New England snowstorm memories.

[vortex95]

On 3/1/2026 at 4:17 PM, codfishsnowman said:

I vividly remember reading the posts in here from Northeast mass as that was starting, at least until most lost power out that way 

That was some crazy weather and I remember a kid I worked with in the summer show me what over 30 inches of snow looked like in SE New York.

Thanks, will email WFO GYX for the complete top 20 list of PWM storm surges.

[The 4 Seasons]

March 4-6th, 2001 incoming

[vortex95]

7 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

March 4-6th, 2001 incoming

The big bust PHL-BOS storm!  One of the first big mega hype media storm starting 5+ days out I think.  I had 22" of wet snow in N Woburn MA w/ crazy vertical accumulations on power lines.  Also, first time I noticed when you dig into wet snow that deep, esp. when cloudy, you see a blue tinge from the high moisture content.

[The 4 Seasons]

8 years ago today. This was an incredible short duration storm here that was one of the 5 or so that i've experienced thundersnow. This one (and Feb 2001) was some of the most intense close proximity thunder i've ever seen. The other few like Feb 2017 and Feb 2003 were more distant rumbles of thunder. Not this one. I happened to be outside when it was snowing hard around 7-8pm or so. I was looking down and all of sudden a bright white flash engulfed my surroundings. For a split second i couldn't compute what was happening, i thought it was maybe a flood light or something. Then very quickly BOOM a super loud convective clap hit like it was summer. I looked up and saw multiple CG strikes after that in the distance. Had to be very close by because the delta was <1 second and i could see the lightning strikes. Only time i was ever outside and saw thundersnow. We picked up about 13.5" in just a few hours. 

I'll be remapping and touching up this storm at some point soon. Radar and other maps: https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/mar-7-8-2018

[CoastalWx]

Can’t forget the Cory storm 13 years ago. 

[ORH_wxman]

4 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Can’t forget the Cory storm 13 years ago. 

Epic. 
 

[CoastalWx]

3 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Epic. 
 

One of my favorite events. 

[ORH_wxman]

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

One of my favorite events. 

So many skeptics on that event leading into it. Models didn’t handle it well at all but the underlying theme was dumping a lot of QPF. A lot of tv stations had like 2-4” or 3-6” for interior elevated areas and I couldn’t understand it. I was going like 8-14” and I was wau too light. 

[CoastalWx]

11 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

So many skeptics on that event leading into it. Models didn’t handle it well at all but the underlying theme was dumping a lot of QPF. A lot of tv stations had like 2-4” or 3-6” for interior elevated areas and I couldn’t understand it. I was going like 8-14” and I was wau too light. 

Yeah I was skeptical For my hood until the day before when we beefed up QPF and it ticked colder. Eve then everyone was on air was against it. Pretty sure you know who had me in the washed away zone. lol. 

[The 4 Seasons]

Brutal gradient. 4.5 BDL, 1-3 near 91 in MA

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/mar-7-8-2013

[codfishsnowman]

50 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Brutal gradient. 4.5 BDL, 1-3 near 91 in MA

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/mar-7-8-2013

There were a handful of storms that were really brutal and that was one of them. A good friend of mine in Manchester was buried under 20 inches and didn't believe that the roads were wet with some slush on the grass. Pretty sure my old stomping grounds in Bristol had a foot. It wasn't that far east of us amounts sky rocketed. We did have some accumulating snow mostly on grassy surfaces the overnight prior but much of that melted during the day. It was strictly a downsloping issue for us and I don't know what was going on in poor Rhode Island. Lower elevations east and to some extent west were destroyed. It be cool someday to experience a storm like that.