The KU book says the ideal location for blocking is on the eastern shore of Greenland. This Canadian archipelago stuff just seems to be self-interfering.
This sounding from South Bend, as the low moves past, is pretty crazy. 16c temperature delta, no shear to speak of until you reach 450mb, no inversion layer, and saturation from the ground to the moon. The lake effect should be massive.
It looks like the Rust Belt will end a long snow drought in a big way over the next two weeks. Midwest first....northeast next is not an unusual progression.
Ya, I was thinking about October 2011. I was driving home along 95, all rain. Turned up the 8/25, snow began mixing in at Boston Ave. Then a wall of snow at the Bridgeport-Trumbull line.