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2015 redux?
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Temps would have been colder there than where I was, contributing to more blowing and drifting with a lighter consistency. From what I remember, temps were freezing or above in Randolph for most of the storm. The wetness was apparent when you could hear it hitting the windows and sides of the house.
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As I said earlier, despite the winds, the drifting was kept to a minimum because of the wet snow. If you look at the many pictures of the day, you don't see large drifts, at least in those areas S of Boston. This was not a fluffy snow. Where I was, open areas were definitely over 40" with maybe up to 5' drifts near buildings on the windward side.
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Here's a quote from the New England Historical Society: "Parts of Boston’s South Shore and Woonsocket, R.I., got hit with the most: 54 inches." Not official, but just saying... People who were there at the time and dealing with it would have first-hand knowledge.
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I'd love to see a surface depiction of that.
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Actually, N RI was the area that had some 50"+ reports. Also, it was a very wet snow so drifting was minimal. I know, because we had to shovel it from the driveway without a snowblower. Luckily it was a small driveway.
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I lived in Randolph at the time, moving to Westwood about 1 1/2 years after the blizzard. We had the Army clear close to 4 feet of snow from the street because no plows could handle it.
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From where I lived in Feb 1978, there would be no event that even comes close to that.
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Good times ahead. Cutters are a thing of the past, lol.
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Clown range on the GFS for day 14 has a potential phaser. Not showing one, but ingredients look to be there.
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Just finished snowblowing. Didn't seem all that fluffy as I thought, but that's probably because I waited too long to clear the driveway, so the bottom layer was melting onto the pavement making for a not so clean pass in some areas.
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I thought he did better than that.
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Didn't the NAM last night show the snows hanging on in E areas through the afternoon?
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Just measured for first time. 12". But there may have been some compaction since I made no interim measurements. Still very light snow but just about over.
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Same here.
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Looks like that eastern convection that was fading on radar last night must have done the trick.
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I saw heavy snow being reported by official reports in Laconia and Manchester. What an over producer!
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This has been 2 inches per hour since the start.
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Haven't been out yet, but just eyeballing it looks like 9-10" here with no end in sight.
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Heavy rain reported in SBY, Salisbury, MD, just south of Delaware.
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Convection really blowing up now just E of ACY.
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Well, the convection out east seems to be weakening to me. https://radar.weather.gov/
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Nam wants to chase that eastern low.
