weatherwiz Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Question...this isn't storm related but I can't remember this for the life of me. I remember several...several winters back...this may even go back to Eastern US Wx days but there was one winter where there was alot of talk about confluence to the north...I think that was the term...but if I am thinking of this correctly having confluence just to our north is NOT good for us...it keeps storm track suppressed to our south? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm4242 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Snowing very hard in Gloucester, probably just got an inch/inch and a half in the last half hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, codfishsnowman said: No one was polluting anything, this was a historic storm for many folks and soul crushingly poor for more than a few others. sorry. I was talking about myself not others. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Meanwhile Cape got fooked up again. Most of the Cape no power with entire towns out. Extends up to S shore too. The amount of tree damage that area has had since Feb 2013 is unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, MetHerb said: I think you're misunderstanding my questioning. The forecast was not good for the valley and hasn't been for the past several storms. I also don't think anyone is cheating if they are measuring the same way they have for 30+ years. I think that's the only way that you can compare one storm to another and one measurement to another. That's what I'm questioning so I can compare one measurement with another. The "on the ground" debate is another story for another thread. there are still too many imperfections with today's forecasting, models were terrible back here right through midnight runs...business closed and schools closed, people had to scramble to make plans for kids, etc.....seems very wasteful to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry1978 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 14 minutes ago, CT Rain said: Isoplethed this as best we could. Nice map. Easier to follow than what box puts out. Just revise the south coast of RI, 6-12 instead of 12-20. And 6-12 for all of Newport county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 How did CrankyWx do? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry1978 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 minute ago, CoastalWx said: Meanwhile Cape got fooked up again. Most of the Cape no power with entire towns out. Extends up to S shore too. The amount of tree damage that area has had since Feb 2013 is unreal. just like the Connecticut shoreline with Irene and sandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper911 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Just now, CoastalWx said: How did CrankyWx do? Well he was right about the center of the system being so far east, but he never caught on that it didn't matter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Dang it I have no place to measure. The back deck and yard are scoured bare, and the front yard is one giant wave drift. The driveway has been contaminated by the plow equipment. They plowed, and then came around with a huge snowblower on a skid steer and widened the street by snowblowing the plow piles up onto everyone's driveway. I can tell you that the snow is so dense, when I walk on it I don't sink more than two inches. WOMAN SNOW! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Semper911 said: Well he was right about the center of the system being so far east, but he never caught on that it didn't matter. Yeah it was all about the midlevels. Same theme (different setup though) in march 2013 with the surface low way east but the midlevels were throwing forcing wayyy west into SNE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Graupler Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Lost power twice, about a foot total. Had flurries for 4-5 hours of the storm. STill sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Nice flake size last half hr again in essex county Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I follow the Sandwich Fire Dept. on FB. They were posting all the calls they went out on today. They just kept posting about trees down on houses, trees down on wires, poles on fire, snapped poles, live wires down and arcing. Then they started a list list of roads that were impassable due to downed debris. It's a war zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, codfishsnowman said: there are still too many imperfections with today's forecasting, models were terrible back here right through midnight runs...business closed and schools closed, people had to scramble to make plans for kids, etc.....seems very wasteful to me I mean QPF is pretty bunk from models in general, but can be either too broad (this storm) or too terrain influenced. Interesting to see even at 18z, the NAM had a low level inversion around 3-3.5 kft that could have focused some orographic differences, but the GFS had none (or nothing as strong as the NAM). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 19 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: About 2 feet in Holliston...finally cleared out deck and driveway and ready to go on a drive My god, look at that evil grimace 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper911 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 minute ago, ORH_wxman said: Yeah it was all about the midlevels. Same theme (different setup though) in march 2013 with the surface low way east but the midlevels were throwing forcing wayyy west into SNE. He has some great graphics on his Twitter. I follow him and check in there often because he really is a true wx weenie. Always worth a look, especially for the long range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Light snow with small flakes mixed with large ones. 1" New here since 6pm. 31F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, Semper911 said: Well he was right about the center of the system being so far east, but he never caught on that it didn't matter. It was a 2 center storm not 1. The one that he talked about was nearly 400 miles out but the closer one was just outside the benchmark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 3.6" since 6:30. 15.6". 13" OTG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Congrats on everyone who cashed in on this storm. Stay safe and warm! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Can BOS people and surrounding suburbs please forward me their snowfall totals. Even if estimated. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbenedet Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 8 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: Yeah it was all about the midlevels. Same theme (different setup though) in march 2013 with the surface low way east but the midlevels were throwing forcing wayyy west into SNE. Yea. There was also another Nor Easter last year where the SLP ran over SE Mass but dumped widespread 30”+ in Upstate NY, near Binghamton area. That was due to a similar situarion as this with the mid level tracks being displaced well to the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 My sister in Burrillville, RI reported 2 feet...might be more. Around 12.5” here but really compacted as the day went on...cement underneath. One of the suckyiest storms to clear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 12 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: How did CrankyWx do? He tried to jump but missed the window wide right. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 13 minutes ago, weatherwiz said: Question...this isn't storm related but I can't remember this for the life of me. I remember several...several winters back...this may even go back to Eastern US Wx days but there was one winter where there was alot of talk about confluence to the north...I think that was the term...but if I am thinking of this correctly having confluence just to our north is NOT good for us...it keeps storm track suppressed to our south? Somewhere around 2010 we had an -NAO on steroids. That was the year DC got like 3 or 4 huge storms and we sucked on cirrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 17 minutes ago, Semper911 said: I stole your snow. And I'm not sorry lol. I am usually content with my parade of 6-10ers. But this was a special day. Glad you scored man. You guys have been screwed many times while others got hammered. It all equals out . Too bad this wasn’t December . Enjoy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: My sister in Burrillville, RI reported 2 feet...might be more. Around 12.5” here but really compacted as the day went on...cement underneath. One of the suckyiest storms to clear... They were demolished out there If there was someone cleaning a board there every 6 hrs...30". Look at a 12 hr radar loop Its really cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 3 hours ago, wokeupthisam said: Same thing happened on my Ariens beginning of this season - easiest way to fix it is drill a hole to make winding the spring simple - found this video that shows how it's done plus a few good other tips, made the whole repair 15 a minute job (not counting the 11 mins to watch the vid) Worked like a charm, Good luck! Thanks ! I found another that works like a charm! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry1978 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 were the cape power losses more a result of snow, or wind? I saw that Nantucket officially gusted to 70. I'm always skeptical of those ham radio wind gusts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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