December 2025 regional war/obs/disco thread

[brooklynwx99]

5 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

 

I have noticed those national guys like to ignore the NE...just like when we have an arctic plunge into the center of the country that only produces pedestrian cold here, as we have so many times over the past decade.....all we hear about is how epic the airmass is. Inverse here.

merry torchmas!!!

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

I feel like an ice storm in this area is pure fantasy. It just doesn’t happen. We are just close enough to the ocean.

[40/70 Benchmark]

4 minutes ago, brooklynwx99 said:

merry torchmas!!!

That's like mid-upper 30's here.

[Ginx snewx]

8 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

It’s still snowing.  Unbelievable stuff out there on the mountain.  Just deep powder everywhere.

Today’s stake reading should put this year back in the all-time #1 position for this time of year since 1954.  And it could be by like a half foot too.

Epicosity defined up there 

[Damage In Tolland]

5 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

That's like mid-upper 30's here.

Colder than that 

[40/70 Benchmark]

7 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Colder than that 

-5 anomaly with 40* being climo.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

21 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

I feel like an ice storm in this area is pure fantasy. It just doesn’t happen. We are just close enough to the ocean.

Major ice storm set ups are tenuous at best.

1998 had a low stalled out over the lakes and high pressure in just the right place in Quebec.  That’s what allowed a good fetch of gulf moisture to ride into the Arctic air for days., 

[powderfreak]

6 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Epicosity defined up there 

4" more today.  19" measured since Wednesday AM.

It skis like 30" though, ha.

[Ginx snewx]

Just now, powderfreak said:

4" more today.  19" measured since Wednesday AM.

It skis like 30" though, ha.

Amazing considering the West has been shut out. With no real torch in sight Mansfield could eclipse 68/69 if everything breaks right 

[tamarack]

2 hours ago, dryslot said:

I survived Icestorm 98, 2-2.50"+ of ice, That was enough for me.

Most disruptive weather event I've experienced, and we only were dark for 4 days.  2nd place was another ice storm on the hills west/north from NYC, precisely 45 years prior to #1.  Ice on Jan 8-9, 1953 wasn't quite as thick as '98 but almost every tree took damage in our NNJ area.  Some trees on the taller hills became "asparagus" stems, bare poles with all branches lying at the stump.  We lost power for 6 days from that one.  The good effect was to trigger my lifelong interest in both weather and trees.

[Damage In Tolland]

6 minutes ago, tamarack said:

Most disruptive weather event I've experienced, and we only were dark for 4 days.  2nd place was another ice storm on the hills west/north from NYC, precisely 45 years prior to #1.  Ice on Jan 8-9, 1953 wasn't quite as thick as '98 but almost every tree took damage in our NNJ area.  Some trees on the taller hills became "asparagus" stems, bare poles with all branches lying at the stump.  We lost power for 6 days from that one.  The good effect was to trigger my lifelong interest in both weather and trees.

These are the lifetime experiences and memories we seek 

[mreaves]

45 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

4" more today.  19" measured since Wednesday AM.

It skis like 30" though, ha.

 

42 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Amazing considering the West has been shut out. With no real torch in sight Mansfield could eclipse 68/69 if everything breaks right 

Even away from the mountains it’s been a pretty snowy period. Not necessarily in terms of total accumulation but just a constant light snow. I think I’ve got 5”-6” this week. 

[powderfreak]

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

Amazing considering the West has been shut out. With no real torch in sight Mansfield could eclipse 68/69 if everything breaks right 

63” Stake Depth on December 12th is absolutely insane.

There’s more snow right now than the maximum depth of a non-trivial amount of winters.

[Bryan63]

1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Major ice storm set ups are tenuous at best.

1998 had a low stalled out over the lakes and high pressure in just the right place in Quebec.  That’s what allowed a good fetch of gulf moisture to ride into the Arctic air for days., 

Gotta go live in the Carolina's.

Was amazed by the damage just a quarter inch of ice could do after living on the South Shore where they aren't really a thing.

[Typhoon Tip]

Still a long way off but ...  should the EPO surprise blossoms like that there's ain't gonna be no warm end of the month

[weathafella]

Actually it’s a 5 day anomaly so probably 34/20 right at the coast.

[WinterWolf]

Muting as we thought…it’s the tenor this year so far. We take. 

[DavisStraight]

2 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Major ice storm set ups are tenuous at best.

1998 had a low stalled out over the lakes and high pressure in just the right place in Quebec.  That’s what allowed a good fetch of gulf moisture to ride into the Arctic air for days., 

Wasn't there a good ice storm in 2008, mostly in Mass?

[WinterWolf]

2 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

Wasn't there a good ice storm in 2008, mostly in Mass?

Yes. 

[moneypitmike]

So we're now scheduled to close on our house on the 19th.  The big question is whether the transfer happens before or after the house blows away.

[masonwoods]

17 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

Wasn't there a good ice storm in 2008, mostly in Mass?

Yes.  10 days on generator power and no phone service for 1 month.

[DavisStraight]

Just now, masonwoods said:

Yes.  10 days on generator power and no phone service for 1 month.

Did you live in Lunenberg?

[WxWatcher007]

29 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Muting as we thought…it’s the tenor this year so far. We take. 

Maybe for us. Areas south and west may not be so fortunate. Still, I want to see these patterns get inside 7 days before believing them wholesale. Next week was trending toward a torch and now it looks like a brief mild up here imo. Very location dependent and we're close to the edge of trouble. Would love to stay on the right side because post Christmas it doesn't look bad. 

[dendrite]

3 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

-5 anomaly with 40* being climo.

That’s a 5 day mean so there’s a really cold airmass in there once you subtract the 60° on Christmas out.

[masonwoods]

1 hour ago, DavisStraight said:

Did you live in Lunenberg?

 

1 hour ago, DavisStraight said:

Did you live in Lunenberg?

Mason NH

[ORH_wxman]

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Still a long way off but ...  should the EPO surprise blossoms like that there's ain't gonna be no warm end of the month

GEFS continuing the semi-interesting look going into Xmas Eve/Xmas. It’s obviously not your ideal coastal storm pattern but we’ve seen some interesting winter wx systems on looks like the below…overrunning snow/SWFE/potential ice…something to watch…you get a ripple or vort energy being shot across the center of the CONUS and it runs into that brick wall north of New England  

[Ginx snewx]

Wait I missed this. Snow tomorrow too now? 

[Damage In Tolland]

Weed tonight now?

[Ginx snewx]

3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Weed tonight now?

Just saw these 

[dendrite]

Stay safe