BrianW

Neighbor is a lineman says they are expecting it to be really bad. They have pretty high standards for not working over a set wind speed for safety reasons. There is going to be a long duration where they can't work on any lines with this storm.

Light snow here with a small band setup over New Haven the last hour or so. Can even see its slowing traffic down on 95 and the Meritt west of HVN.

What a winter for BDR and HVN. First time I've ever heard upton mention 3 foot totals On the higher end, the NBM (01Z) supports 23 to 30 inches across the area, due to a bit more QPF and the aforementioned higher ratios. Its 90th percentile supports close to 3 ft across much of the area. The NAMNest is also on the higher end with 2 to 3 inches of liquid equivalent. This is likely due to its more westward track. The 06Z HRRR which is similar in its track is very much in line with the current forecast. However, a reasonable worst case could put totals up to 3 ft. While the highest totals are expected along the coast, heavier bands of snow (strong frontogenetic forcing) can rotate inland and usually on the cold air side of the best forcing. These bands are ofter a challenge to forecast and often leads to localized higher amounts.

Yeah. There is zero road salt in New Haven. That mountain is completely gone. That's the only import and storage area in the state for salt. I believe it also supplies the 91 corridor up into New England.

This deep snow really helped preserve lawns around here. Pretty incredible how green my lawn is under the snow.

Ripping in Narragansett. https://www.georgesofgalilee.com/sky-cam/

Warm night at BDR. Spent most of the night at 28.

New Haven Harbor has a ton of ice. I think 2012/2013 was the last time it happened. There are stories that in the winter of 1934 they drove cars and trucks across the ice was so thick.

Yeah. I remember the thermometer in my car reading-25 one morning.

I think you were up in BTV back in the early 2000's? I spent a few years up there when my wife was finishing up school at UVM. I remember this January cold shot of yore..

You can really see it increasing on my small 1.2 kw solar array facing due south in full sun all day....

BDR'S reports come up as Official NWS Obs. I assume that means they have an observer on site? Seems they have a good observer as I work in the area all the time and they seem spot on.

Nice 27 degree rise here in Branford.

Mid to upper 20's here around HVN.

Cold has been pretty tame here on the shoreline. BDR has 2 single digits lows this month. Looks like they hit 9 this morning for a low.

Lots of people caught with their pants down with empty oil tanks and a surge in heating oil spot prices around here. Jumped like a dollar or more in the last week around New Haven. Hearing there is huge waits for deliveries.

13 inches Branford.

BDR reported 13 at 4.

Always interesting to look at the ISO New England electricity grid data during these cold shots. Looks like New England will be burning millions of gallons of oil for power generation for the next week or so. Natural gas gets priority for heating and we fire up all the peak oil power stations due to pipeline constraints. Electricity is almost $1000 mwh right now. It usually around $25-50. https://www.iso-ne.com/

Yeah. WTNH mentioned that. Looks like Gil wrote it. Haha Sunday: Very cold with snow developing around 9 am give or take an hour. Steady and heavy snow continuing through the day and into the night. Some thunder-snow also possible! Blowing and drifting snow. There could be a little sleet mixing in SE CT. Highs 15-25. Travel near impossible Sunday evening-overnight!

Hopefully you lived in Hamden in Feb 2013 for the 40 inches. My sister sent me this from her apartment there.