mahk_webstah

Poke me daddy

When I lived in Philly, I totally got absorbed in the storms that we got...and there were some good winters! But to scratch the itch, I would frequently go to Quebec City in early February, some I recommend to any snow weenie. You can fly or drive, it is like being in an old European city. The food is great, it is all walkable and charming, the have a fantastic winter carnival, and the US dollar does pretty well up there. And the snow...wow!

Yeah the snowblower last night didn't touch the 3 inches of compact snow at the bottom which is now all slushy. What a fookin mess. We have 1500' to manage and we use a tractor blower not a blade. We might be calling in the town plow guy to throw a lot of sand tomorrow. Also the snowpack hasn't really decreased. The walk across the field in 20 heavy inches was one helluva glute workout. These are the days I start to hope the winter ends fast. Though I'm rooting for the next big storm. It's sick.

Hang on! I'm satisfied with my 25-26" in 6 days time. I hope you get to 30!

there still is snow mixed in here

The CAD from Gene to Jeff, and to some extent to Brian is remarkable. We are 30/28 here. I CAD pretty well, as this whole area does, but Brian and Gene are at another level.

We are mostly sleet now. Maybe 3.5"snow? Very glad we ran the snowblower down and up the driveway when we did. Looks like it will stay pretty cold, so just sleet and freezing rain and maybe some plain rain before it cuts off...and a smooth driveway I think.

We are almost to 3 inches so decided to run the tractor snowblower down the driveway. We have a long driveway on an incline. And we don’t want big chunks of slush tomorrow. The snow is heavy and clumpy so I think the changeover is near so we’re trying to get the 3 inches off the driveway and see what happens next.

We've just had a heavy burst here, but it seems a break is imminent, but then there is another large area of precip just in ENY and Western Mass just about to break over the VT and NH borders. If that is snow it will get heavy again, but I'm thinking this batch might be the changeover. I think your low temp means potentially a good bit of freezing rain. We are considering snowblowing the driveway at about 10 just before bed because we don't want a ton of frozen slush which can't be snowblown..

Snowing pretty hard but temporary back edge is near. Temp dropped to 27

An eager and loving soul, who has a positive outlook, and everyday begins again.

And already backfilling west mass and ct and nepa

I was fooled by how robust that earlier band looked. I see now how it is coming together.

Snowing nicely now but back edge is near. I see the EPA stuff firing though.

Vape? Oy….

But will the mid levels have warmed…

GYX discussion appears that everything is on track as forecast. They must assume that the precipitation is going to fill in as the coastal continues to develop. At this point I’m just counting on the heavy burst of snow that’s about to come in last for an hour or two. they are the meteorologists, so I trust their judgment, certainly more than mine.

I think the primary is deeper and holding on longer. That means a bigger slot and less qpf I think

Is it eggplant Wednesday?

now that would be a capper

although I'm noticing a tendency to fill in the empty gaps up this way, and noticing the stuff building in Jersey and SEPA that is on a trajectory to be up here. Personally I'm happy we are getting some during the day. steady light snow here and 30, with a coating so far.

Yup

Light flakes starting to drift down

I used to be Mark_in_Philly. When we moved from Webster to Boscawen, I didn't want to give up the sound of "Mahk" and "Webstah"

Looking at the radar this morning compared to Monday, we can really see the difference, and why this storm is for farther into NNE than Monday. The primary is further west and well developed. Detroit is getting a pretty big storm. The coastal isn't really popping yet and the moisture is more inland from the coast; on Monday there was blob of moisture way down south along and off the coast, and you could see how that was going to develop soon enough to slow down warm air intrusion One thing that does give me optimism for a thump is the radar, which looks juicy with snow pretty far south. The first band looks strong and ahead of schedule. 6-8" for here this evening, some freezing rain and then a slot is the best outcome, and a possibility. We don't warm a lot at the surface and the pack is hardened. Incidentally very little compaction this morning. ON my morning walk across the field and into the woods, the depth felt the same as yesterday morning. Looking at the long range, we might approach a really deep snowpack by Feb 10.