CT Valley Snowman

Winter of yore  loves to pour , mainly a snore, where's the lore, winter's on tour, hopefully backend will roar. 

24 minutes ago, codfishsnowman said:

This looks to be the coldest mid afternoon temps I can recall, low single digits in the hfd/spfd area....always almost seems to get up to near 10 during max daytime heating

The whole weekend in general was favorable for areas that have the tendency to get screwed, you know that the cold-air drainage in the lowest levels is impressive when people like Mitch from Vermont start commenting about how the valley areas we're receiving higher snowfall amounts then some of the surrounding mountains.  The cold air was wedged in so well in The valleys that we didn't have to depend on advecting in colder air from higher up or radiational cooling.   

Light snow on the valley floor and -2 with wind.

3 minutes ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

The ship may have sailed on "epic".  Now we fight tooth & nail to reach average....which I figure is about 40" in Trumbull.  At 10.5" now, so we have work to do.

40 may be generous for a long term average there.   North of the Merritt with some elevation perhaps.  

Very litte zr at all here from a sensible standpoint. Even flakes mixed in at times.  22.0

Just now, Hoth said:

You sleeting? It could get ugly if we stay zr for the next few hours. I thought I'd be flirting with freezing by now, but CAD definitely performing.

Zr mixed with sleet. Well see how much heavy precip we get here as just plain zr.  Places that have been pouring zr for the past couple hours will likely get more accretion than here.  

3 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Yeah, 28 degrees outside. Shiat. Freezing rain continues.

Respect the CAD. Worst of the zr should be south of here and you could have some issues.  

6 minutes ago, codfishsnowman said:

I thought it felt colder out....how much for you?

Haven't measured.  Been fighting a nasty cold so waiting till I have to go out and cleanup.  Plows just came by and the piles and eyeballing looks around 5" ish.

Pounding sleet and temp has slipped down to 22.9.  

Almost all sleet again.  The wedge is on at 23.9 here. I Don't see it getting dislodged. 

24 with sleet and freezing rain.  Lovely.

Just now, The 4 Seasons said:

About going above freezing and seeing PLRN or snow amounts?

I think you're def good for 3 of 4" before the changeover. 

Whether it gets >0C is the question and whether you have a few inches of concrete tomorrow or washed away by a wind driven 40+ rain event.

Concerns about possible power problems.  Don't get me wrong I like a good icing event but not anything too  crazy with the projected weather we have coming in.

Definitely have my concerns around here.

We need at Messenger bump SE or its lights out for some.  CTRV CAD would likely save me from a torch but siggy ice may be slipping away.  Well see what happens from here.  

I could see 8 or 9  here 2 miles south of the MA line followed by a prolonged scalping and a thin glaze of ZR.  Mid-level warmth keeps me leary of going into double digits.  Hopefully the high provides a bit more resistance and the mid-levels trend a bit colder. 

8 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

It doesn't have to be thrilling, it's still cold lol.  I wasn't saying it was appealing or anything, just that it's gonna be f'ing cold tonight.  

But I get it, no discussion of anything will seem interesting until it snows.

It is impressive, no pack or good radiating here so probably 8 or 9 above which is not earth shattering for January Definitely getting a bit frustrating down here but better times appear on the horizon.  Might have to make my second trip of the season up to SVT to  find the kids and myself some snow over the weekend.  

Best wishes Steve.  Its s hard cold world out there at times but what goes around comes around.  Smart, hardworking and honest  people like you adapt and do well with whatever challenges are presented.  I'm sure your next endeavor will be successful.  

11 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Surprised there isn't more talk of the cold. 

-5F here at 6pm.  If wind dies it'll go low with fresh cold pack.

It was brutal at the mountain today with -40s wind chills at MMNV1.  

The cold isn't exactly thrilling when we've been looking at brown bare ground 99.9% of the past 6 weeks down here.  When the cold is reinforcing a fresh pack it's certainly more appealing.  

Meh

3 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Apologies for the delayed reply. The following winters saw < 2" snow at Boston through January 7:

1999-00: None
1925-26: 0.5"
1927-28: 0.5"
2006-07: 0.8"
1900-01: 0.9"
2015-16: 0.9"
2011-12: 1.0"
1998-99: 1.1"
1990-91: 1.2"
1953-54: 1.3"
1935-36: 1.4"
1931-32: 1.6"
1994-95: 1.6"
1973-74: 1.7"
1913-14: 1.8"

So far, 2018-19 has had just 0.2" snow.

In all honesty Don, the snowfall measurement for Bos should be somewhere in the 2 to 3 inch range.  Even meteorologists in here have discussed how BOS is having an issue finding reliable and available people to do their measurements and that number is not accurate.  Perhaps a list of <3" would be most accurate. 

5 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

0.82 not bad

2 PWS closer to this  side of town had 1.02 and 1.17

9 minutes ago, USCAPEWEATHERAF said:

Heading off to the gym tonight, working to lose weight.

Best wishes.  I took off 60 pounds last year and nothing feels better.  Commit to it and it will happen.  Try not to stay up all night salivating over day 10 H5 GFS  or late night Euro runs and get off routine. 

Enjoy the snow up north.  Happy New Years!!!

Happy New Years weenies!!

Just now, HoarfrostHubb said:

Not meaning to sound like a whiner, but I haven’t had a 20” event since 2011, yet have done pretty well as far as getting AN snowfall 5 out of 7 years since that woeful season.

Nickels can add up...   add in a few dimes and we can make a season.

While skunking December is not ideal it is not critical

I would have thought you did better than 20" in 2013 Blizzard Nemo