Spoons56 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I'm looking at what's out there compared with last night and making an educated guess of about 12 new. Would bring us into the 16 + range. But with so much on the ground and ripping wind hard to tell. What did you get on winter hill, ORH weather? Up here about 3 miles south of Holden I'd say we have about 10-11". Around 5" by 11pm last night, and another 5" or so, mainly over a two hour period earlier this AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowman Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Blue Hill Destroys it's 130 Year Record! 46" Depth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Winding down pretty quickly here.... Maybe we squeak out another .5-1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnaude241 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 16" in East Taunton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Just a beautiful band. Pure retrograde. http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/index.php?type=BOX-N0Q-1-200 Any pics from your area? Have to think it must be unreal given what it already looked like before the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HullMA Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Any pics from your area? Have to think it must be unreal given what it already looked like before the storm. I'm in scituate for this. Ill get some pics later on when i get over to hull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Meh, if you didn't like his forecast or reasoning...you rebutt it with your own reasoning. That's what I did. Not everyone has the exact same level of tact, but he wasn't dishing out personal attacks like some of you this morning. Exactly. I agree he has a condescending town sometimes, and is not as tactful as yourself, and some others, but this blowback is uncalled for. just put him on ignore...he didn't flame anyone. I maybe about done.....hopefully just crawl my way to 18" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Paul Gordon Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I think thats an over estimate, drifting up where you are?...it looks impressive, but its closer to 10-11" total. Unless maybe you actually got more there. That include what fell yesterday? So much wind its hard to tell. Wouldn't think I got 5+ than you,though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 That include what fell yesterday? So much wind its hard to tell. Wouldn't think I got 5+ than you,though Yeah probably almost 6" new this morning once it's done after what fell last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Freaking ground blizzards are totally insane and will only get more so as the day goes on. Drooling thinking about tomorrows pic taking adventures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Cleanup is going to be near impossible.... Blowing snow everywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I only had 2.5...maybe 3" from round 1 last night. I'm literally on the Petersham line, so just far enough west to miss out on some of the meat of the banding. What part of Hubbardston do you live in ( north, south, etc)? north central. Near Rietta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HullMA Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Hull this morninghttps://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153046423253363&permPage=1<---video my or may not work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 It was freaking saturated right past 500mb too...lol. So weird. I wish I thought about it more..but wasn't sure if models saw something by actually lowering QPF when the event nears. Well good lesson here, just glad I didn't buy the .5" on the EC. Yikes.Was it really much more than 0.50" though? Melted cocorahs obs around E MA this morning are mostly 0.50-0.70" outside of NE MA. Heck I had that 35:1 7" core overnight.The blizz conditions during the event never really materialized so many had efficiently accumulating fluff. I had figured the crystals would take quite a beating in the coastal zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 from latest BOX update looks like they toned the winds down today a bit at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Well....time to walk the patiently waiting dog. Then get some cash for my shovelers, then back to sleep. So glad I forced myself to get up for the brunt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonWX Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Radar estimates are around 1.5 inches QPF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Was it really much more than 0.50" though? Melted cocorahs obs around E MA this morning are mostly 0.50-0.70" outside of NE MA. Heck I had that 35:1 7" core overnight. The blizz conditions during the event never really materialized so many had efficiently accumulating fluff. I had figured the crystals would take quite a beating in the coastal zones. BOS and points SE likely had over 1" QPF though. I agree areas NW were fluffier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Radar estimates are around 1.5 inches QPF. Well that's based on DBZ. Not ratios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Paul Gordon Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Yeah probably almost 6" new this morning once it's done after what fell last night will guess at 12 inches then looking at what you and holden have plus other areas zround here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Was it really much more than 0.50" though? Melted cocorahs obs around E MA this morning are mostly 0.50-0.70" outside of NE MA. Heck I had that 35:1 7" core overnight. The blizz conditions during the event never really materialized so many had efficiently accumulating fluff. I had figured the crystals would take quite a beating in the coastal zones. Someone said radar estimates were a lot higher. The band from 5-8am had to deliver close to 0.5 in that period alone. I realize it's rough in snow to get accurate qpf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Radar estimates are around 1.5 inches QPF.Can't really go by that with snow. I'll admit I'm not sure how dual pol handles it, but I'm guessing you're not using dual pol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 What a fun entertainer this event was. ... Fascinating Rad history here: http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/radar/displayRad.php?icao=KBOX∏=bref1&bkgr=black&endDate=20150215&endTime=14&duration=8 To a very close estimation I have 41" of snow pack now as of 10 am in Ayer. This is obviously less than official, and do to the blowing factor of all snow storms we have endured in recent weeks, it's very likely variable from neighborhood to neighborhood. This storm is (according to the NAM) pull down some of the very bluest air of the season. I have never seen an FRH grid look like this for Logan: 18000602602 -1615 093029 98 77 78 79 That represents -23C at 980 mb, then -22 and -21 at 900 and 800 respectively from left to right! Notice the inverted nature of the sounding there, with the very coldest at the bottom, then actually ... though pathetically, moderating in the vertical. This is pure unadulterated cold pull right out of the reservoir, and right over a deep deep snow pack. This may very well be the nadir air mass of the season; just common sense-wise, we are fighting the calendar in such matters. Purely by magnitude alone -vs- climatology (forget the sun), there is little to no suggestion that -9 F is attainable for that particular location, afterward... If all this were not enough... the model are still not fully removing mid week event(s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonWX Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Can't really go by that with snow. I'll admit I'm not sure how dual pol handles it, but I'm guessing you're not using dual pol. DSTOT data. It looks about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Someone said radar estimates were a lot higher. The band from 5-8am had to deliver close to 0.5 in that period alone. I realize it's rough in snow to get accurate qpf. That's the thing, models had like .2" in that 6 hrs. Even with 20:1 ratios, there was more than that falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 About 4.6 here. Better than nothing. Nice winds and drifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Yeah I think focusing all on the low level stuff seems one theory...and probably the best one. The extreme low heights of the ULL perhaps were fooling the models into thinking the moisture wouldn't advect westward up that slope? I dunno...you think they should handle that fine though. But maybe they were just trying to squeeze out all the moisture before it had a chance to advect west...printing out QPF blobs over Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine I thought you made the best call, actually Will, in that one post I read of yours where you pretty much just sans all the other conflicting indicators and went with gut instinct wrt to closing off 700 and 500mb surfaces. I read that and thought, 'yeah, that's odd to do that in such a parched result' -- sure enough.. The post I just made has the Rad history, showing how this thing back boldly SW across the area over the last 8 hours... Those bands had some ridiculous fall rates at 20:1... One thing about this event is that we are kind of lacking the wind advertisement. I guess that's for the better considering the magnitude of cold in route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Was it really much more than 0.50" though? Melted cocorahs obs around E MA this morning are mostly 0.50-0.70" outside of NE MA. Heck I had that 35:1 7" core overnight. The blizz conditions during the event never really materialized so many had efficiently accumulating fluff. I had figured the crystals would take quite a beating in the coastal zones. Those are 7am though, right? I'd imagine we'll have a lot of obs over 0.75" once the full event is taken into account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonWX Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 21.2 inches in milton, wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 BOS and points SE likely had over 1" QPF though. I agree areas NW were fluffier.BOS has an AWPAGs now and came in with 0.62". That's probably a little low due to wind, but the ASOS has a wind shield. I'm interested to see what BOX goes with for the w.e. total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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