Is we back? February discussion thread

[Damage In Tolland]

Very uniform totals in SNE coast to hills. Extremely rare 

[Baroclinic Zone]

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

Very uniform totals in SNE coast to hills. Extremely rare 

Except for some hollow 3000k ft up on a mountain that’s seen 350in.

[Ginx snewx]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Very uniform totals in SNE coast to hills. Extremely rare 

 

[H2Otown_WX]

2 hours ago, JACKASS said:

I know a guy that will be more than willing to verify those.

[NeonPeon]

Because the drifted snow was the driest fluffiest stuff, the speed with which those drifts have settled and melted, especially after the rain, is insane. I have a 4 foot wall across from my house that runs for most of the block along the sidewalk. It was enveloped by a 6 foot drift, you couldn't see it. There is maybe 2 feet there now. Late Feb means most of this snow is gone mid next week. 

[Ginx snewx]

51 minutes ago, NeonPeon said:

Because the drifted snow was the driest fluffiest stuff, the speed with which those drifts have settled and melted, especially after the rain, is insane. I have a 4 foot wall across from my house that runs for most of the block along the sidewalk. It was enveloped by a 6 foot drift, you couldn't see it. There is maybe 2 feet there now. Late Feb means most of this snow is gone mid next week. 

Yep but now the pack is highly condensed with a bullet proof layer below it. I will take the under on snow being gone by the 6th. My station yesterday 

[NeonPeon]

35 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Yep but now the pack is highly condensed with a bullet proof layer below it. I will take the under on snow being gone by the 6th. My station yesterday 

It's very situational, we had got down to grass across all slopes and sunny spots, so there is no bullet proof anything under those parts. On the other hand, the shady spots still did have, it was definitely higher moisture when the snow started, and the compacted shoveled piles are rock solid.  There's also already grass in places, where they were scoured out by drifting. A huge part of the median next to the beach this morning is grass.

I think it'll be winter on one side of the street and spring on the other by tuesday, anyway, bar the ploughed spots, but we will see. I find it substantially more interesting watching it stack in 26 hours than to melt over the course of a week.

[Ginx snewx]

13 hours ago, H2Otown_WX said:

 

[CoastalWx]

We end Feb with mild weather,  but with month long deep pack. Took 11 years for that.

[SouthCoastMA]

16 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

We end Feb with mild weather,  but with month long deep pack. Took 11 years for that.

Pack from Jan 25th through Feb 28th+ must be some kind of record here on the Cape. 2015 was great but had a few skunkers in early February iirc. And as historic as 2005 was , I'm not sure we accomplished that. So it has been at least 21 years. 

[CoastalWx]

28 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

Pack from Jan 25th through Feb 28th+ must be some kind of record here on the Cape. 2015 was great but had a few skunkers in early February iirc. And as historic as 2005 was , I'm not sure we accomplished that. So it has been at least 21 years. 

Take a peak at the east wareham coop? I haven't looked but that probably gives the answer for your hood. 

[CoastalWx]

38 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

Pack from Jan 25th through Feb 28th+ must be some kind of record here on the Cape. 2015 was great but had a few skunkers in early February iirc. And as historic as 2005 was , I'm not sure we accomplished that. So it has been at least 21 years. 

Took a peak at 2015, they definitely had deep pack.

[ORH_wxman]

This might be the most days with snow cover over the interior MA (say, 495 belt to ORH county) since 2000-2001....as prolific as some of the other winters were, they found a way to have gaps. 2014-15 of course had a long stretch in December without pack and even January at times early in the month. 2002-2003 is pretty close though....it had some days in December without pack, but not many. Then it went well into March before bare ground again. This year would win on a tiebreaker using SDDs though. 

I think winter hill has had something like 6 days without snow cover since Dec 2nd. 

[Damage In Tolland]

Just now, ORH_wxman said:

This might be the most days with snow cover over the interior MA (say, 495 belt to ORH county) since 2000-2001....as prolific as some of the other winters were, they found a way to have gaps. 2014-15 of course had a long stretch in December without pack and even January at times early in the month. 2002-2003 is pretty close though....it had some days in December without pack, but not many. Then it went well into March before bare ground again. This year would win on a tiebreaker using SDDs though. 

I think winter hill has had something like 6 days without snow cover since Dec 2nd. 

I’ve mentioned this a couple times too. Probably less than 10 days no pack 

[WxWatcher007]

Still at 12” pack down here today, melting is happening though. Dews have been low.

[Ginx snewx]

18 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

This might be the most days with snow cover over the interior MA (say, 495 belt to ORH county) since 2000-2001....as prolific as some of the other winters were, they found a way to have gaps. 2014-15 of course had a long stretch in December without pack and even January at times early in the month. 2002-2003 is pretty close though....it had some days in December without pack, but not many. Then it went well into March before bare ground again. This year would win on a tiebreaker using SDDs though. 

I think winter hill has had something like 6 days without snow cover since Dec 2nd. 

2003 got this year beat

[ORH_wxman]

2 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

2003 got this year beat

Def further S and E it has this year beat because of December which was kind of iffy once inside 495 and south of here....I went most of December with snow cover, but you didn't have to go far for a lot of month not having it. Driving into Quincy, I always noticed it disappearing east of about Dover/Dedham in December. 

 

If you go further north north into ORH county, 2007-2008 will have this year beat. They went wire to wire there once the 12/3/07 storm dropped a few inches up there. 

[ORH_wxman]

We hate this particular winter, but also 2009-10 went almost the entire way with pack over the interior (esp north of pike)...frustrating winter, but it had excellent pack retention over interior elevated areas. 

[Ginx snewx]

13 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Def further S and E it has this year beat because of December which was kind of iffy once inside 495 and south of here....I went most of December with snow cover, but you didn't have to go far for a lot of month not having it. Driving into Quincy, I always noticed it disappearing east of about Dover/Dedham in December. 

 

If you go further north north into ORH county, 2007-2008 will have this year beat. They went wire to wire there once the 12/3/07 storm dropped a few inches up there. 

Asburnham isn't Norh? 03 beat 08 by alot. 03 is king

[ORH_wxman]

They should basically be tied....but you started in November so it is counting those days. Which is fair, but I was speaking from Dec 1st onward. 

[Ginx snewx]

Just now, ORH_wxman said:

They should basically be tied....but you started in November so it is counting those days. Which is fair, but I was speaking from Dec 1st onward. 

Gotcha but 03 reigns still 

[met_fan]

The valley is bad for snow, but I appreciate it on days like today

[Spanks45]

5 minutes ago, met_fan said:

The valley is bad for snow, but I appreciate it on days like today

Lol, you can almost hear the pack screaming....46⁰ under sunny skies, there are south facing areas with grass showing already, I had 20-22" base Monday morning