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I guess it just seems like I've seen a lot more big ones here in SEMA than people in CT see. Not sure if its always been like that? Jan 2022 was PVD's 4th biggest on record, after 1978, 1996, and 2005. I mean, I can definitely see us still getting a decent number of 12" storms here but 18"+ inch storms seem like they've been a lot more common here than it should be. Don't get me wrong, I hope that we keep getting big ones here, it just seems like we've been living high on the hog for a while now.
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Oh absolutely CC is definitely a factor. Patterns are not what they used to be, although sooner or later we may get another bad snow stretch like the 80s. A foot of snow was huge for people back in that time. Nowadays, people my age act like 2013 type storms happen a lot more than they really do. Their bias is warped.
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Yep that was a big one too. I feel like relative to climo, we've actually had a lot of big dogs in recent decades. 1996, 2005, 2013, 2015, 2022. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like kind of an anomaly that we have had this many in recent years. How many storms of that magnitude happened in the decades prior? Maybe we are due for a dry spell?
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As much as I hate to say it, I feel like we already had our "big one" here on 01/29/22. As much as we want to get another 1978, 1996, or 2005, I feel like after 2022 we will have to wait a while, but hopefully I'm wrong.
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Better chance of seeing it there than in the Attleboro, Seekonk area. Don't think it will make it this far south.
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I want a 1978 redux just once in my lifetime. 2005 was the biggest one that I can remember, although 1996 was apparently up there also.
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It would be cool if we got the same squalls in the winter that we get in the summer. Same amount of thunder and lightning and an inch or more of qpf in like an hour. But winter squalls never carry that same equivalent of qpf as their summer counterparts.
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Yeah I honestly cant ever remember a time when this area got any decent accumulations from a squall. Maybe a coating at most but thats the ceiling. Always take the under with these. Would be cool to see some big gusts and brief whiteout but even that seems like a transient threat here.
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True but ground temps definitely won't allow any accumulation on pavement. Maybe on grassy surfaces with good rates.
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Its too warm for it to even be snow here
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That's usually the case with these windex systems. It's very difficult to pinpoint the evolution of isolated events, especially in an area that doesn't usually get them per climo. I always keep my expectations low with these.
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It would be really cool to get some brief whiteout blizzard-like conditions.
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Yeah I would imagine that they are more common in NNE and especially upstate NY. It seems like in RI and EMA they tend to loose their punch by the time they reach us here. I mean, even in 2010 PVD got just 0.5. I guess windex events just don't produce around here which is why I keep my expectations low. Just like with severe in the summertime.
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So is 2010 like the largest known windex event in SNE? Nobody remembers anything else bigger than that one in this area? I can't really recall many snow squall events in this area in general.
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Yeah definitely wont be more than an inch or so around here at most. Maybe 10% chance it gives us 2". But maybe the wind will make this one more memorable.
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I wonder if RI and SE Mass do better with this one than 01/28/10. I think that one was mostly a CT event. PVD only picked up 0.5."
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In recent years we have been so spoiled with tons of big snow events. Maybe this is just climo getting back to normal. Everything evens out eventually.
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Wow that would be amazing around here. Too bad it's still five days out.
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In February 2006 I got 11.4". Biggest storms that I remember for snowfall were January 2005 with about 24", January 2022 with 23.2", and January 2015 with 20.4."
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March 1993?
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Eh January 12, 2011 only produced like one foot in my area and that was the bigger of the two. Feb 2013 was definitely bigger but I still only got 14.3". Definitely a good storm but not on the same level as January 2005 and 2015 in my area.
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Wow so then January 1996 was the last one maybe? Or March 93? Can't think of any other recent ones.
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How often do we get a monster system that drops a widespread 2+ feet for the whole northeast? January 2015 was the last one that I remember. I wish they weren't so rare.
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1/13/24 Sultan Slicer #2 - Heavy rain, snow, wind?
ChangeofSeasonsWX replied to Torch Tiger's topic in New England
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1/13/24 Sultan Slicer #2 - Heavy rain, snow, wind?
ChangeofSeasonsWX replied to Torch Tiger's topic in New England
I sure hope so. If it's going to cut then might as well go big. Both 12/18 and yesterday's cutters were a big bust for wind imby.
