Angus Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, Greg said: Lincoln, MA had about 17" about 30 minutes ago. I think another jack potential is there besides Taunton. Somewhere near the Bedford and Concord, Mass area. went out about 2PM to shovel (Concord) and unscientifically measured 8 1/2" in my driveway but it's been snowing hard here since then. Someone in Concord reported 15" - I was dubious but your 17" would support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, Sugarloaf1989 said: I skied there in 1998, just before they went out of business. The climate has also changed, because My Tom, Maple Valley and Ascutney have all gone out of business in the last 20 years. The CRV is no longer ski area freindly. Used to ski Mt Tom all the time when I was a kid, wasn't a bad little mountain being so close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 6 minutes ago, TheSnowman said: Driveway / Grass / Usual measuring spots Total: 6"-7" Actual Total - 12.25" A FOOT!! 32nd 12"+ Storm since the Great Snow Era Began in 1992-1993. Now hoping for 15". Would be 16th in that time frame. Do Note - Last Years February Bombogenisis Bomb was well better for me and many others. 2" Per Hour for 5 hours, 4" per hour for 2 hours in many places, 19" Highest Totals. Try to squeeze out another 1.75” somewhere somehow so you can hit the bottom of the 14-20” range I had for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Another 1"+ hour. Getting close to 14" on the board with that band coming toward me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Mongo band rotating out of my area, doesn't look like a whole lot behind it unless things fill in. Noticed ACK bar. was rising at 5 PM (from 28.63.) Still gusting 54 there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 I’m calling it at 10.5”, overperformer’s always feel better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, DavisStraight said: Used to ski Mt Tom all the time when I was a kid, wasn't a bad little mountain being so close. My understanding is that mining operations on the mountain became more profitable than skiing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostonseminole Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 is that true? Terry Eliasen @TerryWBZ 1m Just in from @NWSBoston Only one station in New England officially recorded blizzard conditions: Block Island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Down to just light snow/flurries here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, WxBlue said: Another 1"+ hour. Getting close to 14" on the board with that band coming toward me. there's a band coming towards us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, The 4 Seasons said: how much is in the danbury atm? Hey, taking an average of several measurements, I'm gonna say I got 12.5" total. Pretty much in line with what you were thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said: there's a band coming towards us? There's a big band to west of us, but looking again, it's more stationary than drifting toward us. It's been a long day balancing work and this storm lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 9 minutes ago, Bostonseminole said: is that true? Terry Eliasen @TerryWBZ 1m Just in from @NWSBoston Only one station in New England officially recorded blizzard conditions: Block Island Southern New England only, Taunton office area. I read somewhere that Portland verified. http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BUF&product=PNS&issuedby=BOX Public Information Statement National Weather Service Taunton MA 513 PM EST Thu Jan 4 2018 ...ONLY ONE STATION REPORTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... The National Weather Service in Taunton has reviewed the observations from the winter storm that affected our region today. We have determined that the only official reporting site that met blizzard criteria was Block Island, RI (BID). The definition of a blizzard is that falling and/or blowing snow reduces visibility to below 1/4 mile along with sustained winds or winds that frequently gust to 35 mph or more, and that these are the predominant reported conditions for 3 consecutive hours. When reviewing whether a particular observation location had blizzard conditions, we counted visibilities equal to 1/4 mile since that is often quite low for an automated visibility sensor to detect. At Block Island, blizzard conditions occurred between 830 AM and 1205 PM. In that 3 hour and 35 minute period, there were only a few short gaps in which there was a brief lull in the winds, totaling 18 minutes. Blizzard conditions were predominant. Six stations had near-blizzard criteria, but fell short either because of too many lull periods, or because of the length of time. These near-blizzard sites included Boston, MA (BOS), Worcester, MA (ORH), Plymouth, MA (PYM), Providence, RI (PVD), Newport, RI (UUU), and North Smithfield, RI (SFZ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 6 minutes ago, Bostonseminole said: is that true? Terry Eliasen @TerryWBZ 1m Just in from @NWSBoston Only one station in New England officially recorded blizzard conditions: Block Island BS and I don’t mean blowing snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 minute ago, WxBlue said: There's a big band to west of us, but looking again, it's more stationary than drifting toward us. It's been a long day balancing work and this storm lol. Thats the deform rotting over Dendrite. It could swing through, but I find they sometimes just rot in place. We should hit 15 anyhow and we could get a grand finale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 2 hours ago, ORH_wxman said: BOS has been below a quarter mile since like 10am with gusts in the 40mph range every hour....they verified. I'm sure a bunch of other stations already have 2 hours ago, ORH_wxman said: ORH verified blizzard criteria already as well. Both BOS and ORH are good locations for winds though in these storms. So it might not feel the same way in a protected residential area. 6 minutes ago, Bostonseminole said: is that true? Terry Eliasen @TerryWBZ 1m Just in from @NWSBoston Only one station in New England officially recorded blizzard conditions: Block Island Will mentioned that both BOS & ORH did so I don't know how that statement would be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 What a load of crap that statement is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 14.25 as of 20 minutes ago. Pretty epic and not completely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 It’s like a whiteout here. Some of the heaviest rates I’ve ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 minute ago, dendrite said: What a load of crap that statement is. I couldn't agree more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 39 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Oh can we all relate with that significant others. LOL. 2015 tested my marriage. My wife (who is way too patient with this obsession, including Feb 2015) decided to grant me 3 storms of my choice / winter to geek out over undisturbed. This was #1 / 3 this winter. Of course at the same time, I'm the go to guy when her (and my) co-workers want to know what to expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said: Thats the deform rotting over Dendrite. It could swing through, but I find they sometimes just rot in place. We should hit 15 anyhow and we could get a grand finale. Agree. We should nickel and dime our way to 16" or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomNH Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 It's such stupid arbitrary criteria though since "frequent" is undefined. If today isn't a blizzard then I don't know what a blizzard is. Make the criteria sustained 20 or 25 kt gusts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 WTF? http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=PNS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 6 minutes ago, weathafella said: 14.25 as of 20 minutes ago. Pretty epic and not completely done. I think you might get another inch or so before all is done. Very last band to come through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreBomb Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 lol loving this weenie band over cape ann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 It’s time to rewrite the definition of blizzard criteria for automation then. ASOS struggles to go below 1/4SM and you’re going to get lulls when measuring wind every minute. Human observers were putting out hourly obs that were routinely 0SM or 1/16SM and putting up wind obs that looked like estimates sometimes. You’d see obs like 30G40kt and then 30kt with no gust reported at all. There was a storm a year or two ago where they put out a blizzard verification statement and many stations supposedly reached it. Anyone recall the storm and have the text statement on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, WxBlue said: Agree. We should nickel and dime our way to 16" or so. Congrats on the personal best! Maybe you'll break your cold mark again this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 What a porking. 5 miles on every side 12 inches. 2.5" here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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