wxsniss

Messenger's back yard (may he RIP) in Plymouth must be pushing 8" at this point

That coastal front / area of convergence has been nearly stationary for >24 hours

Let's repeat late January

9 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Love how much of the discussion revolves around imaging this in winter and how elated or upset folks would be.

Some things never change.  Winter still rules the forum.

Was just thinking same and logged in to get the feel, watching this ongoing firehose into south shore. Let's repeat in late January.

This secondary line pushing into Boston metro and southshore is more impressive... very heavy downpours, CG

Says both radar-confirmed and OTG...

812 
WWUS51 KBOX 062008
SVSBOX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
408 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025

MAC017-027-062045-
/O.CON.KBOX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250906T2045Z/
Worcester MA-Middlesex MA-
408 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WORCESTER AND CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

At 407 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Holden, or near
Worcester, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This tornado will be near...
  Worcester, Marlborough, Shrewsbury, Hudson, Westborough, Holden, 
  Northborough, Clinton, Lancaster, and Sterling around 415 PM EDT.
  Southborough, Stow, and Harvard around 420 PM EDT.
  Framingham, Acton, Sudbury, Maynard, and Boxborough around 425 PM 
  EDT.
  Littleton around 430 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4223 7187 4241 7195 4252 7150 4230 7143
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 251DEG 34KT 4234 7186 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

4 hours ago, kdxken said:

So many great photos from yesterday. Most photogenic day of the year? 

 

100%
 

Incredible sunset colors backlighting towering CB with frequent crystal clear lightning, and otherwise clear dark blue sky… amazing I wish I could capture better 

My wife was yelling at me for wasting ice cream as I was frantically taking photos

Another beaut… moonrise at Hampton Beach this weekend:

Man photos don’t do this justice and I wasn’t able to catch the best…

Spectacular lightning with sunset colors

16 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Massive CG strike.  Heavy heavy rain.

Extremely heavy here for a few minutes

Back side looking from Coolidge Corner, with clear blue following it…

A hint of a rainbow too:

Let’s hope this isn’t true…

https://studyfinds.org/winter-weather-moving-west-how-the-polar-vortex-rewriting-americas-cold-map/

“LOWELL, Mass. — Americans expecting the worst winter weather to slam the East Coast might need to look northwest instead. A major study spanning four decades reveals that severe winter storms are shifting away from traditional snow belt regions toward the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies, potentially changing where Americans should brace for brutal cold and heavy snow…”

”According to the study, published in Science Advances, the first pattern “features an upper-level vortex displaced toward western Canada and linked to northwestern U.S. severe winter weather.” The second “features a weakened upper-level vortex displaced toward the North Atlantic and linked to central-eastern U.S. severe winter weather.”

Amazing feed, just keeps going into Boston metro... another rumble heard at 12:30am looks near Hingham

Thunder in Fenway area

This is really impressive

LLJ taking its time lifting north

Heaviest of day right now, hoping we hear some thunder

Love the activity in here… if only this was January

Theories? 

Easily audible so I checked FlightAware. Looks like a systematic screen.

This one ~9pm Monday March 3 took off from Hanscom:

A 2nd one ~11:30pm took off from Northeast Philly:

Some younger folks here might be interested in this… summer student volunteer program with NWS Boston:

https://www.weather.gov/media/box/Summer_2025.pdf

Fond memory on multiple levels... the turning point, Euro ~60 hrs prior... went from OTS to a retro for a few inches to a blizzard:

1 minute ago, mahk_webstah said:

Good time to put the closing thoughts on this thread.

the Iggles flew high.

A good number of weenies got to high five though not as many as I hoped.

Thanks for letting me start a thread.

Let’s see if indeed this storm is the first of a decent run over the next few weeks

Congrats!

I think most here were thrilled not to see a 3peat!

~5-5.25" in Brookline

I love the fresh stark white on everything

43 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Haven’t gone outside but about 4” or so give or take. 6” streak goes on for 3 years. Light snow currently.

Take a 3peat tonight to the bank?

Look at Feb 9 0z HREF… 3z/4z RAP and 3z/4z HRRR, that’s go-time guidance… even short term mesos failed horribly here in handling dry air, had it snowing in east at least through 7am

Brookline: Great snowgrowth and heaviest rates of season, has to be at least 1”/hr

RAP HRRR HREF look good esp NOP and NEMA

Warnings up

This degree of model consensus seems so rare lately

Been a while since we've had a no-drama significant storm...

Regionwide 6-10" would probably accurately cover almost everyone outside Cape/southcoast

Just saw this from Box, sorry if posted earlier...

Are they relying on ratios for such widespread 8-12"?

Solid event incoming for a change... most guidance supports widespread 4-8", maybe some spots 8"+

Actually decent 4-day-lead consensus EC / GFS / CMC for once

Healthier SWFE and that fledgling CCB keeps improving

Widespread warning snows, would be SNE's largest storm of season so far

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00sqr6q8/dyfi/intensity