CT Valley Snowman

The CTRV north of Hartford is probably the hardest location to see a 30-40 burger.  Our ceiling seems to be about 24",outside of 1888, which I guess argues that it is theoretically possible.    

Pack taking a hit, especially in the sunny, south facing,highway areas etc.  42 here.  

GFS seems to have beefed up a tad for Sunday.  

1 hour ago, JACKASS said:

2-5 to 6-12?

I guess nobody gets between 5 and 6.  

4 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Also issuing Uconn warning 

Just saw the score holy crap that's a beat down. 

It will warm up.  It's just a question of intensity/ duration.  I'm looking forward to it honestly, even though I am a winter enthusiast.  Some walks around the neighborhood would be nice, enjoying some fresh early spring air and sunlight after a long winter.  I'm not foolish enough to thing we aren't vulnerable to a reload after that or a last hoorah. The pack fetish starts to wane some with the bright March sun. However, I am always open to snow, if there’s a chance,  I will take it.  Especially a big late season bowling ball.  

7 minutes ago, ma blizzard said:

1" in Shrewsbury 

67" season to date

been a bit of a local min this storm and the blizzard  

Same here with the local min but at least it's snowing so we take it.  

About .8 as I just left the house so I should get to 1".  

it's looking meh overall but timing is bad for school/ morning comute.  I'm not thinking more than 1" here.  

54 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

yeah 2011 was a canal runner

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-11-12-2011

Great storm I had 24" where I lived in Ellington at the time.  

30 minutes ago, JACKASS said:

East Windsor didn't do well either.

I see another report from Enfield of 7.9" from a trained spotter I believe not included in the Box PNS.  I could have been a bit high due to my fenced in yard and drifts. If 8" is more accurate I'm fine with that as well.  Either way it sucked. And it sure as heck wasn't the 11.8 that BDL put up,  but they are 10 miles away from me as the crow flies.    

23 minutes ago, codfishsnowman said:

I'm only 3 miles from the CT border and I only got 6 inches.

I'm about 2.5 miles south of the border.  It was a tough storm to measure for sure but I did my best. According to the map from JD, Suffield reported 8.8, BDL reported 11.8, which was surprising, and Somers reported 11.8, which also suprised me, although Somers has some pretty high elevations on the eastern side. Either way,  it was a run of the mill event here besides the wind.  It was frustrating for sure sucking exhaust for most of the daylight hours.  

BDL up to 51 on the season.  I'm probably a couple short of that. We've hit climo here.  That's a win in my book.  Cold with consistent snow cover.  A solid winter so far. I can't get too caught up in comparison or envy.  This area is a relative min with snowfall.   Like Cosgrove says, "Deal with it".  

2 minutes ago, Coach McGuirk said:

My sister in Easthampton, MA said she only got 6 inches.  

Yes not surprised.  I only got 9" here in the Connecticut River Valley just south of the MA border in CT and she's even further north.  

9" Enfield CT

signs the western band is collapsing a bit se we'll see what's left of it by the time it gets here

Down to flurries here. Looks like the whole valley is slotted now.

Radar not looking too promising here.  Winds are impressive at times.  

Lght snow here.  Hoping to pick up a bit.  

2 hours ago, codfishsnowman said:

Maybe five inches .... terrible snow growth almost all night except one late night burst which out down half of what we have

I wish I could be more optimistic like Wiz and Ineedsnow but considering yet another missed opportunity ....it just blows. That thing is beautiful but its way offshore. We have to hope for some good banding just to get to the low end or just below the low end of what's forecast 

Not a great storm but there has to be more than 5 here.  I think Don in East Hartford has like 10 or 11.  Meteorologist Janna Brown from Agawam reported 7.5". 

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Mesos were showing this last night.  Western deform. southeastern firehouse, and some subsidence in between.  I had my concerns. Still a good storm here, but nothing earth shattering.  

I'm wondering if the valley here is more like 8". Good storm but would be a bit of a letdown. Was thinking a solid foot earlier today.    Can't find a model that has 1" of qpf here.  

I'm a bit leary of the valley shadow, although I think it would be more pronounced the further north you go, especially Northampton to Greenfield.  I'm staying with a conservative 8-12 here while watching for potential banding.  Ryan's station is going for 10-20 statewide and I could see myself being the 10" here.   

Reggie improved a notch but still a bit flaccid compared to some of the more dynamic solutions.  

Hoping we continue slight west ticks and then lock in and avoid a Messenger shuffle.