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32.5 in ORH.  Good sized flakes and the road is getting a coating now.  Not even an inch out there yet, but it’s already clinging to the side of the telephone pole.

Down to 34 in N ORH.  Not much sticking yet, but flake rate has gone up.

36 f and snowing N ORH

1 minute ago, powderfreak said:

Herpes.

That's wild...ORH gets skunked with less than BOS, but only a few miles away from 20+.  Brain cannot compute.

21 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

weird pivotal is different

One is valid at 15z, the other is 00z...

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

The 3k NAM identifies the terrain and topography so well .

That's not even a 10:1 map.  Those totals would be pretty devastating if it's all white concrete.

Just now, kdxken said:

Well at least we get a pretty nice sunrise out of it.

 

 

 

That is a fantastic sunrise photo...now what was it that they say about red in the morning....?

Forget generators--that Gardner / Paxton stretch might just need to move on to chainsaws and roof trusses.  It's so forested out that way too.  WSSI upped them to extreme impacts.

Major impacts on WSSI look like they expanded from previous update...quite a bit more into E MA

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Otherwise, I'm not too concerned about the risk for heavy snow as singular metric. I've seen this town cut through 22" snow storm twice and I was able to hit the gym later the same afternoon ... Snow, alone, is not the same beast to civility it was 40 years ago.

I’d normally agree, but I live on a busy road in ORH and this year I’ve seen worse snow removal than I have in the past 13 years living here.  For sub-warning events, too.  They’ve had a hard time hiring enough plow drivers, from what I’ve heard.

didn’t realize the winds were expected to be this high this far inland.  That, plus 12-18” sounds like generator territory.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
335 PM EDT Sun Mar 12 2023

MAZ002>004-008-009-026-130845-
/O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0005.230314T0000Z-230315T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0004.230314T0000Z-230315T1200Z/
Western Franklin MA-Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-
Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA-Northern Middlesex MA-
Including the cities of Charlemont, Greenfield, Orange, Barre,
Fitchburg, Chesterfield, Blandford, and Ayer
335 PM EDT Sun Mar 12 2023

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MONDAY TO 8 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy wet snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 12
  to 18 inches. Winds gusting as high as 55 mph.

* WHERE...the high terrain of western and central Massachusetts.

* WHEN...From 8 PM Monday to 8 AM EDT Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible, with
  snow covered roads and near zero visibility at times. Gusty
  winds could bring down tree branches.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...heavy wet snow combined with gusty winds
  will increase the risk for power outages. This will be a high
  impactful winter storm.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency.

Any educated guesses on how much ice accretion we're looking at in SNE?

Been waiting for snow all freaking winter...and it comes on the one day I don't want it.  

Early AM meeting at school tomorrow--any guess at school cancellations for Worcester?

Pinging here now pretty well north of Pike...didn't think the sleet would make it this far N

6" on the N side of Worcester so far.  Snowfall rates have been pretty heavy for the past few hours.

Someone's kid home on February vacation made the maps at NWS today.

I have 100’ of public sidewalk I’m responsible for cleaning.  Note to self:  next time, buy the house on the other side of the road, lol.  

I suppose this should solidify any remaining pack nicely...

Does higher elevation in an event like this make it more likely to have freezing rain instead of sleet?  In that there would be less cold air near the surface to allow a refreezing into pellets?

It's a bonus when just enough freezing rain mixes in with the sleet to turn the slushy ice pellets into a solid mass.  The main roads in Worcester are looking gnarly right now.  Looking at the trees, we've been getting quite a bit of freezing rain here.  

I tried to get a photo out the window, but the screen is iced shut.

Crash helmet time in Central MA--that sleet means business!

After a period of sleet in Worcester, it looks like we have changed back to freezing rain...though much lighter precipitation than earlier this morning.

Just now, Great Snow 1717 said:

Yes I know but I think remote days should count towards the 180 days requirement. 

Not all kids can access their education well remotely, and K-12 students have already experienced a significant social emotional impact from remote learning.  On paper, it makes sense to have remote days count.  In real life, it doesn't look like this is what is the right thing to do for students at the K-12 level. 

This turned to ice in Worcester at some point in the past 45 minutes.  Surfaces are getting a glaze on them now.

28 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

All of the schools districts now have the ability to provide education remotely. I applaud the school districts that cancel in session education but still conduct the educational process online. 

 

Private schools, like St John's did have today as a remote day.  The state has ruled that no remote days will count towards the 180 this year, so public schools won't do remote days.