CCHurricane

Correct, the statistical overview (chart) and first bullet point represents at least Hurricane strength at impact. Really interesting conversation either way, particularly related to memory and behavioral biases!

The recent 30 year period has definitely been frustrating, but the frequency of landfalling Hurricanes in New England is far more frequent than once every +25 years. Perhaps the recent 30 year period represents a structural shift due to climate, or maybe the 1850-2000 period was an anomaly in terms of being far higher than normal. Regardless, the current drought between Hurricanes (32 years since Bob) represents the only time since 1850 that we've waited more than 25 years between landfalling hurricanes. Between 1850 and 2000 New England was impacted by 18 landfalling hurricanes (once every 8 years). Considering tropical systems more generally to include tropical storms alongside hurricanes, this balloons to 40 landfalling systems (once every 4 years). ----------------

Some of the most unique thunder I’ve ever heard rolling across Cape Cod. Sounds more like dynamite. No “crack” and lots of what I would describe as muffled rolling booms due to what I’m guessing is spotty precip echos between? Interesting stuff.

Peepers out in full force down on Cape Cod.

And here I thought a conservative 2-4 call was right for Boston...looks like even that was optimistic.

Any Boston peeps on to share how this band is performing?

Wouldn’t shock me if this delivers a top 5 all time 24-hour snowfall here at Stratton. River of moisture straight from the storm didn’t stop all day. Doesn’t look like there’s a direct comparison within the xmACIS2 database, but +30” in less than 24 hours...this storm delivered the goods. Any database that I may not be aware of?

Honey...where did I park the car? Stratton, VT

Just won’t quit. Groomers will be heavenly tomorrow.

First foot or so was a bit heavy, saw a few people searching for lost skis while on the lift. Second foot felt much better. Conditions on Upper Standard was the run to hit on repeat throughout the day.

+24” here @ Stratton

Agreed with a 3-6 / 4-8 outcome for metro Boston. Hard pass on StormVista’s 18-24 outcome

Agreed with haves and have nots...but a 300-400% different across eastern MA areas makes me question Storm Vistas output as a whole.

Odd, Pivotal is significantly different along the east coast of MA. I’d wager something is off with Storm Vista if only for the super odd and sharp gradients across multiple locations.

BOX isn't buying the thermals, both NAM and GFS graphics are outputting a heavy dose of "snow" yet it's falling with temps hovering around 32-34. Not sure how well snow growth would be in those conditions, while also considering the significant rain that will fall beforehand. Gotta love their "1-6 inches of snow" range on the Advisory. What could have been with a decent high to our north...

Cape Cod

Chaos. Weekday skiing is in a league of its own.

Current look on Cape Cod. Decent flakes falling.

Wet snow beginning to stick on grassy / ground surfaces down on the Mid-Cape.

Last gasp before some afternoon sunshine... Barnstable, Cape Cod

This is super fluffy snow, can be blown away by just walking. I would say just around an inch here in Barnstable on Cape Cod. The inch or so that fell last night was mostly reduced to a dusting (sublimation?).

Not sure I’ve ever seen ocean effect snow with a south wind... A Christmas Miracle here on Cape Cod continues, with sunshine on the other side of the bridge!

An overnight inch or two, and passing morning flurries. Great day to close out the season @ Loon.

Snowing at a decent clip down on Cape Cod. Large flakes, yet temps are still warm so struggling to accumulate. Temps dropped from 42->35 in the past hour or so.

Unrelated...how did your area down on the Cape fair across the afternoon / evening? Radar look decent enough throughout the day, but I’ve been up chasing the snow on some skis!