Baroclinic Zone Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 0.61" on the day. About 0.1" of that was snow. 40F right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Once the antecedent cold was established and winds northerly, that ensured the cold will be locked in. Unlike the ice storm in Dec '08, we didn't have to rely on tapping into the cold source from Maine. When that happens, you risk downsloping from the ORH hills and compressional warming. Sure helped us out today. We got that freezing mist after the snow and sleet when it was still in the low 20's and it allowed an instant crust to form that really limited snow pack compression here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Check out the 09z SREFs. They actually had it hugging eastern mass pretty well near and just after 00z. Timing may be an hour or so off, but not bad of a performance. My guess is I may have lost or compacted 3 maybe 4" by tomorrow morning. Sounds about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 You could build it back + more on Friday??? Overall a net gain here. Rain/compaction only dropped the 6 inches by an inch or 2 Solid stuff I didn't do a pre storm measurement, but it's on par with what I had RIGHT after blizzard, so I still have a modest net gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpickett79 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Not much. I had just over 2" of snow, that is still not melted. If anything it may compact a few inches, but my snowpack was already heavy with water content. It's not like we have fluff. seems with temps around 39/38 and not really dropping for a few hours that some melt is inevitable? ray i don't know how you have puddles at 31.5.....it must be on salt treated areas because on walkways that will freeze or your thermo is off. (there's alot of 33's and 32.5's surrounding you) .... temp has creeped above freezing here 33F still crusted snow....and ice on plants but dripping icicles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 freezing drizzle commencing. Very slippery out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomNH Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 1/4'' ice accretion, fzdz. Gonna be above freezing before the morning drive? Road is skatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 seems with temps around 39/38 and not really dropping for a few hours that some melt is inevitable? ray i don't know how you have puddles at 31.5.....it must be on salt treated areas because on walkways that will freeze or your thermo is off. (there's alot of 33's and 32.5's surrounding you) .... temp has creeped above freezing here 33F still crusted snow....and ice on plants but dripping icicles My temp maybe a hair cool, but whent he rain is heavy enough, you will have puddles at 31*. Best icing events are during pro-longed, light events, not qpf bombs.....they create latent heat release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 seems with temps around 39/38 and not really dropping for a few hours that some melt is inevitable? ray i don't know how you have puddles at 31.5.....it must be on salt treated areas because on walkways that will freeze or your thermo is off. (there's alot of 33's and 32.5's surrounding you) .... temp has creeped above freezing here 33F still crusted snow....and ice on plants but dripping icicles Oh yeah definitely. However, having a lot of water in the snowpack helps. If I had the fluff Rev Kev had, my snow would melt rather quickly. The snow is starting to fall from the sides of trees and hedges now. I don't like seeing it, but this will provide a nice base snowpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I said going into this that I'd be happy to break even and I should at least do that, but I just got fooled into thinking that I'd make out a bit better late in the game....that back end of the rain meant bussiness. +10000 I feel the same exact way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Oh yeah definitely. However, having a lot of water in the snowpack helps. If I had the fluff Rev Kev had, my snow would melt rather quickly. The snow is starting to fall from the sides of trees and hedges now. I don't like seeing it, but this will provide a nice base snowpack. The deeper snow gets, the harder it is to build up....it's easy to forget that until you are faced with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 freezing drizzle commencing. Very slippery out there. You could skate on Greenfield streets right now. I'm putting the YakTrax on to walk the dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Still creeping up. 40 at Logan now. 38 here. Luckily, rain is slowing down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 The deeper snow gets, the harder it is to build up....it's easy to forget that until you are faced with it. It'll be easy to accumulate on top of the current snow pack...since it has such high water content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpickett79 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 My temp maybe a hair cool, but whent he rain is heavy enough, you will have puddles at 31*. Best icing events are during pro-longed, light events, not qpf bombs.....they create latent heat release. yeah i'm just happy i didn't torch today.....and i hope you stay cool tonite. 6 inches was much more than i thought i would get when i got home from work. snow pack is def. higher today. wonder where they will put all the damm snow. guy at work said it's very expensive to contract backhows and the like to remove snow ....come friday....(actually today) parking spots are at an absolute premium in alot of places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Wachusett closed for the night... they were open when we left at 5:40PM... I guess saving the snow for paying customers Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 It's really bad outside but thinking of asking my brother for $2.70 so I can get myself another 40. I imagine it's even more icy out than it was when I went out like an 90 min ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Can't remember which weenie posted this morning about leaving a little coat of snow in the driveway and on the cars before the ZR but I did and it looks like it may have worked to allow the ice to be pried up rather easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Can't remember which weenie posted this morning about leaving a little coat of snow in the driveway and on the cars before the ZR but I did and it looks like it may have worked to allow the ice to be pried up rather easily. I"m the weenie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 The deeper snow gets, the harder it is to build up....it's easy to forget that until you are faced with it. It looked so impressive up until today. We had the wet snow that makes everything look so much more impressive. Piles were consisted of massive boulders of snow. Complete shrubs buried..it makes 1' of snow like like 20". Streets were narrowed...it looked like the North Pole. I forgot just how great a big wet snow bomb is. The good news is that we may have a few storm opportunities over the next 10 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomNH Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Looks like we're just making it to 30F here...freezing rain almost over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 It'll be easy to accumulate on top of the current snow pack...since it has such high water content. True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpickett79 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 It's really bad outside but thinking of asking my brother for $2.70 so I can get myself another 40. I imagine it's even more icy out than it was when I went out like an 90 min ago. that shoud help you have sweet dreams about friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Ice + Hill vs Vehicles = Epic win for ice. http://www.wane.com/dpp/weather/Cars-Sliding-Down-Icy-Rd-in-Pittsburgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 that shoud help you have sweet dreams about friday. As long as the brunt of it is out of here by mid afternoon...don't want the Whale game getting postponed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpickett79 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 where is the disturbance that is going to effect our weather tommorrow aft/ evening? that crap over W NY/PA.......? they are in the clear at 850 0c but warm toungue under rotting original low with 2-4c 925c's up thru watertown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I've pretty much outdone you every event this year and your only 20-30 miles away at the same latitude... 6.0" snow, Just flipped to PL here Yeah your 40 miles west and near the foothills and have a little more elevation, I am closer to the coast and at 200' in elevation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Done shoveling ... nice fluffy snow that was easily removed. 6.7" and now some freezing rain and sleet are glaciating it. Should be a total fookin' mess in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 30/29, freezing drizzle, kinda of bummed that all this delicious, deep powder has been fouled with a crust. I'll spend any free time the next few days tilling it in on my favorite backcountry drops. Hopefully we'll get a good dose of snow Friday and then more beyond. The good news is that MRG has picked up about 60" in the last 8-9 days and they've done well with this storm in avoiding a crust. Plotting to be there Thurs or Friday. Seasonal total there now at 134". Yummy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Ice + Hill vs Vehicles = Epic win for ice. http://www.wane.com/...d-in-Pittsburgh Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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