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Snow/ice storm disco Feb 21-22


Damage In Tolland

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IF I was MPM , I probably would have jumped off the French King Bridge 2 snow storms ago.

 

That area has been getting royally screwed in comparison to E SNE setting record after record, if there is a situ where MPM is allowed to b**ch, this recent pattern is it. I don't care if he is average, it's about perspective. Boston just got more snow in 3 weeks then like all but there TOP 3 FULL winters, while MPM sniffed light snow flurries. Ditto anyone living in Far Western or SW CT or West of Berkshire Spine, just a bridge jumper of a last 3 weeks, given what unfolded just to your east.

same deal here as well, its been brutal I dont care who doesn't like hearing it blah blah.... to be so close but so far.... getting a third of the snow in 24 to 30 hr storms with horrible snowgrowth while the cheerleading is deafening not too far away with tssn ++ and depths to thighs and chests..... then all the smaller events that blow up magically from Kevin to ginxy to ktan and kbos for daily two to five inch refreshers while maybe you got a few flurries to a coating or partly sunny with a bit of sublimation... its really about 15 to 20 mi east of 91 that things really get good
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Too be fair, e MA has been in in a rut relative to surrounding areas for a few years now.....

after the two huge storms in 2013 plus salvaging boxing day in 2010....the only storm I can think of where they got screwed was snowtober and they didn't loose power for 9 days....I don't buy that at all.
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It's snowing now. Everyone relax look out the window and stop worrying about jacks!!! Three days ago it was supposed to rain..

 

 

Telling people in this forum to stop worrying about jacks is like telling a group of drug addicts to stop worrying about who has more stash...too many sickos to expect that request to be answered.

 

Funny you mentioned the rain though...most people in SNE would have taken this regardless of whether they jacked or not 2 days ago if you offered them.

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Telling people in this forum to stop worrying about jacks is like telling a group of drug addicts to stop worrying about who has more stash...too many sickos to expect that request to be answered.

Funny you mentioned the rain though...most people in SNE would have taken this regardless of whether they jacked or not 2 days ago if you offered them.

What about a drug addicted weather junkie? They're paranoid of jacks and their stash.

This continues to tickle colder.

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The METs at BOX must be morons than discussing a changeover to rain. Hmmm.

430 PM UPDATE...

*** SNOW/SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN YIELDS DIFFICULT TRAVEL INTO THIS

EVENING ALONG THE COAST AND OVERNIGHT INLAND ***

SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW...

AT 4 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SNOW SHIELD IS INTO RI AND EASTERN

MA. ONCE SNOW BEGINS IT QUICKLY BECOMES MODERATE WITH VSBY AOB 1

MILES ALONG WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR. LATEST

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A NICE PLUME OF ENHANCED/COOLING CLOUD

TOPS FROM THE TN VLY NEWD INTO NEW ENGLAND. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO

STRONG JET DYNAMICS IN THIS CONVEYOR BELT WITH 925 MB AND 850 MB

WIND SPEEDS +2 TO +3 STD FROM CLIMO...ALONG WITH STRENGTHENING UPPER

LEVEL JET STREAK AND RRQ OVER NEW ENGLAND. THESE STRONG JET DYNAMICS

ADVECT A PLUME OF PWATS EXCEEDING +1 STD DEVIATION FROM CLIMO. HENCE

PLENTY OF FORCING FOR ASCENT WITHIN A MOIST COLUMN. THIS YIELDS A

MODEL CONSENSUS QPF OF UP TO 1 INCH ALONG THE SOUTH COAST TAPERING

DOWN TO 0.40 INCHES ALONG THE MA/NH BORDER.

PTYPE AND SNOWFALL...

STRONG LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION ACROSS THE AREA IS BEING OFFSET OR

MODIFIED BY VERY COLD NEAR SHORE WATER TEMPS WITH MANY HARBORS/BAYS

PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY FROZEN. AS A RESULT DEW PTS ARE ONLY IN THE

U20S ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WITH TEENS WELL INLAND. GFS/NAM

AND HI RES GUID IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT NOSE OF WARM AIR AROUND 925

MB HOLDS OFF UNTIL AFTER 03Z. THUS MOSTLY SNOW ACROSS THE REGION

THRU 03Z/10 PM...THEN BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z WILL SEE LINE OF MIXED

PRECIP SPREAD NORTHWARD TO ABOUT A BDL-ORH-BED-BVY LINE AND HOLD

THERE OVERNIGHT...WITH ALL SNOW TO THE NW OF THIS LINE. THUS

EXPECTING ABOUT 4-6" OF SNOW ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF I-84 TO I-90 AND

NORTHEAST INTO I-495 CORRIDOR OR NORTHEAST MA. SOUTH OF THIS AREA

INTO NORTHEAST CT-MUCH OF RI INTO SOUTHEAST MA EXPECTING 2-4" OF

SNOW FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF SLEET/FREEZING RAIN 10 PM TO 1 AM. THIS

INCLUDES THE BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE CORRIDOR. CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS

WILL HAVE A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING OF SNOW...SLEET AND POSSIBLY

FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. GIVEN THIS HAVE

EXPANDED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.

AS PREVIOUS FORECASTER INDICATED DESPITE SURFACE TEMPS CLIMBING INTO

THE MU30S A FROZEN GROUND MAY STILL YIELD FREEZING RAIN. HENCE VERY

TREACHEROUS TRAVEL INTO AT LEAST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS

THE INTERIOR.

MAY SEE LOWER SNOW TOTALS ALONG THE MA/NH BORDER AS BEST FORCING FOR

ASCENT IS FARTHER SOUTH CLOSER TO THE I-84 CORRIDOR NORTHEAST INTO I-

90 AND I-495 OF NORTHEAST MA. LITTLE CONCERNED HOW SNOW INTENSITY

DROPS OFF ACROSS NORTHERN NJ/LOWER HUDSON VALLEY WESTWARD INTO PA.

COULD BE SOME MID LEVEL DRY AIR THAT SHOULD EVENTUALLY RESATURATE.

THUS RADAR SHOULD FILL BACK IN TOWARD 00Z/7 PM.

RAINFALL...

AS PTYPE TRANSITIONS FROM SNOW/SLEET TO FREEZING RAIN IN THE 10 PM

TO 1 AM WINDOW...EXPECT A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO PERHAPS HEAVY RAIN

ALONG THE SOUTH COAST. MODELS SUGGEST UP TO 0.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL

AFTER THE CHANGEOVER. THIS COMBINED WITH SNOW CLOGGED STORM DRAINS

WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST MINOR TO PERHAPS MODERATE STREET/URBAN TYPE

FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH LEFTOVER

SNOWPACK AND TODAY/S SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF ROOF

COLLAPSES. GREATEST RISK LIKELY ALONG THE SOUTH COAST WHERE RAINFALL

WILL BE HEAVIEST.

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Telling people in this forum to stop worrying about jacks is like telling a group of drug addicts to stop worrying about who has more stash...too many sickos to expect that request to be answered.

 

Funny you mentioned the rain though...most people in SNE would have taken this regardless of whether they jacked or not 2 days ago if you offered them.

Kevin was already on that train then.

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The METs at BOX must be morons than discussing a changeover to rain. Hmmm.

430 PM UPDATE...

*** SNOW/SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN YIELDS DIFFICULT TRAVEL INTO THIS

EVENING ALONG THE COAST AND OVERNIGHT INLAND ***

SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW...

AT 4 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SNOW SHIELD IS INTO RI AND EASTERN

MA. ONCE SNOW BEGINS IT QUICKLY BECOMES MODERATE WITH VSBY AOB 1

MILES ALONG WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR. LATEST

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A NICE PLUME OF ENHANCED/COOLING CLOUD

TOPS FROM THE TN VLY NEWD INTO NEW ENGLAND. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO

STRONG JET DYNAMICS IN THIS CONVEYOR BELT WITH 925 MB AND 850 MB

WIND SPEEDS +2 TO +3 STD FROM CLIMO...ALONG WITH STRENGTHENING UPPER

LEVEL JET STREAK AND RRQ OVER NEW ENGLAND. THESE STRONG JET DYNAMICS

ADVECT A PLUME OF PWATS EXCEEDING +1 STD DEVIATION FROM CLIMO. HENCE

PLENTY OF FORCING FOR ASCENT WITHIN A MOIST COLUMN. THIS YIELDS A

MODEL CONSENSUS QPF OF UP TO 1 INCH ALONG THE SOUTH COAST TAPERING

DOWN TO 0.40 INCHES ALONG THE MA/NH BORDER.

PTYPE AND SNOWFALL...

STRONG LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION ACROSS THE AREA IS BEING OFFSET OR

MODIFIED BY VERY COLD NEAR SHORE WATER TEMPS WITH MANY HARBORS/BAYS

PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY FROZEN. AS A RESULT DEW PTS ARE ONLY IN THE

U20S ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WITH TEENS WELL INLAND. GFS/NAM

AND HI RES GUID IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT NOSE OF WARM AIR AROUND 925

MB HOLDS OFF UNTIL AFTER 03Z. THUS MOSTLY SNOW ACROSS THE REGION

THRU 03Z/10 PM...THEN BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z WILL SEE LINE OF MIXED

PRECIP SPREAD NORTHWARD TO ABOUT A BDL-ORH-BED-BVY LINE AND HOLD

THERE OVERNIGHT...WITH ALL SNOW TO THE NW OF THIS LINE. THUS

EXPECTING ABOUT 4-6" OF SNOW ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF I-84 TO I-90 AND

NORTHEAST INTO I-495 CORRIDOR OR NORTHEAST MA. SOUTH OF THIS AREA

INTO NORTHEAST CT-MUCH OF RI INTO SOUTHEAST MA EXPECTING 2-4" OF

SNOW FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF SLEET/FREEZING RAIN 10 PM TO 1 AM. THIS

INCLUDES THE BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE CORRIDOR. CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS

WILL HAVE A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING OF SNOW...SLEET AND POSSIBLY

FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. GIVEN THIS HAVE

EXPANDED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.

AS PREVIOUS FORECASTER INDICATED DESPITE SURFACE TEMPS CLIMBING INTO

THE MU30S A FROZEN GROUND MAY STILL YIELD FREEZING RAIN. HENCE VERY

TREACHEROUS TRAVEL INTO AT LEAST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS

THE INTERIOR.

MAY SEE LOWER SNOW TOTALS ALONG THE MA/NH BORDER AS BEST FORCING FOR

ASCENT IS FARTHER SOUTH CLOSER TO THE I-84 CORRIDOR NORTHEAST INTO I-

90 AND I-495 OF NORTHEAST MA. LITTLE CONCERNED HOW SNOW INTENSITY

DROPS OFF ACROSS NORTHERN NJ/LOWER HUDSON VALLEY WESTWARD INTO PA.

COULD BE SOME MID LEVEL DRY AIR THAT SHOULD EVENTUALLY RESATURATE.

THUS RADAR SHOULD FILL BACK IN TOWARD 00Z/7 PM.

RAINFALL...

AS PTYPE TRANSITIONS FROM SNOW/SLEET TO FREEZING RAIN IN THE 10 PM

TO 1 AM WINDOW...EXPECT A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO PERHAPS HEAVY RAIN

ALONG THE SOUTH COAST. MODELS SUGGEST UP TO 0.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL

AFTER THE CHANGEOVER. THIS COMBINED WITH SNOW CLOGGED STORM DRAINS

WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST MINOR TO PERHAPS MODERATE STREET/URBAN TYPE

FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH LEFTOVER

SNOWPACK AND TODAY/S SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF ROOF

COLLAPSES. GREATEST RISK LIKELY ALONG THE SOUTH COAST WHERE RAINFALL

WILL BE HEAVIEST.

Nice.

About what I figured.

4-6"

We take.

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well  .5QPF line was South of city on Euro....

I think I would be more worried about a ragged precip shield holding amounts down in BOS vs taint. Heaviest QOF may be south of the city.

 

I guess you mean less than forecast..bc all models had heavier South of city

No it wasn't. It was 40 miles NW of boston.

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