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Go through it. Although I felt bad for the ct valley crew . Just too far west.

A true Western blizzard old school style

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

720 AM EST WED JAN 28 2015

...BLIZZARD OF 2015...

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WERE REACHED AT MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN

NEW ENGLAND DURING THE STORM ON JANUARY 26 AND 27. THUS IT IS SAFE

TO CALL THIS THE BLIZZARD OF 2015 FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS

STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS UP TO 78 MPH ON NANTUCKET AND 35 TO 55 MPH

ACROSS MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOWFALL

TOTALS FROM 24 TO 36 INCHES WERE COMMON EXCEPT LESS THAN A FOOT IN

FAR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND MUCH OF HARTFORD COUNTY.

THE DEFINITION OF A BLIZZARD IS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW

REDUCES VISIBILITY TO BELOW 1/4 MILE ALONG WITH WINDS THAT

FREQUENTLY GUST TO 35 MPH OR MORE...AND THAT THESE BLIZZARD

CONDITIONS ARE THE PREDOMINANT REPORTED CONDITION FOR AT LEAST

3 CONSECUTIVE HOURS.

WHEN REVIEWING WHETHER A PARTICULAR OBSERVATION LOCATION HAD

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WE CONSIDERED VISIBILITIES EQUAL TO 1/4 MILE

BECAUSE THAT IS QUITE LOW FOR AN AUTOMATED SENSOR TO BE ABLE TO

DETECT. IN A FEW INSTANCES...THE AUTOMATED SENSORS DID REPORT ZERO

TO ONE-EIGHTH MILE VISIBILITIES FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. HOWEVER

IN OUR BEST JUDGMENT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING WITH

AUTOMATED SENSOR VISIBILITIES SUSTAINED AT 1/4 MILE WITH HEAVY SNOW

BEING REPORTED AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR MORE.

THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATION SITES HAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON JANUARY

27TH. DURATIONS SHOWN ARE FOR CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF BLIZZARD

CONDITIONS. TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE TO WITHIN A FEW MINUTES...

MARSHFIELD MA.......14 HOURS FROM 355 AM TO 555 PM

HYANNIS MA..........13.2 HOURS FROM 539 AM TO 945 AM AND FROM

1036 AM TO 741 PM

NANTUCKET MA........11 HOURS FROM 553 AM TO 453 PM

BOSTON/LOGAN AIRPORT MA...........9 HOURS FROM 1254 AM TO 954 AM

CHATHAM MA..........8.9 HOURS FROM 719 AM TO 1202 PM AND FROM

1250 PM TO 500 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 2.4 HOURS FROM 939 PM ON THE 26TH

TO 1203 AM ON THE 27TH.

WORCESTER MA........7.1 HOURS FROM 349 AM TO 1054 AM.

AN ADDITIONAL 2.5 HOURS FROM 113 AM TO 340 AM.

WESTERLY RI.........5.1 HOURS FROM 446 AM TO 953 AM

NEWPORT RI..........4 HOURS FROM 251 AM TO 653 AM

BEVERLY MA..........3 HOURS FROM 753 AM TO 1053 AM

THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATION LOCATION WAS DETERMINED TO ALSO HAVE

HAD A BLIZZARD...

PROVIDENCE RI/T.F. GREEN AIRPORT.......2.75 HOURS...

ROUNDED UP TO 3... FROM 544 AM TO 829 AM. CRITERIA ALSO MET

FOR 11 MINUTES FROM 1040 AM TO 1051 AM.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE FOLLOWING SITES HAD NEAR-BLIZZARD

CONDITIONS...

FITCHBURG MA... JUST A HAIR BELOW CRITERIA. HAD 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY

FOR 3 HOURS BUT 35+ MPH WIND GUSTS FOR 2 HOURS OR LESS. THERE WAS

SOME MISSING DATA.

MARTHAS VINEYARD MA... SEVERAL TIMES BUT NEVER FOR MORE THAN

2 CONSECUTIVE HOURS.

NEW BEDFORD MA... REACHED CRITERIA BUT NOT FOR MORE THAN

1.5 CONSECUTIVE HOURS.

SMITHFIELD RI.... MET FOR 1.3 HOURS

FALMOUTH MA...... VISIBILITY WAS 1/4 MILE AND DROPPED TO 0

FOR A TIME WITH WINDS WELL IN EXCESS OF CRITERIA. HOWEVER AT

SOME POINT THE SENSOR BECAME IN ERROR BECAUSE IT WAS STILL

REPORTING 0 WHEN IN REALITY IT WAS 2.5 MILES. SO THIS WAS

UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED.

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Largest one of mine is early Feb 2010....though I caught on at about the 10th horror.

I remember I called it, and so many peeps through a hissy fit :lol:

Actually, it may be October 2011.....

Lol that was actually a positive bust for us here. October 2011 was pretty bad but nothing compared to earlier this year.

Edit: sorry I was thinking about the late feb storm. That early feb storm sucked even here.

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Upon further review.....October 2011 is actually my largest bust.

 

I caught on about 430 pm that afternoon...as it was readily apparent that I was in a shred-zone on RAD....folks kept telling me "it will fill in from the west!"

Right.

"*uck this", I thought...as I moped out to the car to hit up my friend's Halloween party.

 

12 hours and 4" later, I sat gazing out of the window at an entirely mundane snowfall, impressive by October standards as it was.

I was pleased my game-time call to flee the weather vigil.

 

One of the best weather calls of my life.

Some swore up and down that would fill in.

Still waiting.

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That storm will go down as the biggest negative bust in my life.

 

Mine might be the (non) blizzard just 18 days later, when a blizz-warned 12-18" forecast became 1.5".  (Was quite windy, though.)  The January storm was my greatest "Wish you were here" event - the most powerful January storm to hit my residence area in my lifetime, and I was in SNJ watching a 12-16" forecast become 1.5" of mush that was gone 3 hr after the flakes ended.

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Mine might be the (non) blizzard just 18 days later, when a blizz-warned 12-18" forecast became 1.5". (Was quite windy, though.) The January storm was my greatest "Wish you were here" event - the most powerful January storm to hit my residence area in my lifetime, and I was in SNJ watching a 12-16" forecast become 1.5" of mush that was gone 3 hr after the flakes ended.

I was 40 miles too far west. I got 13 inches here in January while Islip i believe got 25 inches.

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Upon further review.....October 2011 is actually my largest bust.

I caught on about 430 pm that afternoon...as it was readily apparent that I was in a shred-zone on RAD....folks kept telling me "it will fill in from the west!"

Right.

"*uck this", I thought...as I moped out to the car to hit up my friend's Halloween party.

12 hours and 4" later, I sat gazing out of the window at an entirely mundane snowfall, impressive by October standards as it was.

I was pleased my game-time call to flee the weather vigil.

One of the best weather calls of my life.

Some swore up and down that would fill in.

Still waiting.

That was a meso screw zone. Just 10 miles to your NW saw a foot.

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Upon further review.....October 2011 is actually my largest bust.

I caught on about 430 pm that afternoon...as it was readily apparent that I was in a shred-zone on RAD....folks kept telling me "it will fill in from the west!"

Right.

"*uck this", I thought...as I moped out to the car to hit up my friend's Halloween party.

12 hours and 4" later, I sat gazing out of the window at an entirely mundane snowfall, impressive by October standards as it was.

I was pleased my game-time call to flee the weather vigil.

One of the best weather calls of my life.

Some swore up and down that would fill in.

Still waiting.

:weenie: :weenie:
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No, it didn't.

 

I was in Dracut....they had maybe 6-7", as opposed to my 4.5"

 

Same as I got from that one.  Farmington coop got 8", GYX measured 13", and Hartford in the Oxford hills had 14".  Even PWM got more than I did.

 

You know you have a memorable blizzard when snowfall totals eclipse temps.

 

Less impactful as one moves north.  My high temp for the Groundhog Day storm last Feb was -1; not hard to "outsnow" that.

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Same as I got from that one.  Farmington coop got 8", GYX measured 13", and Hartford in the Oxford hills had 14".  Even PWM got more than I did.

 

You know you have a memorable blizzard when snowfall totals eclipse temps.

 

Less impactful as one moves north.  My high temp for the Groundhog Day storm last Feb was -1; not hard to "outsnow" that.

Well, is it not memorable when you are shoveling with temps near zero?

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