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Chunks of icy snow and little beads of sleet in East Longmeadow at work. Wiz has snow just north of here.... Didn't see any mention of that in the point and click. Nice glaze on sidewalks and driveways this morning. Kind of a wintry system even here just no real significant accums but enough to be slick.

2" here, about the same as yesterday and Saturday.

Just talked to my mom in Agawam and she said they got big flakes coming down

Yeah, that's the unfortunate Miller A trade off... the pattern foot doesn't come with that. The 50/50 thing is the Miller B or variant thereof. It's need for it circulates cold into the antecedent environment ...typically waiting to the last second to then scoot out of the way and make room for the coastal coming. Miller A's tend to be progressive. Heck they're really more like needle thread storms, their just arriving from a steeper azimuth. The difference is, since they are coming from a huge heat and moisture source, they tend to just be bigger and by default affecting a larger area. But they do tend to be progressive for lacking blocking vortex in the Maritime of Canada.

The 16th would be a great day for it. It'd give me a Friday off day, then the weekend to dig it out.

Another 0.5", Now at 1.8", Same total as yesterday.

Snow starting to mix in here. 32.1 degrees. Icy mess

are we expecting a +PNA trough?

Yeah, tomorrow has a soupcon of being a nape day ... It's hard to do that in January, because the sun's just too darn feeble. Need to breach the solar transition entry times ( first week of Feb) and then the affect is much more noticeable. Otherwise, feeble west wind at +5C in the 980 MB level on the NAM grid, with < 30% RH in the cloud column is going to feel pretty amazing to those that don't suffer the negative SAD form of that disorder. haha. Anyway acclimation/seasonal relativity is going to make that 48F stroll across parking lots, while the sun's feeble warmth is still warm nonetheless, feel even warmer and more invigorating.

We are getting there! I am thinking of doing a mid atlantic wx youtube channel where I always say it will not snow and be the most accurate wx channel out there.

1/15 - 1/17

You can get a good idea on the short term at this link with the warming temps under the equatorial Pac and Cfs2 wind anomalies. I doubt we see much help this year with a westerly wind burst progged around the 1st of February. Probably too little, too late for this year, but positive for next (famous last words!) https://www.stormsurf.com/page2/links/ensocurr.html

all snow now...coming down pretty good

Records: Highs: EWR: 64 (2012) NYC: 64 (1907) LGA: 62 (2012) JFK: 61 (2012) Lows: EWR: 3 (2014) NYC: 4 (2014) LGA: 4 (2014) JFK: 4 (2018) Historical: 1821: On the 6th - 7th, A Nor'easter traveled from Charleston, SC to New England, leaving a band of deep snow stretching from Virginia to New Jersey. Winchester had eight inches of snow and Washington, DC , had 12 to 18 inches and Philadelphia had 18 inches. Temperatures fell to below zero in some areas after the storm. (Ref. Virginia Weather History) 1873 - A blizzard raged across the Great Plains. Many pioneers, unprepared for the cold and snow, perished in southwest Minnesota and northwestern Iowa. (David Ludlum) 1886: A great blizzard of the 6th & 7th strikes Kansas without warning, claiming 50 to 100 lives, and eighty percent of the cattle in the state.(Ref. Wx. Doctor) Florida suffered one of its worst freezes in history as a severe cold wave hit the South. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1887: Many locations endured record cold across the upper Midwest and Plains. Rochester, MN plunged to -42°, their all-time coldest temperature on record. Locations that reported daily record lows included: Bismarck, ND: -40°, Fargo, ND: -39°, Minneapolis, MN: -34°, Huron, SD: -30°, La Crosse, WI: -29°, Madison, WI: -29°, Moline, IL: -26°, Des Moines, IA: -24° and Chicago, IL: -15°. (Ref. Wilson - Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link) 1907: The maximum temperature for the date in Washington, DC is 76°F. (Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA) 1912: Many locations endured record cold across the upper Midwest and Plains. Rochester, MN plunged to -42°, their all-time coldest temperature on record. Many locations from the Plains to the East Coast dealt with dangerous cold temperatures. Blair, WI plunged to -49°, their all-time coldest temperature on record. Medford, WI and Columbia, MO set January record lows with -40 °F and -20° respectively. Locations that reported daily record low temperatures included: Aberdeen, SD: -39°, Kennebec, SD: -37°, Duluth, MN: -36°, St. Cloud, MN: -35°, Huron, SD: -34°, La Crosse, WI: -34°, Mobridge, SD: -33°, Grand Forks, ND: -33°, Timber Lake, SD: -30°, Sioux Falls, SD: -30°, Norfolk, NE: -29°, Waterloo, IA: -27°, Sioux City, IA: -26°, Des Moines, IA: -25°, Rockford, IL: -20°, Springfield, IL: -19°, Burlington, VT: -19°, Dodge City, KS: -18°, Chicago, IL: -16°, Elkins, WV: -6°, Beckley, WV: -4°, Hartford, CT: 1°, Philadelphia, PA: 9°, Lynchburg, VA: 10°, Roanoke, VA: 10°, Austin, TX: 13°, Richmond, VA: 13 °F. Locations that reported daily record lows included: Bismarck, ND: -40 °F, Fargo, ND: -39 °F, Minneapolis, MN: -34°, Des Moines, IA: -24° and Chicago, IL: -15°.(Ref. Wilson - Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link) 1913: The temperature dropped to 6 °F at Tucson AZ, setting the all time record low temperature for that city. (Extreme Weather p. 272, by Christopher C. Burt) 1971 - The temperature at Hawley Lake, located southeast of McNary, AZ, plunged to 40 degrees below zero to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - A storm in the southwestern U.S. produced 30 inches of snow north of Zion National Park in southern Utah, with 18 inches reported at Cedar Canyon UT. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - A winter storm in the southeastern U.S. produced 27 inches of snow in the Bad Creek area of South Carolina, and claimed the lives of two million chickens in Alabama. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - A tornado in southern Illinois obliterated half the community of Allendale, injuring fifty perons and causing more than five million dollars damage, while thunderstorm winds gusting higher than 100 mph caused ten million dollars damage at Franklin KY. Twenty-five cities, from the Gulf coast to Michigan, reported record high temperatures for the date. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - A rapidly intensifying low pressure system and a vigorous cold front brought heavy rain and high winds to the Pacific Northwest. Two to five inches rains soaked western Washington and western Oregon, and winds gusting above 70 mph caused extensive damage. Wind gusts on Rattlesnake Ridge in Washington State reached 130 mph. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1992: An intense winter storm buried parts of the Rockies into the central Plains with severe storms across eastern Nebraska. 14.8 inches of snow was recorded at Stapleton International Airport in Denver, CO. Snowfall totals ranged from a few inches in the Foothills west of Denver to two feet on the east side of metro Denver. 22 inches of snow fell in southeast Aurora, CO. At times the snow fell at rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour. North winds blowing at 25 to 45 mph piled the snow into 4 to 8 foot drifts closing I-70 and I-25. To the north and east Cheyenne, WY reported 12.7 inches and Scottsbluff in the Nebraska panhandle reported 6.7 inches. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1994: A great ice storm began on this date extending into the next day. Low pressure formed east of Wyoming on the 5th, moved to the central Mississippi Valley on the 6th, reached eastern Kentucky during the morning on this date and redeveloped along the eastern Virginia coast on the morning of the 8th. A strong high pressure system remained nearly stationary over Ontario Province, Canada and continued to pump in cold air near the ground. This kept temperatures below freezing throughout this event resulting in one of the worst ice storms on record for southeastern Pennsylvania, northern Maryland and northern Delaware. The freezing rain started lightly during the morning glazing roadways. As the rain increased in intensity during the night, the accumulation of ice started to down tree limbs and power lines. Ice accumulations were a quarter to a half inch across most of southeastern Pennsylvania, but amounts reached up to an inch in the northwestern Philadelphia suburbs. While there were 5,000 customers without power in the Lehigh valley, the hardest hit area was around Philadelphia. Approximately 590,000 Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO) customers lost power. This represents about 40% of their customers and was the worst power outage in PECO's history, surpassing the 400,000 customers who lost power during the heavy wet snowstorm on 3/20/1958. Approximately 150,000 (of 232,000) customers lost power in Delaware County, 134,000 in Bucks County, 112,000 in Chester County, 105,000 in Montgomery County and 89,000 in Philadelphia County. As of the 9th, 123,000 customers still did not have power. Full power was not restored until the morning the 11th. There were literally thousands of ice-related vehicular accidents and described as "countless" number of personal injuries resulting from slipping on the ice. Miraculously no one was directly killed as a result of this ice storm. In addition to damage to electrical lines, the ice accumulation on fruit trees brought a significant amount of damage. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1998: One of the worst ice storms on record hits northern New England from Jan. 5th - 9th. 16 killed and 500,000 homes lose power as one to three inches of ice coats limbs and power lines. By the end of the storm, electrical service would be out across seventy percent of the state of Maine. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2002: A trace of snow fell in Washington, DC on the 6th and this date, their latest first snowfall of the winter recorded here previously was Christmas Day 1894. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2008: A rare, EF3 tornado tracked across southeastern Wisconsin. Experiencing a tornado in Wisconsin in January is extremely rare. In fact, it had only happened once between 1950 and 2007, when an F3 tornado affected parts of Green and Rock Counties on January 24, 1967. That tornado in South Central Wisconsin was part of a much larger outbreak of 30 tornadoes across mostly Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. Wisconsin ended up with 30 tornadoes in 1967. 2009: Western Washington: From the 6th to the 8th a Pineapple Express brings mild temperatures and torrential rain to the Pacific Northwest, melting snowpack from the previous month's record snowstorms and causing massive flooding, mudslides, and avalanches across the state of Washington. A number of precipitation records are set. Seattle receives a record 2.29 inches (58.2 mm) of rain at Sea-Tac Airport, and in Olympia a record 4.82 inches of rain falls. More than 30,000 people are encouraged to evacuate their homes due to flooding. Roads and railway connections are cut as highway officials close a 20-mile stretch of I-5 and Amtrak passenger service out of Seattle is suspended. Several cities declare a civil emergency. The Snoqualmie River at Carnation reached its highest recorded levels: 61.5 feet, (7.5 feet above flood stage) on January 7. The National Weather Service estimated damages at $125 million. (Ref. Wx. Doctor) Damaging downslope winds were responsible for triggering two wildfires that threatened the city of Boulder. Peak wind gusts ranged from 75 to 107 mph in and around the foothills of Boulder and nearby counties. The fires quickly torched 3,000 acres and forced the evacuation of 1,400 families. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2018: STARTing 2018 (JAN 1ST- 7TH) Richmond had the COLDEST AVG TEMPERATURE ON RECORD from the NWS in Wakefield. Richmond average temperature has been 17.8 degrees if you average every hourly observation. This is colder than the 21.1 degrees average for the previous coldest Jan. 1-7, which was in 1918. Jan 8, 2018 Although it's historically cold, it is colder than the coldest week in Richmond's recorded history. The coldest week on record is Feb. 9-15, 1899, the average temperature in Richmond was 11.4 degrees or 6.4 degrees colder! January the 8th the warmup begins headed to 70°F on Friday January 12th 2018. The average temperature for the first seven days of 2018 were the coldest on record for Richmond, Virginia back to 1897. The -3°F that the Richmond International Airport had on the morning of the 7th was the coldest since January 1985 when a -6°F was recorded.

You've only had 8"? With your climate its bound to turn around soon with like a 3 foot storm lol.

And even more outstanding when out hooping or out biking. But just being out walking or standing might be outstanding, too, after the last month or two.

Ya I don't like the ridging and the lack of 50/50 for that time period of interest 15/16th.. 50/50 shows up after that period which is why I like post Jan 18 better..

34. Rain and fog. Looking forward to a warmish, sunny day tomorrow.

Ours melted overnight. Down to 0 depth. Ive had 29 days of 1"+ snowcover to date. Nov 10-11 Nov 30-Dec 18 Dec 29-Jan 6

38 / 36 warmup is upon us. Many to 50 today otherwise upper 40s. Same tomorrow and Friday with Saturday warm and wet perhaps an inch of rain Sat pm. Drier and still overall normal - above normal 1/11 - 1/15. Beyond there WC ridge - EC trough could yield storm tracking opportunities with track the key to yielding snow/ice vs rain. It does look to trend colder in the 10 days beyond 1/17. 1/7 - 1/15 : Overall warmer than normal 1/16 - 1/24 : Colder / WC ridge - EC trough - storm tracking 1/25 - Beyond : Perhaps moderation / near normal

Sidewalks in Cambridge/Somerville were treacherous in places, fine in others. Roads mostly fine (I wound up walking in them) as they've seen some salt. 32 feels warm after the past few weeks.

I actually think about those 2 weeks a lot. My greatest snow depth in my lifetime (I'm 60) occurred in 2010. I had more snow (43" versus 40") in 2010 as well. And the 2nd storm in 2010 was a legitimate blizzard with probably the most intense 6-8 hours of snow/wind that I've witnessed other than perhaps the 1978 storm. On the flip side, that week in 1996 was wall to wall winter. As was mentioned, there were 3 separate events spaced out on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. And it was cold all week. The 5 days between the 2 February 2010 storms was quite benign. They were both incredible. I guess from a "wow" factor, standing outside in the blizzard on February 10, 2010 was surreal between the rate of snowfall, wind speed, visibility and snow depth. So with that, I give a very slight edge to 2010 because I highly doubt I will ever see that much snow in my yard again in my life.

25.6° -SN Accums are probably done outside of a new coating.

Mixture of freezing rain and snow here but becoming more skewed towards snow

I should probably drop this in banter because I really don’t know what I’m talking about, but I’m looking forward to the release of the monthly ENSO discussion in a few days. Fingers crossed that the Nina is heading to, and may get to neutral for the rest of winter.