Fozz

Yeah I’m not going to give up 10 years for one blissful 36-48 hour period. We all crave deep winter. It’s what brings most of us here.

No offense but anyone saying they’ll trade one 3’ storm or one monster winter for a decade of ratters is lying to themselves. From my experience that feeling of triumph only lasts the rest of the season at the most.

Hope I’m wrong. The upcoming pattern on some of these runs reminds me of March 2010/2012 but I’m ready for one more good run afterwards.

The GEFS has a very persistent ridge in the East from March 4th to the end of the run. That’s why I’m starting to think after early next week, winter will be over. It was a very good run but I was hoping for a few more weeks.

I’ve got to hand it to you that in your outlook you nailed Worcester’s snowfall even when I thought it was shocking by my southern standards. And that’s assuming it’s all over and there’s no more meaningful snow to come. It was a very good winter with deep snowpack from late January to early March (it won’t survive the blowtorch) with some snowpack for like 80-90% of DJF.

It was over 20” in Baltimore and the latest ever storm to have such a vast total.

I was out on the road and it was coming down hard for a few hours. Conditions were awful and the plows couldn’t keep up even on highways. I don’t know if they actually even salted the roads because that’s supposed to prevent these situations. Ended up with an inch, maybe a little more.

The ratio also seems way off, but I think that’s from undermeasuring melted liquid precip.

I'm calling it 12" in eastern Worcester. Speaking of Worcester, how much did ORH end up with? The NWS storm report had 13.7" (which makes sense and is close enough to what I measured), but ORH official data seemed to imply 16.2" between Sunday and Monday. Have they addressed this discrepancy?

Yes it was a solid event here and it beat any of the storms I saw in my years in RI (2019-21).

You know, I distinctly remember feeling that way after the December 2003 storm ended. I didn’t even live in this area but I was a young teenager down south (MD to be exact) with a foot of snow in his yard in early December, and was sad looking outside in awe and wondering when I’ll see something like this again so early in the season. Ive felt that way after a few other big rare storms but that one stood out. I think now that I’m older I’ve seen enough of them that I’m not as emotional but I completely get it. I’ve also had similar feelings when a really good winter came to an end, and the last of the snowpack melted away to remind me of what has ended.

Albany is not really an east coast city. It’s an interior northeast city.

Not exactly a blockbuster here, but it was a legit blizzard and hard to measure. With measurements ranging from 10.5” to 13.5”, I’m calling it 12”. With the overall pack near 2’, I can’t complain too much.

There’s no way you’re in Cumberland RI but only got 6-12”

Has it snowed in SLC yet this winter?

This is New England. They’ve been spoiled and softened by the last 4-5 lame winters.

Yeah I’ve heard that springs are miserable up here with backdoor cold fronts and 45 + drizzle being common. Come April I’ll be ready for 70s.

Snow is picking back up and radar is improving. As the death band in RI and SE MA weakens, we might stand a chance further up here.

I’m disappointed and hoping to break double digits but come on, I’m not ready for spring.

I’d better not hear any complaints from him for the next 5 years this is literally his dream storm and he’s home for it

Looks like it’s trying to make a push to Worcester but it’s struggling.

Can it push further into Worcester or will the subsidence doom the area?

On the edge of the band, moderate snow with viz around 0.25 miles. Probably 8” new but hard to tell

Moderate snow and breezy. Solid band incoming from the south

Earlier today I measured 11-12” of snowpack, it’s now the calm before the storm.