Following a Miller A/B hybrid type coastal potential, Feb 13th ... As yet untapped potential and a higher ceiling with this one

[ORH_wxman]

Drove down to Ashland center a while ago and they literally had like 1.5” of compacted glop. Less than half of what I had a couple miles away and 200+ feet higher. 

[STILL N OF PIKE]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Took my son down to Whitman to go sledding since they had about 3 inches of icy snow. It’s actually icy snow perfect sledding.

Nice work ! Hoping he had a blast

[DavisStraight]

4 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Took my son down to Whitman to go sledding since they had about 3 inches of icy snow. It’s actually icy snow perfect sledding.

I was sliding around snow blowing, there's an icy lower layer that will freeze tonight and turn into a skating rink.

[RCNYILWX]

IDK but don't we always say the best banding sets up north and west of where the h7 fronto?  I feel so blessed to be the jackpot of that map.......best band since Feb 2013......though didn't last as long.......

Yup, that's a typical occurrence, I was just more surprised at the lack of even hints at that enhanced banding, if not in magnitude or exact location. This was definitely a storm for old school meteorology vs. guidance consensus type forecasting.

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[kdxken]

14 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Drove down to Ashland center a while ago and they literally had like 1.5” of compacted glop. Less than half of what I had a couple miles away and 200+ feet higher. 

Hopefully Sherborn is similar. Heading back from Florida in the morning and don't feel like dealing with it.

[Hoth]

Oof, this snow has some heft to it. I’ve cleared my driveway into a single pile, then plan to saturate it with the garden hose as we drop toward freezing. Gotta protect the pack!

[Cold Miser]

3 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

i dont understand it, im looking at the map now of snowfall totals around your area and everything is around 9-12 in all directions. What is your thought  for your why you get insanely low snow totals again? 

What Steve said.  It's depressing, but it's just snow.

[NorEastermass128]

6 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Oof, this snow has some heft to it. I’ve cleared my driveway into a single pile, then plan to saturate it with the garden hose as we drop toward freezing. Gotta protect the pack!

Put a tarp over it. Protect the pack. It’ll be another 2-4 years before you see another event of this size again. 

[ice1972]

41 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Thought 2017 was better than that up there. EHA got 19" and there was plenty of thunder and 3-4"/hr rates 

No chance.......we came in at like 30" in Feb 2013........all time for us since we moved in Aug 2004

[Cold Miser]

@The 4 Seasons

This was taken at around 2:00, after the brunt of the snow was finished.  5+ inches reduced to a few inches of wet, nasty slop.  Utterly useless, and terrible.  Winter sucks.  My spot is like living in the mid-Atlantic.  Besides some random Connecticut island in the Long Island sound this area is the worst snow spot in the state, and probably all of new England. 

 

 

[bristolri_wx]

Just removed about 3.5” of Hungry Jack from the driveway, thankfully the electric snow blower could handle it. Would love to know the ratios on this stuff considering it was snowing moderately to heavy for most of the storm. Probably 4-1 or 5-1 type stuff.  This was probably about 5” of snow at one point. 

[Damage In Tolland]

6 minutes ago, Cold Miser said:

@The 4 Seasons

This was taken at around 2:00, after the brunt of the snow was finished.  5+ inches reduced to a few inches of wet, nasty slop.  Utterly useless, and terrible.  Winter sucks.  My spot is like living in the mid-Atlantic.  Besides some random Connecticut island in the Long Island sound this area is the worst snow spot in the state, and probably all of new England. 

 

 

Looking across the lake it looks like full and deeper snowcover . Is it just the dock area that melted ? How about up by your house? 

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

1 hour ago, Bryan63 said:

After shoveling the driveway with my shovel that worked while living in North Carolina, I am grateful we did not get anymore. If it snows again it may be time to finally upgrade.

Upgrade but wait until the snow starts falling again. The jinx and all…

[The 4 Seasons]

16 minutes ago, ice1972 said:

No chance.......we came in at like 30" in Feb 2013........all time for us since we moved in Aug 2004

You said SINCE Feb 13. I'm not talking about that storm. 

[WinterWolf]

16 minutes ago, Cold Miser said:

@The 4 Seasons

This was taken at around 2:00, after the brunt of the snow was finished.  5+ inches reduced to a few inches of wet, nasty slop.  Utterly useless, and terrible.  Winter sucks.  My spot is like living in the mid-Atlantic.  Besides some random Connecticut island in the Long Island sound this area is the worst snow spot in the state, and probably all of new England. 

 

 

Move out of that swamp Garth. WTF? 

[weatherwiz]

Working on a little (well shouldn't say little it will be a bit long) blog post doing a bit of a recap. Won't finish tonight because the Bruins are on in 30 min. Probably won't be able to finish tomorrow because doing Valentine's Day dinner after work. Maybe I can finish Thursday after work before the Bruins game.

[WinterWolf]

31 minutes ago, Cold Miser said:

What Steve said.  It's depressing, but it's just snow.

Ya it’s just snow, but if you are a snow lover, then it sucks ass.  I mean if you didn’t like snow like most folks, then it wouldn’t matter, and then you wouldn’t be on here showing us your pathetic snow cover.  Get out of there. 

[ice1972]

11 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

You said SINCE Feb 13. I'm not talking about that storm. 

Ya today was best since Feb 13.....2017 here wasn't memorable....but whatever....its fine - great day......too bad thats it for winter and its sping in a couple weeks.....can never catch a break and get December and January to behave

[tavwtby]

very anxiety ridden ride to my buddies place in Waterbury this afternoon, totally forgot how bad and congested streets get in the city after a sizable storm, roads were terrible at like 4 in the afternoon... anyway big difference once I got to about harwinton going down 8 and Waterbury looks like about a foot if not a little more, also over in Enfield earlier running a test and about 3-4 at least where I was in broadbrook near the Somers line, nice stripe across the 84 corridor+/- 15 miles or so from that band

[WinterWolf]

9 minutes ago, ice1972 said:

Ya today was best since Feb 13.....2017 here wasn't memorable....but whatever....its fine - great day......too bad thats it for winter and its sping in a couple weeks.....can never catch a break and get December and January to behave

There’s gonna be more chances coming up…pattern looks pretty nice/conducive for more potential winter action. Let’s hope we can cash in. Maybe this changed our ju-ju?   Winter in SNE isn’t over on Feb 13th 99.99% of the time. 

[Cold Miser]

33 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Looking across the lake it looks like full and deeper snowcover . Is it just the dock area that melted ? How about up by your house? 

Not that deep.  Just a few inches around the shore.  Other side of the house is full cover, but just 2 inches or so.

[ineedsnow]

about 3 here in Agawam about 2 miles from the CT border.. can see the difference while driving from Westfield.. wish this storm was a little further north but glad people got hit that haven't seen much!! good week to be cat sitting for my mom.. doesn't look like we had much at home

[Cold Miser]

@Damage In Tolland
House side pic (opposite of the lake side).  Just 2, maybe 3 inches at the most.  I suppose it's deep if you're a field mouse.
 

[ORH_wxman]

Snow has become crunchy under foot as temp is down to 27. 
 

Somewhat frustrating storm here as we missed the real goods by maybe 25-30 miles but can’t complain too much considering further northeast got totally hosed…and it was good to see the snow drought areas in CT get slammed. They were due for one. 

[Cold Miser]

1 hour ago, NorEastermass128 said:

Put a tarp over it. Protect the pack. It’ll be another 2-4 years before you see another event of this size again. 

This is going to sound pathetic, but I have 2 seasons where I did put the tarp on a huge pile of snow from roof shoveling when I lived the next town over.  I was able to hold on to it until mid April.  If I can find the pics I will post them.  It was after some big snow winters a few years back.  Sad indeed.

30 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Ya it’s just snow, but if you are a snow lover, then it sucks ass.  I mean if you didn’t like snow like most folks, then it wouldn’t matter, and then you wouldn’t be on here showing us your pathetic snow cover.  Get out of there. 

Yup. Complete snow lover hence the screen name (and my comment to NorEastermass above), but my relationship means much more, so until I retire and convince her to move the Adirondacks for the winter this is it. 

[powderfreak]

36 minutes ago, Cold Miser said:

@Damage In Tolland
House side pic (opposite of the lake side).  Just 2, maybe 3 inches at the most.  I suppose it's deep if you're a field mouse.
 

Damn what lake/pond is that?  I’m now curious.  This looks starkly different than the reports around E/C CT.

[HoarfrostHubb]

28 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

about 3 here in Agawam about 2 miles from the CT border.. can see the difference while driving from Westfield.. wish this storm was a little further north but glad people got hit that haven't seen much!! good week to be cat sitting for my mom.. doesn't look like we had much at home

Wachusett had about an inch. Not sure a home. Prob similar. Or maybe less. 

[George001]

The CFS has a moderate La Niña developing by summer. I say BRING IT ON!!!

[Cold Miser]

5 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Wachusett had about an inch. Not sure a home. Prob similar. Or maybe less. 

At least I had more than Wachusett.

[Cold Miser]

11 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Damn what lake/pond is that?  I’m not curious.  This looks starkly different than the reports around E/C CT.

lol
Alexander Lake