HIPPYVALLEY Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, dryslot said: lol, What a pussified society we live in now, Shouldn't the school superintendent wait until 3-4 am to see what the road conditions are and get a forecast from NWS before making a call? At least if your not sure, Put in a 2 hr delay. That's what Greenfield schools do. We get the 5 AM robot call. The only exceptions have been the last two storms where inflated forecasts and media hype caused night before cancellations. Greenfield DPW has a house rule where they don't even send plows out if the forecast is under 3". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarverWX Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 GFS still looks good for 6-8 maybe 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: There’s never a storm where you don’t post about 1 model showing a CT snowhole. Honestly it’s uncanny how you search for 1 every storm and then they never happen .. or rarely TT has IJD at 3" snow on >1" of QPF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Just now, Damage In Tolland said: There’s never a storm where you don’t post about 1 model showing a CT snowhole. Honestly it’s uncanny how you search for 1 every storm and then they never happen .. or rarely It never snows there anymore according to some posters, so I like to perpetuate that by pointing out the models that show it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: There’s never a storm where you don’t post about 1 model showing a CT snowhole. Honestly it’s uncanny how you search for 1 every storm and then they never happen .. or rarely There are probably some Connecticut posters that would disagree with you. I know, you can default and say " they all live in the valley". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Just now, HIPPYVALLEY said: That's what Greenfield schools do. We get the 5 AM robot call. The only exceptions have been the last two storms where inflated forecasts and media hype caused night before cancellations. Greenfield DPW has a house rule where they don't even send plows out if the forecast is under 3". Same up here, That is how its handled they will go out and salt, Been so many occasions they have called school off in the past and by mid morning its over and the sun was out..............lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 6 minutes ago, dryslot said: Same up here, That is how its handled they will go out and salt, Been so many occasions they have called school off in the past and by mid morning its over and the sun was out..............lol Times have changed. People and parents are sue happy. Don’t blame the kids... it’s the parents. The late Jan surprise 7” event here was not good. Schools were open and the superitendent had to devote part of a meeting to fielding questions and complaints from angry parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 UK looks good. Can’t see total qpf but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Looks like BOX tossed the ICON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 3 minutes until spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, JC-CT said: Looks like BOX tossed the ICON At 5:18 am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, weathafella said: At 5:18 am. Oh snap, so they still have time to update! phew!!! happy spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I'll take my 12-14" from Box and Upton(on the line for both offices). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Guidance has also been trending warmer. This might be due to the later start of the precipitation. Could be a wet snow on the south east mass coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 38 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: There are probably some Connecticut posters that would disagree with you. I know, you can default and say " they all live in the valley". Luckily models showing a snow hole don't verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WintersComing Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 There are probably some Connecticut posters that would disagree with you. I know, you can default and say " they all live in the valley".I live in the Valley area and it almost always pisses snow where I live...just sayin. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WintersComing Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 There are probably some Connecticut posters that would disagree with you. I know, you can default and say " they all live in the valley".I live in the Valley area and it almost always pisses snow where I live...just sayin. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 6-10 still a good bet for mby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Windcredible! Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 50 minutes ago, dryslot said: lol, What a pussified society we live in now, Shouldn't the school superintendent wait until 3-4 am to see what the road conditions are and get a forecast from NWS before making a call? At least if your not sure, Put in a 2 hr delay. whole heartedly. they really screwed the pooch on the storm 2 weeks ago...even though we picked up a about an inch of snow overnight...there was bare pavement and it was clear the next round of accumulating snow wouldn't move in until at least 1-2pm (ended up being 5pm in reality), they still made the call to cancel. Why they couldn't have the kids come in then do an early dismissal is beyond me. Then had to cancel the next day cause most of the town was without power. Looking like school until July this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR Airglow Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, weathafella said: 6-10 still a good bet for mby. Agreed - think double digits will be fairly rare until you get into SWCT / NYC metro. Wouldn’t be surprised if some are in the 4-5” range - this is going to be tough to pile up outside of banding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bboughton Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 The trend toward calling school the night before is to give parents -- especially single parents -- some time to arrange alternatives for childcare. If there's a day off when one isn't needed, that's a bummer and an extra day in June. If you don't know until 5am the day of, though, you may only have an hour to arrange childcare. Better to prioritize both physical safety and family financial security than some glorified idea of the "toughness" of New England to weather the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, Mr. Windcredible! said: whole heartedly. they really screwed the pooch on the storm 2 weeks ago...even though we picked up a about an inch of snow overnight...there was bare pavement and it was clear the next round of accumulating snow wouldn't move in until at least 1-2pm (ended up being 5pm in reality), they still made the call to cancel. Why they couldn't have the kids come in then do an early dismissal is beyond me. Then had to cancel the next day cause most of the town was without power. Looking like school until July this year. I think there 3 or 4 over up here as well, So they will be going late as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherEmperor Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, bboughton said: The trend toward calling school the night before is to give parents -- especially single parents -- some time to arrange alternatives for childcare. If there's a day off when one isn't needed, that's a bummer and an extra day in June. If you don't know until 5am the day of, though, you may only have an hour to arrange childcare. Better to prioritize both physical safety and family financial security than some glorified idea of the "toughness" of New England to weather the storm. This is a good post. In other news, is this board finally getting sick of snow? :0P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 000 NOUS61 KBOX 201152 FTMBOX Message Date: Mar 20 2018 12:01:27 KBOX 88D will be down until further notice as part of the WFO BOX office move. We anticipate being down no later than this Friday, March 23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 1 minute ago, radarman said: 000 NOUS61 KBOX 201152 FTMBOX Message Date: Mar 20 2018 12:01:27 KBOX 88D will be down until further notice as part of the WFO BOX office move. We anticipate being down no later than this Friday, March 23. Perfect timing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Uncle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Shore Slop Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, bboughton said: The trend toward calling school the night before is to give parents -- especially single parents -- some time to arrange alternatives for childcare. If there's a day off when one isn't needed, that's a bummer and an extra day in June. If you don't know until 5am the day of, though, you may only have an hour to arrange childcare. Better to prioritize both physical safety and family financial security than some glorified idea of the "toughness" of New England to weather the storm. Also many households both parents work. You could also argue that the kids are safer in a 50 ton bus driving 20mph through town than having parents rushing around finding daycare. I'd bet there are more acidents/injuries due to marginal school cancellations than actual school bus crashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, WeatherEmperor said: This is a good post. In other news, is this board finally getting sick of snow? :0P My son is, a snow day tomorrow eats into spring vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry1978 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 March 1999, March 2001 being rare exceptions...most mid to late March snow events south of Hartford, Providence, and Taunton usually bust. In other words, BOX be bustin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I like my 4-8 call.. I think most end up closer to 4 or 5. Going to be tough to see higher than 8 outside of sw ct i think. Would help if the brunt ends up being later in the day/ overnight here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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