ChangeofSeasonsWX

Something else that I just thought of is that both Atlantic Canada and Europe get many more stronger windstorms than us. Canada gets both more hurricanes in the summer and their winter wind events tend to be much stronger as well. Even during our "big" wind events like December 18th last year, areas outside of the immediate coast rarely pass 60 mph, whereas in England and Canada it happens quite a bit more. I wonder why this is?

We are hypers even with earthquakes though lol 4.8 yeah that's big in this area but I barely felt it. Let me know when the next major hurricane or blizzard hits then we can talk lol

Boring times we are living in.

Yeah climo is working against us this time of year in SNE. Very rare for us to score in the coastal plain.

Yeah personally I agree that it is all just a bunch of cycles that we go through with snow. Despite what some on here might think, this will never be the Mid-Atlantic. **not sarcasm**

I agree that sarcasm is hard to read for sure. We need a sarcasm emoji on this site. I'm not sure if it would spread hostility though. Personally I use sarcasm a lot but always in good faith. It's just how I am.

Sarcasm

All I can say is that hopefully we don't reach Mid-Atlantic levels of snowless winters in my lifetime.

Its true. Outside of the immediate coastline Seekonk is about as tropical as you can get. I wouldn't be surprised if we are in USDA Hardiness Zone 8 in my lifetime. Parts of Cape Cod are already a Zone 7b so it wouldn't be that difficult to reach a Zone 8 in another 50 years or so. Hope I'm wrong because I love the snow, but I live in the wrong area for it. Good spot for the rare and elusive hurricanes that we don't even see anymore, but thats about it. Snow and severe don't do well in this area.

Yeah that north shift is probably the nail in the coffin for us here.

Yeah I mean don't get me wrong the ceiling with this is definitely high, but I just can't see this being another April 97, even if the consolidated solutions were to verify. April 1982 is the least applicable because this one lacks the same cold antecedent airmass. I could imagine a ceiling event with this one being 03/29/70 which was the Easter Sunday blizzard if the low retrogrades back sooner. So it has potential, just not sure its April 97 potential.

Everyone wants to keep bringing up 04/01/97 and 04/06/82, and yeah 1996-97 was a ratter until April 1st just like this season but this one just doesn't have the same dynamics as that one did, and April 1982 had a very cold airmass to work with. In terms of overall synoptics this one actually looks more similar to 03/29/70, but even that one had better dynamics to work with.

It's basically been a Vancouver winter here in SNE. Much more rain than even Seattle. At least the Mid-Atlantic is warmer and actually has seen 80 degrees already.

Looks like it skunks SEMASS but slams CT. Obviously still early and a lot can change. I know we had a good streak around here for a while in SEMASS but the past few years have been really bad and I think we all deserve a region wide crushing. It's so hard to do this late in the season though. Climo just doesn't favor it.

Looks like March 2010 as an analog verified after all. I say bring on summer. Maybe next winter will be better because it can't get much worse than this past winter. Definitely a Seattle feel.

We couldn't get a single storm to break right for us this season. Just another washout weekend. Maybe we can salvage a decent Sunday.

I just find it interesting how despite the warming climate, there hasn't been a North Atlantic March storm since 1908 or a February storm since 1952. I mean both of those storms happened in a colder era so why hasn't it happened since then? Even in January and April they are (relatively) more frequent.

If that STS that some models show off the Carolinas next week were to happen, this would be the year, right? I mean, with the forecasts being as bullish as they are for the upcoming hurricane season. If we can get a Category 2 in March in 1908, then why can't we get a mere STS in March 2024?

Its funny how everyone talks about March 2012 when it comes to warmth. PVD only hit a peak of 81 that month which yeah is warm but what about March 1998 when it hit 85? or March 1945 which hit 90 at PVD?

So far definitely seems more like March 2010 than 2012 with all the rain, but maybe we can hedge more towards a March 2012 feel later in the month? Lets hope

Yes, April 1982 and 2016 both had decent snow and our lowest maxes on record for the month.

Not sure how much of it is CC induced or just part of a normal cycle but historically, its been pretty rare to maintain 100% humidity and foggy conditions for an entire day. This isn't Seattle (yet anyways). At PVD we had five days that did that in 2023, plus another two days this past January, and March 5th had 99.9% rh. Not sure how accurate the data is, but prior to 2023, I could only find four other days since 1976 which had 100% rh, plus another four with 99.8% rh. So thats pretty crazy that in the past year we have had more days with 100% rh than we had in the previous 50 or so years.

Is this going to turn into another March 2010? Wettest month on record for PVD.

1970 redux?

Yeah let's be honest who wouldn't enjoy a good cane? Obviously not something really strong but a Category 1 or 2 would be fun. Category 3 and up gets dangerous.