H2Otown_WX Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 This one obviously screwed me a bit being this far SW but man, what a storm for ENE. I vividly remember TWC's Jeff Morrow standing in Boston and it was absolutely ripping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricaneman Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 some of the bands were also dropping up to 6"\hr especially south of Boston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmanmitch Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 This storm was a major underachiever here in the Berks and WNE in general. I had 9" which mostly fell from the WAA overrunning snows associated with the primary. After that the secondary coastal storm sucked up the snow and we had about 12 hours of 10 dBZ -SN while ENE was getting destroyed. Local mets were calling for a 20"+ storm around here, which never verified. These Miller Bs sometimes find a way to screw the heck out of WNE and this one was no exception. Unlike many of you on here, my memories of this one are not overly positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris L Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 some of the bands were also dropping up to 6"\hr especially south of Boston Yes. I recal readig that Hyannis was getting 7" per hour reports. Not too sure if that was true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plowski Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 We got ~ 28 inches here in North Reading. My daughter sitting on a stack I pushed up while plowing my neighbor's driveway. The snow was so light it just boiled back over the plow and buried it, every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnno Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 This storm was a major underachiever here in the Berks and WNE in general. I had 9" which mostly fell from the WAA overrunning snows associated with the primary. After that the secondary coastal storm sucked up the snow and we had about 12 hours of 10 dBZ -SN while ENE was getting destroyed. Local mets were calling for a 20"+ storm around here, which never verified. These Miller Bs sometimes find a way to screw the heck out of WNE and this one was no exception. Unlike many of you on here, my memories of this one are not overly positive. Pretty much my memory of it too, i do remember one band we got into for a couple hours Sunday that produced but overall no great shakes here, amazing for the areas where it delivered though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I think I got 17 and was upset lol, best drifting snow probably in my life, insane winds. I went to the cape just to see, awestruck some spots were definely 78 ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I had a house in Worcester at the time near where Will lives and I had some pretty good drifts, I remember the cold leading up to the storm froze my water main and I had a flooded basement, literally two feet deep in the basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Glad there's a thread dedicated to this storm... I've been in Boston since early 1990s, and alongside April 1 1997, Jan 22-23 2005 was by far the most jaw-dropping snowstorm I've ever experienced. 8 inch / hour rates, thundersnow, white-conditions at 10F with hurricane-force winds in metropolitan Boston... simply epic and nothing has come close. Here are some images / reports I've archived: BOX AFDs still give me chills, excitement that only Walt Drag could so eloquently capture: National Weather Service Taunton MA 1150 AM EST Sat Jan 22 2005 Update: Hurricane force winds are possible Sun for Cape Cod and Nantucket along with a slower storm departure Sun We continue to be in awe as we review each model run and evaluate upstream conditions. 12Z eta and gfs are now extremely close on their solutions, especially on the magnitude and track of the 500 mb and surface lows. Both models continue indicate strong height Falls with 500 mb low as it tracks just south of New England tonight and Sun. At the surface, this leads to explosive cyclogenesis off the New Jersey coast tonight, and continuing Sunday as surface low tracks over the benchmark (40N/70W). Both 12z eta and gfs continuing to indicate a trend of the upper low trying to capture the surface low Sun, as surface pressure pattern shows lots of bagginess in the isobars extending westward from the surface low to the 500 mb circulation. This translates to a slower storm departure, with snow and wind persisting into much of the day Sun, even west portions. Thus, we will extend heavy snow warning and blizzard warning until midday Sun west (Hartford/Springfield) and will continue with 7 PM expiration east (Boston/Cape Cod/Nantucket). Other change to forecast will be increase our wind forecast. Both 12z eta and gfs indicate hurricane force wind gusts are likely for Cape Cod and Nantucket Sunday, as surface low continues to bomb. definitely a player in the strong deepening rates are the arctic air over the ocean, well south of New England, and surface low tracking over northern wall of gulf stream. Thus, very low static stability aiding bombogenesis. Both eta and gfs indicate sustained winds Sun of 35 to 45 mph across Eastern MA, with hurricane force gusts to 75 mph possible over Cape Cod and Nantucket. Winds of this magnitude will likely result in widespread power outages and possible a life threatening situation for anyone traveling late tonight into Sun. So, we will update our heavy snow warning and blizzard warning to address these changes. In addition, we will upgrade our storm warnings to a hurricane force wind warning for the waters south and east of Nantucket and Cape Cod. After a complete review of the 12z model data and upstream observations, will issue another update later this afternoon to address any other possible forecast changes. Previous discussion below. Nocera/Thompson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Short term (today through tonight): Blockbuster storm on the way and blizzard warnings have now been issued for most of the area. First, some snow showers continue across Cape Cod Bay, Eastern Cape Cod, and Nantucket early this morning. Light amounts are expected. as the winds turn to the NE then E this morning, the snow showers should drift westward affecting portions of Eastern MA late morning and early afternoon. Low pressure now in indiana will move E then NE and all models now bring this to near or just inside the benchmark location of 40N 70W at 12z Sun. Its forward progress is slowed by the development of the upper low. Michigan Is looking at up to 20 inches and that is without having tapped Atlantic moisture yet! Blizzard warning is in effect for all of Eastern MA and areas south of the Mass Pike, Northern CT, and RI. Winds are forecast to reach 40 mph with gusts to 60 mph along the coast and at higher elevations late tonight, and frequent gusts to 35 mph in the rest of the blizzard warning region. With tremendous vertical motion from 00z to 12z tonight all in the snow growth region, snowfall rates of 3-4 inches per hour are expected. Storm totals of 20-30 inches are forecast with highest amounts in the corridor bounded by an area from Boston to Worcester to Attleboro to Plymouth. Amounts in Northern CT and Springfield area should be closer to the 20 inches. The snowfall totals are based on a blend of the eta and gfs qpf forecast, with between a 15-20 to 1 snowfall ratio. A heavy snow warning for closer to 12-24 inches is forecast for the NW part of the region, which includes NW MA and Cheshire and Hillsborough counties in Southern NH. Winds will be strong there too, but not quite enough for a blizzard for now. The strongest winds are forecast to transfer downward in a blast just before and around daybreak. Fwc winds are 38 knots sustained at bdl, the highest i can recall seeing. Even if the winds are not quite that strong in the CT Valley, decided on blizzard because an added factor is the extreme cold. Although temperature strictly is not a criteria, at these temperatures getting stuck in a car will be potentially life threatening. The 06z eta has the low going inside the benchmark which leads to more potential for changeover to sleet and or rain over the islands and Eastern Cape Cod, for a time late tonight, but not before a foot or more occurs there. Long term (Sunday through Friday): Models still have some discrepancies, But will continue to blend between eta/nam and gfs as this storm heads out to sea during Sunday. However, As the storm continues deepen rapidly and the pressure gradient increases, Expect the highest winds to occur during the morning hours especially along the east coast and on Cape Cod and the islands. Will continue the blizzard warning through Sunday from Southern Worcester county and around the route 495 belt as well as Cape Cod and the islands. This is reflected in the wsw that was issued at 540 AM. Also expect seas over 20 feet over the east coastal outer waters late tonight and Sunday. The high winds and seas will roll onshore, Especially on east and north facing beaches. with the full moon tide, Have issued a coastal flood warning. Mrpsse suggested a surge of nearly 3 feet for Boston and Nantucket. statement for this was issued at 610 AM. Winds will remain high through Sunday night, then will diminish on Monday as the storm moves to newfoundland and a high pressure ridge builds across Northern New England. A weak cold front still continues to push through Monday night and Tuesday over the ridge, but will be very weak. With little if any moisture to work with, expect just some added clouds and a wind shift more than anything else. Another N-S Ridge builds across for Tuesday, then another clipper system works across the Great Lakes for Wednesday. 00Z gfs guidance suggesting slightly slower movement on this system, but with fast flow aloft, have kept previous forecast timing for now. Will let the day shift take a look at this, but have kept chance of snow going for Wednesday into Thursday and Thursday night. Aviation: Mvfr ceilings have moved into the Cape and coastal Plymouth conditions along with snow showers. As the wind shifts to the east, Expect this to spread to the Boston-Providence Corridor by late morning. Widespread snow from the main storm system will overspread the region from SW-NE Between 20z and 22z, Rapidly reducing ceilings and visibilities to ifr with lifr with +sn and blsn by 03z. In the short term, storm warnings have been posted for the outer waters and gales elsewhere. Northeast winds will increase after midnight to 35-45 kts with gusts 50-55 kts. Expect lowered visibilities, Near zero at times, In heavy snow. On the far southern waters south of Nantucket, May Briefly mix with rain, Freezing rain and sleet as the low makes its closest approach. In the long term, expect storm warnings for Sunday for all waters except gales for Boston Harbor and Narragansett Bay. Winds will slowly diminish Sunday night and Monday, but seas will be very slow to subside. Expect gale conditions through Sunday night, then slowly diminishing to small craft except for the outer waters on Monday. Wna wavewatch model continues small craft criteria seas on the outer waters through Tuesday night into Wednesday. Box watches/warnings/advisories: CT, Blizzard warning from 5 PM Saturday until midday Sunday for ctz002...Ctz003...Ctz004. MA...Heavy snow warning from 5 PM Saturday until midday Sunday for maz002...Maz003...Maz004...Maz008...Maz010...Maz026. blizzard warning from 5 PM Saturday until 6 PM Sunday for maz005...Maz006...Maz007...Maz012...Maz013...Maz014... maz015...Maz016...Maz017...Maz018...Maz019...Maz020... maz021...Maz022...Maz023...Maz024. coastal flood warning from 7 AM Sunday until 2 PM Sunday for maz007 maz015...Maz016...Maz019...Maz022...Maz023... maz024. blizzard warning from 5 PM Saturday until midday Sunday for maz009...Maz011. NH...Heavy snow warning from 5 PM Saturday until midday Sunday for nhz011...Nhz012...Nhz015. RI...Blizzard warning from 5 PM Saturday until 6 PM Sunday for riz001...Riz002...Riz003...Riz004...Riz005...Riz006... riz007...Riz008. marine...Hurricane force wind warning anz254-255. storm warning anz250. Gale warning anz230>237. storm warning May be required Sun anz231>235-237. Short term, gaf long term, Evt --------------------------------------------------------- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION..UPDATE 5 SNOWFALL 8" IN 75 MIN National Weather Service Taunton MA 236 AM EST Sun Jan 23 2005 Probable top ten snowstorm/blizzard for portions of sne is in the process of occuring and new 00z guidance continues impressive Short term (overnight through Sunday): Fmh in the last 75 min had 8". Fmh with 20 on the ground. Ewb 17" Rer "daily" snowfall for pvd 7 inches as of midnight and bos 9.1 both against 1987. Serious snow occurring attm! 17" max attm. Pns data update shortly and soon we add wind! Cli missed the snowfalls for 1/22 at bos/bdl and we rcd no cli snowfall FM orh. We have entered the snowfall in the db and this will get kicked out as all updated stats seasonal etc in the late day cli. Also we are running roughly 17 to 20 to 1 on SW ratios. We increased W.E For bos and pvd and that too will show up in the 4p db. Gravity wave: the striations you were seeing in the radar imagery several hours ago were most likely from a gravity wave train of low amplitude gwaves as per science talk behind the scenes within the er domain. Winds: we are thinking about upping wind gusts to 75 knots, waiting for more sfc data corroboration but already 67 kt at buz Bay entrance tower and 49 kt mqe and 40 kt bos. No signif wind gusts expected interior due to deep cold air. Big winds will be where temps upper 20S to lower 30S. Webentry, if not entered correctly we dont use it, we're getting some wrong states and we're also getting only snow depth and no storm total. We dont have time to fix. Take your time on the entry and please ensure correct state and that new snowfall is in the storm total. Also, we May not publish all reports due to time constraints. thanks for your understanding. From the Saturday afternoon crew below, continues looking stellar. Sun Afternoon, appears significant comma head likely as 500 mb low continues to deepen as it tracks south of New England. Regarding coastal flooding, we will continue with our coastal flooding warning as hurricane force winds arrive early Sun and continue into midday. expecting a 3.0 Ft surge during the Sun morning high tide. That will send storm tides about a half foot below flood stage. However 30-35 Ft seas just east of Cape Cod and Nantucket will provide additional elevation, which will yield widespread moderate coastal flooding and significant beach erosion. In addition, east to northeast winds approaching hurricane force early Sun into midday across the Cape and Nantucket will likely result in widespread power outages. For those outdoors late tonight and early Sun, this could be a life threatening situation. Snowfall: in the end this is 1 foot everywhere minimum with 30+ in bands. One area where it will be difficult to measure but should be pummeled is Plymouth county and Barnstable county in SE Mass. Records: Please recall last top 10 event occurred Feb 17-18 2003 at bos/pvd and svrl in the 1990S early 2000S. Top 10 snowstorm threshold for the following and we're going for top 5 at bos/pvd. Bos 17.3 all time 27.5 Pvd 14.7 all time 28.6 Bdl 15.8 all time 21.0 Orh 19.6 all time 33.0 Long term (Sunday night through Sat): Low pressure will continue to slowly lift into the Canadian maritimes Sunday night and Monday, Allowing weak high pressure to temporarily build over Southern New England. A short wave disturbance and associated cold front will cross Southern New England Monday night. a weak surface wave will develop along this cold front over the Delmarva peninsula. The bulk of the moisture from this system is expected to remain south of the forecast area. However some light snow showers or flurries cannot be ruled out. Another clipper like system will eject from the Great Lakes region Tuesday night or early Wednesday, Then track over Southern New England. Secondary low pressure is expected to form over the coastal waters. The latest 18z gfs has come closer in line with the ecmwf with respect to the timing and track of low pressure. Thus, With increasing confidence decided to lower temperatures during the midweek period. Timing still remains uncertain, However the Wednesday afternoon through Thursday time frame appears most probable for a period of snow. Another low is expected to form off the mid Atlantic coast late Friday or Saturday. The track of this low appears to remain well south. The lows associated upper air disturbance May bring some snow especially along south coastal locations. Widespread ifr throughout the region tonight, with vlifr at times in heavy snow bands through Sun AM. Improving vsbys and ceilings from west to east beginning around midday. Hurricane force winds early Sun into midday Cape Cod and Nantucket. Marine, in the short term, dangerous storm for marine interest tonight into Sun. Hurricane force winds for the waters east of the Cape and Nantucket early Sun into early afternoon. Storm warnings elsewhere. In the long term, storm warnings will remain across the outer waters Sunday evening. elsewhere gale warnings will continue Sunday night. Small craft advisories will likely be needed Monday for lingering swell. Box watches/warnings/advisories: CT, Blizzard warning from until 1 PM Sunday for ctz002...Ctz003...Ctz004. MA...Heavy snow warning until 1 PM Sunday for maz002...Maz003...Maz004...Maz008...Maz010...Maz026. blizzard warning until 6 PM Sunday for maz005...Maz006...Maz007...Maz012...Maz013...Maz014... maz015...Maz016...Maz017...Maz018...Maz019...Maz020... maz021...Maz022...Maz023...Maz024. coastal flood warning until 1 PM Sunday for maz007...Maz015...Maz016...Maz019...Maz022...Maz023... maz024. blizzard warning until 1 PM Sunday for maz009...Maz011. NH...Heavy snow warning until 1 PM Sunday for nhz011...Nhz012...Nhz015. RI...Blizzard warning until 6 PM Sunday for riz001...Riz002...Riz003...Riz004...Riz005...Riz006... riz007...Riz008. marine...Hurricane force wind warning from 7 AM Sunday until 1 PM Sunday for anz254...Anz255. Storm warning elsewhere Drag for the staff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE 5 SHORT TERM.. National Weather Service Taunton MA 752 AM EST Sun Jan 23 2005 Blizzard of 2005 in progress as we are now in the worst portion of this storm!!! Short term (today through tonight): Record setting snowfall progged for Boston in a storm that should fall short of the bliz of 78 in the severity and duration of coastal flooding but overall we have just reviewed kocin uccellini vol ii p495 snowfall graphic and only somewhat less extensive 2-3 foot siege but this is dangerous and close to bliz of 78 snowfall!!! Ku storm, comparing favorably aerial coverage 2 Ft plus, wait for final. And all this in 24 hours!!!!! Pvd tipped it to blizz. Logan Now bliz. Please see wsw for recent details on the 8/hr band dropping swd thru Mass! Power outages increasing. Pine trees laden with snow on S coast. inflatable dome for soccer stadium collapsed in pym county. This is it for severity! its now. Combo S+, bs/ds nly winds of 35 to 55 kt with iso gust 70 kt, power outages. You see how bdl psf came back down. Eta/gfs on track with omega. 6 Foot drifts on Oak Bluffs per em! Cli stats kudos for gathering/updating, neal strauss! Below from the early morning St post Blizzard of historic proportions continues this morning. Surface low is now over the benchmark location of 40N 70W with a pressure of 986 mb, still deepening. Winds have begin to pick up with several locations reporting gusts to 40 to 50 knots in eastern areas and 30 to 40 knots in western areas. Scattered power disruptions have now been reported on Cape Cod and expect much worse conditions there as today progresses. First, wind. Eta shows 925 mb winds of 70-75 knots with very sufficient sfc-925 mb lapse rate to bring these wind gusts to the surface between 18-21z this afternoon around eastern half of Cape Cod, Nantucket, and the waters east of there. This means the potential exists for 80 mph gusts. That, combined with sustained winds of 40-50 mph for much of the day there will undoubtedly cause power lines to come down as well as some structural damage possible to homes. Next, snow. A persistent band of snowfall has occurred much of the night across Hillsborough County NH and expect high snowfall totals there from that. Another concentrated area has been to the north of Boston where amounts in Billerica already were 20 inches, and along the south coast where 20 inches have occurred from New Bedford to Falmouth. Lesser amounts have been reported, only about 8 inches in the Hartford area so far. However, water vapor imagery has been showing the development of a closed upper level low pressure system in northeast New Jersey. snowfall has dramatically increased across Long Island and this was spreading northward into Connecticut at 430 AM. Thus snow totals should reach the 16-24 inches originally forecast for Western MA and Northern CT. A persistent snow band has been feeding in from Massachusetts Bay to the Boston area and on SW to the Norwood area. heavy snow also was moving north into south coastal Rhode Island shortly before daybreak. As a result, have increased snowfall totals to 28-38 inches across all of Eastern MA including Cape Cod. isolated 40 inch amounts are possible in this region. Nantucket Changed briefly to heavy rain, went back to snow, and is now rain. will get lots of snow backlash so AM keeping 12-22 inches there. The record snowfall for Boston is 27.5 inches set on Feb 17-18 2003. The forecast is for this to be broken, although due to the banded structure of the snow, amounts can be highly variable over short distances and it is possible that it could not quite make it. 850 Mb temps cool to -16C to -18C tonight and after the main snow area departs, AM still looking for ocean effect snow showers to produce a few additional inches on the outer Cape. Skies will clear in western and central areas allowing temperatures to plummet to below zero again. Wind chills will approach advisory levels, the day shift will assess that threat. Coastal flooding, a coastal flood warning remains in effect until 1 PM for the east coast of Massachusetts. With seas of 25 to 35 feet, a storm surge near 3 Ft, and winds exceeding 50 knots, there could be structural damage from moderate coastal flooding around the time of high tide within a few hours of 10-11 AM this morning. please refer to the actual coastal flood warning statement for further details on this. Long term (Monday through Saturday): Have continued a chance of snow showers Monday morning over the Cape and Nantucket as models keep north to northwest trajectory and arctic air over the water allowing ocean effect snow bands to continue. winds will finally diminish over the Cape and islands as well. Expect winds to begin to back to West Monday afternoon, Which will shut off the ocean effect snow. High pressure ridge builds across Northern New England during Monday. Another cold front works through central Canada on the northwest upper flow, approaching Northern New England Monday night, then crossing the region on Tuesday. Models continue to suggest little if any moisture with this front, so only expecting clouds and a wind shift with this feature. The front pushes off the coast by Tuesday afternoon, followed by another N-S Oriented ridge. A clipper approaches Lake superior by 00z Wednesday, but the models are having timing issues with this system, but have kept chance snow going for Wednesday into Thursday. Beyond this, medium range suite is again having issues with the position of a high building in from Canada. Appears that the operational gfs is trying to build the high in further south than some other models. considering the trend from yesterday, have removed mention of chance snow for Thursday night through Friday night, so have a dry forecast going through the remainder of the long range. Aviation: Lifr conditions due to heavy snow and blowing snow through the morning, Slowly improving north and west of orh after 18z and most of Eastern MA and RI by around 21z. Continued blowing and drifting snow will likely impact airport operations through the day. Ifr with local lifr conditions due to bands of heavy snow and blowing snow will persist into this evening for sites on Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard And Nantucket. Strong wind gusts will cause considerable low level mechanical turbulence. Hurricane force gusts to 70 kts are expected late this morning and afternoon across the outer coastal waters and even Cape Cod Bay and Nantucket Sound. Elsewhere, Anticipate storm force winds. Seas are expected to continue to build to between 25 and 35 Ft across the outer coastal waters. Coastal flooding is expected around the time of this mornings high tide due to a projected 3 foot surge and the wave action. Although the astronomical tide is relatively modest, 9.8 Feet at Boston, We believe the large breakers will elevate this event toward the high end of moderate, With some structural damage possible. In the long term, will be continuing gale warnings for most waters though the winds will finally be diminishing with small craft conditions for Boston Harbor, Narragansett Bay and some of the south sounds. Expect winds to continue to diminish, but the seas will be slower to respond so will have small craft seas going through Tuesday night for most waters including Cape Cod Bay. Will also have some small craft gusts on the outer waters with the approach of the next front Tuesday and Tuesday night. Box watches/warnings/advisories: CT, Blizzard warning from 4 PM Saturday until 1 PM Sunday for ctz002...Ctz003...Ctz004. MA...Heavy snow warning from 4 PM Saturday until 1 PM Sunday for maz002...Maz003...Maz004...Maz008...Maz010...Maz026. blizzard warning from 4 PM Saturday until 6 PM Sunday for maz005...Maz006...Maz007...Maz012...Maz013...Maz014... maz015...Maz016...Maz017...Maz018...Maz019...Maz020... maz021...Maz022...Maz023...Maz024. coastal flood warning from 7 AM Sunday until 1 PM Sunday for maz007...Maz015...Maz016...Maz019...Maz022...Maz023... maz024. blizzard warning from 4 PM Saturday until 1 PM Sunday for maz009...Maz011. NH...Heavy snow warning from 4 PM Saturday until 1 PM Sunday for nhz011...Nhz012...Nhz015. RI...Blizzard warning from 4 PM Saturday until 6 PM Sunday for riz001...Riz002...Riz003...Riz004...Riz005...Riz006... riz007...Riz008. marine...Hurricane force wind warning 1 PM Sunday for anz231... anz232...Anz254...Anz255. Storm warning remainder of coastal waters. 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wxsniss Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP National Weather Service Taunton MA 1000 AM EST Sun Jan 23 2005 Note: "fair" indicates few or no clouds below 12,000 feet with no significant weather and/or obstructions to visibility. The following observation locations do not report present weather, Provincetown, Smithfield, Block Island, Keene, and Oxford. Eastern Massachusetts City Sky/wx tmp dp rh wind pres remarks Boston hvy snow 10 6 84 N32G40 29.62r vsb<1/4 wci -13 Beverly fog 9 5 85 N23G31 29.63S vsb 1/4 wci -12 Lawrence fog 9 6 88 N20G32 29.71r vsb 1/4 wci -10 Bedford fog 9 6 88 N22G35 29.64r vsb 3/4 wci -11 Blue Hill N/a 7 5 91 N26G41 29.52r wci -15 Norwood fog 10 8 92 N17G31 29.61r vsb 1/4 wci -8 Plymouth fog 20 18 92 N35G54 29.46r vsb 1/4 wci 0 Taunton fog 15 13 91 N26G36 29.49r vsb<1/4 wci -4 New Bedford snow 19 16 86 N23G35 29.45r vsb 1/2 wci 2 Cape Cod And the islands City Sky/wx tmp dp rh wind pres remarks Falmouth hvy snow 25 23 93 N38G55 29.32S vsb 1/8 wci 6 Hyannis fog 23 21 92 NE40G56 29.35r vsb 1/2 wci 3 Chatham fog 24 22 91 N32G51 29.33S vsb 1/4 wci 6 Provincetown cloudy 25 23 93 N40G58 29.44r wci 6 Nantucket cloudy 25 25 100 NE56G66 29.23r fog wci 3 Marthas vnyrd fog 24 23 96 N46G56 29.30r vsb 1/4 wci 4 Central and Western Massachusetts City Sky/wx tmp dp rh wind pres remarks Worcester haze 8 3 80 N31G47 29.55S vsb 1/4 wci -15 Fitchburg haze 9 4 80 N22G30 29.70r vsb 3/4 wci -11 Orange lgt snow 11 5 77 N17 29.71r wci -6 Springfield snow 10 9 92 N22G38 29.69r vsb 3/8 wci -9 Westfield snow 13 7 77 N25G37 29.69S vsb 1/2 wci -7 North Adams mix pcpn 5 -3 69 W12G20 29.81r wci -11 Pittsfield cloudy 4 -3 73 NW13 29.70r haze wci -13 Rhode Island City Sky/wx tmp dp rh wind pres remarks Providence snow 10 10 100 N31G44 29.54r vsb 1/4 wci -12 Newport fog 13 11 92 N30G41 29.46r vsb 1/2 wci -8 Smithfield cloudy 9 7 92 N25G40 29.53r vsb<1/4 wci -13 Westerly hvy snow 14 10 85 N28G44 29.50r vsb 1/4 wci -6 Connecticut City Sky/wx tmp dp rh wind pres remarks Bradley intl snow 13 8 81 N24G39 29.67r vsb 1/2 wci -7 Hartford haze 14 9 80 N23G33 29.67r vsb 3/4 wci -5 Bridgeport lgt snow 19 10 68 N24G33 29.64r wci 2 Danbury frz rain 12 3 67 N17G31 29.69r wci -5 Groton lgt snow 14 11 87 N26G38 29.51r vsb 3/4 wci -6 New Haven lgt snow 16 10 79 N26G35 29.61r vsb 1 wci -3 Meriden haze 15 9 76 NE26G36 29.63r vsb 3/4 wci -4 Willimantic lgt snow 14 7 73 N22G30 29.60r vsb 3/4 wci -4 Oxford ptsunny 16 12 86 N30G41 29.62r vsb 3/4 wci -4 Northern New England City Sky/wx tmp dp rh wind pres remarks Portland ME lgt snow 4 -2 76 N24G40 29.78F vsb 1 wci -19 Bangor ME hvy snow -2 -8 76 N24G32 29.91F vsb 1/4 wci -26 Concord NH lgt snow 9 1 72 N17 29.77S wci -10 Manchester NH lgt snow 8 3 80 N23G31 29.73S vsb 3/4 wci -13 Nashua NH not avbl Portsmouth NH hvy snow 7 7 100 N23G40 29.71F vsb 1/4 wci -14 Jaffrey NH snow 9 3 78 N10G18 29.66S vsb 1/2 wci -6 Keene NH ptsunny 10 3 72 N10 29.74r wci -3 Burlington VT blwgsnow -2 -8 76 N18G32 30.07r vsb 1 wci -24 MT. Washington Not avbl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Such a sick storm. One of the best snowfalls I ever saw. Out of school for a week. I remember going out to shovel my van. It was so windy that there was no snow even in the spot and I could just drive out. On the other side of the street cars were completely invisible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Pretty big cutoff just west of the east slope of ORH hills...we had about 24" here but about 10-12 miles west had like 15-16" Yeah definitely an eastern crusher. Steve, those discussions you posted are awesome. Great photos, Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Those photos I took were taken the morning after. Probably around 10am. The heavy snows were over but we had a ground blizzard from all the wind. The heaviest snow for me occurred from about 1030pm to 3am. I had 5 straight hours of 1/4m +sn obs from TAN. Temp spike up to 29F right around 2am. It was -9F the morning before the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Those photos I took were taken the morning after. Probably around 10am. The heavy snows were over but we had a ground blizzard from all the wind. The heaviest snow for me occurred from about 1030pm to 3am. I had 5 straight hours of 1/4m +sn obs from TAN. Temp spike up to 29F right around 2am. It was -9F the morning before the storm. I just want a storm like that right now so bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I was pretty much below 1/4SM or lower from about 9 or 10pm that night through about noon the next day. If not from S+..then ground blizzard. You literally could not see anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I was pretty much below 1/4SM or lower from about 9 or 10pm that night through about noon the next day. If not from S+..then ground blizzard. You literally could not see anything. Yeah, I don't think I've seen obs from TAN less than 1/4m. It was crazy. Damn cold too. My pictures don't do the depths justice. It took me like 2-3 hours to snowblow my driveway. 3'-4' on it, than there was the street to deal with. I also did a couple neighbors driveways as well during the day. Same deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Yeah, I don't think I've seen obs from TAN less than 1/4m. It was crazy. Damn cold too. My pictures don't do the depths justice. It took me like 2-3 hours to snowblow my driveway. 3'-4' on it, than there was the street to deal with. I also did a couple neighbors driveways as well during the day. Same deal. There definitely were conditions below that. ASOS stations suck sometimes. Your pics prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I wonder when and if the guidance caught on to the fact that there was going to be a lot less snow across western and west/central parts of sne? was it at the last minute? does anyone remember? I remember hearing right up to the end that there was going to be much more snow and it was not until that deform band collapsed se of us and the sun was out that morning that the grid forecasts from box were updated to reflect clearing skies blowing snow etc... I see the precip progs of 1.5 to 1.75 inches right through the hfd spfd area so with 15 to 1 ratios that would have been easy 18 to 24 inches so I see where they got the astronomical forecast numbers but I want to know when the guidance showed it was clear that there was going to be only half the forecasted snow amounts. Watching all this on the internet I think it became quite clear by watching the radar that Saturday Night by about 7pm or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Some of my favorite photos... Harvard Square ~9am: Research building in Longwood Medical Area: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 And my favorite photo of all... Valdez comes to metropolitan Boston... I hope I'll experience a snowstorm like this in my lifetime again. Again, the Longwood Medical Area: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 That was a snowmageddon week. The Tuesday night bor the storm we had an over performing clipper drop 3-5. Tue blizzard itself was followed by anther quick hitting clipper for 6-10. But I remember the first of the us models to sniff it...ironically the nam (then eta) at 84 hours. Euro had it 6 days out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Finally, some spectacular videos... If a snow hurricane were possible, I'd imagine it would resemble this: I had trouble standing while filming this: Harvard Square: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Finally, some spectacular videos... If a snow hurricane were possible, I'd imagine it would resemble this: I had trouble standing while filming this: Harvard Square: Where was this filmed? That look alike Saturday night around midnight during the blizzard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Where was this filmed? That look alike Saturday night around midnight during the blizzard. First movie was filmed Ave Louis Pasteur by the Harvard Medical School quad, between 10pm-midnight. I remember having difficulty standing, and my sheer weenie bliss was overwhelmed by the intense winds and cold in less than 10 minutes and I had to take breaks to warm up my fingers. Second movie was filmed Harvard Square, I think around 1am. Again, April 97 was also legendary. No snowstorm in 18 years has come close to either of these for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 First movie was filmed Ave Louis Pasteur by the Harvard Medical School quad, between 10pm-midnight. I remember having difficulty standing, and my sheer weenie bliss was overwhelmed by the intense winds and cold in less than 10 minutes and I had to take breaks to warm up my fingers. Second movie was filmed Harvard Square, I think around 1am. Again, April 97 was also legendary. No snowstorm in 18 years has come close to either of these for me. Nice! I went for a walk trying to go up Corey Hill as the storm was building. Couldn't make it..lol. I liked 2005 better due to it's timing in the heart of winter..llbut 1997 was really special with the hours and hours of thunder snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 That was a snowmageddon week. The Tuesday night bor the storm we had an over performing clipper drop 3-5. Tue blizzard itself was followed by anther quick hitting clipper for 6-10. But I remember the first of the us models to sniff it...ironically the nam (then eta) at 84 hours. Euro had it 6 days out. I remember the 6-10" clipper/redeveloper just a few days after the blizzard that basically went unnoticed on the models because everyone was focusing on the huge storm and then digging out...I remember saying, "holy crap, we have another 6-10" coming" like 36 hours before it happened. It kept trending better and better and nobody noticed until the last second, lol. That 10 day period from like Jan 17-27 it seemed like every system overperformed...the back to back clippers before the blizzard and then the bigger one afterward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 The clipper was the icing on the cake. It was almost impossible to travel anywhere but on streets. Sidewalks were a fail. We almost tipped to rain briefly for an hour on the s-shore...I think the Cape briefly mixed, but then winds backed around to ne-n and it started hitting hard. I had about 8.5". Just incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Man you think back to that winter...what an absolute gem. Yeah snow pack didn't last as prolonged like last winter, but it was just storm after storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Man you think back to that winter...what an absolute gem. Yeah snow pack didn't last as prolonged like last winter, but it was just storm after storm. Agree, an absolute gem for SNE. Since it's been under so much attention this "winter", can anyone comment on teleconnector setup during that legendary period Jan 2005? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowman Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 PNS had 26" for Wareham, but I measured closer to 28" or 29". OES primed areas like messenger and parts of the cape had more. Note, I measured after the storm was over. If I had measured in 6 hour increments I probably would've had over 30". If you had 28"-29" Compact you didn't have 30", you Easily had 33"-35". Compacts are around 20% average when you have 20"/25 storms. That's Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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