Per WxBell, 0z Euro has 16 for S DE, 10 for SBY, 19 for Cambridge, And 20+ N&W of there. Probably overdone, as I believe most of us will see some sleet, even rain on the lower shore.
Was just looking at the 0z GFS ensembles on wxbell, and they look good. Mean snowfall looks better than 12z, even for lower eastern shore. MSLP looks good as well, not tucked inland at the lower bay like the op. Mean is just off the NC coast and moving NE.
One of my favorite all time storms mainly because of the time of year. So rare to get a storm like that here in the mid part of December. Will we ever see a -NAO like that during the winter again...sigh.
Looks like places SE of Easton are going to have the best shot at 10" on the eastern shore. Snowing moderately up here with close to a half inch so far. I think I may be on the northern fringes of the heavier bands but I am fine with 5-7", even tho the forecast here is 6-10 I think the lower end of that is more likely.. Still have most of the 3 I got in that snow bomb Sat night with the front. Hope SBY and the beaches get creamed!
lol yeah... but much worse was yet to follow. I cant recall all the individual events, I would have to go back and dig. But inland areas of the MA got jobbed for sure. Here it was cold with pretty average snowfall. The Boxing day storm was disappointing even tho I did get some decent snow, but literally a 10 minute drive east and there was a foot, and coastal DE had 15".
Yes it was, and I actually did ok over here that winter. Had 19" or so which is about climo avg here. I got some decent scraps on the western edge of the Boxing Day storm, 5" or a bit better.
It wasn't a true blizzard, but given it was mid/late Dec. it was an awesome storm. I mean c'mon 20+ inches! That front end mega band gave me 6 inches in 2 hours. Great stuff.
What I remember is that heavy snow band that developed on the front end here. Was supposed to be 1-2 inches by morning(I was planning to travel based on that) but the first 3 hours of the storm produced 6 inches of snow by 7 am...so I stayed home.