The Valentine's Day Massacre Obs--A snow job or does it only blow?

[Arnold214]

Sherbrooke always reminds me of this...

I think I'm gonna blast this.

[Patrick-02540]

Explosive radar over Cape Ann coming SW. Good luck you guys!

[FitzWx]

Northeast Ma getting smoked. I have not measured, but estimate a foot here in Amesbury in the last 4 hours. Looking at radar the area appears to be expanding. 

[ma blizzard]

heaviest snow of the night so far

[DotRat_Wx]

Wow. Loop bos tdwr velocity. Incredible

[mahk_webstah]

Actually got up and measured.  3:30am 8.5 between 10:30 and 3:30. total 11.5 new.  Wanted to measure before it got windy.  What happens next?   keep snowing?  light to moderate now

[dan11295]

Just got up after about 5-6 hours of sleep. Have 5.0" total now. I look to be about to be wacked from that band dropping south.

[DotRat_Wx]

Boston is about to get into some great stuff

[mahk_webstah]

seems to be the band from maine coast to central nh and the one thr n mass and extreme snh.  the more southern one is stronger but will the one up here continue?  Still elements moving north

[mahk_webstah]

You slept through the party. Now you're here and everyone has already puked and about passed out.

and i have to clean up...

[Patrick-02540]

I got up at 3:30 to pee and looked at the radar. Loaded the wood stove and cracked a beer for you guys. Bring it on!

[dendrite]

I think I need a couple hours of sleep. The wind is slowly beginning to pick up.

16.7F -SN OCNL SN

12.6" new snow

1.1" past hour

Intensity has let up a bit and compaction is starting to do its dirty work. We'll see what those bands pivoting north deliver. Canterbury RWIS is still cranking the M1/4SM.

[Arnold214]

Coastal York County ME getting croaked again. Someone's gonna come up big there.

[CoastalWx]

Should be fun to go to work.

[Patfan1987]

Dumping snow right now!

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[SouthieWX]

S+ Heavy snow in South Boston.

[CoastalWx]

Heavy here too.

[mahk_webstah]

gonna go back to sleep.  looks like snow wil continue.  At a foot now, perhaps 12.5. upgrade to 14-18 Arnold?

[dan11295]

Any idea on snowfall rates within that band?, looks like very heavy stuff

[Patfan1987]

Any idea on snowfall rates within that band?, looks like very heavy stuff

https://twitter.com/nwsboston/status/566890692753256448

[dendrite]

gonna go back to sleep.  looks like snow wil continue.  At a foot now, perhaps 12.5. upgrade to 14-18 Arnold?

idk...I wonder if we have dry air working in now with the wind shift. The snow growth sucks again. HRRR shuts us off soon.

[CoastalWx]

Vis like 100yds. Lousy flakes though.

[SouthieWX]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0065

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

0317 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

AREAS AFFECTED...MA/SRN NH/NERN CT/RI

CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW

VALID 150917Z - 151515Z

SUMMARY...SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED

ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA -- AS A SNOW BAND NOW OVER THE NRN MA/SRN

NH VICINITY TRANSLATES SWD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

DISCUSSION...LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY

SNOW OVER NERN MA AND ADJACENT SRN NH ATTM...WITHIN A WARM

ADVECTION/DEFORMATION ZONE ON THE NRN FRINGE OF LOWER TROPOSPHERIC

/H85-H7/ LOW NOW MOVING OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. THIS BAND IS

FAIRLY WELL-DEPICTED BY HIGH-RES MODELS AND SREF PROBABILISTIC

DATA...EACH OF WHICH PROJECT THAT THIS BAND WILL NOT REMAIN IN PLACE

BUT TRANSLATE SWD ACROSS MA AND EVENTUALLY INTO PARTS OF CT AND RI

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THIS LACK OF A MORE STATIONARY HEAVY

SNOW EVENT ALSO MAKES SENSE GIVEN THE PROGRESSIVE/TRANSITORY NATURE

OF THE SYSTEM ALOFT -- WHICH IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NEWD AND THEN

NNEWD TOWARD THE CANADIAN MARITIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING AND

AFTERNOON.

BASED ON THESE FACTORS...IT APPEARS UNLIKELY THAT THE HEAVIEST

PORTION OF THE SNOW BAND WILL REMAIN OVER A GIVEN AREA FOR MORE THAN

BUT 2-3 HOURS...THUS LIMITING OVERALL SNOWFALL IN ANY ONE LOCALE.

HOWEVER...GIVEN THE HIGH SNOWFALL RATES...4-8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL

LIKELY FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING.

..GOSS/MOSIER/CORFIDI.. 02/15/2015

ATTN...WFO...GYX...BOX...OKX...ALY...

[Patrick-02540]

Whatever it takes to make Messenger/Clint Leatherhead eat crow, I'm good with.

[kevin1927]

Wow. Ripping. This is really impressive.

[CoastalWx]

Vis in feet. Wow.

[OceanStWx]

Thundersnow reports now MetroWest.

 

Not seeing anything on the lightning detection networks, but it probably isn't transformers either.

[dendrite]

The snow is meh right now and I'm due for a core in an hour so I just did it now before the wind blows it away.

Insane ratios.

In this core I had 7.6" snow with only 0.21" liquid. That's like 35:1...crazy for a sample that size.

[Patrick-02540]

Thundersnow reports now MetroWest.

Not seeing anything on the lightning detection networks, but it probably isn't transformers either.

Looks explosive around Boston now. I would expect some claps from that.

[ORH_wxman]

Wow...snow increasing to heavy