn’t about taking the 10:1 maps verbatim in a marginal setup like this, at least I wasn’t. It was about the constant rates that never materialized in the early afternoon like muddy said. Models didn’t show the dryslot getting this far north. 6+ on the coast was always going to be dependent on heavy rates after the flip and going to town for hours. That never happened 

[Hailstoned]

Suddenly back to heavy snow in Monson, MA after the protracted dry slot.