White Christmas Miracle? December 23-24th

[Great Snow 1717]

39 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Yep if we end up with a bunch of snow events even small those days add up and we still have schools with no AC so deep into June we go....last few years have been lean so it's worked out but this winter might be different

Back in the day school was never canceled for an "event" like this one...lol

At the time of the Blzzard of 78 I was in college...they let us go "early"....at around 230 lol..

[CoastalWx]

Slight dusting. Second largest accumulation this month.

[met_fan]

52 minutes ago, Patrick-02540 said:

I think kids today get twice as many snow days with half the seasonal inches.  I don't care one way or the other, just an observation.  

CT seems to cancel more. In my 50 years of life, most spent as either a student in upstate NY or teaching in western MA, annual snow totals have swung wildly but it’s basically always between 2 and 5 snow days a year. If it’s a snowy winter, schools toughen up make it harder to cancel. If it’s a snowless winter, you end up getting easier snow days to use a couple. People complain no matter what.

[CT Valley Snowman]

I'm not home but I can't imagine things are looking very exciting from a snowfall standpoint.  There was a coating when I left and temp is now up to 34 at the nearest PWS with very light precip on radar.  Redevelopment later may be focused further NE and be to little to late here.  

[dryslot]

12z GFSGW up here.

[Great Snow 1717]

59 minutes ago, Patrick-02540 said:

I think kids today get twice as many snow days with half the seasonal inches.  I don't care one way or the other, just an observation.  

100% correct...lol

[SouthCoastMA]

36/28°

melting on impact

[moneypitmike]

I know there will be a pretty wide range of totals over a short geographical distance......but it's possible I'll double the 9.5" on the season from this.  I'll believe it when I'm clearing it.

[moneypitmike]

3 minutes ago, dryslot said:

12z GFSGW up here.

Congrats!

[RyRyB]

Grass storm in Wallingford CT. Mix now, fighting temps.

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[CoastalWx]

Slight dusting. Second largest accumulation this month.

[dryslot]

5 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

Congrats!

All guidance is hammering you and I's area, Going to be a nowcast deal.

[HoarfrostHubb]

54 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

This didn't happened when I was in school (although maybe it was being discussed when I was in high school and implemented shortly after) but do they use days from like February or April break to make up for snow days instead of going deeper into June? I know some districts had done this. 

Its rare but it has happened.  I think 2008 was the last time they did it here...  even 2015 we didn't... just went super late into June 

[FlashFreeze]

35° and snowing lightly in the Pleasant Valley section of Barkhamsted since about 6:30, about an eighth of an inch

[Lava Rock]

10 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

Congrats!

Jeff in the bullseye

[Patrick-02540]

After today, probably 3.5" for the season here.  Hopefully up to 9.5 by Saturday.  I think about 12 is my area's average for December.

[weatherwiz]

1 minute ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Its rare but it has happened.  I think 2008 was the last time they did it here...  even 2015 we didn't... just went super late into June 

I want to say it was one of those monster winters we had in the early 2010's where it really got the discussion going. I don't even know how or why I know this because I didn't have any ties to the school system anymore but maybe just from West Hartford social media groups but I recall discussions about using days from April vacation because they had so many snow days and there were concerns because

1) you had to have 180 school days 

2) you can't go to school past a certain date in June 

Was pretty crazy because growing up in West Hartford, we hardly ever had full snow days. We would mostly have late starts (60-90 minutes) or if a storm was coming during the day, dismiss early. K-12 I would say the number of snow days I had was under 10. 

I was community college during that one winter (think it was 2015) and taking Differential Equations...class met Monday and Wednesday's and we didn't have a single Wednesday class for like 3 weeks lol. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

21 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

Back in the day school was never canceled for an "event" like this one...lol

At the time of the Blzzard of 78 I was in college...they let us go "early"....at around 230 lol..

Blizzard of 78 closed Cambridge and Boston public schools for a week.

[Great Snow 1717]

2 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Blizzard of 78 closed Cambridge and Boston public schools for a week.

...many schools were closed Tuesday- Friday but many schools had school on Monday the 6th...some early dismissal but I did know people who had a full school day on the 6th

[Great Snow 1717]

5 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

I want to say it was one of those monster winters we had in the early 2010's where it really got the discussion going. I don't even know how or why I know this because I didn't have any ties to the school system anymore but maybe just from West Hartford social media groups but I recall discussions about using days from April vacation because they had so many snow days and there were concerns because

1) you had to have 180 school days 

2) you can't go to school past a certain date in June 

Was pretty crazy because growing up in West Hartford, we hardly ever had full snow days. We would mostly have late starts (60-90 minutes) or if a storm was coming during the day, dismiss early. K-12 I would say the number of snow days I had was under 10. 

I was community college during that one winter (think it was 2015) and taking Differential Equations...class met Monday and Wednesday's and we didn't have a single Wednesday class for like 3 weeks lol. 

Never had a late start to the school day in my entire 16 years in school...

[weatherwiz]

1 minute ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

Never had a late start to the school day in my entire 16 years in school...

We used to be so upset because we'd watch the ticker at the bottom of the news and see all the districts around us closed but West Hartford either fully open or late start lol. But West Hartford did a damn good job with cleaning the roads which I'm sure was factored in. 

[moneypitmike]

15 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Blizzard of 78 closed Cambridge and Boston public schools for a week.

Today is just like that. 

[moneypitmike]

Is it safe to say the GYX radar issue is still in play?

[8611Blizz]

Ooof

[HoarfrostHubb]

15 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

...many schools were closed Tuesday- Friday but many schools had school on Monday the 6th...some early dismissal but I did know people who had a full school day on the 6th

Where I lived (Foxboro) we had an early release... almost a disaster since it was puking snow.  My school's roof later collapsed... 4 week vacation!!!

[Great Snow 1717]

How bad is the radar looking you ask...bad enough that the discussion is about school closings lol

[Great Snow 1717]

8 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Where I lived (Foxboro) we had an early release... almost a disaster since it was puking snow.  My school's roof later collapsed... 4 week vacation!!!

Pass 24/7/365 on a 4 week vacation. Lol

[DavisStraight]

54 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

Back in the day school was never canceled for an "event" like this one...lol

At the time of the Blzzard of 78 I was in college...they let us go "early"....at around 230 lol..

I was in High School, full day then I went to work at a local grocery store, needed a ride home from my friend's father with a 4 x 4 truck to get home.

[kdxken]

19 minutes ago, 8611Blizz said:

Ooof

Seems about right. Had a few flakes this morning now it's a little bit of rain.

[Great Snow 1717]

Just now, DavisStraight said:

I was in High School, full day then I went to work at a local grocery store, needed a ride home from my friend's father with a 4 x 4 truck to get home.

At the time I owned a Toyota Corolla- BTW the worse finacial decision I have ever made...that car was awful in the snow. It actually got stuck in the snow several times going DOWNHILL!...

The Toyota got totalled in Haverhill by a driver who ran a stop sign....I got out of the car and I shook the guy's hand while thanking him!! Lol