ORH_wxman

I think you had to go more out near the NY border to get the good stuff in W MA. That dryslot even got Mt. MRG. ...FRANKLIN COUNTY... HEATH 8.0 339 PM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER CHARLEMONT 7.0 1100 AM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER WHATELY 4.5 132 PM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER ...HAMPDEN COUNTY... BLANDFORD 9.5 812 AM 12/27 HAM RADIO WESTFIELD 6.8 200 PM 12/27 MEDIA SOUTHWICK 6.8 847 AM 12/28 EAST LONGMEADOW 6.5 830 PM 12/27 HAM RADIO CHICOPEE 5.3 811 PM 12/27 HAM RADIO WEST SPRINGFIELD 5.0 829 PM 12/27 HAM RADIO AMHERST 3.0 839 PM 12/26 HAM RADIO AGAWAM 2.8 756 PM 12/26 HAM RADIO SPRINGFIELD 2.8 737 PM 12/26 HAM RADIO ...HAMPSHIRE COUNTY... PLAINFIELD 12.5 235 PM 12/27 TRAINED SPOTTER CHESTERFIELD 7.5 727 AM 12/27 HAM RADIO WORTHINGTON 6.0 1045 PM 12/26 SPOTTER WESTHAMPTON 6.0 1100 AM 12/27 AMHERST 5.5 1210 PM 12/27 GENERAL PUBLIC GRANBY 5.0 1115 AM 12/27 EMERGENCY MANAGER WARE 4.1 828 PM 12/27 HAM RADIO

12/26 had a broader circulation than the other two which hurt us I think. Also having it be further west hurt...and developing a little bit too soon. BOS was hammered by the CF enhancement though in that one so ironically it was their best storm despite that one having us in the least favorable mid-level location.

You can see how compact the mid-level centers were....and we knew that based on their track that any dryslot would have a very hard time penetrating far past the south coast. You could clearly see it get swallowed up very quickly on this series of radar loops. I remember not being worried about it at all but some were freaking out, lol.

That 500mb pattern is awesome. The vortmax strength was the highest I had seen in a winter storm since 12/9/05.

Right they have to check the building construction too. That's what led to the controversy over the Worcester tornado in 1953 (I started a thread on it in the NE subforum). If the building codes are in question, then what looks like F5 damage might not necessarily be. Healthy trees being snapped off fairly relatively low on the trunk tends to be a good indicator too.

Agreed, but this is not a surprise. I think most people would see that. We are driven mostly by curiosity. Its great to try and save lives...and that is a big plus with severe storm research....but in the end, its kind of a fake line. Tornadoes are cool, quite interesting, and relatively little is known about them, so people study them. But potentially saving lives is a nice addition to that field. I will potentially save lives by forecasting a snowstorm more accurately and trying to advance the techniques of forecasting them, but I was interested in the field because I love the power of snowstorms and like heavy snow rates. I think people should go after what they are interested in. We aren't long on this earth, so go for it.

You are a lot more noble than I am to humanity. I went into meteorology (and stuck with it) because I love snowflakes piling up at a rapid pace. I will admit for the purpose of this thread that meteorology is not the majority of my income though.

You probably got similar to what I did in 2009. It was a drier snow and no elevation dependency.

Oh wow, I didn't even catch the year...I was thinking of 1/18/10...not 1/18/09....but yeah 1/18/09 did produce two separate storms too....they were pretty good. In the 2009 events, I totaled 11" I think....in the 2010 MLK 2 punch setup, I totaled a bit shy of 8". Amazing that the dates matched up exactly.

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/NARR/2010/us0118.php

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.

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.

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.

Indeed he is, already made a few posts. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php?/user/904-typhoon-tip/

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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.

The Turkey and potatoes always taste better when theres snow on the ground.

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.

What was good about 1971? That had a great Thanksgiving storm. '61, '75, and '97 all had sizeable snowstorms right before Christmas.

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.

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.

I think you had a white christmas down there in 1995 too. Was 2009 the first White Xmas down there of this decade?

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.

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.

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.