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Good enough for CoastalWx standards? Reliable report of 5.9" In FIT (not in PNS yet). That is very respectful for such a "minor" event. And now widespread 1/4" glaze in parts of SNE. This seals the pack so it is "protected" a bit longer!

What do all say about the 41" report in Fall River? https://x.com/snewengweather/status/2026098368804487556 I see it plotted on the JDJ map, but it does not seem to jibe w/ surrounding totals. Also, NWS BOX did not included it in their PNS. Looking at the photos, it is a tape measure and those can bend at the bottom against a solid surface, or since several inches of snow was on the ground prior, is that accounted for? This reminds me of the Bridgewater MA 41" report in the Bliz of '05 (I think that was the storm). Every time I brought that up to CoastalWx, he would vehemently deny that actually fell there! LOL.

Thanks, will email WFO GYX for the complete top 20 list of PWM storm surges.

It appears by the end of this year, Rio de Janeiro will be made a TCAC for the South Atlantic Basin. https://x.com/frontierfcst/status/2028252178335310228 Now only if we could get a TCAC for the Mediterranean Sea, which clearly has shown that it has bona fide TCs, along w/ many subtropical cyclones. Geopolitical borders/areas are a construct of human society. The atmosphere does not care one bit about that. It does what it does regardless. This system is I think the strongest Mediterranean Sea TC on record - Ianos Sep 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Ianos tcac.pdf

Yes, March 1997 was cold, windy, w/ a couple of days of decent snow squalls. Lots of low-topped CBs I recall in the distance!

And don't throw in the towel yet for this winter. See 1996-97, which was lame through the end of March, and then one of the best ev-A blockbusters occurred for SNE for April Fool's. That one storm put brought me from an well-below avg snowfall winter to just above avg in one fell swoop. Even CoastalWx was wicked impressed, and it rates as his all-time fav snowstorm!

Sounds like CoastalWx! LOL. Earlier this winter, he went "I AM DONE WITH NNE" b/c they were doing well so early.

I am looking at SNE as a whole. Regardless of what happens for rest of the snow season, all 5 SNE CLI sites will have an avg or above avg winter snowfall, w/ PVD and BDR well above avg. That's how you have to look at it b/c having a "CoastalWx IMBY I want it all" () attitude going to frustrate/disappoint one often! Not every winter is going to be a 1992-93, 1995-96, 2004-05, or 2014-15. I would say earlier in Jan before the first biggie when CoastalWx got 6" and said it looked "VIOLENTLY BEAUTIFUL" out there, that said a lot! Little did he know that nearly 50" of "white gold" was coming for Weymouth in the next month! And the two blockbuster snowstorms this winter were rather non-standard meteorologically. The Jan event has among the weakest sfc lows I have ever seen for so much coverage of 20"+, and the most recent storm? Well, I talked about its "weirdness" earlier on this thread. And how about the model forecasts leading up to that storm? What a "coup" for the GFS, and in general, the long and medium range forecasts for all the global models were really bad/inconsistent!

What about winter for Weymouth? Scott doesn't like the TORCH on the 6-10 day! Almost everyone did well this winter DCA-BOS. Not epic levels for snowfall, but *far* better than the previous 4 winters. How many winters has Weymouth had two 20"+ events? Probably can count on one hand. So I don't want to hear it Scot!!

That's a good point. That table is not updated as the paper it was taken from is from Dec 2013. Do you have the storm surge for those days in Jan 2024?

Atypically sharp/confined big S+ area, given the center passed just outside 40/70. The screwy 500, as noted in a previous post, probably resulted in this. The 4" area DC area S and SW is overdone. DCA only had 1" for the event. 3" nrn suburbs.

Gust 91 mph IOSN3 and 94 mph Seabrook. "Double" high tide at BOS on the gauge and it was fortunate the the storm tide did not coincide w/ high tide. It was so flipped/wrapped up, NYC got 20" snow on a NW. 7"+ rain total in SW ME which is an enormous rain total for a single storm in the winter month NEUS. The CAA pattern was whacked w/ temps dropping sharply on the S Coast as winds shifted to the S! CoastalWx liked the snow squalls all over the place for two days after the above as the upper low stalled right over the region! I thought t was as Shapiro-Keyser cyclone (T-bone frontal fracture), which are rare in the NEUS, but I came across the paper recent and it was some weird hybrid thingee! I attached the paper from GYX. Look at the sfc analyses in the paper for the evolution of the sfc low. Went from N-S to W-E axis in short order ("instant occlusion"). Also, on the last page, a list of the top 17 storm surges at PWM. I thought the Bliz of 78 was PWM's highest, but 4 exceeded it and 2 others tied it. ta2013-03.pdf

Yes, pattern got blocked up sending all systems S of SNE.