The 4 Seasons

Stratton looks pretty dismal. Not a good day for skiing, unless you don't like crowds and don't mind ice and fog and freezing drizzle.

So when the NWS forecasts ice accumulations are they assuming radial measurements on branches or flat surfaces?

I never really understood why you take both sides of a small branch measure both and them up and divide by 2. I get the fact that this represents the true ice accretion on a radial object like a branch but it wont match up to all the surrounding reports that the NWS/Media puts out from ASOS measurements or humans just measuring on a flat surface. They should denote the method of measuring or just standardize it to one way only. Both of those methods are going to give you two completely different results. For example, the ice storm we had this year. One spotter in North Haven measured 0.50 on a flat surface and i measured many tree branches that had 0.38 or so on one side and almost nothing on the other. So that means id have to take [0.38+0]/2. The result is .19 and that doesn't jive with any of the reports in my area and probably be thrown out.

Thats what it says adding up all the totals KBDL 061451Z 36010KT 2 1/2SM -FZDZ BR OVC005 00/M02 A2974 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 3 FZRAE34FZDZB34 SLP071 P0001 60004 I1003 I3015 T00001017 56016 KBDL 061151Z 01008KT 3SM -FZDZ BR BKN005 OVC012 M01/M02 A2980 RMK AO2 FZRAE27FZDZB27 SLP092 P0004 60029 70030 I1005 I6019 T10061017 10000 21006 56023 That's .34 and they report another 001 and 004 after 14Z and 001 before 0551Z.

Wow, looks like BDL picked up 0.40 Ice last night per the METAR data.

F*** March. But ill take snow whenever i can get it. March snow is like sleeping with your ex in hopes of getting back with her only to find out she left in the morning and isn't coming back.

Not happening James.

smells delicious

thats pretty snowy down to the coast of CT/RI/extreme SE MA. i'm not convinced we even see a dusting down here before mix/liquid.

I can't wait for pollen, hopefully this year we get 1-2mm on car tops and flat surfaces!

To each their own. I'm in no position to tell anyone else how they should or shouldn't be feeling with regards to weather or anyting else for that matter.

This is the biggest troll comment to date. 10/10

i mean ok...if you want to look at CT or SW CT as a NYC area but its really New England obviously. So he belongs here.

funaway? runaway? hes in CT

The hatred for NYC is real.

lol. I am not endorsing or supporting use MOS at this range. In fact, personally, i dont use it at all. I just saw what Jerry said and checked them out. I guess you can look at it as potential, i just found it interesting so i posted them. As far as MOS or Model Output Statstics go, they are not just gridded data of the direct OP run. They use specific airport sites past climo to massage and smooth out the output from that particular run. It is another a 'tool' for forecasters to use in determining sensible wx. However, some use it as a shortcut or cheat sheet and explicit use MOS for a forecast. In theory its supposed to be more realistic for a given site than just the pure model output itself.

Yeah the MOS #s are pretty ridiculous. Very surprised they are chucking 8s even for southern CT. Heres the 12Z run #s BDL 8+8 BDR 4+6 DXR 6+8 GON 1+4 HVN 4+6 HFD 6+8 IJD 4+8 MMK 4+8 OXC 6+8 Code: 0=0-T 1=T-2 2=2-4 4=4-6 6=6-8 8=8+

seriously? I think that goes without saying it explicitly.

This winter could go down as #2 all-time behind 01-02 if we don't receive any more snow or minimal snow. Still have plenty of time to go though so well see. At least something to rooooot! for.

New York City is a shit hole for snow, you've just been lucky in the 2000s. 15-16 would have been a winter just like this, maybe worse if it wasn't for the Jan 23rd 2016 HECS

it looks like there is a little dot of darker red over bos for 8-10 to me

Here's something for @snow88 and other NYC dwellers "What if we told you that January 2020 had more than double the amount of snow that January 2019 had in Central Park?" Jan 2019: 1.1" Jan 2020: 2.3" 209% more snow than last Jan. LOL.

Poor Ant. If things are getting really bad don't forget to call this number 1-800-273-8255 God Bless