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h5 did look a lot different than 6 hours ago.

eye candy

The mean is in the same location for both runs, but there are now more members further west.

But that was a big move north from 12z. Another move like that and we are in the game. At least according to the Icon...

What model was that?

The fact that it's mostly gone after 3 days fits the pattern this winter.

The end of that Euro run looked interesting. Too bad it's in clown range.

Nice move NW from 0Z. Maybe the Euro will follow. We'll soon find out.

Has that look of a potential phaser. We can only hope.

I hope we don't start seeing the dread word "suppression". Not that this pattern resembles it.

Is this the Fauci thread now?

I'll take CMC for Sunday.

GEFS wide right.

GFS wide right and meh on the Friday deal.

In a storm without much wind, the clearing method should be quite accurate. But what happens in a storm with 30-40 MPH winds? How accurate is it then? Especially with powder.

Yeah, getting a week off from work back then because of the Rt 128 fiasco is a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Temps during most of the storm varied only a couple of degrees. Randolph temps would have been more like Brockton than Hingham, which is only a few miles away. The storm didn't end until very late on the 7th.

I put in a request from NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information (NCEI) for maximum temps at Randolph for 2/6/78 and 2/7/78. They emailed a list of cities in E MA, of which the closest to Randolph was Brockton. The max there was 34F on the 6th and 35F on the 7th. Hingham had a max of 34F on the 6th and 32F on the 7th. By comparison, Boston was 34F on the 6th and 33F on the 7th. My main point being there was no fluff factor with that snow, limiting the drifting in many areas, despite the strong winds.

15F here...just tied the low from this morning. Deep,deep cold. Snow cover probably helps now.

For sure we won't have to deal with the lack of antecedent cold if that Fri storm does pan out, what with temps in E Quebec -35F to -40F, and below 0 in NNE. That's according to the GFS. But according to the Ukie, it shows much warmer surface temps in NNE and much warmer surface and upper levels here.

The sounding for my hood has h8 @ 0C, and many other areas don't get to 0C, so I still don't agree with that surface map. Not that it matters at this point.

How is this even possible at the surface given the upper levels? Or is there a sneaky layer above 0C somewhere?

True, but with over 40" falling in many parts of RI, it is quite conceivable those N RI Hills had some enhancement.

Here's what they said: "A small area of 50 or more in. of snowfall was reported in northern Rhode Island (not depicted in Fig. 11.17.1-1)."

Not surprised you would say that. Even Kocin and Uccellini noted it in their Vol II.