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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.

10 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

why would it shift east, and not north? I feel like you're applying the cc argument incorrectly here. it's probably just more luck

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!

First line swinging through Cape Cod with a decent punch.

Surprising to see Logan only recorded / reported 1.3” of additional accumulation from 1PM yesterday until the end of the snows early this morning...

Would have for sure thought they added a few additional inches given Radar, temp profile and minimal winds.

Last gasp on the shores of Cape Cod. 4-5 inches of fluff.

Someone’s finally shaking the snow globe down on Cape Cod

Solid 3” here in a downtown Boston

Not sure about the weenie tag...simply making a factual statement.

IMBY frustration/depression is popping up all over this board!

00Z Euro initializing with a decent bump NW in precip field and LP pressure.

The Euro surprisingly looks better for southeastern MA...

EDIT: annnnnd from 72->78 hours it fell apart.

5 minutes ago, George001 said:

I don’t use the gfs and don’t plan on using it anytime soon.

While leading up to this weekend's storm, the GFS was everyone's favorite punching bag. While it certainly made mistakes as it related to QPF output, it's idea on MSLP positioning was more right than most. To simply disregard it due to some past experience is the opposite of what you should be doing as a forecaster. Take your emotional biases out of the equation, or better yet maintain a log of how your tier model lists have performed from a QPF and MSLP location perspective, and I'm sure you'll see that a change is in order. 

Best of luck! 

2 minutes ago, LSC97wxnut said:

Did the GFS end up being mostly right this past weekend?

In terms of the LP statement, I believe it was the winning model, but wrong on QPF output, which I believe the Euro was most correct with.

Will be interesting to see if this holds, or if it was simply a one-off event. 

3 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

No, lol - because I don't feel confident in it. I had measurements all over the place, but the driveway this morning was between 13-15"..so assuming it settled at bit. 

Was helping out the inlaws in Centerville - they had a bit less than us. About 11-12" settled in their driveway but was also heavier in nature. 

Good points, bottom fourth of snowpack was a pain to shovel. Told the story of our storm, wouldn’t doubt that settled a bit overnight. 

20 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

going with 14.5" here. 

 

Will you be sending in a report? Around 16-17” here in Barnstable. That decent band between 4:30-5:30 seemed to curl over us which likely lead to an additional inch or two relative to you.

Looks like no new reports came in to update Cape Cod totals which is a bit disappointing. Guess the NWS can only state what’s reported, but the 12” and 13” totals were measured with 3-5 hours of our best snow growth still to come.

Likely ended up with 16-20” down here. 

Will be interesting to see how NWS Boston handles their final snow map.

2 of the 3 reported Cape Cod numbers are definitively before the best returns of the day occurred, where I’d expect another 3-6” was added.

Solid recovery for a storm that had a difficult start down here due to temps.

Probably around 18” here in Barnstable (Cape Cod). Drifty picture for full effect.

Thank Worcester band just won’t quit. Gotta think that’s +1”/hour stuff too based on radar. 

16-20” here on Cape Cod (upper and middle Cape), these last 4 hours have done wonders.

2 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

What is that weird looking return going down toward the canal?

Meanwhile, ORH verified a blizzard.

As of 530 PM on Saturday, January 29, some snow was still
occurring across the region, so we will issue a more complete
report, listing durations of blizzard conditions, early next week.
However, in the meantime, we can confirm that the following
locations did meet blizzard criteria today...

In Rhode Island...

Providence (KPVD)
Westerly (KWST)
Newport (KUUU)
Block Island (KBID)

In Massachusetts...

Boston (KBOS)
Worcester (KORH)
Beverly (KBVY)
Hyannis (KHYA)
Marshfield (KGHG)
Martha`s Vineyard (KMVY)

Stations at Chatham (KCQX), Falmouth (KFMH), Provincetown (KPVC),
and Smithfield (KSFZ) were unable to be determined because they
stopped reporting wind, visibility, or all data.

Ocean enhanced snowfall, due to the north wind!

OES starting to appear for Cape Cod. Keep it coming, need to make up for lost time early this AM. 

2 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

This is still 1-2" inch an hour stuff at the moment. 

100%...That band before was 3-4” an hour easy.

14 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

almost impossible to measure. somewhere between 12-18". those were the ranges I could find in the yard, excluding the drifts and wind blown mins. 

definitely cleaned up since 2pm, still going strong but not like it was 30 min ago

That band was reminiscent of Jan 2005. Congrats to those that experienced that for hours today!

By FAR the heaviest stuff of the day here in Barnstable (Cape Cod). Finally under a heavy band, and with temps now at 25°F and this wind...complete whiteout. No more than 200-300ft visibility. Time to stack up some snow!

4 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Man that cape Ann to scooter band intensifying again a little. It just won’t quit. Awesome storm there. 
 

Snow growth has drastically improved here which is kind of weird because I’m right on the edge of the darker echoes and I figured drift would cause it to stay east but something is helping out….maybe the boundary layer continuing to cool is putting some of the lower level lift into the DGZ. 
 

Reinforcements just continue to rotate through. Cape Cap may finally get its own band here too.