NeonPeon

I'm flabbergasted about Newport. Guess it doesn't hurt when the obs isn't in Newport and is in one of the largest open spaces in the state. Crazy.

A bit of a wet kiss goodbye and maybe I'll limp my way into 6+

Also, I'm a mile north of there, which sometimes matters with this island.

I did but in two measurements, and the second was very, very drifty so had to just average around the yard. It's somewhere between 4 and 5. Well thanks, but i take no pleasure in being right, and even my barely informed pessimism will be way high.

Don't worry, be happy. At least I fully expected this. All modeling showed the best for me as a front end thump, and that flipped too late. Weird storm. Enjoy your bands.

Bands dying right when they hit the bay. Its always that oes burst that dies. Worst snow of the event now and brightening skies. Real stinging sand out there. Are lucky that we didn't flip faster because the frozen slop is weighing things down. Power has gone out a couple times. 5"

There isn't a chance that newport has experienced blizzard conditions for 20mins today thus far, let alone long enough to verify. We've largely been in relative subsidence for the last 2 hrs and despite the gusts, which aren't consistent pixie dust hurtling by in brightening light isn't dropping visibility near enough. Providence on the other hand, per the radar at least, might have a shout.

I measure 5" on the columns of my porch... sideways. Can I count it? That was back breaking shoveling, I'm glad I got the slush out of there.

It's a sweet antidote to the last one, that's for sure. You should sail past a foot.

2.25" in Newport so far. We've had some great bands pass through, but none of them want to hang around that long. Still, even the stuff in between is accumulating now, and it's a little less wet. Snow in daylight is the best. If it keeps up, and there's enough underfoot, I'm keeping up my sacred tradition of cross country skiing to my friend's house with a bottle of macallan. Who knows if this is it - in all likelihood it is here. If you are fretting over total snow, and you are out of it, better luck on the next one, if you are fretting on not having more snow, but are in it, get outside. There's zero snowfall on the computer screen. Now, to shovel paste.

This is borne out here, as expected. Had my typical weenie wakeup, was hoping the band at 130 would have flipped us so we could start accumulating, but the first three hours have yielded the lightest dusting on grassy surfaces now. We've definitely lost a couple tenths already, and will lose more to poor ratio and slow accumulation till we get going. This is as expected. It was modeled too, I just don't buy catching up entirely, which is part of why I've been pretty confident in betting the under down here. Hoping my next wake up is that Christmas morning feeling. I certainly have the anticipation.