CT Valley Snowman

Wet morning here just east of the river, steady rain.

Still plenty of leaves left here as we avoided the heaviest rain and worst winds. I'm thinking Columbus day October 10-12 may end up being peak this year around here whereas in a normal year we are more like October 18- 20. I feel as though the warm-up may have helped to decelerate the process a bit here, after color started to pop rapidly when we had our first frost and freeze.

About what I expected, best rain west and best wind east. Looks like the closest PWS a couple of streets over from me is reporting about .95

About .8 in the rain department. Nice to see but it was a bit of an underperformer.

Yeah we nice and smooth soil here in the ctrv. My uncle from Gardner Mass when he came down to visit me last year hadn't been to the valley where I live in over 15 years and forgotten how much flat and fertile farmland was in this area. I probably have to travel about 10 miles east or west to start hitting the stone walls.

Two temperature readings below freezing here before the autumnal equinox. 31.3 yesterday and 30.1 today. Seems fairly impressive for CT.

30. Heavy Frost.

Is Sunday looking wet or dry? Point and click said mostly sunny this morning and the Euro looks like a washout. What gives? Trying to plan my son's birthday party.

Low of 31.6. Frosty

Down to 43.5. 2.3 degrees ahead of last night at this time which got us down to 34.

34 for the low. Light frost on car and rooftop.

Off to bed at 39.6. We'll see what the morning brings.

Damn. You're setting up for a hard freeze if you don't level off pretty fast.

Temp starting to tank now. 42 8

45 here. Very light wind from time to time so not completely calm here yet.

https://www.quincyvagell.com/2014/03/27/new-england-hurricane-tracks/#:~:text=The “typical” New England hurricane,fit the data fairly well. It was actually part of an article written by a well known meteorologist formerly from New England Quincy Vagell.

Yes Sandy is included in this graphic that I found already labelled online, even though it did not technically make landfall in New England it certainly had a significant impact on the south coast but yes technically you are correct.

Nothing's impossible and it is 2020 but this is a dose of reality.

40 here. We take.

Keeping expectations low to perhaps moderate based on everything I've see thus far. Hopefully I'm pleasantly surprised or we get lucky with mesoscale features or favorable nuances in the midst of a hostile pattern.

You're good. I think we may be out of the game up here north of BDL. 62/58 cloudy skies here.

As for DIT He just does not accept mediocrity well and we're losing the damage threat and anomalous type effects from the system, although there could still be heavy band of rain that sets up, especially in Western New England.

AEMATT

IJD a snow hole but let's not be overdramatic. It's still inland and a couple hundred feet elevation. Like Will said, probably the low 40's but not a great spot for overall cover and retention but not as bad as living on the south coast. I also live in a snow hole averaging around 48-50" but at least I do better with CAD/ and snow retention in the CT river valley further northwest. I'm sure Willimantic cleaned up pretty well in some of those winters favoring Eastern New England where the banding in the bigger storms was pivoting back through Eastern Connecticut while my location was sniffing exhaust.

43 and light rain as winter returns for one last dance.