Arnold214 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 28° with light to occasionally moderate freezing rain falling. Complete glare ice out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 lightning to nw edit, first TS of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 RGEM GGEM have been outstanding for days on this not quite a ice storm by definition. Is this event being considered an ice storm by the media down there or something?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Good call Scooter. 50's.. It'll be a complete wipe out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Is this event being considered an ice storm by the media down there or something?!lol...idk why he is keeping this going. I think he is trying to claim a victory. He said this would be an ice storm days ago and I said not without a good sfc high. When I read "ice storm" I think legit ice storm criteria, like you guys had in Dec, or at least close to it. If he had said we'd have the typical period of in-situ CAD icing I would've agreed.We've been hovering at 32F for the last 5 hours after a few good hours of icing, but there hasn't been much glazing since midnight. Mod/hvy rain at 32F doesn't help accretion either. This snow pack will be ultra bullet proof once it ices up again tonight though. Hopefully we minimize the 40s today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Two hour school delays up here. I awoke to the rain at 1:30 and the temp had risen to 30.8 at that point. Now, the torch is out in force. 36.6/36, foggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 47 when I left, but I could feel that warm air moving in. Snow is vaporizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 A couple of rumbles if thunder around 3:50AM. A few flashes 38.4F. Foggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 A couple of rumbles if thunder around 3:50AM. A few flashes 38.4F. Foggy Thought I heard the same hear, temp up to 53. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 47 when I left, but I could feel that warm air moving in. Snow is vaporizing. High ratios, ftl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 At least w all won't have to worry next weekend about snow melt with nothing left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 36f. RN main event looks ugly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 At least w all won't have to worry next weekend about snow melt with nothing left LOL--I suppose that's one way to look at it. Maybe I can spend the weekend burning. Usually I don't get that started until April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Kevin, that's the point. What today doesn't finish next weekend will. Mid 40s and slowly rising with fog now. Not a recipe to keep snow although I suspect I have some left after fropa.....too much to melt in12 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Kevin, that's the point. What today doesn't finish next weekend will. Mid 40s and slowly rising with fog now. Not a recipe to keep snow although I suspect I have some left after fropa.....too much to melt in12 hours. You'll be surprised. It will go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Kevin, that's the point. What today doesn't finish next weekend will. Mid 40s and slowly rising with fog now. Not a recipe to keep snow although I suspect I have some left after fropa.....too much to melt in12 hours. I think thte high ratios will be your undoing here. It's great to have if for accumulations, but on the flip side, tthere's a whole lot less moisture to melt away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Does anyone have a good sne temp map? I'm cuirous to see the depth and breadth of the torch and the pdfamily one's on hiatus. Off to the races here now. 38.0/37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Slick slick and slicker out there. Temps climbing into the mid 30s now, but was 33.5F when I left the house and cold roadways FTL. There was enough ice or sleet or something for the plow to move around and the whole drive was just crunching ice. Nothing on any trees or cars or elevated surfaces though. Snow loss has been minimal so far... I had left the 2.5" of arctic sand on one snow board to see how long it would last, and it was only down a half inch or so. That 9:1 ratio snow has some staying power and snow depth still around 8" at home. But the real damage will be the next 6 hours or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I think thte high ratios will be your undoing here. It's great to have if for accumulations, but on the flip side, tthere's a whole lot less moisture to melt away. Its all about the liquid equiv in the snowpack... high ratios will melt quickly at first, but it'll slow down. If you get 1" of QPF and 20" of snow, and another person gets 1" of QPF and 10" of snow... they should both melt out at roughly the same time given the same set of conditions. That's why you'll usually see J.Spin often reference the liquid in the snowpack and that even in a rain event, if you can add liquid to the snowpack its still sort of a net gain in that "staying power" department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Kevin, that's the point. What today doesn't finish next weekend will. Mid 40s and slowly rising with fog now. Not a recipe to keep snow although I suspect I have some left after fropa.....too much to melt in12 hours. Jerry we're both headed for 60. This has busted even warmer than mets thought. This is as bad as the Xmas torch. Noone forecast this much warmth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Slick slick and slicker out there. Temps climbing into the mid 30s now, but was 33.5F when I left the house and cold roadways FTL. There was enough ice or sleet or something for the plow to move around and the whole drive was just crunching ice. Nothing on any trees or cars or elevated surfaces though. Snow loss has been minimal so far... I had left the 2.5" of arctic sand on one snow board to see how long it would last, and it was only down a half inch or so. That 9:1 ratio snow has some staying power and snow depth still around 8" at home. But the real damage will be the next 6 hours or so. I'll be eagerly looking for the windshift. Eastern folks are getting hit with warmer temps over a longer period of time with more snow on the ground. Western folks down here have less snow on the ground but a shorter period of time in the torch. Net result is likely to be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 This winter gets a c- or maybe a c so far. Snowfall has been decent and cold has been good but the warmth and cutter ruin it . Hopefully the 2nd half performs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowMan Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Jerry we're both headed for 60. This has busted even warmer than mets thought. This is as bad as the Xmas torch. Noone forecast this much warmthIts days like this that make just say - screw it let's have all the snow melt and fast forward to summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowMan Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 This winter gets a c- or maybe a c so far. Snowfall has been decent and cold has been good but the warmth and cutter ruin it . Hopefully the 2nd half performsAgree. I would rather have a pattern with strong blocking and temps not as cold if it means we have a shot at monster storms. I hate the cold cutter cold pattern. Now we have to throw in a cold cutter cold torch pattern too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Jerry we're both headed for 60. This has busted even warmer than mets thought. This is as bad as the Xmas torch. Noone forecast this much warmth I think you are going overboard. It will not get to 60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 This winter gets a c- or maybe a c so far. Snowfall has been decent and cold has been good but the warmth and cutter ruin it . Hopefully the 2nd half performs B+/A- But it's awfully early. 20 years ago we were a week in by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 B+/A- But it's awfully early. 20 years ago we were a week in by now. No way is it anywhere near that high. We didn't tons of have massive 60 degree cutters that year and we didn't have a week+ of 50's which is what models are advertising for this weekend into next week in the middle of January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 It's 1/6, and BOS has had 2 storms over 6, one of which 12+. For mby...been a great winter so far. I can't wait for Kevin's A....day after tomorrow...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 epic fog this morning on the South Shore. 48F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 It's 1/6, and BOS has had 2 storms over 6, one of which 12+. For mby...been a great winter so far. I can't wait for Kevin's A....day after tomorrow...lol. Last year was an A..Snow from Nov- March and snowpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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