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18 minutes ago, AstronomyEnjoyer said:

Ha! In all seriousness though, that really is an awesome view, and nice neighborhood too! For some reason I always forget how hilly Connecticut is, even just west of Hartford. I should probably drag the chairs out to the decks today too - they aren't Adirondack chairs though!

Technically in Hartford county but I'm within a few hundred feet of the Litchfield City line.  These are the highest buildings lots in Hartford City.  Stay well and get those chairs out!

14 minutes ago, AstronomyEnjoyer said:

Incredible view, but I really doubt you can see the Adirondacks from Connecticut, even at 1140 ft! 

Lol... I assumed everyone would know I was talking about the chairs but as soon as I hit submit I thought there would be a couple of replies about the Adirondacks looking less impressive... Lol... That view is east of the Berks closer to Mtn. Tom area... 

The Adirondacks have made an appearance!!! 64 wonderful degrees at 1,140 ft in Burlington, CT!

4 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

PSF 60 and ORH 59

Talking CT

29 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Most hill towns have had 55-60 this afternoon 

Haven't seen anything that high.  I'm at 1,140' with a max gust of 52 mph so far...

9 minutes ago, metagraphica said:

And our power is out again. F*cking, 5th time since Thanksgiving.


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Another dead tree storm!

3 hours ago, kdxken said:

Fine forecaster that Mr Bastardi.

It's easy to be onboard when you never get off the train from Oct through April...

14 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Remember it well. Trees down everywhere.  The first of 3

Burlington CT... March 2018... Note height of snow on fence around our baseball field!

Pretty weak results here at 1,140'... max gusts only 32 mph... expect to do better Thursday with the backside winds...

63 mph at PSF

4 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

NY mesonet max gusts so far today...

7 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Whoa! This one means business . One we will remember 

Not sure how far south core of the strongest winds will build?  Northern CT / MA border air could be the southern limit, but it's a fluid setup and could come further south.  NY site I referenced had 4 gusts; 55, 62, 66 and 72!!!

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Roofs in air!

NY MesoNet at Ticonderoga just reported 72 mph...

51 minutes ago, weathafella said:

70s in March was common 70 years ago per my memory.  I used to realize that March would often give you the first 70 and April 80.  Didn’t happen every year but it was common enough.

Agree... With our data checking that's my general memory as well.  The thing that seems to stand out more than anything right now to me, is the relative crappy nature of Aprils these days...

Final for me will be 12.0"

41 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

That’s what I was thinking too John, I mean it was clear this was gonna go nuts once the radar started coming together for CT.  Kind of pathetic on their part. 

The 700 fronto analysis on the SPC meso-page was a thing of beauty.  That was locked in early enough to jump all over the big central CT numbers.  Best CT banding in at least 2 years.  

5 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Ya we got downgraded overnight to a WWA lol…and then it starts snowing and goes bonkers, and they didn’t upgrade it back, kept it at a WWA, and we got 12.5” lmao. That’s pretty sad. 

Upgrade should have been made by 5 or 6 am once the banding signal was a lock...

11 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Epicosity

What are you seeing locally Ginx

19 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Last warning on your ad hominem bullshit before just suspending you. I told you before we are a pretty tolerant bunch but you have crossed the line again.

Thank you...

20 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Are you out of your mind?  I'm right on the coast and we are not rural.   6 inches here with moderate snow.   It's a statewide event outside of the far NW corner.

What an idiot he is... Sometimes we go and picnic in the deep woods of West Hartford where 15+ inches are on the ground... Lol

1 minute ago, CT Rain said:

15.2" in West Hartford here at the station. Nuts.

11" here in Burlington... A non elevation event; all about where the best banding setup.  So great to see a positive bust; especially after the horrific trends yesterday...

43 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Wouldn’t some parents actually enjoy a notification that school is back on?  The ones who know their day will be strapped due to childcare now?

Who will be the first school in history to try reversing an early decision?  At some point it’ll happen.  Text and call alerts. It could be done.  If some kids still stay home, who cares,  but you get the day in.

I'm actually in favor of being able to do that... Or at least change to a delay?  They all use email or text blast anyway...

36 minutes ago, Spaizzo said:

Our schools here cancelled right before the models ran south. It’s better for working parents to be able to plan childcare if needed.


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That's exactly the main reason.  That's ok as long as everyone understands there are going to be the occasional bust...

32 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

I was just thinking about that today, i could have swore when i was in school in the late 90s and early 2000s we never saw cancellations until the morning of, like 5AM. Almost never. Cancelling the day before a storm seemed like it was recent thing to me.

Your right.  It usually only happened when a storm was underway during the afternoon or evening.  It is now the norm... 

10 minutes ago, weathafella said:

There's going to be an uproar from the public.  But schools cancelling 24 hours out have only themselves to blame.

These early calls are the function of parents demanding earlier and earlier decisions going back about 5 to 10 years ago... I've been apart of this trend for years and it was only a matter of time before it happened.  Nobody wanted to wait until daybreak even though there were red flags this afternoon.  I'm surprised a situation like this hasn't occurred sooner.  But  I am a bit shocked by how ugly this snow trend has gotten.  I never understood the need to cancel the afternoon or evening before, but parents are adamant... I think districts should be able to alert folks to the ongoing trend and reasses in the morning.  They all use the same alerting system... And it is still early enough in the evening...