ORH_wxman

Getting some nice bands rolling through.....moderate snow and 27F....prob 1-1.5" OTG now. Hoping to get 2-3" which looks doable on radar

None of the short term guidance pushes it much further NW...i think the trajectory it's on is basically what we get....we'll see if it tries to blossom a bit further NW, but the short term guidance like RAP/HRRR aren't enthusiastic about it. They give several inches of snow to metro-west and SE MA, but no major totals.

Lets keep that stuff south of LI from sliding too far east...if that can stay over us, then I think some solid 3-4" totals are in store for BOS to metrowest down to interior SE MA...eps like Foxoborugh area but even further south once the CF drops down. But if it tries to slide east, then it's more like 1-3"

Yep

I think you'll start ripping in a couple of hours. Down to 28F here now...actual powdery snow, lol.

Coming down good now...snow growth picking up.

Yes...I think interior SE MA will be the jackpot in this unless the higher end part of the CCB with massive lift can clip the Cape....but it might just miss them.

You will want to get into the band that is currently south of LI fork region for advisory amounts I think....looks like it might get eastern CT near Ginxy and certainly RI and a chunk of E MA. We'll see if it can blossom west a bit more, but that's gonna be the main show this afternoon

Steady light snow now as this band backs in....quick coating now

RAP small tick west again....still not NAM-esque, but it's pretty solid advisory east of 495.

Was noticing that too when I went outside about an hjour ago with a few flakes spitting....slate overcast but it was cold. Upper 20s. Seems like every snow event the last couple winters was feeling more like late March with temps in the mid-30s trying to wetbulb down below freezing.

Nice bump west on 12z GFS

This is actually a decnet freebie one from RAP https://weather.rap.ucar.edu/satellite/displaySat.php?region=CONUS&itype=C10&size=large&endDate=20241220&endTime=-1&duration=3

Looks like MQE is getting hammered right now...but no obs there, lol.

We'll want to see the stuff nea rthe NJ shore start blossoming more to the north and northeast if something close to the NAM is correct....it actually had that stuff a little further inland than radar shows right now

He meant DIX...KDIX is the Mt. Holly radar down near philly

14z RAP came a tick west with the CCB....still not biting on NAM-esque type solution.

A few weenie flakes in Holliston....29F

Here's WV loop....tried to optimize it so it will fit on here otherwise it was like 6mb of space.

3k is bullish too...NAM is legit warning snows for a lot of eastern zones. Maybe even into SW CT if that westward stuff is real.

Let’s nowcast this thing about another 40 miles. Even if it doesn’t, hoping for 2-3” here.

My grandfather took me to my first Patriots game back in 1990 against Washington. It was the last year the field used astroturf before switching back to grass. It was a horrific night with temps in the 30s and steady rain. Very on-brand for that season, the Patriots threw a pick six and then got safetied when the long snapper snapped the ball into the stands out of the back of the end zone for a safety on a punt attempt. So the Patriots were down 9-0 and Washington’s offense hadn’t taken the field yet. Luckily for my grandfather, he was a huge Washington fan all his life. The other notable thing about that game was all the drunks. Even obvious to a 9 year old. Some of them fell down the bleachers a couple rows. Back then, they didn’t even kick you out for that type of crap, lol. They couldn’t fill those seats.

Rgem bumped NW but only modestly. Nothing like the NAM trend. At least it was in the right direction but I was hoping for more than a nominal bump.

Yeah I think all of us have taken a dump on this threat at some point in this thread. TauntonBlizz does it a lot but he’s not alone this time.

We’re getting inside 24h to the onset. If we can’t believe any of the short term guidance at this point, then throw them in the trash. If the rgem jumps on board I’ll feel decent about the trend.