Is we back? February discussion thread

[40/70 Benchmark]

I give this winter a solid "B" so far.....can't give it an "A" being at normal snowfall after getting boned on the '78 redux. Let's see what can. happen during the final stanza to move this up...

[ineedsnow]

Its a long shot and models still meh for the most part.. but Saturday has some potential I think. Euro also bumped north but has the storm forming off the Carolinas and heading out

[Chrisrotary12]

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I give this winter a solid "B" so far.....can't give it an "A" being at normal snowfall after getting boned on the '78 redux. Let's see what can. happen during the final stanza to move this up...

I had this conversation with myself this morning. B-

A+ on snow pack retention

A- on cold (though becoming less of a fan as I age)

C for snow

Weight it 60/30/10 (snow, pack, cold) and it’s a B-.

[Kitz Craver]

5 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

Its a long shot and models still meh for the most part.. but Saturday has some potential I think. Euro also bumped north but has the storm forming off the Carolinas and heading out

How did it look for the SWFE?

[ineedsnow]

7 minutes ago, Kitz Craver said:

How did it look for the SWFE?

snow /mix/ to rain

[Snowcrazed71]

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Gfs pretty active overall. Let’s make the public have a mental breakdown. 

I have to laugh, some of my family have been texting me this morning with these ridiculous maps for next Tuesday showing a lot of snow. They're asking me if this is true and freaking out LOL. I told him breathe and wait until the weekend. 

[Kitz Craver]

I hope it dumps, I like when the normies start losing it over snow. 

[WxWatcher007]

17 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I give this winter a solid "B" so far.....can't give it an "A" being at normal snowfall after getting boned on the '78 redux. Let's see what can. happen during the final stanza to move this up...

I still think that despite losing the deep cold (which was gone after our big period earlier this month) we are far better positioned to rock than we were at any other point in the season. I'm doubtful of early spring like warmth in after whatever next week, but even if it happens, I think we're going to be padding all the way to the end of March. Not all will hit, not all will be wintry, but we're not done by a long shot. 

[dendrite]

21 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

I had this conversation with myself this morning. B-

A+ on snow pack retention

A- on cold (though becoming less of a fan as I age)

C for snow

Weight it 60/30/10 (snow, pack, cold) and it’s a B-.

A on pack (mostly semi deep since 12/2)
B on cold (consistent but nothing high end)
C on snow (basically running near avg)
D on intangibles (too much nickle and diming…missing the biggies…little rain is a plus

B-/C+

[Kitz Craver]

Is next week a SWFE/Miller B redeveloper? Hard to justify some of the higher end output that’s been floating around without some type of handoff?

[40/70 Benchmark]

18 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

I still think that despite losing the deep cold (which was gone after our big period earlier this month) we are far better positioned to rock than we were at any other point in the season. I'm doubtful of early spring like warmth in after whatever next week, but even if it happens, I think we're going to be padding all the way to the end of March. Not all will hit, not all will be wintry, but we're not done by a long shot. 

Agree. Big March incoming...

[OceanStWx]

18 minutes ago, dendrite said:

A on pack (mostly semi deep since 12/2)
B on cold (consistent but nothing high end)
C on snow (basically running near avg)
D on intangibles (too much nickle and diming…missing the biggies…little rain is a plus

B-/C+

I'm not usually a pack retention kind of guy, but it's been impressive this season. I've had 6 days since 12/3 with a T or less on the ground. And I've been over 10 inches on the ground since 1/26. 

Chuck in a normal March snowfall and I'll be at the best snow season since 2018-2019.

[radarman]

Solid A on a curve

Snowy and cold, barely any r***

Good skiing and great skating

Deep, deep pack

Well AN snowfall already with more than a month to go

[dendrite]

We should plot the grades on a map at the end of winter

[ORH_wxman]

12 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

I'm not usually a pack retention kind of guy, but it's been impressive this season. I've had 6 days since 12/3 with a T or less on the ground. And I've been over 10 inches on the ground since 1/26. 

Chuck in a normal March snowfall and I'll be at the best snow season since 2018-2019.

2018-19 was a very good winter in NNE. It was ok here but nothing special. Kind of an inverse of this season where most of SNE (outside of far northern MA) is going to put up a very good grade while most of NNE will be ok but nothing special. Still some time to change it I guess if March does something crazy. 
 

That 2018-19 winter did have a pretty signature arctic out real though in January unlike this winter. ORH had a high of 1F I remember, which was the lowest max since 1994 when they also had a high of 1F. 

[The 4 Seasons]

9 minutes ago, dendrite said:

We should plot the grades on a map at the end of winter

good idea

[Bryan63]

2 hours ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

4 snow threats next 10 days lol they are freaking out on our social media about my post for tomorrow.  Going to be mass real estate sell off in the spring to move down south I bet

Had a real estate agent in one of the local Facebook groups who has clients wanting to buy into the town, posted saying that this is a great time to move somewhere warm and if you're looking to sell to reach out. Thought it was clever marketing

[OrangeCTWX]

It’s an A in my book. Prolonged cold since even December, snow on the ground consistently for at least a month plus, two 12+ inches snowstorms. For coastal CT that’s about all you could ask for. 
 

Having said that I’m over the cold. If it’s gonna be cold then at least snow. Otherwise let’s just torch lol

[WxWatcher007]

55 minutes ago, dendrite said:

We should plot the grades on a map at the end of winter

 

45 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

good idea

Yeah I don’t think I have to think hard about my grade this year. 

[Snowcrazed71]

1 hour ago, Kitz Craver said:

Is next week a SWFE/Miller B redeveloper? Hard to justify some of the higher end output that’s been floating around without some type of handoff?

Doesn't it kind of seem a little more like the one we had back in January? That one kind of slid up through Tennessee in the states that surround into our area, but wasn't an actual Nor'easter storm. IDK ..

[The 4 Seasons]

3 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

 

Yeah I don’t think I have to think hard about my grade this year. 

i'll figure it out when its truly over sometime in very late Mar/early April when snow threats drop to near 0 around. Right now its probably A- ish

[EastonSN+]

@40/70 Benchmark wow....

[Typhoon Tip]

It may not be lasting long enough ...  I look over that stuff today at lunch.  It seems the tropopausal depths show partial collapse but rebound within just 3 days.  It's like it 'bends but doesn't break' ...  hm

[WinterWolf]

1 hour ago, Snowcrazed71 said:

Doesn't it kind of seem a little more like the one we had back in January? That one kind of slid up through Tennessee in the states that surround into our area, but wasn't an actual Nor'easter storm. IDK ..

Ya, that(Jan 25th) was a monster SWFE…one for the record books..not a Nor’easter.

[dendrite]

It would’ve been called nor’easter in the yore years. Heavy snow and strong NE winds. 

[WinterWolf]

12 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It would’ve been called nor’easter in the yore years. Heavy snow and strong NE winds. 

Oh, ok, well that’s news to me. So that wasn’t a SWFE after all?