J.Spin Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 The precipitation is very interesting out there at the moment. We’ve got some light snow, and what could be mistaken for sleet based on the sound, but it’s something different. What we’re getting are granular flakes that look exactly like chunks of rock candy up to perhaps 8 mm in diameter. I’ve never really seen stuff like that before. Also at around 9:30 P.M. we had a flash of lighting; at first I wasn’t sure if I’d seen it, but them my wife, who was upstairs, asked me if I’d just taken a picture and that answered that. And now we just had a long rumble of thunder as well – neat stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Lots of flashes out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtWeatherWatcher Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Whoa lots of thunder and light here w/ light mixed precip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitemountainhiker Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 just saw lightning, heard thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsonsbuff Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 just saw lightning, heard thunder. heard the thunder didn't see the lightning. Chabad Rabbi on campus reported lightning, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitywave Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 thundersnow here in Colchester, as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Boom, flash, thunder & lightning here too. Holy smokes! 4" of wet snow so far.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Yes, J.Spin. It's like "white sleet". Coming down heavy here now and the lightning/thunder strikes are about 30 seconds apart. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitemountainhiker Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 more thunder, gettin a bit louder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 No lightning visible here yet... Sky is bright orange... I hate streetlights. Freezing drizzle is falling and there must be a decent glazing since the white pine branches are sagging quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I think I might split the uprights with the stuff in VT and the MA storms. That's ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 SPECI KVSF 060240Z AUTO 27015G20KT -TSFZRA Some pretty decent glazing here. 30.8F with borderline -FZDZ/-FZRA. Going out to try to see some lightning now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsonsbuff Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Saw the lightning twice. freakin awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 A 45-50 dBZ pixel is headed for me...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsonsbuff Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Amazing stuff right now... full on zr/sleet thunderstorm... hopefully going back to SN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Thunder and lightning! My first TSFZRA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Thunder/lightning still occurring but fading off to the east now...I've gone back over to snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 Cannot believe the show that just went through here! Heavy sleet and thunder and lightening like I have never seen in winter. The cell must have gone directly over my head. Really freaky how the lightening reflects off the snow. Couldn't see any actual bolts but it was so bright they had to be close by. After 10 minutes standing out in it, the combination of being stung by the sleet and fear of being struck drove me back inside. It freaked out my six year old, who usually isn't bothered by thunderstorms. If you're going to have a snowfall tainted by sleet, this is the only way to go. Still 28F on my home thermometer. Edit: Back to snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Thunder and lightning! My first TSFZRA Cross that one off the bucket list, if it was even on there to begin with. I suppose I have a shot at it also with the southern tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitemountainhiker Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 ok i got a couple videos with flashes of lightning, but i went in before it got bad cause its really cold and nasty. it was like a legit storm...with winds picking up, sideways precip, and now there is frequent lightning. heavy sleet too. though who knows maybe its hail haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Heavy sleet. Thunder & lightning still going on. 30F. The animals are freaking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vttaconics Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Temp slowly falling... 31.5 A nice moderate sugar snow falling to freshen up the landscape. I'd like to pull off an additional inch or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Three flashes and one faintly audible rumble. My first ever thunderfreezingdrizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Not sure I've ever seen anything like that. Seems to be passing off to the east now... The wife and I were heading home from Bradford, VT just now and the snow had gone over to sleet & ZR. As we headed WNW, we kept seeing flashes in the sky to the west and and we were like 'is that lightning?'. Got out of the car in the driveway....boom-flash she went! And even now, as the line has passed to the east, the flip back to snow has occured. In what? Five minutes or so? Amazing weather....! Glad to see lots of other thunder sleet reports--thought I was going nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Lots of lighting and thunder with freezing rain. What is unbelivable is that so much of New England has had lightning tonight. I can not remember a storm producing so much convective activity in the heart of winter, can anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitemountainhiker Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Not sure I've ever seen anything like that. Seems to be passing off to the east now... The wife and I were heading home from Bradford, VT just now and the snow had gone over to sleet & ZR. As we headed WNW, we kept seeing flashes in the sky to the west and and we were like 'is that lightning?'. Got out of the car in the driveway....boom-flash she went! And even now, as the line has passed to the east, the flip back to snow has occured. In what? Five minutes or so? Amazing weather....! I'll have to look out my window to see if its flipped over here. We kinda warmed up to 33-34 with that thunderstorm, but its all done. I remember this happened a couple times when I lived in Chester, back in my college days, maybe 2003 winter, or 2004 I guess its time to upload a couple videos. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Not sure I've ever seen anything like that. Seems to be passing off to the east now... The wife and I were heading home from Bradford, VT just now and the snow had gone over to sleet & ZR. As we headed WNW, we kept seeing flashes in the sky to the west and and we were like 'is that lightning?'. Got out of the car in the driveway....boom-flash she went! And even now, as the line has passed to the east, the flip back to snow has occured. In what? Five minutes or so? Amazing weather....! can say that again. crazy. just had bolts and rumbles, a few pingers but its back to heavy, heavy snow, under 1/4 mile visib. Hard to believe I was sitting outside in a fleece with a beer 8 hours ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Wow, just wow. Went outside with the dog to try and find some lightning and boy did we. A bunch of very close lightning strikes and that cracking thunder you get in July. One strike in particular lit up the area and I vividly saw the bolt through the haze of heavy sleet mixed with snow... the thunder was instantaneous and earth-shaking and the entire Mountain Road, lit with restaurants, shops, and bars went dark as the power went out. After a period of heavy sleet, snow grains, and snow, the precipitation went over to pure, heavy wet snow. Standing outside with the dog playing in the snow as massive flakes pour down amid lightning and thunder...+TSSN. This is my favorite event of the winter by far. At this point I don't care how much snow we actually get; this one has been exciting and yesterday we weren't supposed to see a flake by our national models. 5.5" between 5pm and 10pm... I'm satisfied considering that total includes almost an hour of sleet or dry slot. Here's a radar image of what was producing +TSSN here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Lots of lighting and thunder with freezing rain. What is unbelivable is that so much of New England has had lightning tonight. I can not remember a storm producing so much convective activity in the heart of winter, can anyone else? I agree with you, this is truly something very unusual and I know I have never seen anything like this before. Seems to have settled down here, but I don't think all is by, as I still have sleet falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 Wow, just wow. Went outside with the dog to try and find some lightning and boy did we. A bunch of very close lightning strikes and that cracking thunder you get in July. One strike in particular lit up the area and I vividly saw the bolt through the haze of heavy sleet mixed with snow... the thunder was instantaneous and earth-shaking and the entire Mountain Road, lit with restaurants, shops, and bars went dark as the power went out. After a period of heavy sleet, snow grains, and snow, the precipitation went over to pure, heavy wet snow. Standing outside with the dog playing in the snow as massive flakes pour down amid lightning and thunder...+TSSN. This is my favorite event of the winter by far. At this point I don't care how much snow we actually get; this one has been exciting and yesterday we weren't supposed to see a flake by our national models. 5.5" between 5pm and 10pm... I'm satisfied considering that total includes almost an hour of sleet or dry slot. Here's a radar image of what was producing +TSSN here. Definitely agree with the bolded. Never seen anything like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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