SeanInWayland

Very likely he's drawing these from the list by dates of notable events in Ludlum's American Weather Book. It really should be more properly titled New England Weather Book, as most of the discussion, anecdotes, and history is centered on Northeast US weather. It's a great read, and especially so for any budding weather enthusiast you might know.

Before I take my pants off, someone assure me that somewhere there exists a study presenting some evidence of the increased skill of the NBM methodology. OK, never mind, taking pants off

I recall reading in a book about the blizzard of '78 that there were two local maxima around Boston--Burlington with 50" and Foxboro-Sharon with close to the same. So yeah, other storms have a long way to go to match 78.

Jeez, that's still like 14" of snow for me, I'd take that in a heartbeat. Not every storm can be the Apocalypse...

Good luck. My wife is doing the opposite, flying back down to RSW to make sure she misses the storm. I told her someone has to stay here and take care of the cats, and I was volunteering. Don't think she believed that one for a minute.

Are you returning from RSW? EDIT: Only asking because I do the BOS<->RSW thing quite a bit

There's a method at work here. His map at 11 just upped the 6-10 to 8-12, and the 10-14 to 12-18. Baby steps...

Please tell me that's a 10:1 from the QPF and I'll be a happy man

Thank you for this, I was always wondering what the Kuchera algo was, and what it was good for given the many comments. Your synopsis begs the question, why is your preferred approach not available as an algorithmic output? .

Insane depths in the Southern Adirondacks. Or, to be completely honest, more like the depths I recall as a kid in the 70’s .

This has been hashed out endlessly in football forums far and wide. It apparently takes about 1 1/2 weeks until the acclimation process kicks in to the point you are better off. Short of that, you are best off getting there the day before.

Thanks! I just checked the closest station here in south Wayland about a mile north of the Pike and a similar thing happened here as well

Very nice illustration of your point. Thanks for showing. Where did you get the data, BTW?

I’m really happy to hear this. I got the snow bug when we moved from TX to Albany when I was 7, and the first winter my Dad made it part of our routine that I would help him shovel the snow, which I had never seen before. BTW, that was the winter of 69-70, and so I remember thinking this is just like Charlie Brown where I see people wading in snow up to their waists. .

That sounds about right. As a testimonial, I grew up in Albany, which averages in the low 60's, and traveled frequently with my Dad to Brattleboro. The aggregate snow amounts seemed similar.