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On 12/26/2024 at 8:53 PM, powderfreak said:

Anytime the temperature gets under -25F in New England, there's a good chance it's a fake -25 to -30 unless it's a mountain site.

In 94 I lived in a great fake cold spot and hit -20 two nights in a row with the decent pack we had that year.

37 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

1993 was too far inland imho - .. i'm butting in here.  not sure what we're talking about.  haha ... 

but if we're discussing impact relativity.  1993 was really more of burst of heavy snow that was comparatively rapidly recoverable along the 95 corridor/coastal plain east of the apps cordillera.  the snow did not collocate so well with population density/geography, as well as that 1899 appears to have accomplished.  

part of my bringing this up is because 1993 always pissed me off.  that was 10 days of d-drip bliss only to have the best heroin land along the roof top of the Appalachian chain?   f* that    i was down here in acton ma, about 30 mi w of boston as the crow flies,  and we got 13" crusted over with 1/2" of sleet.   i realize the specter of the storm and it's particular vitals, et al, were quite possible goat ... but it didn't seem from phl to bos like that was really our storm.  

If I remember correctly, they were forecasting that storm to miss to our south at first, ended up going to far west for the good stuff in the end but I think that was the theme for that year.

34 minutes ago, Layman said:

There was a BMX track in the same location as a motorcycle track in Southwick, MA. 

For a somewhat weather related aspect, the BMX track was dry and sandy like beach sand and when we went to try and screw around on the motorcycle track, it was soft, deep and somewhat muddy. That track was also comparatively huge in relation. We were already breaking bones on BMX bikes so mom and dad were none to keen on jumping up to motorcycles 

My friends family owned a Honda shop, we used to go watch him race motorcross at that track, good times. They had a big RV we used to drive down and stay there.

1 hour ago, MJO812 said:

Ordering food for NYE

Take out tonight, local restaurant New Years Eve.

1 hour ago, ORH_wxman said:

March is the time to go skiing up north. Can’t remember the last time the Xmas to New Years week was clean. Feels like it sucks or has some terrible days almost every year. Even going back to the glory years of winter that holiday week always seems to have problems. 
 

Though in your defense, Sugarloaf is often far enough north that even some crappy setups still do well there.  

In crappy years our ski club used to go to Sugarloaf.

2 hours ago, kdxken said:

35° and rain.

Same here, nice cold drizzle, chills to the bone.

2 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Kind of an aside but I was walking along the CT river today and I think I see the makings of an ice jam? The bridge was literally the dividing line between flowing water and ice. Doubt this all melts before the cold returns. I don’t recall many ice jams this far south, especially in recent years. 
 

 

 

I remember a few years where it was frozen solid and you could probably walk on it, I wouldn't though.

The cold comes in pretty good after the new year and stays for a while, should give us some good opportunities.

3 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

lol I ended up looking I just had stuff going on before..   thanks though

I was just going to post it but had the same problem.

8 hours ago, ORH_wxman said:

I just looped the entire month of Dec 1989 on reanalysis and it's amazing. The first time the 850 0C line makes it north of MA is 12/31/89 the entire month. Most of the month is spent double digit negatives at 850mb.

Didn't that winter end up not so good? I remember thinking this cold already, going to be a great year and was disappointed.

7 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

Another one that would work 

January 11th and 12th are good dates for a snowstorm over the years.

23 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

30” storms are exceptionally rare for a single spot but there’s some climo favored areas and then climo disfavored areas. 
 

East slope of the northern Berkshires is prob the most climo-favored area in SNE. Next would prob be N ORH county. Both regions can do really well on deep layer easterly flow events. Next is prob interior SE MA. The one thing those 3 areas have in common is they can often be big QPF maximums in coastal storms. The first two are due to orographics and SE MA can wring out a bit extra due to the frictional low-level convergence of sticking out into the ocean. You’re not far displaced from the moisture source as a bonus. 
 

But I think the 2010s prob set the bar unrealistically high on the expectations of frequency on these storms. It’s still very hard to get…even in the climo favored areas. 

We actually did ok that year, but the Snowicane soured us on the year.

20 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

2F

A cold Christmas evening.

Down to 20 here

25 minutes ago, Prismshine Productions said:

Ain't no way it snows in June

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The pack will be so deep the piles won't melt until June. Joking but in 2015 I think there was a pile of snow in Boston that took about that long to melt.

43 minutes ago, cleetussnow said:

We are more of a Christmas vacation family.  Was on all morning down here.  

I watch that too, it's been on for a week, watched it a couple times, still funny after all these years.

22 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

We watched that movie as a family last night. I really never get sick of it.  So good. 

I watch it every Christmas too, they have a new one out with the same characters only older, haven't seen it.

5 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Decent inversion.

Thats a great picture

15 minutes ago, mreaves said:

With that in the definition, I don’t think I’ve ever experienced one. 

I can understand if the definition is it has to snow between Christmas Eve and Christmas day but to be the first snow really narrows it down to an almost impossible level.

49 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Does excess salt on the roads from an overzealous DPW count?

Only if its the first salt of the year and was put down between midnight and noon.

8 hours ago, tamarack said:

He must be working his magic somewhere else.  6th non-Grinch in 27 Decembers, still a pitiful proportion.

The past is the past, only care about now and the future.

19 minutes ago, weathafella said:

Good is pretty far from great in this case.  BOS will probably finish subnormal for the month but not by much.

Great would have been if we all got a foot plus a few days ago but it is still good considering past years.

17 minutes ago, NW_of_GYX said:

Portland metro area has been one of the biggest snow holes over the last 10 years. Quite a few systems that missed to the south, making it an even harder pill to swallow. I’d wager southern York county has fared better than Portland metro since the 2015 winter. It’s insane/impressive that Westbrook still has an active snowmobile club 

It has, my sister lives there and is a snow weenie too, I'll be moving up there in the summer once my house is built.

25 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

I’m at 3.8 womp womp

Very little complaints here though. The holidays have been wintry. That’s all that matters in December to me. After Dec 25? Time to produce. Bigly.

Need a two footer or a couple of 10-15 would do too.

48 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Even Ruaaway Berg has 7-8” this month . AN for SW CT

I have about that, maybe an inch more, I feel for those getting hosed, but this is one of the better Decembers and Christmases in a while in my area.

36 minutes ago, Modfan2 said:

.50” in Brooklyn CT @The 4 Seasons; about 6.5” so far on the season; that’s about half of my totals the last two years. 

I got just about an inch, at least the grounds white and its cold, feels like Christmas.