Tracking February 6. Light to moderate event potential

[LSC97wxnut]

Yep. Just started a moment ago. 25.8*

[Sey-Mour Snow]

Just now, HoarfrostHubb said:

You hate children having fun. 

If we get a thick enough glaze on top could be some epic sledding 

[The 4 Seasons]

still all snow, terrible snow growth like snizzle now

[Kitz Craver]

2 minutes ago, Patrick-02540 said:

Not liking radar to the west over NY.

Really breaking up out there

[CoastalWx]

1 minute ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

You hate children having fun. 

Why cancel for a couple of inches only to have them sweat in June. You of all people should no this.

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

We had T-2” so did not expect anything but a morning mood enhancer before it melts and washes away later. 

[CoastalWx]

1 minute ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

We had T-2” so did not expect anything but a morning mood enhancer before it melts and washes away later. 

Should keep it. Maybe late tonight and tomorrow some may go.

[HoarfrostHubb]

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Why cancel for a couple of inches only to have them sweat in June. You of all people should no this.

Just joshing.  I sorta wish we had school.  June 13th was appealing.  

[Damage In Tolland]

2 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

We had T-2” so did not expect anything but a morning mood enhancer before it melts and washes away later. 

You ain’t sniffing freezing 

[WinterWolf]

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Why cancel for a couple of inches only to have them sweat in June. You of all people should no this.

John FXWX explained why yesterday…the timing was horrible, and superintendents don’t want the worry.  And this is just our, and many’s  first one.  Chill out grinch. 

[Go Kart Mozart]

Ping ping ping goes the window...

[CoastalWx]

Just now, WinterWolf said:

John FXWX explained why yesterday…the timing was horrible, and superintendents don’t want the worry.  And this is just our, and many’s  first one.  Chill out grinch. 

Timing works out here. Kids will be fine. 

[The 4 Seasons]

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Why cancel for a couple of inches only to have them sweat in June. You of all people should no this.

cuz 1-2" of snow and ice on the roads in the low 20s is worse than 4-6" of 32-33F wet snow in feb/march that has a hard a time accumulating on anything paved, especially in low elevations?

The merritt is completely snow covered as are most of the main roads and highways. 

I don't feel like it was any different in the early 2000s when i was in school. People were saying the same thing they do now, "why did we cancel for flurries" etc. Same shite different decade. 

 

[ORH_wxman]

My kids have no school. They totally could’ve gone today. But whatever. Steady light snow here. Hoping to grab 2-3”. 

[UnitedWx]

Hit the one inch mark in Simsbury here about 15 minutes ago and accumulating nicely

[CoastalWx]

Just now, The 4 Seasons said:

cuz 1-2" of snow and ice on the roads in the low 20s is worse than 4-6" of 32-33F wet snow in feb/march that has a hard a time accumulating on anything paved, especially in low elevations?

The merritt is completely snow covered as are most of the main roads and highways. 

I don't feel like it was any different in the early 2000s when i was in school. People were saying the same thing they do now, "why did we cancel for flurries" etc. Same shite different decade. 

 

I'm talking about here though. Not CT. Obviously it started earlier there. 
Anyways nice and quiet with nobody home FTW.

[cardinalland]

1” on the dot in new haven as of 8:15am. we seem to be alternating between sleet and snow. i was thinking about 2” of frozen precip, and we seem very likely to get close.

[UnitedWx]

13 minutes ago, KTBFFH1905 said:

Sure is. I just noped out of driving to a project site in Guilford. I like driving in the snow, but I don't fuck about with ice.

 

I'm about to leave the shop here and go for a joyride in the Hills, oh! I mean go look at a job for about an hour or so 

[KTBFFH1905]

1 minute ago, cardinalland said:

1” on the dot in new haven as of 8:15am. we seem to be alternating between sleet and snow. i was thinking about 2” of frozen precip, and we seem very likely to get close.

I'm glad I bailed on driving to a project in Guilford.

[tavwtby]

1.25 still all SN here...vis about 1/4 mi atm, still at 15.4F on the surface anyway.

[WinterWolf]

6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Timing works out here. Kids will be fine. 

Well not so much over this way…they made the right call out west here imo. 

[Typhoon Tip]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Idk…feel like we used to get one of these each winter with temps near 0F as precip breaks out. We’ve had some good SWFEs over the past couple of decades that were pounding S+ with negatives at 2m. 

I feel like for this particular winter this is kind of a 'nadir system' 

Doesn't have to be a stem wound coastal bomb like in 2015 with that 5 F juggernaut, 978 mb low going by to make the point.  It was 8 this morning when the u/a deck capped the cold, and now it is 14 with est 3/4 mi vis of straight down micro dendrite bundles. [edit, now slightly bigger aggregates and est 1/2 mi vis ]

I had mentioned some time ago in this thread that part of this system's advantage was in fact it's translation speed; it is outpacing the surface lag.  By the time any WAA could scour this slab of low cold, it's long gone. 

The systems going forward appear to be on the polar side of the boundary so may be safer. Not sure they'll be this knuckle stinger cold at onset.

[UnitedWx]

18 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

If we get a thick enough glaze on top could be some epic sledding 

Hoping that happens. Get a decent amount of sleet in this stuff and it won't instantly vaporize like the stuff Sunday evening. Good prep for the weekend

[Torch Tiger]

Snow just starting in weare nh

[CoastalWx]

Steady snow now. 27.

[Damage In Tolland]

13 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I'm talking about here though. Not CT. Obviously it started earlier there. 
Anyways nice and quiet with nobody home FTW.

Do you sit on the metal chair naked while working today?

[UnitedWx]

15 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

cuz 1-2" of snow and ice on the roads in the low 20s is worse than 4-6" of 32-33F wet snow in feb/march that has a hard a time accumulating on anything paved, especially in low elevations?

The merritt is completely snow covered as are most of the main roads and highways. 

I don't feel like it was any different in the early 2000s when i was in school. People were saying the same thing they do now, "why did we cancel for flurries" etc. Same shite different decade. 

 

I mean I agree with the crowd here that think we've become too soft... and for sure have! However you're absolutely right. Te cold ground and low temps made the roads instantly slick. I can even feel it in the Power wagon this A.M. Roads are NOT good here right now

[512high]

Fine snow, 10F

[Kitz Craver]

In a lull, nothing happening currently 

[weatherwiz]

Coming down nicely now...some better snow growth over the last half hour or so.