Ginx snewx Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 As a 13 year old wx geek I couldn't believe my ears when I heard snow was breaking out south of us, on Easter morning March 29th 1970, on my NY station wx radio. We flipped right after breakfast and had 6 inches. Another snowstorm hit a day later. https://www.wpri.com/news/the-easter-blizzard-in-rhode-island-51-years-later/amp/?__twitter_impression=true 2 storm total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 Wow what a great event that was. Wish we were there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 14 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Wow what a great event that was. Wish we were there. Quite remarkable end to a totally meh month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 Oh baby...who's excited about the anniversary of 1997!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 12 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: As a 13 year old wx geek I couldn't believe my ears when I heard snow was breaking out south of us, on Easter morning March 29th 1970, on my NY station wx radio. We flipped right after breakfast and had 6 inches. Another snowstorm hit a day later. https://www.wpri.com/news/the-easter-blizzard-in-rhode-island-51-years-later/amp/?__twitter_impression=true 2 storm total We had 11" of mid-20s powder on 3/29 and 3" paste 2 days later. My (future - married June '71) wife was at a sunrise service at the Wanaque Reservoir dam in NNJ and recalls a cold gray windy time - snow started later that morning. I was just learning to ski and after a couple noisy scraping days at Great Gorge (staff had to shovel snow onto the lift exit so we could access the snowmaking trails), skiing on quiet powder on 3/30 was exquisite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 What an end to winter on that storm. I honestly deep down thought we had a chance for that this year. Blah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 20 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: What an end to winter on that storm. I honestly deep down thought we had a chance for that this year. Blah. Nothing will beat back this direction in late March 1956. Here's the old Ashland coop not far from me: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 1 hour ago, ORH_wxman said: Nothing will beat back this direction in late March 1956. Here's the old Ashland coop not far from me: Man what a fantastic end. LMAO, take a look at Blue Hill for that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 3 hours ago, ORH_wxman said: Nothing will beat back this direction in late March 1956. Here's the old Ashland coop not far from me: Oak Ridge Reservoir, about 10 miles west of where I grew up and 160' higher. Also had obs at 7 AM. 3/13/1956 9999 9999 0.06 0.5 1 3/14/1956 9999 9999 0.36 0.5 1 3/15/1956 9999 9999 0.5 0 0 3/16/1956 9999 9999 0 0 0 3/17/1956 9999 9999 1 7 7 3/18/1956 9999 9999 0 0 5 3/19/1956 9999 9999 1.35 16 21 3/20/1956 9999 9999 0.49 5 26 3/21/1956 9999 9999 0 0 20 3/22/1956 9999 9999 0 0 16 3/23/1956 9999 9999 0 0 9 3/24/1956 9999 9999 0.03 0.3 9 3/25/1956 9999 9999 0.2 2 10 3/26/1956 9999 9999 0 0 8 3/27/1956 9999 9999 0 0 7 3/28/1956 9999 9999 0 0 6 3/29/1956 9999 9999 0 0 6 3/30/1956 9999 9999 0.35 1 7 3/31/1956 9999 9999 0 0 0 4/1/1956 9999 9999 0 0 0 4/2/1956 9999 9999 0 0 0 4/3/1956 9999 9999 0.05 0 0 4/4/1956 9999 9999 0 0 0 4/5/1956 9999 9999 0 0 0 4/6/1956 9999 9999 0 0 0 4/7/1956 9999 9999 0.5 0 0 4/8/1956 9999 9999 1.6 12 12 6.49 44.3 I have no memory of the 3/17 storm but my dad measured 23.5" of new snow about 7:30 AM on the 19th with accum continuing. I call it a 24" storm. Morris Plains, 20 miles south and 300' lower, reported 23". The "sticky snow" on 4/8 brought another 12" and broke or bent some trees that had survived the Jan 1953 ice storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 Man what we would do for a repeat of 24 years ago. Oh the children we would give up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 hours ago, CoastalWx said: Man what we would do for a repeat of 24 years ago. Oh the children we would give up for it. We had flipped to snow by this point...around 10am we flipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, ORH_wxman said: We had flipped to snow by this point...around 10am we flipped. I feel like smoking a cigar and sipping a nice bourbon just thinking about that storm. I'm sure folks gets sick of the nostalgic conversation about it, especially if their area did not get hit, or maybe they weren't here for it....but that was the biggest bag of WTF that I can remember and it's not even close. Nobody...I mean nobody forgets that moment when they looked out the window and saw it flip to snow. I sure as hell do not forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma blizzard Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 20 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: I feel like smoking a cigar and sipping a nice bourbon just thinking about that storm. I'm sure folks gets sick of the nostalgic conversation about it, especially if their area did not get hit, or maybe they weren't here for it....but that was the biggest bag of WTF that I can remember and it's not even close. Nobody...I mean nobody forgets that moment when they looked out the window and saw it flip to snow. I sure as hell do not forget. never lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, CoastalWx said: I feel like smoking a cigar and sipping a nice bourbon just thinking about that storm. I'm sure folks gets sick of the nostalgic conversation about it, especially if their area did not get hit, or maybe they weren't here for it....but that was the biggest bag of WTF that I can remember and it's not even close. Nobody...I mean nobody forgets that moment when they looked out the window and saw it flip to snow. I sure as hell do not forget. I don't, and we only got either the weak event a few hours ahead or the pre-bombing of the big system - 7.5" on about 18 hr of light-moderate SN, also the longest commute on my 45 miles Farmington to Gardiner. Your pics from the height of that event are among my favorite snow scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, tamarack said: I don't, and we only got either the weak event a few hours ahead or the pre-bombing of the big system - 7.5" on about 18 hr of light-moderate SN, also the longest commute on my 45 miles Farmington to Gardiner. Your pics from the height of that event are among my favorite snow scenes. Yeah you always comment on those lol. I’m glad I documented it. Just an incredible storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 7 hours ago, CoastalWx said: I feel like smoking a cigar and sipping a nice bourbon just thinking about that storm. I'm sure folks gets sick of the nostalgic conversation about it, especially if their area did not get hit, or maybe they weren't here for it....but that was the biggest bag of WTF that I can remember and it's not even close. Nobody...I mean nobody forgets that moment when they looked out the window and saw it flip to snow. I sure as hell do not forget. My only regret in that storm was I didn’t see the snow between about 1am and 6am. That was obscene rates there. Still, seeing thunder snow right as we were getting out of school around 2:15pm was pretty awesome. Vivid flash and loud crack just about 2 seconds behind it while it was absolutely choking aggregates. Couldn’t see more than about 200 yards at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 13 hours ago, tamarack said: I don't, and we only got either the weak event a few hours ahead or the pre-bombing of the big system - 7.5" on about 18 hr of light-moderate SN, also the longest commute on my 45 miles Farmington to Gardiner. Your pics from the height of that event are among my favorite snow scenes. Cement 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 14 hours ago, CoastalWx said: Yeah you always comment on those lol. I’m glad I documented it. Just an incredible storm. Post um up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ORH_wxman Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 The famous Scooter mid-1990s Starter Bruins jacket pics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 That one pic of a pile of snow in the middle of the street...a plow tried to move it but couldn't and left it there lol. So people basically could not get down the street. had to have a front end loaded clear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardof96 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Four-panel map of the 1997 blizzard... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 22 hours ago, CoastalWx said: Where is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Epic roof and ground drifts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 17 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Where is this? Hyde Park. Part of Boston on the SW side of the city. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 82 Blizzard the coldest April Blizzard ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 19 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: 82 Blizzard the coldest April Blizzard ever I was in the full fury of it..... 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 12 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: I was in the full fury of it..... Snow up to thy knickers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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