powderfreak Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Wow, no wind? Looks awesome. Not a puff. Pretty interesting event from the standpoint that it wasn't orographic in nature, the higher up you went the more snow that fell because of the lack of dry air. The precip shield was fairly uniform, as shown by radar but going up 3,000ft into the cloud deck was enough to take 1" of very small dendrites (dried out dendrites) at 750ft, to flakes 3-4 times larger and much more efficient accumulators. It was cool to see as it's like those virga storms where it's snowing steadily just off the deck at 4000ft but struggling to saturate to the surface. And well, the top of the mountain was in the thick of it with 4" while the incredible SFC dry air limited under 1,000ft to an inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Not a puff. Pretty interesting event from the standpoint that it wasn't orographic in nature, the higher up you went the more snow that fell because of the lack of dry air. The precip shield was fairly uniform, as shown by radar but going up 3,000ft into the cloud deck was enough to take 1" of very small dendrites (dried out dendrites) at 750ft, to flakes 3-4 times larger and much more efficient accumulators. It was cool to see as it's like those virga storms where it's snowing steadily just off the deck at 4000ft but struggling to saturate to the surface. And well, the top of the mountain was in the thick of it with 4" while the incredible SFC dry air limited under 1,000ft to an inch. That's really interesting. At least the mtn got some snow. Good for the skiing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 turned out to be a partly sunny gorgeous afternoon after a few mood flakes this morning...calm wind temps near 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Stuck in the clouds with a few flurries here. 28. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCAPEWEATHERAF Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Total snowfall accumulations of 10.0" for this storm system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Seasons Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Here is the CT map i promised. The 8.2" in Promfret looks suspect but it's from a trained spotter so i included it. I tried not to include CT DOT totals if i could help it because they do not measure snow properly at all from my understanding...measuring on pavement and adding up new measurements every couple hours. Verification underneath. Any issues pm me and ill fix them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 18.9F with weenie -SN. IN the old days we would call this PCPN VRY LGT in the remarks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Here is the CT map i promised. The 8.2" in Promfret looks suspect but it's from a trained spotter so i included it. I tried not to include CT DOT totals if i could help it because they do not measure snow properly at all from my understanding...measuring on pavement and adding up new measurements every couple hours. Verification underneath. Any issues pm me and ill fix them. Danbury dot always ducks up measurememts. I've looked at a bunch of past pns reports and in general, totals are off around the state. Once my wife and I buy a home and weenie Jr is born, I'm gonna become a trained spotter and slant stick my way to being the Lunenburg of CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Fairly under whelming here. Short duration blizzard conditions. 7 inches total. 0.90 swe. There was some ice pellet/heavy riming at the tail end of the storm. Finished off with zd. Very typical in st. Johns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Fairly under whelming here. Short duration blizzard conditions. 7 inches total. 0.90 swe. There was some ice pellet/heavy riming at the tail end of the storm. Finished off with zd. Very typical in st. Johns. Wow, not a whole lot better(about an inch more) than CT on this one. Thought you'd do a whole lot better than 7 inches. How did Nova Scotia do..better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazey Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Wow, not a whole lot better(about an inch more) than CT on this one. Thought you'd do a whole lot better than 7 inches. How did Nova Scotia do..better?46cms (18")at the airport and in Sydney Cape Breton. Most locals reporting 8"+. Western Nlfd probably did good as well. Nick was on the warmer side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 How were the winds in NS and NL with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 1.2 inches so far. Lightening up some now with sun visible. Looks like that next band to west may develop this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazey Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 How were the winds in NS and NL with this?They were strong here in NS but nothing dramatic. Gusts to 35mph inland. A few gusts to 45-50 right on the coast. Typical nor'easter in these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 How were the winds in NS and NL with this? We had sustained 30 knots in st. Johns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Wintry Day. Hopefully Scoots cutter next week doesn't wipe it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Wow, not a whole lot better(about an inch more) than CT on this one. Thought you'd do a whole lot better than 7 inches. How did Nova Scotia do..better? Even the euro over did precip. The 12z run from 18 hours before the storm started had 1.2 qpf. The mesos also hit orographic enhancement too hard i think. Also ratios were poor with very strong winds and riming...maybe some ip too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 They were strong here in NS but nothing dramatic. Gusts to 35mph inland. A few gusts to 45-50 right on the coast. Typical nor'easter in these parts. Thought they would be stronger but the system looked like it unwound as it headed NE of us. Still a nice snowfall for your hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Thought they would be stronger but the system looked like it unwound as it headed NE of us. Still a nice snowfall for your hood. Tough to get strong winds in halifax with a northeastely. Its blowing across land through the entire eastern section of the province. Also the occlusion didnt help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazey Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Thought they would be stronger but the system looked like it unwound as it headed NE of us. Still a nice snowfall for your hood. I thought so too but didn't happen. Yeah it was a solid storm snowfall wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Nice job ec on climo stats. 17 cms on the metar and the storm report. 14.8 on the daily climate report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 1.5" so far today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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