klw

Good Morning Snow

14 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

It was 2015 ... 

We had 120" ( average ...some more, some less) spread out over a month, which is 12 feet... So in an affect ( or is it "effect" in that context - ) 2015 was worse by a factor of two. 

Although...hm, they say 4,5 and 6 feet on the level, and that about matches what happened in my town... At max static depth I had 50" ... It was hard to stack higher than that, despite being so cold during that fabled February, because the snow was so low ratio and so pancaked by it's own weight.  

I think a lot of the specter value is era/adaptive relative.  I mean, 1717 was a pre-industrial pump, lever, and oxen powered culture, replete with 'state of the art' log cabins and no plumbing in most cases.  No automatic home heating. Nor refrigerators... and so on.  We can stock a fridges and load up on Netflix and wait it out these days, and with snow plows and higher tech solvent chemistries on roads ... what's 20" ?   whatever... I never was delayed by that 16" deal we had in Dec... Back in the 1980s when I was a kid, that would have been an geological epoch!  Now, I think I made the gym both days of that.  It's just not the same folks... and this is a dying hobby believe it or not, if for want this is a hobby about dystopian excitement.   Not to mention, we have ( apparently ) earned our latitude a Philidelphia climate now. ...but we'll see on the latter. 

A typo alert-120" is only 10 ', not 12. 

  Otherwise I always saw the Feb 96 storm as a turning point.  Few people in metro areas has AWD cor SUVs for that storm.  I remember in C NJ they asked for those that did to help with EMS needs.  After that it seemed that SUVs exploded in popularity.  There were other factors but with so many more able to get through the storm it made it seem like impacts were lower.

1 minute ago, powderfreak said:

They have their daily climate summary maps which could fill that void...

Was it really that bleak up in the CV for this storm?  Did the AM squall today help out?

I could not find a BTV Info Statement with snow totals, just two for the wind.  Did they issue a snow total statement or map?

5.1 for us.  Looks like it will be a pretty morning to shovel.

4 hours ago, klw said:

3.4 inches so far.

A quick out the backdoor check puts us between 5 and 6 inches, still snowing.

3.4 inches so far.

snow really picked up about 5 minutes ago.

Very light snow started here around 7:10 am.

1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

NWS thinking Dennis helping to usher in a pattern change?

Someone posted a map with Dennis at 922 yesterday?  Was that the lowest it got?

37 minutes ago, alex said:

An unexpected 0.7" overnight. Good to keep those trees white. 

0.4 here! And to think people are trying to say this is a February to forget.  This was a storm for the ages!

I have now passed the 60" barrier on the year which is impressive seeing I have yet to get more than 6.5" for a single storm (unless that recent 2 parter counts which gave me 4 then 3.5)

-11 at the moment off a low of -13

23 hours ago, klw said:

only .7 here as of 8 am.

Second round in late afternoon/evening brought us up to 1.5 inches or so.

We ended up with 1.5 for the "event" which was less than the surprise the night before.

only .7 here as of 8 am.

Clearing the driveway, this morning is Labrador approved.

55 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Models still showing this ribbon of better lift to the north.  Almost like there could be a gap somewhere between two areas of better forcing. 

EURO

NAM

It must be why Windsor County got left off the WWA for this (for now)

I got a nice surprise 2.2 inches new overnight.  Here's hoping for a few more tomorrow.

Looks wintry:

I woke up to 2.2 inches new overnight or last evening.  It was snowing at a nice clip when I put the dog out just before 8. It must have kept going for a bit.

Snowing lightly here-  big big winter incoming!

1.7 here and the ice from Friday is finally starting to melt off the trees.

9 hours ago, mreaves said:

I remember many, many -30s in Canaan, Island Pond and other NEK spots in the 70’s & 80’s. -32 at IP this morning. 

I remember watching WCAX one day for the 6 pm news back in January 1994.  It was -27F in S Royalton out my window.  It rained the next day.

1 hour ago, Hazey said:

Euro is serviceable up here but I don’t trust that model anymore. Let me down too many times at the moment of truth.

Errors Common Monday Wednesday Friday

On 2/7/2020 at 1:03 PM, klw said:

Just starting to get a few fat flakes now.

 

There is a good 1/4 inch ice on everything.  It really is just a matter of time until the power goes out.

Sure enough we ended up losing power a little after 3pm .  We were out for about 23 hours.  

We ended up getting 3.5 inches more after the changeover to give up 7.5 inches plus the ice.  Branches down up and down our road.  I will have to go into our woods to see what that looks like but may wait until the ice melts off the trees first.

Got a few pictures but the camera battery died

From yesterday before the change:

Just starting to get a few fat flakes now.

There is a good 1/4 inch ice on everything.  It really is just a matter of time until the power goes out.