OceanStWx Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 11 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Hmm, 2.75" with 27" on the ground for 3/14. That does seem suspiciously like a snow core not a melted precip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROOSTA Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Living in the Heights in Arlington the amounts I reported where always suspect especially in Spring. Admittedly never used a board or the 6hr. spotter (correct) training technique. A 1/2 dozen random measurements away from drifts. Wanting to contribute giving a more accurate spread to the NWS. Washington St where the house was, was atop a 300ft hill, visually noticeable from top to bottom surrounds. The only person to question the accuracy was myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Morch snowfall to date: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: Just amazing stuff happening. If these models are right about another .5-1.0" QPF through tomorrow afternoon it is going to get ridiculous. It's already pushing the boundaries of what is deep and skiable in terms of seeing where you are going. Avalanche in near Smuggs, 6 VT national guard injuried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 LOL, they removed the total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Seems like a movie in the making ... SNOW WARS Long long ago in a snowstorm far away different measurement techniques came into conflict "Luke, where is your snowboard?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BombsAway1288 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Did anyone notice that the Logan reports and Winthrop reports are lock-step the same, even reporting times? Is it always like that? I know they're right next to each other but it seems strange that there wouldn't be at least a tenth of inch of difference. Is it the same person reporting for both locations but only actually possibly reporting from one and sending in two different reports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanwxnh Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 25 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Avalanche in near Smuggs, 6 VT national guard injuried Dangerous conditions to do winter training in. Hopefully they will be ok. Understand it happened a tad after 1pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, BombsAway1288 said: Did anyone notice that the Logan reports and Winthrop reports are lock-step the same, even reporting times? Is it always like that? I know they're right next to each other but it seems strange that there wouldn't be at least a tenth of inch of difference. Is it the same person reporting for both locations but only actually possibly reporting from one and sending in two different reports? The observer lives in Winthrop that's where the stats are from, strange folk up there in Boston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, dendrite said: 3.20” from one core would be a real pita to melt down. Maybe the guy did multiple cores, but the measuring area kept filling back in. When he had 48”/3.20” he realizdd something was off, kept the w.e., and stuck the yardstick into the ground. Not sure how one could get 3.2" in one tube-load, unless it was something like the 4:1 slopfest we had in Feb 2010. Of course, when taking the SWE core from the pack, multiple tube-dips are needed. I use a flat shovel to separate one tube-full from the next, and have a sizable bucket to collect it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 From the Caribou NWS: Penobscot County... 1 SW Holden 30.0 859 AM 3/14 Copeland Hill Hudson 24.0 230 PM 3/14 Social Media Eddington 24.0 1130 AM 3/14 Social Media Burlington 23.0 853 AM 3/14 Social Media Brewer 23.0 1025 AM 3/14 Social Media Clifton 23.0 1000 AM 3/14 Social Media 1 SW Orono 22.5 201 PM 3/14 Trained Spotter Veazie 22.0 1000 AM 3/14 Social Media Bangor 20.9 157 PM 3/14 ASOS/AWOS 1 ENE Glenburn 20.4 141 PM 3/14 Trained Spotter 1 NW Orono 20.0 1030 AM 3/14 Trained Spotter 1 SW Hermon 20.0 1151 AM 3/14 still snowing Hampden 20.0 1200 PM 3/14 Social Media 1 SW Old Town 18.0 1000 AM 3/14 Trained Spotter Millinocket 17.6 321 PM 3/14 Trained Spotter 6 N Millinocket 16.0 1030 AM 3/14 Trained Spotter Corinna 15.8 1000 AM 3/14 Co-Op Observer 7 SSE Springfield 15.0 1039 AM 3/14 Trained Spotter I guess the Fisher-Coram tag team would automatically throw out the 30" observation from Penobscot County. However, considering the reality that both precipitation amounts and snowfall amounts can vary significantly over short distances, more rigorous quality control would be needed before a determination is made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I noticed Ray was in the low 20s yesterday evening before the band moved back through. Then he seemed to pick up a quick 6-8” in like 90 minutes with a 5”/hr in there. Most in NH were pulling 2-4”/hr in that band so my guess was that he had recently cleared before it came through so it had minimal ability to compact which gave him the quick jump to near 30”. When were your clearing times Ray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 12 minutes ago, Roger Smith said: Seems like a movie in the making ... SNOW WARS Long long ago in a snowstorm far away different measurement techniques came into conflict "Luke, where is your snowboard?" Desperate Snow Observers of Eastern Mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BombsAway1288 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Ginx snewx said: The observer lives in Winthrop that's where the stats are from, strange folk up there in Boston Wow that seems very strange as there could be quite the difference in snow totals from Winthrop right on the coast to downtown Boston like yesterday. I thought I got more than 14.5in. I'm sure this has been discussed at nausium in here before regarding Winthrop basically being used for bostons official records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 minute ago, dendrite said: I noticed Ray was in the low 20s yesterday evening before the band moved back through. Then he seemed to pick up a quick 6-8” in like 90 minutes with a 5”/hr in there. Most in NH were pulling 2-4”/hr in that band so my guess was that he had recently cleared before it came through so it had minimal ability to compact which gave him the quick jump to near 30”. When were your clearing times Ray? It's funny you say that down here I was watching that band fully ripping in Garths hood. I was getting 2 per thinking that's a 5 per out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weatherexpert Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Outside it is SLAMMING!!!!!!! And it will continue all throughout tomorrow and then another SLAM next week!!!!!!! Bands up and down, pound for pound. Catch me on the street, doing a snow sweep! The snow is falling and all your friends are calling, on americanwx we put the snow to the test!!!! Grateful for the weather forum as we're caught in this snowy weather streak hope you all enjoyed my little rap xo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Very dissapointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, IrishRob17 said: I don't believe he is as per the response above. The one measurement refers to the max accumulation that day, not the one measurement at a set time each day that COOP follows. I'm sorry, Tom is a smart kid, but in a large event like that, peak depth is not an accurate assessment of snowfall....want to know what Is? The amount of snow that FELL from the sky...no $hit. If they want peak storm depth, then ask for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Why accept KBOS? Bet they clear every 6... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 21 minutes ago, dendrite said: I noticed Ray was in the low 20s yesterday evening before the band moved back through. Then he seemed to pick up a quick 6-8” in like 90 minutes with a 5”/hr in there. Most in NH were pulling 2-4”/hr in that band so my guess was that he had recently cleared before it came through so it had minimal ability to compact which gave him the quick jump to near 30”. When were your clearing times Ray? 11am and 5pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 14 minutes ago, BombsAway1288 said: Wow that seems very strange as there could be quite the difference in snow totals from Winthrop right on the coast to downtown Boston like yesterday. I thought I got more than 14.5in. I'm sure this has been discussed at nausium in here before regarding Winthrop basically being used for bostons official records Well the observation is the airport, not downtown anyway. So Winthrop is far more representative of that than downtown. Of course many argue about Tarmac observations and not where people live, but that's the way it's done. ASOS is BOS officially, and Winthrop is an acceptable distance from the ASOS and has an observer. Outside of Winthrop their closest active site is Franklin Park Zoo, and that's way too far away for climate purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 8 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: 11am and 5pm. So the 5pm would’ve been right before the band came back through, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, dendrite said: So the 5pm would’ve been right before the band came back through, correct? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I actually got close to 6" in that 90 or so minute burst under 35dBZ returns, but I found it so hard to believe (4"/hr!?!??!) that I rounded down to 4.5". Of course when I post totals, I usually caveat "unofficial". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, MarkO said: I actually got close to 6" in that 90 or so under 35dBZ returns , but I found it so hard to believe (4"/hr!?!??!) that I rounded down to 4.5". Of course when I post totals, I usually caveat "unofficial". That Was for real. Saw the same thing between 515 and 7pm. Close to 7" in N.Andover . Was amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Just got back in from doing the driveway again as we got 2" that fell here from this morning until early afternoon so we looked to have finished with 18" for this storm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 35 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: Very dissapointing. What was the total for the location nearest you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tavwtby Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Snow to beat the band here right now...holy cow, too bad the sun is still up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said: Avalanche in near Smuggs, 6 VT national guard injuried Yeah there have been several high profile slides. One two days ago ran 1,300 vertical feet on Mansfield's flank and left 6 feet of snow piled up down by RT 108. Witnesses walking their dogs in the Notch said it sounded like a jet engine and the powder cloud was a few hundred feet high. Like something you see out west. Avalanche Statement from BTV: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Looks like Mitch is gonna post a big total again of upslope fluff 20"+ by thur pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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