CapturedNature

Thanks...seems like such a long time ago.

lol...It's not an us vs them scenario.

7 here this morning.

There you go! No need to hide behind a glass window and look out. Just be glad you're alive!

Whatever outdoor activities folks have or what they would normally do.

Regression to the mean can be a bitch. Get out and enjoy it!

Yeah I don't think 6" will be widespread. It is a watch and at this lead time isn't a bad decision I think. They can always switch that to an advisory tomorrow.

Yeah, I think their reasoning in the discussion makes sense. The BOX forecast for me in northern Tolland County is 1-3" tomorrow afternoon and 3-5" tomorrow evening. That's 4-8". There's just as likely a chance for 4" as 8" and I think that's a reasonable call at this time considering there may be places over 6".

Try this link: https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?&zoom=8&scroll_zoom=true&center=42.08599350447723,-72.08129882812499&basemap=OpenStreetMap&boundaries=true,false,false&obs=true&obs_type=weather&elements=temp,wind,gust&obs_popup=false&obs_density=1 It's centered over SNE but you can create links for any place based on the latitude/longitude and how far you want it zoomed.

That's my go-to product for temperature maps. That and the MRMS maps for radar, though I wish the latter included dual pol data. The NWS used to have a map like that with it but it went away.

LOL...you guys never would have survived the 80s and early 90s. This was basically every winter. Just enjoy what you have and you'll be fine.

I was just hopeful that before we start putting all time records in the books that there would be some kind of analysis to make sure it reflected reality. Do the guys checking the sensor also look at the siting for issues like you mentioned? My guess is that this is never going to be fixed. It's probably going to go the way of BDL in the early 90s. BDL used to radiate then better than it does now and I remember having discussions over a change that occurred and it's been that way for 25+ years.

With BOS setting a record monthly temp yesterday, does anyone know if that will finally get someone to look at the readings there?

DC's average annual temp is 58.2. BDL's is 50.5. That's 7.7 degrees warmer. I think the IPCC's likely projection is about half of that.

Peak climo for me is a min of 58°. On 1/16/1995 I had a low of 55° which is my all time January record high min. Just might break that after 25 years and it shows how special this air mass is.

Max temp so far today for me is 64°. That's 9 degrees above the previous record max for the day of 55 set in 2014. Quite an impressive jump!

I know it's December, but growing up I seem to recall every few years we'd have a toasty December day. I even recall in my 20s going out in Christmas shopping deliberately in my shorts with temps near 70. I think that day is still my warmest December day.

No different than a fake cold 32° and having to scrape your windshield. Seriously, congrats on the snow...it's always special to get hit like that. Happened to me once in the 90s.

http://www.nelsap.org/ct/ct.html

There's a lot more factors involved in that than just snowfall. Skiing and ski areas have just changed over the years.

It's over but it's not over? I don't understand this logic of tossing anything 300+ hours out but yet we know the details of an entire month ahead? I can tell you're in sales if you're trying to sell that logic. In terms of snowfall, I'm at 22.7" for the season. My 35 year normal to date is 14.8" so I'm already ahead 7.9". I only need 8.9" for the entire month to stay normal. I've received that in the vast majority of January's, including January 2012 so while it might not be a "normal" month (we still need to see), all is not lost for having a "normal" snow season.

Yep...Frozen precip is frozen precip.

So you're not going to count that in your seasonal snow total are you if it's not snow? About the same here but there was also about 0.1" earlier that melted so 1.1" on the day for me.

Pouring sleet bouncing off my bald head in thunder and lightning...lol

Lots of thunder and lightening here...didn't expect that for some reason.