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Back to -SN now. Cheering on subsidence from this point on now.

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Lighter snow now. Hopefully that stuff crushing central MA doesn't weaken much as it heads east. The NAM fronto plots did very well.

Creepily well. Those x-sections on TT are pretty sweet too. Maybe we can get one more biggie before Sping to really try them out.

1 minute ago, JC-CT said:

Radar looks awful around him, doesn't it?

It’s looked terrible there for hours.

Derry RWIS is down to 1/8SM...pretty extreme for those sensors.

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

Doing decent here. Moderate snow all day except for that 90 minute period of lighter stuff. Won’t be shocking to end up 10-12”

What do you have right now? 

2 minutes ago, wokeupthisam said:

Thanks, curious what creates it.  Up to 8 or 9" now, on a ridge with eastern exposure so drifting is an issue.  Band seems to reform overhead with good inflow from GOM still showing.  Hopefully it expands west to get you into the goods. 

You are ground zero up here right now. When did you move from Auburn?

4 minutes ago, bobbutts said:

Good stuff dying right on my doorstep..  Still a decent storm so far.

There’s a high density of flakes out there which is keeping the vis way down despite the meh growth. I’m only pulling 9-10:1 ratios up here, but it adds up. When you get that extra lift in the banding the deposition goes off the charts in the DGZ and you start turning a similar amount of liquid into triple the snow rates.

3 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Temps have risen with some posters melting.

I can’t see you in your subby zone from my subby zone through that band.

That S NH band is starting to regenerate eastward...losing the brighter echoes around I93.

For those getting porked...at least if you’re gonna lose, lose big. A few inches will melt pretty quickly this time of year.

5 minutes ago, wokeupthisam said:

What creates that attenuation angle running thru Sanford down to Rochester-Dover?  Looks like the heart of the band extends Farmington to well off Kennebunk including under that attenuated wedge?

I’m not sure what the beam is hitting SW of the radar site. @OceanStWx would know.

1 minute ago, DomNH said:

Man it's really ****ing pounding. 

Congrats man. Idk if it has enough of a push to get back this way. I may get Kevin’d.

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Correct me if wrong, but isn’t it best to be just to the west of the band rather than closer to east edge , as the wind aloft actually drives the heavy snow west /sw? I know I’ve read that in here 

Western edge vs eastern edge...sure. 

Getting closer

Starting to ramp up. Dryslots band is moving in. Up to 27.6°

1 minute ago, JJBASHB said:

Might be wrong but I think Wiz mentioned the column never fully saturated on models?  Maybe some sublimation going on, under the radar, in any dry layers.

Drift under the beam. Ground truth is slightly more SW of the echoes the more you get away from the radar site (assuming strong NE winds).

Just took a core. Nothing great yet...under 10:1.

3.0”/0.32”

2 minutes ago, CT Rain said:

Mid level magic IMBY.

We take. 

1 minute ago, USCAPEWEATHERAF said:

Chatham, MA Municipal Airport's last observation had only .62" of QPF measured so far, that means if models were right, we have another 1.9" of liquid precipitation to go in this storm

You’re up to 1.13” now and there may be some undercatch from the strong winds too.

1 minute ago, TheSnowman said:

    And I NEVER lead the storm race.  Ever.  Heck I've never Won an event either.  

1 minute ago, sbos_wx said:

Here is the OKX radar from the same period. You can see how the bands are connected overall. They are close to their pivot points right now. The jackpots are being decided.

 

Not the slit you want to be in there in C CT.

MQE 56kt and they’ve been averaging almost 0.20” in the can for 6 hours.

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Animate OKX radar . West is moving east and east one moving west. Pivot point 

I know. But that’s the 2nd band moving west out of RI. The first one dissipated. There’s no major band behind that 2nd one so it should stay together and make a better westward push.

1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Huh? The bands are merging overhead 

The first one vaporized faster than the hair on your head. The following one subbied it, but hopefully for you that one makes a better push westward.

17 minutes ago, WxBlue said:

Vertical cross section on Tropical Tidbits FTW.

Levi out-did himself once again on this one.

Yup. That is awesome.