bobbutts Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 According to Google Traffic, part of 93 SB is closed due to an accident between 3A and 89. Edit: looks like as I typed that it cleared up. Guess I should look outside.. that's my hood edit: yeah it is bad, the salt treated surfaces are wet, but untreated is pure ice.. They look the same too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 31.5F drizzle. Looks like the 10 minutes of sleet I got here will do it for non liquid precip. Warm models ftw. Cancelled work day b/c kid has no school ftl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Rain and 33° F here. Downslope flow on easterly winds is warming up the boundary layer just enough. I just can't get freezing rain here. The Decemeber 2008 ice storm was a 33° F rainer as well. The webcams up in Peru and Woodford look icy, so no snow there either. A Berkshire bust I'm afraid. Even MOunt Snow is ZR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 It was interesting to see this event begin with just freezing raining; no typical ptype transition phases. I had pure glaze ice in Ayer leaving the house, under foot, wire, trees, all surfaces of the car. As I road south on 1-90 you could tell it had been glazing longer the farther south I rode. Trees down here at the office in Shrewsbury are aglow in that silvery tint. One other thing, there is more wind down here at the office. It was calm in Ayer; just the light pitter pat sound of liquid drops sticking to everything. But as I walked in 31.5F air across the rain swept parking lot (ugh!) the trees around the area could be heard crackling with their nascent burden of ice. The wind here (near the Pike) is ENE/NE puffing along around 15kts, so the flags betray an estimate. But just up 1-90, coming down the turns into Worcester the steam from the factory was drifting due S...These obs suggest there may be some sort of boundary separating the cyclonic flow from the storm approaching from the S, from the establishment of ageostrophic cold flow farther NW ... but less than certain. This is an interesting scenario synoptically.. The high retreats on schedule, but there is still back load boundary layer cold into CNE/Maine... 25-30F everywhere and draining. Eventually the strengthening gradient should over come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Fatal accident involving multiple tractor trailers and passenger vehicles on RT 17 in Rock Hill, NY (Sullivan County) due to freezing rain. Photos from NYSP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 You would think a main road like that wouldn't be allowed to get that iced up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 truck drivers are generally awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 truck drivers are generally awful Agree there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 A Berkshire bust I'm afraid. Even MOunt Snow is ZR I'm starting to think ZR to Killington? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowman Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Holy Crap at that accident. THREEEE Trucks? Man. Very sad that the guy in the car which looks like a covered pile of trash now died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmanmitch Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 A Berkshire bust I'm afraid. Even MOunt Snow is ZR Looking that way, unless we can pull off some type of miracle, which is unlikely. Anyway, you can see strong orographic effects in this radar image as the heavier echoes are banked up along the ridgelines of the Taconics, northern Berkshires, and southern Greens in response to the deep layer easterly flow. The valleys are getting shadowed while the mountains are cleaning up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowMan Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Actually we are icing up pretty good here still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 You would think a main road like that wouldn't be allowed to get that iced up. Last month I ran into the same thing in PA on I-80. I was shocked to see that they hadn't pre-treated or sent trucks out with temps in the 20s and freezing drizzle coming. I saw several accidents like that...people driving too fast as you previously mentioned but then the bridges turned to sheets and it was dangerous going at any speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Looking that way, unless we can pull off some type of miracle, which is unlikely. Anyway, you can see strong orographic effects in this radar image as the heavier echoes are banked up along the ridgelines of the Taconics, northern Berkshires, and southern Greens in response to the deep layer easterly flow. The valleys are getting shadowed while the mountains are cleaning up. that stinks man I thought for sure the Berks would clean up with a front end thump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tavwtby Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 What a mess! slipping and sliding all the way from Winsted to Bloomfield....RT 219 was the worst at the top of the hill in Barkhamsted, Salt trucks everywhere. Got a friend who works for DOT, said even the trucks were having trouble this morning early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I'm in Hartford now, but my phone is saying there's still a lot of 31 and 32 degree obs coming up from the Mass Connecticut border near Springfield any live reports from that area is there some more significant icing starting to occurvon the trees or is it too warm and the precipitation too heavy? I just drove from Stafford Springs to Springfield and you could see the ice on the roadways to a certain extent but nothing major. I didn't see anything appreciative on vegetation either. The precip rate is too heavy for optimum accretion. It was interesting coming down the mountain - the temp didn't go below 32 until I got to he valley floor. It was above at about 450' but below at 200' so it's a shallow layer (at least where I was). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying MXZ Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 That road is notorious for accidents during bad weather. Hilly, curvy and people don't want to slow down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 interesting microclimates going on, the heaviest icing I have seen all day is near Meriden Connecticut right at the rest area off 91 the trees are glazed over pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBRI Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 .8 " in the rain gauge so far in Coventry RI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 there is also a pocket near Rocky Hill where the ice has accumulated more on the trees near exit 23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Smh at drivers during storms. The worst are AWD vehicles. As if they think AWD helps them break better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Steady light snow and 30.0F in Plymouth nh. Not sure how long it will last... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROOSTA Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I'll tell you though..maybe it's because I have a family and need to think about them first...but for the love of God..people slow down. The roads were getting that icy snow covered look and people were just blowing by me last night. I moved to the right lane and went under 60 the whole way home..at times 40-45. It's just not worth getting into trouble. No wonder why there were so many accidents. It's sad that people are so fooking dumb when driving in winter. lol. Did you forget what state you live in? The absolute worst driving state that I've been in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 20141209_000.png 20141209_13z.png Yea, that looks accurate....just breaching the freezing mark here @ KBED... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma blizzard Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 up to 32.3 / 32 at UML, curious to see if the CF retreats westwards, or if we remain on the cool side and rot between 32-35 all afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 Just started here, ZR and temps at 23°F, Will see if we flip to snow once the heavier slug off the coast moves in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Up to 32.2 here with heavy rain moving in. Flakeless in Albany. Oh well, at least I got a day off of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 32.1 with slop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Sanbornton RWIS is rain...Ashland RWIS is snow. So somewhere around New Hampton is the mix line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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