codfishsnowman Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 One thing that I am glad to see here and in the nyc/phil thread is the mention of inflated snow totals due to periodically clearing the board. When i see that someone gets an average of well over twenty inches by taking a number of measurements or I watch the person on youtube go out into their back yard and measure a snowdepth of over two feet like I did with the early feb MA storm last year that is impressive! The pics from NJ/NYC metro are amazing for sure but at the end of the storm if the average depth is 24 icnhes and 30 is reported bc of clearing the board or allowing for compacting/settling I still do not agree with it unless one could not get outside to measure as soon as the heavy snow abated. I see the purpose with some storms where one has to measure more often (esp heavy wet snow events) to get accurate numbers but I really feel like some of these totals just get very inflated. I wonder too sometimes if some of these super high totals are people measuring in drifts but I really do not want to accuse any one of that bc to me mesuring in a drift is like fishing with dynamite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveyLeonardFan Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 One thing that I am glad to see here and in the nyc/phil thread is the mention of inflated snow totals due to periodically clearing the board. When i see that someone gets an average of well over twenty inches by taking a number of measurements or I watch the person on youtube go out into their back yard and measure a snowdepth of over two feet like I did with the early feb MA storm last year that is impressive! The pics from NJ/NYC metro are amazing for sure but at the end of the storm if the average depth is 24 icnhes and 30 is reported bc of clearing the board or allowing for compacting/settling I still do not agree with it unless one could not get outside to measure as soon as the heavy snow abated. I see the purpose with some storms where one has to measure more often (esp heavy wet snow events) to get accurate numbers but I really feel like some of these totals just get very inflated. I wonder too sometimes if some of these super high totals are people measuring in drifts but I really do not want to accuse any one of that bc to me mesuring in a drift is like fishing with dynamite. I had the same viewpoint but those pictures don't lie. I believe the 30 inch totals are valid after viewing that NYC/NJ photo thread. I encourage everybody to check these out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 OMG...here we go again with BDL climo summaries for 12/26-27. They are reporting fourteen inches of snow for the two days lol Today they are reporting seven inches for a we of .15. Having lived close to BDL for many years I am constantly amazed at how inflated their snow totals are on a very regular basis and it still really bothers me, no matter how hard I try to block it out. I have to stop looking at their climo summaries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 GFS was definitely the best model inside of 72h in this storm. Ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ackwaves Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Cool time-lapse... http://player.vimeo.com/video/18213768 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Scituate officials say "dozens" of homes damaged. That's pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpickett79 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 i was wondering why/how KTAN and EBOS didn't mix or go to rain from this event. With a very strong low tucked fairly close to ECoast and no real HP to our north. Now i heard about the impressive N flow that would be occuring with this system and how this would benefit those just inland but what was the reason for this N flow in this set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 For SNE at least this storm will be most noted for the coastal flooding, Some of the worst I have seen when only one tide cycle is involved. '91 and '78 were worse but involved mutiple high tides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 It was definitely the coastal flooding and the winds that really made this event...for the most part snowfall totals across our region weren't anything overly truly impressive. But to get the winds that we had was freaking amazing, gusts into the 60's/70's...even 80 mph! It isn't too often we see storms like this that produce winds like this...we'll see one or two where you get a few gusts that maybe get to 60 mph but the number of them were pretty crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 For SNE at least this storm will be most noted for the coastal flooding, Some of the worst I have seen when only one tide cycle is involved. '91 and '78 were worse but involved mutiple high tides. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeem the African Dream Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Thanks for the blizzard while I was up north and thanks to the whole SNE crew for welcoming me into your regional board last week. It was an awesome event. P.S. You are more than welcome to come to the Florida threads and discuss the 80 degree temps for New Years weekend :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 PNS Map has been posted. http://www.erh.noaa....10&element=snow http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/displayEvent.php?event=Dec_22-23_2010&element=snow http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/displayEvent.php?event=Dec_20-21_2010&element=snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 PNS Map has been posted. http://www.erh.noaa....10&element=snow http://www.erh.noaa....10&element=snow http://www.erh.noaa....10&element=snow I got snow from this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpickett79 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 PNS Map has been posted. http://www.erh.noaa....10&element=snow http://www.erh.noaa....10&element=snow http://www.erh.noaa....10&element=snow wow areas just NW of me got totally screwed.....marlborough 5.5 inches LOL. watching the radar archives from plymouth state it is apparent (esp. when combined with the qpf maps) that there was a good gradient between me and them (even thou it's about 8-10 miles on the map) I measured approx 12 inches here and that is consistent with being on the NW edge of the slightly higher qpf totals. framingham 3 miles NNE also had a 9.6 (at midnite) ? the worcester one also shows how bad marlborough was hosed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpickett79 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Thanks for the blizzard while I was up north and thanks to the whole SNE crew for welcoming me into your regional board last week. It was an awesome event. P.S. You are more than welcome to come to the Florida threads and discuss the 80 degree temps for New Years weekend :thumbsup: cool . see you in 0town this weekend. looking forward to the mid 70's and hoping there is snow on the ground or falling when i get back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Just got back from vacation and looking at stuff now... WTF is with Bradley's total! 13.9"?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 wow areas just NW of me got totally screwed.....marlborough 5.5 inches LOL. watching the radar archives from plymouth state it is apparent (esp. when combined with the qpf maps) that there was a good gradient between me and them (even thou it's about 8-10 miles on the map) I measured approx 12 inches here and that is consistent with being on the NW edge of the slightly higher qpf totals. framingham 3 miles NNE also had a 9.6 (at midnite) ? the worcester one also shows how bad marlborough was hosed. You're making some pretty hefty assumptions based upon spotty and sometimes unreliable measurements. I worked in Marlboro (among 7 other towns) for two days after the storm and there was at least 6-10" of snow everywhere in Marlboro, that was Tuesday and Wednesday, not even immediately after the storm. It looked like all of the other towns in the area. If there were 5.5" in Marlboro as an averaged measurement there'd be little to no snow left right now and that is not the case. It would seem they measured in a wide-open area that was blown pretty close to clean from the wind or simply didn't measure properly, but that isn't representative to the rest of the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Just got back from vacation and looking at stuff now... WTF is with Bradley's total! 13.9"?????? Sounds like they borrowed your ruler!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Sounds like they borrowed your ruler!! lol yes, my ruler that had less than anyone else surrounding me in the last storm that has never once happened to you lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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