March Madness

[HIPPYVALLEY]

4 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

I'm not complaining. Just so close to the hallowed ground.

You missed the historical snow band loser!  

[Kitz Craver]

45 minutes ago, Donut Hole said:

Forecast for Thursday to Saturday looks brutal for Jay Peak.  Wow figures my son flys in from Florida at the absolute worst time all winter to ski.  

That’s a bummer, been there. It could be worse though, just read Tim Kelly’s update. There will be a touch of fresh and you can wait to get out a little later in the day and let things soften up. Could be pretty fun, but not the epic powder days they are known for, I get that disappointment for sure.

[Typhoon Tip]

[Baroclinic Zone]

Just now, Typhoon Tip said:

Was 80F in Dallas today. 

[powderfreak]

1 minute ago, Typhoon Tip said:

I’m always like damn, that’s nuts.  But then they think the same when SLK and HIE are 32F in August.

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

4 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

40" can happen inland if you get under the banding long enough...NYS had in VD 2007....many areas in December 2020.

I think December 2020 was the storm Binghamton had 40 inches. Nothing to do with lake effect. It was that whole band from Binghamton up towards Albany. It just stayed there and snowed.

[ChangeofSeasonsWX]

13 minutes ago, Greg said:

It's in old weather Coop Data but seems to not be there anymore for some reason. Don't know why it was taken off or discontinued. I took and overlapped of the '78 storm with '26 and even though areas in a relatively narrow band got 30"+ from this to the southeast, it appears that '78 still has a deeper and larger swath over a greater area.

Yeah that's too bad that the data isn't available anymore. 1978 was definitely more widespread large totals over a much larger area. Personally, I still think that outside of northern RI, 2026 had bigger totals for SEMA/RI but maybe it's just a recency bias on my part. I didn't live through 1978 so I wouldn't know any better. 

[Ginx snewx]

1 hour ago, Greg said:

It's in old weather Coop Data but seems to not be there anymore for some reason. Don't know why it was taken off or discontinued. I took and overlapped of the '78 storm with '26 and even though areas in a relatively narrow band got 30"+ from this to the southeast, it appears that '78 still has a deeper and larger swath over a greater area.

78 had so much more w/e as well roads were tunnels 

[Damage In Tolland]

Let’s just get thru tomorrow 40’s to near 50 in spots and then back to winter for a week at least . And then expect the torch to continue to look less and less with backdoor and strong HP up north 

[JACKASS]

3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Let’s just get thru tomorrow 40’s to near 50 in spots and then back to winter for a week at least . And then expect the torch to continue to look less and less with backdoor and strong HP up north 

Looks more like 2 days to me.

[CoastalWx]

4 minutes ago, JACKASS said:

Looks more like 2 days to me.

Yeah mid week on could be dicey. 

[ChangeofSeasonsWX]

8 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

78 had so much more w/e as well roads were tunnels 

Oh wow tunnels? I had no idea that it piled up that much. So I guess that 1978 still ranks as #1 around here then? I'm so confused because everyone is saying how this was more than 1978 but I guess not.

[Typhoon Tip]

I have know idea what’s the average first date of big heat is down there but it seems like 100 must be early. 

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 minute ago, ChangeofSeasonsWX said:

Oh wow tunnels? I had no idea that it piled up that much. So I guess that 1978 still ranks as #1 around here then? I'm so confused because everyone is saying how this was more than 1978 but I guess not.

You might have had more snow from this event than in 78.  Further north it was 1978 that was king

[Typhoon Tip]

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

I’m always like damn, that’s nuts.  But then they think the same when SLK and HIE are 32F in August.

Welp … SLK and HIE making 32 in August are not climate-relative equivalent to what’s going on down there…

Just sayn’

[ChangeofSeasonsWX]

2 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

You might have had more snow from this event than in 78.  Further north it was 1978 that was king

Well that's what I thought originally. People were saying that Northern Rhode Island and areas just southwest of Boston is where 1978 was king, but then that map that was just posted on here shows a >36 zone for 1978 but the 2026 map only has the 24-36 zone even though some areas got >36 in this one too.

[Damage In Tolland]

11 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Yeah mid week on could be icy

Sure could be 

[Torch Tiger]

16 minutes ago, JACKASS said:

Looks more like 2 days to me.

beers flowing tonight...he probably meant a week worth of beer

[JACKASS]

2 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Welp … SLK and HIE making 32 in August are not climate-relative equivalent to what’s going on down there…

Just sayn’

Most late August mornings, even down here, aren't exactly "warm".

[SJonesWX]

2 hours ago, Donut Hole said:

Forecast for Thursday to Saturday looks brutal for Jay Peak.  Wow figures my son flys in from Florida at the absolute worst time all winter to ski.  

they will be fine up there

[Typhoon Tip]

I guess this La Peurta was 104F 

the internets getting memewhelmed with “hottest n/a winter temp ever” 

Has to be validated but that’s the scuttlebutt 

[Damage In Tolland]

That cold high in SE Canada means business later next week . We know how these play out 

[Damage In Tolland]

Heavy is the hand ( high) that presses 

[tavwtby]

10 hours ago, WinterWolf said:

2011 was incredible here too…I believe this area had the deepest pack in New England at the end of Jan/beginning of Feb. it was astounding…roofs caving in literally everywhere.  Pack had big meat in it too. 

and 2/2 was supposed to be another big one but it wound up too warm I think and we missed the goods, I had 37-40" OTG, imagine if that one hit big, roofs would be demolished even more than they were already.

[CoastalWx]

8 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Heavy is the hand ( high) that presses 

Heavy is the hand with a 16oz IPA.

[Donut Hole]

33 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

they will be fine up there

I hope so, Tim Kelley not so sure.  Hopefully high pressure wins up north late week.

[powderfreak]

40 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Welp … SLK and HIE making 32 in August are not climate-relative equivalent to what’s going on down there…

Just sayn’

Ok then, July, ha.

[Typhoon Tip]

21 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Ok then, July, ha.

I’m still not sure that’s equivalent

Doesn’t seem like it really is

It’s happened in July there more than once? I really don’t know, but that’s kind of a defining difference. This is the first time this has happened down there apparently. Hence the record. And actually… Now that I think about it that’s not defining anything really because something happens one in 10 just can have bad luck and not happen and then something that’s one in 30 can happen three times so that actually doesn’t mean shit.

The other method is just look at the average high down there at this time of year and consider the departure and then look at the average low temperature up there during a climate relevant time of year and consider that departure.  

I guess the scaler value of the anomaly plus whether or not it has happened befor and all that jazz. 

That’s the other thing … might be easier circumstantially geographically/geologically up there in July then it should be down there in Texas in February which is I don’t know it all seems really dubious

[Typhoon Tip]

I wonder if some media source or the other come July 20 puts out a headline that says something like, “southern Texas was the warning we all missed”

 

[dendrite]

Laredo has done 100° in Feb many times…they had 3 straight days in 1986 including a 103°.