J Paul Gordon

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Damage is coming. Yes!!!

Strong to perhaps damaging winds Mon & becoming very mild with
  highs into the 60s with a low risk for a few spots to approach 70

Hey if we have to have warm why not go from toast to roast. Rare to get a 70 degree day this time of year. Of course it loses somehting if its raining.

Got up to 56F but now 55. Dewpoint has dropeed a couple degrees, too. 

29 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Will end up 1-2” to ice to rain 

Maybe 2-4 here and then the same? Didn't even know flakes were in the (potential maybe if we dream hard enough) forecast south of the 44th. Hey if the ground is still white a couple days after the event I'll count it as a win.

who doesnt have a short summer and a dreary spring around here?

Worst place: just to the east of the rain snow line.

Best place: where the coastal front maxes the snowfall rates (about 20 miles west of the r/s line).

Its behind here, too, but not so radically. Maybe 2 weeks? It varies so much year to year that 2 weeks in either direction isn't uncommon-at least now. Latest I've seen it peak here was in 2011-12(?) when the trees we still in leaf (albeit colored leaves) at the beginning of November. Peak was at the end of October that year. (We also had very little wind that fall, if I recall, so that may have helped along with the above normal temps.  Colors seems nice and bright where they are bursting through. Up in Wells color is more like I'd expect it to be here the first few days of October here (Worcester). They are usually about a week ahead of us on the Maine coast--much more so inland.

I'll take a front ended winter over the opposite. Its nice to have snow on the ground at night at the darkest time of year.  NDJ cold...excellent...FMA milder...OK days are getting longer so let spring be in the air!

Whoa!  Coming here to see what anyone might be talking about weatherwise and reading 4 pages of this is like going down the rabbit hole. Still, great to see people are doing fine and talking baseball lol! Happy meterological fall and all that too.

3 inches (very little added since this morning). Tiny flakes and fog. 26/25

Hey widespread 4-8 isn't bad. And anything that freshens up the 8" of glacier out there will be appreciated.

Kinda looks like the mean girls are out.....

32/31 very small ice accretion here. Lots of areas already above freezing. Seems to be plain rain. Roads (by report) are wet but not icy. Dodged the bullet here in Worcester.

26/20. Really? I either need to move way far north or way far west on a night like this. Assuming no nightmare scenarios of falling trees and power outages from this piece of garbage, might actually enjoy the next storm--if it stays mostly snow.

I'll take my third crash and burn now, thank you. 

27/20. Temps moving in the wrong direction. 

27/21 on Green Hill Worcester. Roads are fine still but some surfaces are starting to get a little slick. Barest trace of icing on tree branches. It was 36 in Northborough (about 10 miles east and 400 feet lower). No icing when I was there with the wife earlier this afternoon. The reading seems to high looking at local temps, but there was no ice on any of the surfaces (including car windows etc) while we were out. 

25 minutes ago, dryslot said:

My second crash and burn in a week! LOL

Going to make sure to take anything subject to rotting off my cellar floor! The Christmas storm's melting snow and semi frozen ground flooded me for only the third time in almost 25 years. If it stays 40 or below the snow soaks most of it up (still have 10-12 inches or so on the ground). If it goes up to 50 with heavy rain.... Still better than having an ice laden tree fall on the house.

OT: My mother's side of the family is from Oklahoma. What an incredible scene down there. I think they've broken their seasonal snowfall records due to December and January evets. 

7 minutes ago, crossbowftw3 said:

You'll get your .5 of ice, don't be concerned

Sounds like it isn't going to be a destroyer like 2008. Resigning myself to it. 

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Have you read or followed anything? Only the immediate coast gets into the low - mid 30’s.

There is a difference between a forecast and hope. Some of us enjoy the fun stuff ( a big snowstorm predicted well in advance), but do not particularly want to endure weeks long power outages in winter (2008), watch our homes get blown away in a hurricane or tornado, or experience any other life threatening nightmare. COVID had been quite sufficient for me. 

Either snow or rain please. Too old to lift 50 lb shovels full of sleet. Saw enough destruction in 1964, 2008 in New England. 

Here's to 35F and rain in Worcester. I've been through 3 terrible ice storms. I'll take anything over it.

20 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

It’s all about letting them think they’re in charge.. but in reality .. we are still in charge. Those that get it... get it . Those that don’t.. we don’t see them out for beers

The Thought Police are watching. Ten years in a rehabilitation camp. Camp library has only one book: The Handmaids Tale. Might be best just to talk about the weather. LOL

Sleet for Worcester or ice? I'll take snow or plain rain over either, but sleet is better than tree shattering fzra. 

23/25 light snow.

Great day. Great little storm for us here in Worcester. Added to the pack and more coming. I'll take a few 2-4 inch falls every few days to keep winter feeling like winter without knocking flat on our haunches with a series of monster storms. 2015 was fantastic in a lot of ways, but it was a nightmare trying to find places to put it all in an urban environment.  I'll take this and below freezing temps. On the other hand, I'd be lying if I said a 36" monster wouldn't be exciting.

Anyhow great day. Great storm. Great discussions. And I didn't have to regret cancelling after all.