Ice Ice Baby December 28-29 Storm Discussion

[WxWatcher007]

1 minute ago, Cold Miser said:

Depends on how much snow falls (fell).  Blizzards don't always translate to monster amounts of snow, so yeah, keep the wind and give me a monster accumulating snow storm.  

Let’s say it’s 24-30” with 70mph winds. 

[SJonesWX]

1 hour ago, Layman said:

Just got back from Newington where it was 38 and lots of melting.  At home, we can't seem to crest 34.  Heading out shortly to shovel what I can because like you said, this is all going to lock up for the next few days!

looks just like the temp graph at mi casa, except my high temp was 32.7 (so far). Been rotting at 32.2-32.4 all day.

[VivaManchVegas]

6 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

looks just like the temp graph at mi casa, except my high temp was 32.7 (so far). Been rotting at 32.2-32.4 all day.

Never hit 33. Currently 32.5. 

[dendrite]

22 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said:

Well, this is certainly not been a top level ice storm, but I would also say it’s a little bit higher than run-of-the-mill. There’s still slush on the roads, which I thought would’ve been gone by now and the trees have a pretty thick cover similar to that picture that lurker contributed. No significant loss to the snowpack just compressed and full of water. Looking at the forecast, we may not see this snow again until March once we get a couple of inches on top of it. 32° on the nose here.

For our region I think it was. Most have been at or under 1/8” radial. Lurker didn’t have a lot of ice there…looked like about 0.1” radial.

You have to separate out what was forecast from what we received. The forecast I saw last night had nearly a half inch of ice at MHT and CON and social media weenies were losing their minds about the grid collapsing. There’s been no accretion since sunrise outside of 1500’+ elevations. We’re just rotting at 32-33° as usual.

Now don’t get me wrong…it’s a high end mess out there with all of the liquid on top of icy surfaces. I don’t think there’s enough in the trees to cause an issue with freeze up and winds…maybe some isolated outages at most. It has the look of ice that will break up and rain out of the branches when the winds pick up a bit. 

I wish we could just get 2-3 hours of a saturated 36-38 to expose some of the dirt and rocks in my driveway. At least we got a nice drink for the drought.

[Ginx snewx]

In Norwich Ct no all a dream here solid 3 left all white no cheese 

[ineedsnow]

Pack looks to survive here.. what's left will be frozen solid

[TheMainer]

1 hour ago, dryslot said:

RN, 33/32°F, The pack lives on.

Wife said we topped out at 2 inches new snow at the house and from her pics a few mins ago the rain hasn't even melted that yet in the driveway, so hoping this ends up a net gain. Another good band of rain to roll through it looks like then hopefully a Dryslot. Not sure we've lost much snow at all here at the office in Auburn since I got here at 8am. 

[dryslot]

5 minutes ago, TheMainer said:

Wife said we topped out at 2 inches new snow at the house and from her pics a few mins ago the rain hasn't even melted that yet in the driveway, so hoping this ends up a net gain. Another good band of rain to roll through it looks like then hopefully a Dryslot. Not sure we've lost much snow at all here at the office in Auburn since I got here at 8am. 

Nope, same here in LEW, Pack absorbed it very good, Going to make for a great base now.

[powderfreak]

Heavy icing… chairlifts don’t enjoy it.

[kdxken]

This rain and supposed warmth hasn't done s*** to melt the snow. Still snow on top of my spare car.

[CoastalWx]

6 minutes ago, kdxken said:

This rain and supposed warmth hasn't done s*** to melt the snow. Still snow on top of my spare car.

Fluff no match for 47 and rain here. We start over. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

18 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

Pack looks to survive here.. what's left will be frozen solid

Greenfield never got above 34° so it should be full and frozen snow cover tomorrow.

[bristolri_wx]

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Fluff no match for 47 and rain here. We start over. 

Ditto.  Some piles from shoveling.  Otherwise gone...

[VivaManchVegas]

I am hoping the warm bump makes its way east.   Right now the Temple mountain ranges says no, but I think it will see 35 or 36 for an hour or two. Still 32.7. 

[Damage In Tolland]

23 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

In Norwich Ct no all a dream here solid 3 left all white no cheese 

There’s maybe 2” left here . Grass showing under a few trees 

[Damage In Tolland]

Wish we lived there

https://x.com/buffalosnowking/status/2005725323586068528?s=46&t=dhcbvkjmRcyBVQtDxJ3lRg

[dendrite]

Yeah temps will bump up somewhat near or at fropa when we start mixing out. It may not mean much though since dews will start dropping too.

[wxeyeNH]

32.2F   No power for 6 hours.  Our whole hill is out.  This has turned into a significant event here.  There has been almost no melt off on trees or power lines today.  Untreated surfaces that were not treated are an ice skating rink.  Yesterday I wanted to put a big blue tarp over the part of the driveway we use but "someone" ha, in my family said that would look stupid and I'm overreacting.  The biggest problem is yet to come.  Maybe a very brief warmup with fropa mixing but with the wind and the trees this is going to cause more power issues.  Plus, the glaciated surfaces are not going anywhere fast!

[Ginx snewx]

27 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

There’s maybe 2” left here . Grass showing under a few trees 

Completely wiped out at home Norwich must have pulled 8 the other day

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 hour ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Let’s say it’s 24-30” with 70mph winds. 

That was ‘78.  And more snow

[CoastalWx]

13 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

32.2F   No power for 6 hours.  Our whole hill is out.  This has turned into a significant event here.  There has been almost no melt off on trees or power lines today.  Untreated surfaces that were not treated are an ice skating rink.  Yesterday I wanted to put a big blue tarp over the part of the driveway we use but "someone" ha, in my family said that would look stupid and I'm overreacting.  The biggest problem is yet to come.  Maybe a very brief warmup with fropa mixing but with the wind and the trees this is going to cause more power issues.  Plus, the glaciated surfaces are not going anywhere fast!

Saw a post from NH electric coop of the Plymouth and wentworth area. Looks like a small area of serious icing and you’re the lucky one to be in it.

[Ginx snewx]

48 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Heavy icing… chairlifts don’t enjoy it.

Black Mountain NH had catastrophic failures on both their lifts

[powderfreak]

1 minute ago, Ginx snewx said:

Black Mountain NH had catastrophic failures on both their lifts

I’ll have to look that up.  Curious how.

[Ginx snewx]

Just now, powderfreak said:

I’ll have to look that up.  Curious how.

Motor on 1 and Top wheel bearing on the other

[WxWatcher007]

8 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

That was ‘78.  And more snow

We want

[Ginx snewx]

Just now, WxWatcher007 said:

We want

I was living a mile from the ocean.  5 hrs severe T Storm conditions with no visibility and pink lighning

[dryslot]

Rain just about done here, High of 33.8°F on the day, Down to 32.5°F, Never made to the forecast high of 37°F.

[HoarfrostHubb]

54 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Heavy icing… chairlifts don’t enjoy it.

Our daughter had her first day as a lift operator today. Wawa just opened their new summit lift.  One good thing about that one is that they build a shed building where they store the chairs overnight.  That’s a first for them. Should help a bit on icy days.  

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 minute ago, Ginx snewx said:

I was living a mile from the ocean.  5 hrs severe T Storm conditions with no visibility and pink lighning

My first memory of Thundersnow.