bristolri_wx

Has it ever been 38 in Thompson and 75 in Greenwich at the exact same time. That’s quite a gradient!

I would give this winter a C-.  At least it felt cold and wintry even though we didn't get much snow.  Definitely better than last year.  Room for improvement for Winter 25-26.

The extended range 0z GEFS doesn't look great.  A couple of brief torches, but overall looks cool/seasonable.  Not a "70's and sun for a few days" look until at least the later half of the month.  Not seeing a furnace.

The back door karma front is coming to ruin the Saturday torch...

On 3/22/2025 at 8:37 AM, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

I have clover mixed into my lawn. I don’t hate it. If it’s cut short you literally can’t even tell it’s not grass unless you know what you’re looking at.

It also stays green when it’s dry 

Clover naturally fertilizes your lawn with nitrogen.  If you don't want to "deal with shit" in terms of a lawn, a drought resistant fescue mix with white clover or micro-clover mixed in is the real deal.  I've been gradually converting my yard over to this and these are the parts of the lawn that now look the best.  It can look uneven at times but looks great after a fresh cut when the clover and the grass are both growing.

2 hours ago, Torch Tiger said:

Cod rain.  Take

Feeling like it’s going to be a cool dry month south of the pike with not much snow.

Still a better winter than last year. At least felt like winter for long stretches even if there wasn’t much snow.

I’m impressed it stayed below 40 for so long today down here. The hi-res hourly models keep revising the temp rise, and at one point 50 was predicted this far up the bay but no longer. Surprised I still have an inch of slop on the ground that’s going to freeze up tonight.

Ended up being about 3” here by the time I got outside. I’m sure if I was measuring the official way it was probably 4” before compaction. Quite heavy and sticky to shovel.

7 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Holy smokes!

A storm so strong it changed the map of the coastline!

4 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

  Nothing to talk about. It’s beyond melting now, it is what it is. A rat. Again. 

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Got in the truck to move it after watching the fantastic inauguration and as cold as it is the inside had some warmth after sitting in the sun . That Tippy sun angle is getting more noticeable 

I look forward to a revolution of common sense in your AWX posts in the future!

BOX 9:20 Discussion:

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920 PM Update...

* 1-2" Snowfall Rates through midnight-1 AM across much of
  eastern MA and RI with lighter snow thereafter

The rain/snow line continues to collapse southeast this evening
and was along and southeast of a Fall River to Hanover line.
We should see that changeover area move across the Cape Cod
Canal through 11 pm. Even the Cape should see a brief burst of
snow after midnight.

The guidance continues to indicate very strong frontogenesis
just northwest of a backbent warm front at 850 mb. This will
result in 1-2" per hour snowfall rates across the Boston to
Providence corridor through midnight/1 am. While the heaviest of
the snow should be over by that time...another batch of lighter
snow will push through and should exit the coast between 4
and 7 am.

Temperatures will continue to tumble and be in the teens to the
lower 20s in most locations by daybreak. So even though the
accumulating snow will be over by the Mon AM commute...untreated
roads will be snow covered and slippery.

We did not make any changes to the snow accumulations. This
looks to be a 3-6"/4-8" type of deal for many locations around
and northwest I-95. Even a few slushy inches are possible around
parts of Cape Cod.

 

5 minutes ago, NeonPeon said:

I know, whatever next.

Big wet flakes.

Snowing now in Bristol as well, down to 32.

Still rain here in Bristol. Down to 35.

19 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

that map starts after 7pm

And your point? My point is that BOX hasn’t lowered expected accumulations for areas that it really hasn’t started yet despite mediocre model output most of the day. Not sure what the 7PM time has to do with that… hence “holding the line”.

BOX holding the line…

1 hour ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Glad to see you back. I don’t know man, every event has underperformed the last 3 years and we are starting 13 degrees above freezing. 
 

with guidance looking less impressive each run, tough to feel optimistic 

If it makes you feel any better the temps dropped from 46 to 41 as soon as it started raining moderately here. I don’t think it will take much to get temps down to freezing after 5 pm if precip picks up. 3-6 in the coastal playin is still likely IMO…

38 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

That map seems different than this one 

24 hour map vs 12 hour map. Look at timeframe top left.

Updated BOX map

2 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Not sure if this update was posted.  Latest BOX map

 

Maybe I’ll be surprised and that 3-4” line moves 25 miles southeast. The poetic snow map rule:

“You’re better off in Maine,
When the snow forecast shows rain,
In the Coastal Plain.”

LOL

23 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

3.5 weeks until exit solar min 

A lot of winter weather can happen in 3.5 weeks.

Summary of New England January 2025 thread so far… my lord…