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I actually prefer this look to a massive almost stationary anomalous block... Massive blocks are often associated with suppression issues? Most big dog events are within -/+ NAO transitions, anyways. All in all, I'm good playing tag with offshore ridge.

Good reminder to folks that it's more than the pretty colors. While this may well evolve into a significant block, as you note, the current depiction of that upper height field does not qualify as a block; at least not yet.

Snow cover decreased, but not destroyed in the Johnnycake mountain area of Burlington CT; sunset rays doing a great job of illuminating the neighborhood houses...

Absolutely no need for those conditions... Terrible DPW management!

Need to be wary... Moderate / heavy rainfall rates are a negative for big accreation... Significant icing for sure (0.5"), from what I can tell much of the qpf occurs during a relative short period of time. In this setup 0.75 to 1.00 qpf does not equate to 0.75 to 1.0 inches of ice...

My DOT guy is out measuring around town now... Indicating there could be more 10's than 8's. My specific location is a bear to measure; even with only a modest wind like last night, I get lots variability across my property.

8.4 here in Burlington; my guy in Wolcott measured 8.5.

Yes they do...

Great to hear... Nice to see a storm trend in the right direction for your area... Loving the cold temps with this event!!! Certainly a different vibe (at least for my thinking) to this season. Always lots of complaints, given recent winters, but at least for now I'm ok with the general pattern. It will continue to provide chances... Maybe a big dog down the road.

Lots of 5 to 6" reports from my clients in northern New Haven county and southern Litchfield county! Some 6+ amounts

Couple of thoughts... I don't like warnings being issued for zones when the low end number in the forecast is less than warning criteria... Both high & low numbers in the forecast range should equal or exceed the warning criteria. Just my opinion. Secondly, in this type of setup we are likely to see several mini maxes zones; western Fairfield cty, especially high terrain areas in Ridgefield / Danbury zone (overall greatest totals); another area of local enhancement from from high terrain areas of southern Litchfield cty into western Hartford cty, into northern / western New Haven cty; lastly another local max zone likely showing up in northern Tolland cty.

Yep the modeling was good with southeast NY fronto action and the question was how far east could it come.

Bus drivers want nothing to do with slushy roads... This not just a CT issue; becoming more common across MA, RI, eastern NY. The insurance costs in play would blow your mind. Just the way things are these days... We've talked about this before, but the combo of several factors, including parents, student drivers, wary bus drivers, and legal / insurance issues have driven the trend.

Yep... It's usually all about rates... Good rates will always win. Based on the picture, rates must have been great.

Not sure why they would not pretreat... It was recommended for all towns. Up here in Burlington and on all DPW cams across Litchfield county show wet roads? School districts assume roads will be treated, which would make this a non event for most...

Anything meaningful on road surfaces?

Yep, it tries to sneak into eastern NY and western CT, but falls apart after that!

Probably... Trouble with the southeast CT is that some of the districts extend well inland? Either way, probably lots of cancellations based on timing and already shortened day in play...

With lots of half days already in place, you are probably right?

If it were that simple, he would have already made a billion dollars in the energy sector! Lol

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Fielded lots of calls about that today! The worry about bus routes and tree limbs falling is always a significant concern for many districts. Many districts will be in the middle of their elementary bus runs as this event ramps up. But given the fickle nature of tree damage and strong wind events in general, usually nothing proactive you can do in advance; unless we are dealing with the rare case of a true tropical system coming onshore. Hopefully this event under-performs, like most of our wind events? But it does have chance to be locally nasty.

8 to 2 pm

Off topic, but not sure where to post the news, that a move is underway to dismantle NCAR! The critical role NCAR plays in vital / critical research associated with climate assessment and all types of hazardous weather is huge.

Yes, but it was a hell of a 30 year run!