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Our school system ran a regular day today. I’ve spent about five hours Monday and Tuesday driving all the country roads in my district. Monday was brutal but yesterday most of them have been scraped. Didn’t have many issues this morning. But could’ve been worse. .

I'm getting there....proceeding with caution.

Sorry your name was involved lol

Sounds like this upcoming clipper means business on Friday.

Agree. Ensembles all agree that there is potential. We'll see.

I don’t think I’ll ever have that sense of feeling like I had with that storm ever again. The Blizzard a few years ago had tinges of that, but to this day, nothing will compare to the feeling I felt there in that storm.

A lot of black ice out.

Records: Highs: EWR: 69 (1991) NYC: 68 (1991) LGA: 68 (1991) JFK: 68 (1991) Lows: EWR: 5 (2023) NYC: 0 (1918) LGA: 5 (2023) JFK: 4 (2023) Historical: 1842: A dreadful tornado passed over Mayfield, Kirkland, and other Cuyahoga and Lake Counties in Ohio. According to the Cleveland Herald, no less than 30 houses, barns, and buildings were entirely demolished or very much shattered. A "report from Kirtland says that one man and one child are dead." 1886: Washington, DC from the 2nd to the 4th: Heavy snow of 12.4 inches fell over the DC. area. (NWS - Sterling Office - Table of the "Biggest Snowstorms on Record") 1893: Calgary, Alberta Canada's coldest day saw the temperature drop to -49°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1924: In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 20.3 inches of snow fell in 24 hours. This ranks as the most snowfall in 24 hours since 1884. This storm caused over $1 million in damage. Streetcar and train service crippled. Snowdrifts of 8 to 10 feet high were common, along with much ice on trees and wires. Schools were closed, and several plate glass windows were broken. 1961 - The third great snowstorm of the winter season struck the northeastern U.S. Cortland NY received 40 inches of snow. (David Ludlum) 1964: A great blizzard was in progress across the Texas Panhandle. This blizzard, which began on the 2nd and ended on the 5th, dumped 26 inches of snow at Borger, 23.8 inches at Miami, and 23.5 inches at Claude. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1984: On this day through the 5th, a fast moving blizzard was racing across northeast, east central South Dakota and most of Iowa with bouts of heavy snow and high winds. Snow amounts were generally less than two inches with the storm. However, as the cold front tore across the area temperatures plunged by as much as 30 degrees in three hours and winds gusted to 70 mph. Another 2 to 3 inches fell before the event was over. Gusty winds struck quickly, plummeting visibilities to near zero in blowing snow and making travel very difficult in a matter of minutes with dangerous wind chills. Hundreds of travelers became stranded in the white-out conditions. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1987 - Gales lashed the northern Pacific coast and the coast of northern New England. A storm in the central U.S. produced five inches of snow at Rapid City SD. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - A winter storm produced heavy snow from the Upper Ohio Valley to New England, with up to 12 inches reported in Vermont and New Hampshire. Strong northerly winds in the Upper Midwest produced wind chill readings as cold as 60 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Two dozen cities in the south central and northwestern U.S. reported new record low temperatures for the date. The low of 14 below zero at Boise ID was a February record. A winter storm continued in the southwestern U.S. Alta UT reported 49 inches of snow in four days, Wolf Creek CO reported 66 inches in six days, including 28 inches in 24 hours, and up to 84 inches buried the ski resorts of northern New Mexico in three days. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - A winter storm produced heavy snow in the northeastern U.S. Snowfall totals in Maine ranged up to 13 inches at Gorham, with 11 inches reported at Portland. Totals in New Hampshire ranged up to 14 inches at Franconia, with 13 inches reported at Portsmouth. A mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain caused numerous traffic accidents in eastern New York State resulting in three deaths and fourteen injuries. Subzero cold also gripped parts of the northeastern U.S. Caribou ME and Houlton ME reported morning lows of 15 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1995: A massive nor'easter pounded areas from the southern Mid-Atlantic to northern New England. It would be the only significant storm in the 94-95 winter season. Over 20 inches of snow buried parts of upstate New York. Wind chills dropped as cold as 40 degrees below zero. Behind the storm, arctic air crossing the relatively warm waters of the Great Lakes produced intense lake effect squalls for nearly two weeks from the 4th through the 14th. Snowfall totals for the storm ranged from near two to seven feet. During the storm east of Lake Ontario, snow was falling at the incredible rate of five inches an hour! The heavy snow combined with strong winds produced whiteouts and hazardous driving. Actual storm totals downwind of Lake Erie included: Erie County: West Seneca 39 inches, Orchard Park 36 inches, Cheektowaga 36 inches, Colden 32 inches, and Buffalo Airport 31 inches; Genesee County: Corfu 38 inches; Chautauqua County: Sinclairville 27 inches and Jamestown 15 inches. Downwind of Lake Ontario, storm totals included: Oswego County: Palermo 85 inches, Fulton 60 inches, and Oswego 46 inches; Lewis County: Montague 66 inches, Highmarket 48 inches, and Lowville 36 inches; Cayuga County: Fairhaven 36 inches, Wayne County: Wolcott 22 inches; and Jefferson County: Adams 47 inches. 2004 - 7.15 inches of rain deluges Pinson, AL, setting an all-time record rainfall over 24 hours for the town. The Weather Doctor 2007 - Kahului reports a minimum temperature of 54°F, a daily low temperature record for the date. The Weather Doctor 2011 - A winter storm settled four to six inches of snow over northern Texas, including Dallas, just days before the Super Bowl between the Pittsburg Steelers and the Green Bay Packers.

This was the worst thread in all the years I've been here lol. Someone delete this pos please lol

Definitely does down as a weak La Nina in my book....meager, sure....but MEI was well withing La Nina territory and there wasn't much of a STJ presence in the US. I guess 1995-1996 must have been an El Nino, right?

I’ll also add we had probably 32-34” in Hyde Park on the west side of BOS. I didn’t had a yard stick, but used a piece of wood strapping to gauge. I still remember walking around and looking at how deep it is. I have pics I think still in the snowstorm memories are my pics from that storm. Logan flipped over around 00z after battling mixed precip but we had like 8” already where I was. Elevated too around 200’.

Currently sunny out, when does my snow start?

Overnight snow, rapid temp drop before sunrise, roads ice up almost instantly, dangerous wind chills, passing squalls, then subzero temperatures by early evening Saturday. It sounds like readers of this thread will be the only 200 people to enjoy this. Later Monday looks like another 2-4 inch potential snowfall too. That pattern change advertised earlier don't seem to be happening -- stays very cold in the northeast.

Yeah they had over 2’ for sure. I saw pics. We also had about 2’ in marshfield. I would pull that link shading right down to Plymouth and just south of Taunton.

Then bounces us into the 20s in alot of NE because the front is so slow. Sunday is a different story, but Sat trended pretty pedestrian until the front arrives

31 / 16 clearing. Near or slightly above freezing through Friday, then plunge back sub freezing Sat - Mon. Some whitening of the snow pack Saturday. Looks to be the coldest of the season 2/7 - 29. Moderation 2/10 - mid month and perhaps more storm opportunities in the 2/11 - 2/13 period and beyond into the second half of the month. Ridging into the eastern half but need to see the extent of warmth and opportunities for WAA / overrunning (mix - rain) scenarios.

Slicker n shit this morning

I still think there is a decent jackpot somewhere within the banding this evening, likely from the I-40 corridor to SE Virginia. Most hi res modeling shows this to some degree and I think there’s a chance it might be under modeled as it will be localized. Think most areas see flurries but accumulating snow will be limited to wherever the band/bands set up. Would not surprise me at all to see some 3” reports tomorrow morning anywhere in that area

500 MB on the EPS and GEFS screams thump to ice/rain imo but obviously a wide range of outcomes possible at this range. With the west based NAO block showing up in that timeframe, any storm is going to have difficulty cutting to our west.

Ill be out in Blackwater Saturday. Looking forward to actual snow.

That is one feat I never attempted back in my Long Beach days. I made it a rule to never go into the ocean when it when the SSTs were any cooler than the 60s. This guy would probably be disappointed if he was scheduled to attend.

Thanks to Weather Will in the MA forum.

That’s general. Definitely some areas that will have more, but I don’t see support for double that in a widespread area. At least right now. Unless you are just weenie-casting.

Technically speaking it's a Miller B. Its less about cold air and more about track. Yes the blocking is breaking down at this point. However the temporary fast flow we are in can help shunt this east with a kicker before it can gain too much latitude. Also, looking at the ensembles the ridge is pretty far east which helps us here as well. Of course this is a single model run and far out so it will change dozens of times.