S&P Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Found a protected spot and measured between 7.5 - 8". Some pix before I cleaned up this am. The retaining wall is about 5' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Meh. Wasn't all that extraordinary down here. Cold the last 1/4 or the storm but otherwise snowfall rates were modest, winds about the same as any large coastal, average storm temps. Props to MA highway they were on this like stink on a monkey. Major roads were great throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Re: sublimation, I think we all agree that sublimation is more significant after this snowstorm (high SLR, blowing snow, -10˚C) than after our usual snowstorm. How much that sublimation actually eats up accumulation in suburban Boston is difficult to quantify, but it has been implicated in loss of snowpack in places like the Midwest, Utah, and Canada etc. From a lay perspective, lots of comments here and elsewhere that this snowpack seems to be more evanescent than we're used to. The roads were down to asphalt quickly, "easiest New England snowfall I've ever shoveled", etc... on top of rare conditions for this area, so it's interesting to think about. Here's an interesting study, using data from Saskatchewan: http://www.inscc.utah.edu/~campbell/snowdynamics/reading/Pomeroy.pdf Some interesting observations they make: - lower temperatures (as in -10˚C/14F or lower) actually facilitate sublimation because the snowcover has lower cohesion and lower transport thresholds - blowing snow significantly increases surface-area exposure to air, and significantly increases sublimation - "The percentage of annual snowfall lost to sublimation from a 1-km fetch ranges from 23 to 41 percent of annual snowfall, an amount equal to or greater than (ranging up to 2.6 times) the amount of snow transported and redeposited. The results from 16 locations in the Canadian Prairies show that the average annual amount of snow water lost to sublimation from a 1-km fetch may be up to five times the amount of snow transported to the field edge." On a side note, you guys see this: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/01/03/prudential/7ZiLmx6YJ29le8SQAjuuKO/story.html Parts of Prudential mall flooded, AMC Loews Boston Commons evacuated due to frozen pipes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Ray allowed me some time to dance nude with the CF. http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/radar/displayRad.php?icao=KBOX∏=bref1&bkgr=black&endDate=20140103&endTime=11&duration=10 I knew you were in a perfect spot for it. Slam dunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Warrior commander Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I knew you were in a perfect spot for it. Slam dunk. Congrats on beating me bigtime on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Right now I have nothing to back up my total except that one pic of the snow blower tracks, but that was windblown and came to about 18" or so. There was a media report from S weymouth where someone probably stuck a ruler in a drifted parking lot. I honestly think if I measured every 6 hrs it would have cracked 20 but I did not and I still wonder if it's too high. I definitely got into that mesoscale band, but there seems to be no other totals near mine. On the contrary, it looks like they have half of what I got, at work and there was supposedly a foot of fluff. Obviously that stuff compacts though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Castle Island looking east/se a day ago. Not my picture. You can see ice forming off in the distance. This is not where the ice was the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Right now I have nothing to back up my total except that one pic of the snow blower tracks, but that was windblown and came to about 18" or so. There was a media report from S weymouth where someone probably stuck a ruler in a drifted parking lot. I honestly think if I measured every 6 hrs it would have cracked 20 but I did not and I still wonder if it's too high. I definitely got into that mesoscale band, but there seems to be no other totals near mine. On the contrary, it looks like they have half of what I got, at work and there was supposedly a foot of fluff. Obviously that stuff compacts though. :weenie: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 :weenie: I went for a ride today and it at least confirmed 16-18" or so even after some compaction. I just want to keep it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Finally getting around to uploading my pictures from post storm. Includes a freezing of Dorchester Bay and some drifting here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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