40/70 Benchmark

BTW, I actually started suspecting my area was going to jack just before and as the event started.... 1) It began as rain, which oddly enough excited me because I knew damn well KPYM wasn't going to jack and the system was a bit west and warmer than progged. 2) The death band moved near Montaulk PT, which is a pretty good proxy for systems that nail my area. As an aside, I think this season would have made a run for the seasonal record had a weak el nino developed as I had thought last summer...no way we would have punted Feb.

That, and I was awake for the peak of this one. I crashed at midnight with 1' in the ground in 1997. 3.62LE on 4/1 vs 1.7" on 3/13? No contest, there.

You're right. I just checked the pic...24.7". My bad.

To answer your other question....I think April 1997 was much more impressive, but I enjoyed this one the most.

No, I know.....not at all being defensive. I'm serious.....would like analysis from someone skilled to corroborate.

Don't be afraid to be honest...if you want to call BS, please do....I stand by it, and I think your work will confirm that. Appreciate the analysis. FYI...check out the Reading, MA coop for April 1997...total snowfall was 27", but max depth was 21". My max depth was 23.7"..snowfall 31".

Scott, here is my second clearing at 5pm.....20.5" First clearing was 8" at 11am. I received over 4"/hr rates between about 5 and 7pm.

I added a pretty extensive passage regarding this. PS: The Reading coop made up with the 1.7" that I had estimated. http://easternmassweather.blogspot.com/2018/03/meteorological-deflategate-editorial.html

Not a whiteboard, but I had other flat surfaces to ensure that that depth was representative, which it was and always is. Very protected area...depth was a pretty uniform 24"+.

Agree.

http://easternmassweather.blogspot.com/2018/03/meteorological-deflategate-editorial.html

No qualm with this, and I agree....my point isn't that some folks are foolish for not agreeing that Wilmington has the largest cryophallic in the land, but rather that we need to have one universal method. Chances are that I didn't get the absolute most snow, but its even more likely that we'll never know because its apples to oranges and we need to fix that.

I need clarification. I'm punching out a blog.

The problem with max depth is that you need to be retired and/or have no life to accurately capture that consistently. Why are airports permitted to employ the 6 hourly method and not any other entity or person?

Working on it.

Yes.

11am and 5pm.

Why accept KBOS? Bet they clear every 6...

I'm sorry, Tom is a smart kid, but in a large event like that, peak depth is not an accurate assessment of snowfall....want to know what Is? The amount of snow that FELL from the sky...no $hit. If they want peak storm depth, then ask for that.

Very dissapointing.

Why do you advocate for it if it's least accurate?

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Less than 32 is not the only way to lose snow to settling compacting...the high ratio snow compacts and sublimated a good deal in high ratio, protracted events. Sell that to the LES guys who "get" 50, but measure 35. This was a case like that, Tom.

Even if it was an accident...use common sense and correct it.

Hopefully.