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    January 25-26 Threat

    in New England

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    16 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

    Cold down there for sure, but even this morning with temps in the 30s would have been tough for snow because it was "fake cold" as the :weenie: like to say. The majority of the cold was in the lower levels with relatively mild temps aloft still. It was probably dry enough on the Gulf Coast to wet bulb it though.

    Didn’t  say it was snowing,  just a cold rain.....for FL standards

    January 25-26 Threat

    in New England

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    18 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

    I think that's probably bogus with a 59/48 spread at the time. 

    I will tell you this, it’s was 52 and pouring when I was Vero Beach this afternoon and it felt like snow lol! Reminded of the storm on the Sunday before thanksgiving in CT; damn cold and raw

    January 2020 Discussion

    in New England

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    All I remember about Dec 92 storm is driving from Thompson Ct to Southbridge Ma in my VW Golf at 11pm about 3-4” of snow on the road and  limbs snapping like shotgun blast. Was thankful to have made home safely. A 25 min ride took almost an hour

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    NYE Mess Obs

    in New England

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    13 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

    The magical Tolland hills. You were in the Bermuda Triangle. It’s a unique microclimate 

    Not Tolland, the hills on 74 in Wilmington Just east of the RT 32 Intersection.

    NYE Mess Obs

    in New England

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    3 minutes ago, Cold Miser said:

    Normally I don't lay things out like this, but last nights events over the course of about 60 minutes were too crazy not to document.
    I left Manchester at about 5:00pm and the sleet was just starting out.  Not just sleet, but rumbles of thunder, and flashes of lightning.  The temp was about 35F.  By the time I got on to 84 east the sleet had picked up in intensity, as did the thunder and lightning.  By the time I got to the STRIP CLUB and Tolland exits sh*t was starting to get real.  The sleet was pouring down, visibility sucked, and the thunder was so loud that it shook the car.  

    [My normal route to Brooklyn is route 6, which, after Bolton Notch (junctions of 384/44/6) only has moderate, graduate elevation changes... until I get to Chaplin and Brooklyn. But when I go to Melina's place in Dayville I take 84 East to route 74.  This route is much different.  As you can somewhat see with the topo map there are some decent hills and valleys.  Some of them have a pretty decent incline.  This is the roller coaster trip so to speak.]   

    ...Once I got to the rte 74 exit all hell broke loose.  There is an incline not to far after the ramp, and from there it was quite the treacherous ride.  The temp was 32 by then and snow was now mixing in.  Overall I passed 4 accidents, all of them ending with someone in a ditch, or hitting a pole or tree.  The sleet was so sudden that people did not have much time to react.  One accident had me arriving just after it happened.  I got out to help the guy but he was fine.  It has been a long time since I have driven in something like this, and with a 2 wheel drive I had to be real careful, and drive slow.  ...Except at the inclines.  I was pulling over to give the people enough time to get ahead of me so I could get enough speed and momentum to make it over the crests.  A few times I thought I was going to be a chump and have to back down the hill, but luckily that was never the case.  Sure, it was only about .75" of sleet , but that is all it takes for chaos to take over.  

    sleet storm 3.jpg

    I have driven both routes and those first 2 hills on 74 are fairly steep and would pretty much be white knuckle driving in sleet or snow! 

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