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41 R+ I'm glad I paid to have our roof shoveled off. 9" of heavily weighted snow remains on the ground. Since our big snowfall the temperatures have remained in the 30s except 41F yesterday and 44F today. I have no idea what is going to happen over the next week with all these systems and snow/rain.
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51 minutes ago, nrgjeff said:
I'd probably try @PWMan in almost any forecast scenario. In 2017 some KCMO friends thought they were hosed with mid-level clouds but they got a lucky break for several minutes at just the right time.
If there is any chance of a breaks in clouds I would take a chance on it. I suppose have some other activity to justify the drive. Again, one should still experience some effects under overcast and observe animals react. Even mostly cloudy could yield bits and pieces of the main show.
The KCMO story was a morning MCS. Of course that day clouds lingered well after the storms departed, rather than quickly clearing. Friends gave it a shot despite lots of afternoon clouds. They got the break they needed. Sometimes things actually go right!
At this point it's too early to worry about the forecast though. Maybe consider some back-up locations. One can still get a motel off the path of totality in the Midwest no problem. Then drive on in that day, early of course.From a Meteorological perspective what I remember from my Aruba eclipse is the wall of darkness coming down the beach. I could see to the horizen and it was pretty pronounced racing towards us at 1000mph. Most people just stare at the sun through totality but I really noticed how the strange light reflected of the scattered cumulous around and the rapidly changing sunrise to sunset effect in the distance all around us. The only thing I remember about animals was that the hotel had lots of exoctic birds in cages. Normally as dusk falls the staff would cover the cages up in the evening. No one remembered to do that and the birds were going nuts trying to figure why got became night all at once. If you can't make it to centerline it will not get that dark but at the edges of totality Bailey's beads and the Diamond Ring effect last longer. As i keep harping, 99% partial and a 100% total is like the difference between kissing someone and marrying them.
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6 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:
I would imagine it must get dark as night during totality if there’s cloud cover.
It will get dark at night. Even in areas like mine with 98% it will get extremely dark.
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17 hours ago, ariof said:
This is going to be a study in bottlenecks, and coming back will sort of be a ski weekend on steroids. I doubt traffic going up is going to be a huge issue: a lot of people will go early and it will be relatively spread out since people have the whole morning and much of the afternoon. I'll definitely leave some extra time, though, and be ready to find some back roads if necessary. Franconia Notch will be interesting since it will squeeze traffic down to a single lane. There's almost never enough traffic there to cause backups, because so much peels off further south, but this could be an exception, since totality starts further north.
Back roads may help since I don't think many non-frequent travelers up there will take them. Boston to Saint Albans via Kinsman Notch and Route 15 only adds about an hour of drive time but probably avoids the traffic. Assuming 93 isn't jammed up into Concord. I'd guess 91 will be in better shape than 93/89, although the interchange at 89 might get tricky. But the way up the dispersal of people onto different routes should help.
Now, for the way back. The optimal viewing location is somewhere you can view the eclipse and then get the hell out of dodge as quickly as possible. You want to be on the side of totality your eventual highway is on, and you want to be close to it. This is what we did in Southern Illinois in 2017. Get in the car and hit the road. The only issue there was that there kept being 2-lanes-to-1 construction which led to long bottlenecks. I could foresee that happening to Franconia Notch, and I'd probably take 91 around that. (If there is a bluebird day, my plans are to head up to the NEK, possibly via 89 and 91 instead of 93, and definitely avoiding the Notch on the way back. But if you can be an early vehicle through the Notch, that will meter traffic onto 93 south quite well, and you'll probably get to Concord before the masses come down 93 and 89. I think the optimal location to view it would be somewhere along I-91 north of St J, but in the southbound lanes. Eclipse passes, you're already on the road ready to go south. It's going to be as if every skier at every mountain on a Sunday afternoon got off the lift and into their car at the same time. I'd expect the roads to be, uh, busy.I remember in 2017 watch the red on Google Maps across the country on either side of the eclipse. It's fun!
I live in the Plymouth area of Central NH. Route 25 west and up along the Conn River on the NH side is another option. Cross one of the bridges into Vermont and take side roads at least up to St Johnsbury. Also the NW are just west and north of Littleton NH gets briefly into totality. There are quite a few country roads if you have Google Maps etc. although cell service is very spotty in that area of NH.. It will not get very dark but Bailey's beads, Diamond Ring will last longer and you might be able to avoid lots of traffic. It all depends on the weather. If there is a high probablility of good weather a couple of days in advance, the more people will decide to head north. If it is iffy or of course a poor forecast with a large synoptic storm about to hit.... then just sleep in.
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Crap, another snowstorm! My 18" on the north side of my nearly flat area of my roof is not melting. Whether it's rain or snow I have to have it snowraked. Crazy for the very end of March.
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1 hour ago, dendrite said:
That Northfield guy can gtfo with 21.4”
Calling it 16” here
I guess maybe if you clear just before IP, then wait 6 hours and clear again before flip? I just waited until the storm was over and do 1 measurement. It's always a controversal issue. No way Northfield got more than me.
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30 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:
How in the Sam hell did you have 58” prior? Surprised it was even that much.
Take a look of my records on the snow thread. I had one storm early in the season with 8 in while at the bottom of my Hill was like a slushy 2 in. That helped in a lot of nickel and dimes. But I recorded everything.
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Just about at the end. 18.75". This brings me to 76" for the season. Slightly below my norm but very close.
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740pm SN++ the heaviest snow i have seen with a synoptic system in the past few years other than the crazy meso band in the Dec 2022 storm. Almost snow squall intensity. 14.25"
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4 minutes ago, dendrite said:
Complete with dripping sounds. SN+ here. Vis is down to under 1/4 mile. Almost "squall" like heavy
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SN but really good snow growth. Great storm. Best since Dec 2022 with that mega band.
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26.3F Parachutes. Over the past few hours the precipatation has changed from snow to IP and back several times. Most of the time it has been sleet. In the last 5 minutes it has again flipped to snow. Will this be it for the duration? i would think so.
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26.2 IP 12"
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Flipping back to SN. 25.8F My accumulation had been stuck at around 12" but will now commence again.
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and just like that it went from SN+ to IP. KLW, the CC is radar Correlation Coefficent. It's a good way to see where the snow sleet line is.
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6 minutes ago, dendrite said:
Back to all pellets. Roared right back in on CC.
Really interesting to watch the CC. The mix wants to come up my way but at the last moment gets shunted to the east.
SN but close to SN+ 25.6F
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1 minute ago, dendrite said:
Looking at that collapse SE and the good push SE on ENX I’m thinking that may be about it for the sleet extent. Probably 50/50 sn/ip now.
I flipped almost to all IP about half an hour ago but back to 100% snow. Very good snow growth too
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25.2F SN Over the past 45 minutes IP has mixed in. At one point 30 minutes ago it almost changed to all IP. Back to all snow
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2pm SN- IP- goes back and forth 25.2F Just under 12" but I assume sleet will mash down the pack. I could use a snowboard and reclear in 6 hours but I'm just going to watch the snow stake.
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24.9F SN but the first IP is trying to mix in. 11.5"
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24.8F Snow had been moderate most of the day but now SN+
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SN 24.6F Snow growth has improved. Not the fine sand from earlier.
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Total Solar Eclipse, April 8, 2024
in New England
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We all know how forecasts 276 hours work but just for fun this is this mornings GFS run. Won't it be the kicker if Texas is cloudy and NNE is clear!