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April 1982 was an incredible storm. Nothing in my 60 years on earth is even close I'm that month.

Interesting. The temperature gradient in the midwest is oriented north to south like we'd might expect, but in the east it's oriented west to east. Is that simply due to the deep snowpack in the northeast?

"Feels" like spring is imminent based on the vibe of the thread. Posts are slowing down noticeably. TBD if we get something later in March.

Just read a comment from MillvilleWx in the MA thread that expectations need to be in check for early next week - top end amounts will be in the 2-4" range at best, and that's for those who are in the bullseye. He admitted he's not invested in it and he is moving on to spring.

GFS now essentially has moved completely south of the M/D line.

8.8" for the "main event" - that's what I was looking for, thank you! Based on everything that I was reading while I was away I went with 8" for the storm. Assuming that I might have done a wee bit better I might adjust up to 9".

I wasn't sure if I should laugh or thank you for this so I did neither. You know, I'm guilty of assuming our average is a bit higher than those numbers. In my head I consider average around 30" because i think that's what it used to be. I've got incomplete data this winter due to me being in Florida in January - what did you record for your total for that event?

Yes sir. If no more snow fell here, I'd grade this winter as a B. Just can't give it more than that when finishing below normal snowfall. Temp grades out at an A, snow cover grades an A, but total snowfall right now is a C-. That averages out to a solid B. One more significant (4"+) snow moves me up to a B+ and anything over 6" probably moves this to at least an A-. Now...comparing the reality of this winter vs expectations going in? It's already easily an A. No way did I foresee weeks of continuous snow cover this year.

GFS has been moving south on every run over the past 2 days with Monday's system. That trend needs to stop. As is, warning level snows are confined to south of the turnpike.

I think early next week looks pretty darn good for something wintry. Details are days away from being figured out.

Especially if you're south of the track.

I mentioned yesterday that Elliott seemed interested in Monday. He is, but he's also insisting that it will be a light to possibly moderate event. GFS snow maps are way overdone. We shall see!

Fortunately, NYC cashed in a bit and got an inch or two on top of the 2' they got on Monday.

As expected, no snow fell overnight. Low was 25 but it's already up to 34.

It took 18" of snow/sleet together to keep a solid snow cover for a full week after 3/13/1993. If it wasn't for all of that sleet it would have been gone in 2-3 days.