Boston Bulldog

Pretty wild seeing such dramatic positive anomalies over Kamchatka while also knowing the gigantic snowstorm they got out there a few weeks ago. Weather vs climate in a microcosm. Extreme begets extreme

It was pretty clear this was never coming. The setup was a thread the needle act given the rossby wave configuration, widespread synoptic support was never there for such a coup. Models provided a little excitement but the ensembles stood pretty firm. Next! Potential blocky gradient look at the end of next week. Playing with fire a bit but I'll take it for now

Spine crusher ongoing right now, seems focused on the western slopes and peaks along the MRV

That’s gotta be it, fully saturated column but no lift generating freezing fog… suddenly the model thinks there’s lift once it sees the terrain

Yeah looks great for the spine. I really hate how the 3K NAM is essentially useless at elevation. Watch the precip panels for any storm crossing the northern greens, the 3k just lights up the ridgelines with QPF when obviously nothing should be falling. That V shaped signature along the western slopes and into the spine on the GFS is a classic look though.

Huge dendrites drifting down in BOS within this last band, a great way to finish this event

Absolutely nuking in South End

I guess this means KBOS has an outside shot at 24” if they got into the same rates

Here come the easterly low level ocean bands. I can see 3-4 potential bands beginning to set up over the Bay, nosing into Cape Ann, KBOS, South Shore, and Plymouth. Expect echos to begin consolidating around these features I don't expect super high ratios from these, but growth should be better given the lower level nature of the flow

Looks like some lift from 850mb fronto is crashing in to erode the northern extent of the dry slot over CT. IMO this is one of the first signs of how the coastal reflection is beginning to modify the overall structure of the system, which is attempting to consolidate dynamics towards vertical alignment. Looking downstream, BOS and points north should benefit. EDIT: Just missed @ORH_wxman's latest radar update, only further affirms these processes

Higher end totals in EMass will depend on how efficient the ocean enhanced stuff is once this WAA period ends in a couple hours. Given how persistent the fetch has been over the Boston area, I’d say it should produce just fine. I’ve always been a sucker for a good easterly firehose, Mar 2013 remains my all time favorite storm

Best rates of the storm thus far right now

Cars beginning to disappear under drifts

Wind whipping up the snow and blowing it everywhere. Full on Blizzard in the South End

When does Logan release its totals?