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Don’t worry after 12z we’ll delete this thread. But then the storm will probably reappear with 1-3” over us on 18z runs. To think some had 4-6” totals when this thing was opened.

Pre 2/22 total: 10.3 2/22: 3.0" Season to date: 13.3"

Who was it that drove around the cape a bunch of years ago to "debunk" the high totals? I think they were totals from Phil, and maybe it was Messenger(RIP) who took the ride. He pretty much just drove along route 6 and got out of the car every few miles and took a spot measure off the shoulder.

Agree with your overall premise but I still always root for snow, no matter the amount. I like watching it fall, I like the scenery it creates, I like putting it "in the books", I just like....well, snow ha. But totally get what you're saying about it disappearing quickly once we head towards March. With that said, I can confirm that every farm field from West Hempfield to Harrisburg was covered in white this morning -- a beautiful scene, even if it won't last much longer.

The only saving grace has been the deep pack which is good for my pawpaw trees. OTOH, fucking voles girdled and killed every single one of my 50+ young pear and apple trees under the snow.

2’ best guess.

What was your total?

Everyone is wrong with their reports. Cory was right because he’s judging doing drive bye hours after it settled.

@Damage In Tolland approves of the power damage.

have you ever posted anything in which you were happy and/or satisfied? because this bitching version of you...sucks. please stop bitching, this is not your personal facebook page

Still 254k without power pretty much the rt 3 corridor and almost all of the cape. Nuts.

Actually got more snow last night - 2"- not forecasted from a lake effect plume vs the storm of the century to our NE. You can't make this shit up!!!

Stations are fine. I have to take a look at the read up and obs

Better than Cory’s F-

How does that happen, especially for such a significant event?

If anything can be a little stronger I hope it’s the sun. This NYC bomb broke me. That was the storm of the year (or decade or even century beating 1978 if you’re Providence). Bring on spring. We got the January sleet bomb and the 2 week frozen moonscape single digit tundra. That was uber impressive and tracking that was a great ride. We can try again next year but I want to turn my outside pipes back on again and start washing my car. .

Sunday plastered the Shenandoah Valley with a very unusual snow-event. Wide variations in accumulated snowfall occurred within short distances. Similar conditions occurred in W.Va and Md./ Del. The NAM Nest 700 mb. chart illustrated a sharp trough with extreme lift turbulence over Augusta County Sunday afternoon. I received a strong inch in a heavy band while a friend a few miles away had bare ground. Luray reported a half inch while a friend a few miles away up on Tanners Ridge at 2700 ft. near Big Meadows reported at least 6 inches with high winds. When I was preparing my Newsletter early Monday I looked at local snow totals. Stuarts Draft has 3 reporting stations on the west side within a couple miles apart. One station reported 0, another reported 1 inch while #3 reported 4.5 inches! I reported 2 inches for Stuarts Draft. In question, Wintergreen reported 3 inches at 7:30 am Sunday, 6 inches at 3 pm Sunday and 15 inches at 7:30 am Monday. Is this 100% accurate?? I don't know because I didn't take the measurements. If we deny snowfall reported by the NWS because we disagree , we are hopeless. I am currently working on the last 125 years of snowfall for the Valley. I am relying on Staunton Records, Dale Enterprise Records and 60 years of personal records with occasional cross-references. Many of the people who made those records have been dead for more than 50 years. How did they measure snow? Did they use snowboards? If so, how often did they clean the snowboards? West Virginia also had as you say, 'ridiculous" reports for Sunday. Holly River State Park reported 22.5 inches with a picture of measurement on social media. 10 - 15 miles away, Webster Springs only reported 6 inches. Md/Del. also had "ridiculous" reports with 4 - 20 inches within 10-15 miles of each other at midday Monday. I'm always interested in snowfall reports but I am keenly aware that we don't live in a perfect world regarding measuring/reporting snowfall or any other factors in our lives.

Plymouth and Taunton not on list of locations where Blizzard criteria met. Guaranteed both those locations met but the stations crapped out on the reporting data.

D+ so far

@The 4 Seasons going with 21" for my spot at Lava Lake (59.5" for the season so far, and above climo). Best I could do, combining what I saw at 8am combined with some of the totals I see noted in the public info statement. Oh, and that 36mph high wind recorded at Danielson Airport (which is less than 5 miles away)... there's no way that I didn't get gusts off the lake of at least 45-50mph.

March 2-3 window still looks interesting:

This is very true. It's one thing to share thoughts with family and friends but when people's livelihoods are at stake it's an entirely different animal. So now, my forecast outlet is here. I'll be undercutting you a lot going forward, I'm quite sure of that.

Any reports of coastal damage etc. I did see wind damage to power poles on ACK and random tree stuff.

5" per NWS for here