CoastalWx

Yeah that storm was really bad for se ct. Man if I lived there and everyone to the nw-n-ne-ese got a HECS while I got 8"...I probably would have lost it. Poor Steve. The 22.5 in that storm for Logan was low. BOS got crushed during the night and then again late morning. The "slowing" of snow rates still was at least moderate there too.

I think the BVY area was getting those snows. We were cold aloft, but the lower 1000ft was mild. It was sticking a bit just inland, but didn't near the shoreline.

Do you remember how quick that DS came up from the sw? I remember when it got near GON...I got a little nervous, but the whole thing just started tilting to the north and then nw right when it reached near GON. The snow rates for about 3 hrs lightened up for a time which precluded the 30"+amounts where I was.

Yeah Jan '05. Sorry, I know we are talking about both storms.

It was also a mix most of the day in the south shore. It pretty much was snow, but it did mix when it was very light and the snow came in waves, which as you know...usually happens when it's borderline ra/sn. Nothing really stuck until 7ish.

When I saw that 35-40dbz band down there around 1am or so...I was jealous too. So close to that, but we still had a great storm.

I think that storm had the harshest conditions that I've ever been in. I attempted to go out around 10am when that final S+ band came through and it was pretty much unbearable and that is no joke. I couldn't even open my eyes when facing the wind because it was about 12F with winds 50-60mph. Of course I was in heaven, but I had to face south with that wind howling from the north. It was impossible to be out there without one of those face masks.

I think I remember that pic...was it near the shoreline? I wish I could find it. Anyways yeah, lots of drifts to second story windows. I even saw some weird drifts to the second story of homes on the beach in Marshfield.

We were working on a house down in Osterville, and I had to tunnel my way through, just to make it into the front entrance of a framed out home. I then actually dug a back hoe out because it was stuck. How often is a backhoe stuck in the snow.

I just remember them moving cars out of snowbanks..lol. Big front end loaders with these forks, picking up cars from snow banks and moving them.

I'm telling you..and Phil can back me up...the sh*t I saw after the big January bliz was jaw dropping down there. Not many times I'm jealous of the Cape, but I was after that storm.

I happened to find this site the other day. Anyways, it has cool pics from the Cape snow bomb of 12/26/-12/27 2004. It looks like some family pics...but oh well. http://www.user.firs...ter%202004-2005

That was fun seeing live.

The best part of that pic is Ray's face. I can just picture that face whenever Will says elevation event.

Yeah that was great. I woke up during the morning of the 21st before the main event started with another 2" on my car from this one band assoc with the cstl front passing through. After the band went by, my wind turned east.

Only we didn't get downsloped..lol. That was one of Will's all time storms, meanwhile it ripped my heart out and lit it on fire. One of the worst feelings I've ever had.

I know...the weenie snows on the 20th really made it fun imo. I did pretty well in that. Of course we changed to rain the next day after a few inches, but overall it was a fun 48 hrs.

I would love a Dec '08 storm where we had on and off snow for about as long.

'02-'03 stung until early Feb because the gradient was closer. Although they got porked in 12/25 and 1/3...when Brockton used to do well and Marshfield struggled...I got pretty mad. I remember when I found out I was moving there from Brockton, I was disappointed...lol. In my High School weenie mind...I did not want to move to an area the averaged less. Luckily, they don't do as bad as I was originally thinking at the time. I also was happy I was on the nw side of town. I did take solace the BOS struggled as well during the first half of winter '02-'03. I hated when they did well and it was raining down on the s-shore.

That Dec 5 storm was basically the only one that did "well" in my area until early Feb. I did also get advisory snow on 12/2...but that was it. Even the Cape tortured me with those storms at the end of January.

Yes you are right, lol. That put me over the edge. Wow...the feelings are coming back to me. I think I threw the towel in after that one.

Like I was saying yesterday...I needed that. I got tired watching the snowpack build up heading to Lowell every day, only to watch it disappear as I headed back south.

I think we should certainly expect to have less...especially CT up through BOS...but I'm hoping I can get at least 50" in my backyard.