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...
Hoth Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 7 minutes ago, weathafella said: WTF? http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=PNS They're trolling us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 8 minutes ago, WxBlue said: Agree. We should nickel and dime our way to 16" or so. MWN backed to 360 last hour so we should start drying out downwind here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Just now, Hoth said: They're trolling us. Will may go on a rant similar to his ECMWF one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerz_nailz Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Just did the driveway with the snowblower. Looks like abut 7" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Jesus...just had a 40mph gust here. Not bad for the semi sheltered anny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, weathafella said: WTF? http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=PNS That's ridiculous. What criteria were not met? I assume wind? Widespread obs were <1/4 mile visibility for hours. These seemed to match or surpass the Feb 9 2017 blizzard which was shorter duration and officially met criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wACKo Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 17 minutes ago, tamarack said: 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. Wind starting to ease a little out here (ACK) as it backs NW. I have not seen a single flake, just a little sleet mixed with the heavy rain which has tapered off to mist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Paul Gordon Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Last band is lightening up here now. Well over a foot, but too much wind and drifting to be more precise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 minute ago, wxsniss said: That's ridiculous. What criteria were not met? I assume wind? Widespread obs were <1/4 mile visibility for hours. These seemed to match or surpass the Feb 9 2017 blizzard which was shorter duration and officially met criteria. That’s the one. Someone find the statement on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomNH Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 minute ago, wxsniss said: That's ridiculous. What criteria were not met? I assume wind? Widespread obs were <1/4 mile visibility for hours. These seemed to match or surpass the Feb 9 2017 blizzard which was shorter duration and officially met criteria. This is a pretty classic New England blizzard and will go down as one gust criteria be damned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 32 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said: Jeff and I are starting to lighten up according to radar. Meanwhile that deformation band is just curling stationary over Dendrite and rotting. Its like that ENY band that sets up in so many noreasters. Dealing with some dry air right now, But looks like we have another band offshore that may move in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnaude241 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 8 minutes ago, amarshall said: What a porking. 5 miles on every side 12 inches. 2.5" here That 12 below Kingston is BS. I am lucky to have 1 in Plymouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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