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4 hours ago, powderfreak said:

What is a "normal" looking storm?  One with a central low pressure?  I'm curious, I'll take the bait lol.

I'm talking about the evolution of the various threats that have been showing up for the better part of a month.......every god damn one is a strung out POS......cuts west....OTS.....occludes too early....take your pick......it's like nothing I have ever seen before....this winter sucks

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7 hours ago, ice1972 said:

I'm talking about the evolution of the various threats that have been showing up for the better part of a month.......every god damn one is a strung out POS......cuts west....OTS.....occludes too early....take your pick......it's like nothing I have ever seen before....this winter sucks

sucks, but such is life in death valley. just cant buy a KU since......Jan 15, which is far too long. 

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On ‎12‎/‎29‎/‎2016 at 0:40 AM, nzucker said:

Jan 2009 was a great month for cold and snow. I hit -20F twice that month in Middlebury, VT and had 12.5" in the 1/28 SWFE...there were a couple smaller snowfalls as well. Dec '08 had the double barrelled storm...a lot of NE areas had 10" on 12/19 and another 10" on 12/21. I was home near NYC and got 8" on 12/19 and 2.5" plus ice on 12/21...that 2nd storm just killed Middlebury, though. Much of the snowpack melted during the holidays, but it was off to the races in January again. Great cross country skiing in Ripton, VT that January, just epic snows and crystal clear arctic weather in the Greens.

Dec 08-Jan 09 was a great stretch for winter lovers. It was a very front-loaded winter, though. February had nothing except for the 2/3 Norlun that gave Philly 8-10" while everyone north smoked exhaust. There was a coastal Mar 1-2 that gave NYC 8-10", but Middlebury only had like 4. Pretty much over after the 3/2 storm, too.

All depends on location.  Jan 2009 was certainly cold - set new all-time record in Maine - but the potential was missed for snow as 2 of the 3 warned events underperformed significantly.  Feb was pretty meh until 19-23, when 2 storms totaled 33", the 2nd (24.5") pushing the pack briefly above 50", tallest I've had here.  And the underperforming 3/2 event ended winter.

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2 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

Ginxygonewild day

Yeah today is a good one to put on the GGW DVD...

We were just missing the powder snow pack though that blows into drifts on days like today, so this one didn't have all the goods. But that's fine, we can use this in the infomercial...you never want to show all the goods on the infomercial anyway.

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10 hours ago, tamarack said:

All depends on location.  Jan 2009 was certainly cold - set new all-time record in Maine - but the potential was missed for snow as 2 of the 3 warned events underperformed significantly.  Feb was pretty meh until 19-23, when 2 storms totaled 33", the 2nd (24.5") pushing the pack briefly above 50", tallest I've had here.  And the underperforming 3/2 event ended winter.

You must have had a pretty good December though with the twin events.

How much did you get in 1/28/09?

You did achieve your biggest snowpack ever, and the 3/2 storm was a big hit down in my home area...NYC had like 8" and we had 10" in Dobbs Ferry. Then we had 1" on 3/20...don't know if you had more but my mom said it was a wet snow morning event.

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6 hours ago, nzucker said:

You must have had a pretty good December though with the twin events.

How much did you get in 1/28/09?

You did achieve your biggest snowpack ever, and the 3/2 storm was a big hit down in my home area...NYC had like 8" and we had 10" in Dobbs Ferry. Then we had 1" on 3/20...don't know if you had more but my mom said it was a wet snow morning event.

Checking the Farmington coop, December was around 34.2" total. January 28 was a 10" storm. And 3/2 was only 3.3"

Did get to 48" snowpack though in mid February.

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8 hours ago, nzucker said:

You must have had a pretty good December though with the twin events.

How much did you get in 1/28/09?

You did achieve your biggest snowpack ever, and the 3/2 storm was a big hit down in my home area...NYC had like 8" and we had 10" in Dobbs Ferry. Then we had 1" on 3/20...don't know if you had more but my mom said it was a wet snow morning event.

Had a "pack primer" of 5.5" on 12/17/08.  Then the first twin was a graze, 2.1" coming over about 20 hr of steady --SN.  2nd one was a true blizzard, dumping 15.5" at near-10 temps and strong winds.  I had to make a nighttime commute to Farmington to take our son to his 11-7 shift at Big Apple - 12 miles each way and it took a full hour (2" fell during it) with our Outback.

The Jan 28 event brought me 9.1" on a 12-18 forecast, not that much of a bust.  The big dump on Feb 22-23 brought depth to 51" though my 9P obs time shows a settle to 49 - too bad I didn't join cocorahs until August of that year.

The March 2 event had a 8-12" forecast, gave me 5.6", and as Chris noted, Farmington did even poorer.  I've got nothing for 3/20 and only 1.9" after 3/2, none after 3/11.

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