NorEastermass128

Good Harbor Beach down to its lowest SST of the season. 39F. 

This will get folks excited to ski during Feb vacation.  The snow isn’t going anywhere fast after it falls. Winter period incoming and then let’s flip the switch to days like today once we indeed flip. 

51 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

I feel like a lot of people are thinking about the spike before they have actually gotten into the end zone.  Hopefully everyone from NYC to  CNE gets plowable snows but I think the band of 8”+ will be narrow. 

At this point, I could be in the end zone with the refs indicating touchdown and I’d still be scanning the field for any flags to call it back!

11 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

It’s funny how the west last winter can have months of the same pattern but it takes a monumental effort for a favorable east coast pattern which provides a window for one or two events before it vanishes into the north atlantic like the titanic.

Regression is a b!tch!  Maybe we get a good event in 2 weeks.  Maybe we don't.  I, for one, will enjoy 50s/60s late week, next weekend.  Traveling for work next week and it looks like sun and 50s where I'm heading, so we sping for now.

3 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

That’s a split flow. Plenty of southern juice. I’m skeptical this window is nothing more than a 7-10day hail mary though…

If it’s only 7-10 days…we’ll get one or two shots. Given our conversion rate recently, I’m a bit weary. 

5 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

When is the official Tippy declaration of nape season?

I think it’s Feb 11th or thereabouts. 

(If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em)

Day 483728 in a row of overcast skies. We break the streak tomorrow!

Is that a 55F and sun icon for next Saturday?  Yes, please. My younger self would call blasphemy for such sentiment. 

31 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

This is pretty bad. We are basically in the peak of winter and there is almost no snow cover around here below 600 feet.  
even last year we had a couple of inches of snow cover on the ground the first week of February.

 No snow cover, no snow in sight and above normal temperatures. Yay

At this point I would take temperatures in the 50s to save on heating costs.

You may get your wish at the end of next week. I’m seeing 50F and sun forecasted here for next weekend. 

The overcast got bright for a couple hours earlier. The sun even peeked through. I could feel my mood actually improving. Now back to the dark overcast. FFS this sucks. 

15 minutes ago, weathafella said:

He was waiting for snow and heard that familiar pitter patter.

If these rain drops get any fatter, they’ll leave a splatter that will cause Scooter’s laptop to go shatter!

49 minutes ago, tunafish said:

With all this debate I'm about to hook a rope to a rafter and kick the ladder out from under me if ya know what I mean.

What’s the matter?

24 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Book a Ratter?

And then there arose such a clatter. 

6 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

We can just ‘book a ratter’ and put this to bed. 

Ratter or radder?

3 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

this winter is so bad we are arguing hook and ladder vs hook and latter

To be fair, that gets debated on here during great winters too. Don’t get the forum started on weary vs. wary!

6 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

the Euro's not very good at that range. 

but, that doesn't exactly give any nod to the GFS, either - which has its own problems with believability

Go with the least snowy solution and then can always adjust to less snowy. 

I fly in at 8am on 2/9. Lock it!

2 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Surprising 2-3” last night on the mountain here too.  Very low POPs last night.

 

Nice. That surprise snowfall is more than a quarter of my current snowfall to date on the season!

Just now, dendrite said:

How the hell do you have clear skies?

That looks like California?

40 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said:

When there is a pack, the period between storms is fantastic. You’re not distracted by tracking and worrying and you just enjoy. What is outside. Get out there and enjoy what you have. If what people are mostly doing is spending their time online looking for the next Shot of adrenaline with each model run and then this is an excruciating. 
For any of you, who can I recommend just taking a quick two day trip somewhere up north where there’s snow

I haven’t had a snow pack last longer than perhaps a week since about 2014-2015 back in Woburn. Crazy when you think about it.  Virginia, Rockport, and now two crap winters in Salem…

Just a skim coating from the OES here. The coast isn’t the spot for retention though. Pack city is just inland. In fact, the coast really isn’t the spot for falling snow either. But just away from the coast…

Just now, Great Snow 1717 said:

Focus on positive things in your life...regardless of the weather there is plenty of enjoyable activities

Thanks. I will. Will you be charging my Blue Cross or bill me directly?

Just now, Great Snow 1717 said:

...never lose it over the weather...

Losing my sanity for not seeing the sun for two weeks is not my choice. It just happens. 

On 1/29/2024 at 9:10 AM, NorEastermass128 said:

+1” (1/29)

11” on the season.
 

*1.6” more needed to beat last season. 

0.1” new (1/30)

11.1” on the season