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http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/NARR/2010/us0118.php
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That was the MLK event.,..but it was actually 2 events listed on 2 separate PNS reports....you probably had like 9" total or so (6" from event #1) . I had around 7-8" total.
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It wasn't pure OES but there was definite ocean enchancement....the norlun trough of February 19, 1993....it hit Chatham with 20" of snow...and most of the Cape had over a foot.
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We have a lot to relive in this thread since 1992....starting with that Dec '92 storm. We've certainly been in a good streak for great events. Though I would say maybe we are starting to get due for another one. We really haven't had an amazing winter event since 12/9/05. We had some fun events in '07-'08 and '08-'09...but nothing truly remarkable unless you lived where I was and the rest of the relatively small area that was absolutely demolished in the December 2008 ice storm.
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Indeed he is, already made a few posts. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php?/user/904-typhoon-tip/
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Air Florida
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That same storm actually hit CT pretty hard. You can see some bulleyes over 20" on the map there and then a much larger area of 20"+ covering the South Shore and parts of the Cape. Thats the map that is in the Kevin Preacher pic.
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The Turkey and potatoes always taste better when theres snow on the ground.
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That was a very good year for the valley in CT...all the overrunning events muted any downslope for them. BDL broke 90" didn't they? Even if they were inflating back then, still a huge year.
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What was good about 1971? That had a great Thanksgiving storm. '61, '75, and '97 all had sizeable snowstorms right before Christmas.
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The deep snow pack was 1996. Probably after the blizzard of '96. Even in Raynham there was probably over a foot of snow on the groun dbefore the blizzard of '96 and then you probably had over 20" in that storm on top of it. The storm where the temp rose obscenely was probably Jan 27-28, 1994. I remember we were near 0F on the 27th and then by the morning of the 28th we hit 50F. We did get a lot of icing before the temp spiked up though from what I remember.
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The only year I can think of is maybe you got some OES with the December 2000 cold outbreak just before Xmas. Then you go back to 1998 and 1995...not sure if you had a white Christmas in 1989. 2004 was a day late in coming in. I'll have to look for my White Christmas snow probability map I have somewhere on the comp.
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I think you had a white christmas down there in 1995 too. Was 2009 the first White Xmas down there of this decade?
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That was horrific....we got zippo from that one but only 10-15 miles SE they had like an inch. While it was only an inch, it was enough for a white Christmas. I hate it when we don't get a white Christmas.
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Of course I have the reverse memory for 1988-1989 when we first moved back here. Cape Cod kept getting snow and it would partly sunny here.
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When Kevin and I walked into a bar on Chatham during the Nov 2007 Noel chase, they were still talking about 12/9/05...they said something "yeah but this will be nothing like December a couple years ago" or something. We asked them to describe it and they said the wind went from just a bit breezy to all hell breaking loose...all of the sudden they heard trees snapping, light posts falling over and piece of roofing getting torn off. It didn't last that long, it was over in 2 or 3 minutes, but it was so intense.
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Yeah, thats why I said get a colder version of Dec 2008 and it could really get ugly....where most people get hit hard...then follow it with an arctic outbreak. Ugly scenario to think about.
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I always wondered how bad December 2008 could have been if a brutal arctic outbreak followed it. Or, get a slightly colder version of Dec 2008 and then follow it with a brutal cold outbreak. You'd have people freezing to death probably...sadly.
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Every so often we get an event that reminds us how helpless we can be to the weather....even if only for a brief period. December 2008 ice storm was like that here, just complete disaster for a few days. I think basically the entire town of Holden was without power for 3 days.
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Closest I came to 3 feet was December 1992 in Holden, MA....I stuck the yard stick into the ground and only 1 inch of it remained at the top. One of these days we'll break 40".
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Here's a couple pics I took during 12/13/07
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I wish I had it about 30 minutes later when the band was even more intense. That loop only shows it just as it was beginning to go nuts. But the inflow in SE MA is pretty amazing to see....the storm was like a little nuke. So compact yet so powerful.
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The last two were taken the next day.
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Not a snowstorm, but pretty epic here