Ginx snewx

There was really nothing obvious at 3-4 days lead time. The trough looked too far east. It required pretty deep phasing to pull that storm back for us.

There were strong signals but of course no specifics as is always the case. the only mega snowstorm i can ever recall being modeled pretty good out past 5 days was 93.

 

 

I didn't mean to start a twitter slap fight , Tru dat. Sbos will respond on banter thread.

24/25 get ready for the snow train that's coming. Drumbeat is clearer each day. Late Siberian high just kicked this off a little later.

 

 

best part being there is a definite signal and its has gotten stronger which is a good sign, could be the 25th on but I think by the 23rd . but time will tell.

 

 

not trying to be oppo, but I actually like the latest look,. The cold overwhelming the pattern and forcing suppression is not what I want to see, with the trough axis closer to us that could be lots of fun. anyways lets see how this hakes out as thats a pretty stout signal for the 25th-27th period.

 

The January 26-27th 2015 Blizzard was just that for Harwich, MA. A storm that was originally thought to have brought taint and rain to The outer Cape Cod area, never saw a drop of rain. We got 30.4" of snow, maybe a bit more in certain areas of the region, but we stayed all snow and never went to rain. I read some of that thread a week ago. Man everyone was down on the event three days ahead of time.

not everyone,in fact Jan 05 was analog for a week prior and mentioned several times

I don't know about their accuracy, but here are some totals I found of the December 1992 storm in this area (source: http://www.cbs6albany.com/weather/features/past-notable-storms/).

It looks like there was considerable spillover into the Berkshire Valley if these totals are to be believed as Adams and Pittsfield are typically both notorious downslope spots in E flow. However, with such a strong LLJ it's likely Froude numbers were high enough to allow unblocked flow. In addition, there was probably just enough elevation around here that it was snow instead of rain. The Hudson River is pretty much sea level but the Berkshire Valley is generally 800-1200' ASL.

Unfortunately, I was residing in far SW CT at the time and we had heavy rain and wind on day 1 followed by 6" of wet snow on the backside on day 2. However, I remember driving up through Becket around Xmas and they still had about a 30" glacier. Adams must've had ~15", but my memory is a bit foggy as it was long ago. Regardless if they still had that much snow around more than 2 weeks later, then those totals may in fact be legit.

crushed

Yeah they did a great job. RIP Scott. 

Man that storm was about as convuluted as it comes but those neg 850's were at historical levels. Pretty powerful stuff. Miss Scott

That thread is a good one with the amount of uncertainty even as it started. Those are always the fun ones to re-read. No one is really sure what's about to happen.

Will and our great late friend Scott absolutely nailed it.

How did you NH guys miss this last night???

 

Sugarloaf Maine killing it

BDL may have had only 1.38" but like I said, places on the eastern edge of the valley had 1" more. 

 

I posted this earlier this year but I put up a video that my brother and I shot during the storm driving from Stafford up to Union and then on to Worcester, Hull and Boston before returning.  I measured around 24" in Union in the morning and when we returned there was about 30".  You can also see the transition from snow to rain and the wave action in Hull.

 

what a great historical account and it brings back so many memories

It was a syzygy...lunar eclipse the night before on Dec 9, 1992.

 

One of the reasons the tide was so destructive.

funny how that happens . the most famous one is Ash Wednesday

there would be nooses, car exhausts and Tobin bridges launches everywhere if that repeated.

That was the first real event that I can recall....very vague recollection of March '84....

Thats cool because it was one of the most impressive of all time for its raw power and QPF

Wow that's some moisture.

How'd Moosup do?

Probably close, the valley probably mixed, but the hills as you approach Foster probably got smoked. I see the gradient all the time, Moosup downtown (the 3 stores lol) is at like 250 feet but rises quickly to 650 in the surrounding hills, Foster is about 3 miles from me at around 675, in between is Sterling which is at 715 thats about 3/4 mile from me, so there are some great gradients.

for Scooter: my full/new moon fetish with superstorms yea it was a full moon.

The ORH total was probably compromised by the fact it got all clogged with snow...they didn't melt down qpf there like at coop stations.

I was a volunteer with NWS/state of RI Climatologist doing ground truthing for the then infancy Doppler so I had a lot of their equipment, they told me then even their rain totals were off due to the wind, like a TS hard to capture. obviously the COOPs who received all snow were able to melt cores and get good readings.

The coast got smoked by wind and waves too, man that storm was ferocious, a weenie drive 20 minute from the coast to Foster and I witnessed an insane gradient. The coast did get a decent ULL backside dumping and flash freeze too, but the damage was extensive.

Storrs and West Thompson over 4, ORH total is way low, lots of 5's and 6's everywhere

1.38" at BDL.

crazy at North Foster

1992-12-11	37	32	34.5	2.5	30	0	3.58	3.2	3
1992-12-12	34	27	30.5	-1.2	34	0	2.00	20.0	21

I wonder how much liquid BDL managed.

1.38

Disgusting. One of the worst storms ever. My Dad was working in Dalton Ma and was stunned at how little snow we had at home. I kept looking up at the sky literally seeing the flakes pounding high up in the air but never making it to the ground.

time to move

Kp9?

OK I will find it, going to go to the Westerly library and search the Westerly Sun Archives

You sure the wind wasn't SW?

I feel like Westerly could get something on a perfect setup with a WSW flow off LI sound. Their version of BUF off Lake Erie. I do recall an event I think in 1994 where parts of the south coast of MA got a few inches on OES from WSW wind.

think like early 80s

The only thing I can think of, is SE winds aloft and a coastal front? What day was this? I honestly can't picture the setup, Steve. Just asking.

extreme Artic cold with a 10 mile per hour wind. I am not making it up, believe me. I just can't remember the exact date. If I can I will find it. And I was joking with you before.

on SE winds off Block Island Sound!

Look it up. John Ghiorse stated on the 6 news. While we all enjoyed a sunny day Westerly had its own private snow storm. Rt1 was were the most fell with a dramatic cut-off in Potter Hill, I wish I could remember the exact date

Who threw hot water on your OES?

lol I laughed at your post, I am in a great mood, day off, you are easy.