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6 year old me hanging from his basketball hoop

@RUNNAWAYICEBERG there's our usual rain jack

No I don't remember that at all. I don't think it snowed here.

Crazy thing is how warm the first half of that October was...maybe right through the 20th. I just remember sitting in Calculus class with shorts and a t-shirt at The Cann.

Hmm, maybe he's thinking of a different storm? Sounds like they way overmeasured on that one lmao. I mean, assuming it really was done at the same place as it was done from 2000-2012 then I don't see why you wouldn't use it...just be leery of the totals in some cases which it seems you're already aware.

18z NOGAPS

Alright, got some info from my supervisor...so first of all there were no weather observers here from Fall of 1996 to Spring of 2000. Any snowfall data from 2000 to 2012 is also not from CWO's but from the Air National Guard about a mile northeast of where we're situated now. When we were in Terminal B there was no place to measure snow accurately. He isn't sure if the data (assuming there is any) from 96-00 was also measured there since he didn't start working here til a little bit after obviously since there were no observers at all. One thing to keep in mind is that the measurements were often inaccurate. For instance, in the Halloween 2011 storm ANG measured 8" but my supervisor said it was more like 11 or 12"

Advisory is like 2-5" right? I feel like that's a light event. Am I playing by CNE/NNE rules? Lol. That December storm was solid but a 7" storm in late December in this day and age isn't really going to turn any heads. You're closer to the coast so maybe to you it's classified differently.

Ditty finally gets his siggy damaging wind event?

I don't consider that December event right after Xmas to be a sig event. It was decent but I would classify it as moderate.

You said that 02-03 had many teases and busts and you cited the Christmas Blizzard which I agree sucked and then you said Jan 2003. I know January had a couple nice events. didn't think there were any busts though. Idk I thought January 2005 was decent for us but maybe not I must be thinking of December 2005. Both were better out east. Haha, yeah I knew December 2003 sucked but it does pique my long duration fetish. That's what sucked about missing out on January 2010. That could have been such an awesome long duration event if I was farther NE.

It can report UP when temps are near freezing and it's rain. I've seen it do that.

We actually got to 74 today

Hey Dylan, I'm not sure what the situation was back then observing wise...I know in the 2000s and early 2010s we were at the terminal which is in Windsor Locks. In 2012 we moved to Signature Flight Support on the west side of the airport which is indeed in East Granby. I have no idea who would have been doing those measurements at that time though...probably wasn't a contract weather observer if I had to guess. Could it have just been DOT or something or airport operations people? I'll ask my supervisor about it. He started in 2000 I think so he might know.

Yeah maybe you're right, '04-'05 blow torched at the beginning. It is hard to find another winter with the cold consistency of this one. I think one more big one or not having such a long wait for the first big storm would have sent it to elite territory. I don't like that most of the region didn't get a sig event til late Jan. I know 14-15 did that too but obviously this was not that. Idk, I'd take 10-11 over this one just because it was so prolific for about 5 or 6 weeks. I feel like snowfall wise this one was a bit boring in comparison even if we did end up with a great pack. What made Jan '03 a bust? I'm not remembering that. 03 and 05 had great Marches whereas it appears this one will not. I guess most don't care about that though.

Do you still work at the WCSU Weather Center?

78 now for the last 7 straight minutes so that'll likely be the high, shattered the record by 6F lol

We now hit 78 for 3 straight minutes, not sure if it'll count

Yeah looking at the 4 group tracking sheet here at BDL and I didn't realize we were already down to 5" on Sunday morning. Idk maybe where I live it was a bit more drastic since we probably had more OTG. I'm too young to remember Jan '96. I thought you got porked in the Blizzard of '96? I guess you're speaking generally.

I think if we're done it gets a B or B+. The snowpack was impressive due to the consistent cold and even the cold in absolutes was pretty good at times with highs under 20F several times including the January storm having temps in the single digits with heavy snow. I just don't think it deserves an A when I only got slightly above climo for snowfall. I would take a winter like '02-'03 and '04-'05 over this one just on account of them having significantly more snow but I can see how areas south of me would give it an A since they did so much better in the storm a couple weeks ago. This winter reminded me a lot of 2000-01 but with better results for eastern NE and NYC. Both had a few huge storms without much in between.

This might be the fastest I've ever seen deep snowpack vaporize. It's right up there with February 2011.

It's 77/41 now

Well I was looking at the 2' 75 miles away...plus for here it's a worse solution than for you. But anyway, doesn't matter, not gonna happen.

If that verifies I quit the hobby