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Feb 8-9th Snow, Sleet, ZR OBS Thread


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16 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

Looks like PIT2 was the place to be.  The forecast and advisory had been for 4-6.

...Sagadahoc County...
2 SSE Bath                   10.8 in   1142 AM 02/09   Trained Spotter      
Bath                         9.5 in    0945 AM 02/09   Trained Spotter      
2 ENE Topsham                8.0 in    1007 AM 02/09   Trained Spotter      

I ended up being about 0.10" off on QPF for that area. 

But when you end up with 50% more SLR, you get 4 inches busted on the high side.

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True story though, when I measured the snow and told my wife we got 10" she asked "what happened to 1-3?" :lol:

She said that was our forecast, even though our house was in a winter storm warning. My guess is she was reading the P&C that said accumulations 1-3 inches and missed the Saturday night 4-7 inches.

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2 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

its weird how the HRRR  precip maps showed sleet yesterday but soundings looked like all snow.. maybe the soundings were off but showing correctly on precip maps?

Again in comes down to nucleation in the cloud layer. The profile can be completely below freezing, yet you can still get ZR or IP. Once that dryslot kicks in aloft, if the top of the cloud layer isn’t cold enough for ice nucleation you just end up with water droplets. 

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8 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

I ended up being about 0.10" off on QPF for that area. 

But when you end up with 50% more SLR, you get 4 inches busted on the high side.

I wasn't criticizing........just remarking on the over-performance.

I hope something similar happens next weekend when I'm up there.

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9 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

True story though, when I measured the snow and told my wife we got 10" she asked "what happened to 1-3?" :lol:

She said that was our forecast, even though our house was in a winter storm warning. My guess is she was reading the P&C that said accumulations 1-3 inches and missed the Saturday night 4-7 inches.

I told my wife 6-7 and she simply said, "no".

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5 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

True story though, when I measured the snow and told my wife we got 10" she asked "what happened to 1-3?" :lol:

She said that was our forecast, even though our house was in a winter storm warning. My guess is she was reading the P&C that said accumulations 1-3 inches and missed the Saturday night 4-7 inches.

Damn. Making your wife get the forecast from the webpage. Couples therapy? 

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