The 4 Seasons

The elevation snow storm of 2006. The map doesn't really do the elevation part justice but it was a very anamolous event for CT. Snow totals varied drastically over just a couple hundred feet up or down. I remember getting virtually white rain all day that only accumulated to about 1" of pure glop probably close to a 1:1 ratio snow. Roads were just wet, driveways wet, grass was slightly covered, overall pretty lame. I drove up just a few miles north to Wallingford/Meriden around 300ft elevation and they had 7" with plows going by, snow blowers going, it was like winter wonderland. Some CT towns in New Haven and Fairfield county varied as much as 10" in a single town alone from up high around 500-600ft to near sea level snow amounts ranged from 1-10".

I wouldnt call that a big dog, we had 7" but in March we had a major storm that covered most of interior CT with 10-15" i believe we got around 11 that storm

Whenever the next 18-30" storm is forecast

I can explain why i missed every single monster storm since 2000 but i doubt anyone really cares. Fate is just against me to experience a monster storm i.e. 20+ or 24+ or 30+ or even 40" The biggest storms ive ever experienced were just over 11" for example Feb 01, Mar 01, Feb 06, Feb 15, Jan 16, Feb 16, Feb 17, Jan 18, Mar 18, Mar 19...all those storms were 11-15" Feb 01 is my #1 all time Mar 01 is #2

We've had a bunch here but as luck would have it, i missed them ALL, lol.

For sure, i just think the radar and overall distribution was about as close as you can get. I believe 2016 ranks 4th all time on the NESIS scale and it's a Cat 4. Cat 5 on the RSI scale.

I love the way they used to word ZFPs back in the 90s and early 00s. So bad ass...just seemed, i dunno, much more human sounding.

That snowfall distribution is very similar to Jan 2016 blizzard

which one? Jan 11th 2011? That was the big one for CT. 26th-27th was smaller.

As per request, a fan favorite. Feb 7-8th 2013 blizzard.

I will consider doing 2011 and 2013 but probably not 78. I would also like to do Jan 11th 2011 when we got 30" of snow. If you guys like the maps or find some interest/use in them, i'll keep doing them for past events.

Feb 13: Greatest blizzard ever, take that CT! Mar 1888: Hold my snow. Data is very sparse on this. I tried searching the internet but the only thing that comes up with numbers is the K/U map that i also have in his book. The towns are not even listed so i just went by what that map looked like and put the numbers in the general area where they look to be. The ranges are pretty similar to the KU map except i did 15-30 instead of 10-20 and 20-30 ranges, simply because there was nothing under 15". Max for CT is 45" in New Haven i believe. Albany put up a 55 spot.

Thank you for the kind words. I am going to answer your questions one by one. I do all maps manually. I use local PNS statements from the 3 FOs that cover CT. I go through them by hand, trying my best to discount ones that have times when i know it was still snowing (accumulating snow) in that location, ones that seem off or ones that are from the DOT. I also use reports from AMWX and CoCoRaHs. As well as other sources if possible, local media/news. I use Adobe Photoshop to do all my maps. I found a base image of CT online and created a template for forecast maps and totals maps. I had no idea how to use Photoshop when i first got into it in 2014 but i learned on my own through trial and error and watching youtube tutorial videos. It is NOT an easy program to work with it at all. It's not what you would call user-friendly or intuitive. PS definitely takes some time to get down the basics but over the years i feel i've become pretty good with it. I'm not looking to create any pre 1993 maps, so i'm good on that thanks. The only map i've ever considering doing was 1888. Your post got me thinking so i just went ahead and did it. Posted below ...

ill check it out on wxbell

Im sure JBs outlook it cold and snowy just like every single year. Lemme guess -1 to -3 and 100-133% normal snowfall

You’re the doctor you tell us. obs: it’s cold out.

That season was pretty good as a whole, i think i got about 60" which is almost double my avg 17-18 was the season of the Jan "Snow Bomb" that dropped 7-14 statewide. A nice Dec low end warning event. a Feb low end warning event and those march storms. And the Jan 30th surprise snow storm.

how could you forget rates of 2-4"/hr and epic thundersnow. i remember being outside using the blower and i was looking down and it got so bright so fast, i thought it was flood lights coming on or something then a huge clap, like a summertime thunderstorm. It wasnt just some rumbling in the distant, it was loud af. Probably CG lightning within a mile from me. Then a few more of these before it ended.

This was a fun one for the hill towns, envied Norfolk at the time.

The 4 monster nor'easters of March 2018. Something ill never forget, just for the fact we had 4, each a week a part.

Def not the worst. 7 days later came an even worse bust. lets all remember.

i felt exactly the same. it was early morning around 5-7am

yeah its hard to pick up on the NESIS, 4-10 is quite a broad range.

looks like a puzzle piece I remember this storm Ryan kept hammering a heavy snow zone down central connecticut, i saw it too, we all saw it. Ended up being Central CT smoked exhaust and got totally screwed.