March Madness

[CoastalWx]

Wolfie has no sense of humor

[michsnowfreak]

10 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Not this year. NYC shared in the wealth. Like the cape too. Good year for all. 

The east coast south of boston always struck me as a feast/famine climate for winter, but nyc really feasted this year after multiple years if famine.

[dendrite]

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

Your averages are higher ..so even when it’s just near average there….it’s pretty snowy. But I hear ya. It’s been more SNE centric for sure. 

We’re near normal here…maybe a hair above season to date after this week. But I’m talking deeper into NNE like CAR. And idc about ski resorts.

CAR has 69.3” (-23” season to date) right now. That’s pathetic.

But to your point…a BN season in SNE can seem “pretty snowy” to someone from DC. 

[WinterWolf]

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Wolfie has no sense of humor

I certainly do…I just don’t like when folks constantly bust his chops.  All good. 

[WinterWolf]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

We’re near normal here…maybe a hair above season to date after this week. But I’m talking deeper into NNE like CAR. And idc about ski resorts.

CAR has 69.3” (-23” season to date) right now. That’s pathetic.

But to your point…a BN season in SNE can seem “pretty snowy” to someone from DC. 

Yup caribou has been dry.  Sledding has been very good though this year..despite the lack of siggy storms there. 

[CoastalWx]

12 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

I certainly do…I just don’t like when folks constantly bust his chops.  All good. 

Posting stuff like that 11 days out deserves chop busting.

[jbenedet]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Man everything is a skating rink this morning. It was freezing drizzle all night.

Still 31.3° with ZL. 

That 0.7 makes all the difference.

Walking Dog last night in downtown Dover that was basically the difference between business as usual and accidents all over the place. We had patches of black ice but largely very isolated, untraveled surfaces. 

[powderfreak]

26 minutes ago, dendrite said:

We’re near normal here…maybe a hair above season to date after this week. But I’m talking deeper into NNE like CAR. And idc about ski resorts.

CAR has 69.3” (-23” season to date) right now. That’s pathetic.

But to your point…a BN season in SNE can seem “pretty snowy” to someone from DC. 

At 3,000ft we measured only 36” in February, which is kind of wild.  It didn’t rain either, just didn’t do much of anything.

Should be 70-75” on average.

We’ve gone really dry since sometime in January… but snowpack has remained healthy due to the strong early season base.

Snowfall was pacing way above normal by like early to mid January and has now fallen back to a normal pace for the high elevations.

[dendrite]

2 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

That 0.7 makes all the difference.

Walking Dog last night in downtown Dover that was basically the difference between business as usual and accidents all over the place. We had patches of black ice but largely very isolated, untraveled surfaces. 

It was 29° at midnight here. So it was very efficient glazing. Every drizzle drop accreted. 

[Kitz Craver]

13 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Posting stuff like that 11 days out deserves chop busting.

It is a period we have highlighted ad nauseam however. To show what might be up for the offering seems like fair game. It’s just a peak into a window of possibility and is obviously subject to change.

[CoastalWx]

2 minutes ago, Kitz Craver said:

It is a period we have highlighted ad nauseam however. To show what might be up for the offering seems like fair game. It’s just a peak into a window of possibility and is obviously subject to change.

But as a famous poster once said, we just don’t know. 

[DavisStraight]

13 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

At 3,000ft we measured only 36” in February, which is kind of wild.  It didn’t rain either, just didn’t do much of anything.

Should be 70-75” on average.

We’ve gone really dry since sometime in January… but snowpack has remained healthy due to the strong early season base.

Snowfall was pacing way above normal by like early to mid January and has now fallen back to a normal pace for the high elevations.

Whats your March average?

[dendrite]

8 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

But as a famous poster once said, we just don’t know. 

What we do know is Kevin metamorphosed this morning.

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Man.. summer is here 

 

[HoarfrostHubb]

Skiing at Wachusett.   Significantly icing on the trees up top.  Was going down Ropers Road and lots of small and medium cranked down. We actually saw a big one fall a little off the trail.  

[40/70 Benchmark]

1 hour ago, WinterWolf said:

10-11 was Incredible…but it was all January..except for Boxing Day..which was a flop here worse than two weeks ago. 14-15 was all East and just last few days of Jan and Feb. Although we did ok in March out west here after the big blitz was over for the east(with a couple small systems in March of 15).  02-03 was cold like this but as you said January was dead. 13-14 was active and cold,  and of course 95-96 was incredible and still holds the record here for us. But it did have a complete melt out after the blizzard that January with a huge warm cutter. But then 95-96 wouldn’t stop lol…that’s why it still holds the record for snowfall here. 
 

If we can cash in with a major in 10-12 days…it takes this winter to next level imo. It’s already very good/excellent in the well rounded category with the consistent cold and lack of any melt outs/rain outs that other seasons always have, and spread out nature over the whole season…….but can it go closer to top tier for us.  Time will tell soon enough. 
 

In the meantime let’s enjoy some warm stuff next week. 

January 2003 wasn't dead, it was just north of you. It was great above the pike/outside of 128 and especially 495.

[jbenedet]

The teleconnection phase state NAO, PNA are completely different than this time last year.

I know that’s with the caveat that the teles have less influence on the Synoptics this time of year but it’s an influence and a warm one for a change…

Away from the immediate coast I still think we can see a really nice March and April relative to climo and especially relative to recent years past.

[Damage In Tolland]

14 minutes ago, dendrite said:

What we do know is Kevin metamorphosed this morning.

 

I’m out naked and shaking it 

[jbenedet]

30 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It was 29° at midnight here. So it was very efficient glazing. Every drizzle drop accreted. 

It’s incredible how many times the more densely populated areas in the coastal plain narrowly dodge this bullet. It’s like at least a few times a season. 
 

We’re gonna get nailed one of these years very soon.

[jbenedet]

Looking at guidance today, seeing I do have a chance to get some sun. Would be a big win after this shit stretch, especially on a Saturday…

Expectations low given the climo fuckery…I’ll call it a win if I can eke out mostly cloudy by 2 pm.

 

[Typhoon Tip]

heh, we gain an hour of light in the evening tomorrow.  Days are getting longer enough that I think moving the clocks won't plunge the morning's back into darkness as the daylight's coming up sufficiently early to absorb that clock move.   

Of course, what use does an hour of extra light in the evenings actually provide if we continue being steeped in this shitty-shits degrees and soothing mist bs.  

This "event" ( or lack there off ...) yesterday was really not the material aspect for the period, it was this big high and what's turned out to be an inCREdible pernicious BD air mass...It's slammed all the way down past the VA Capes.  The high pressure that set this vomit into motion's long gone and smearing it's guts out across the N Atlantic, yet the front keeps rollin S down there.  We are utterly decouple from the deep layer tropospheric synoptics as today's -12C inversion between the sfc and 2500 feet coherently argues.  

Anyone still living New England right now that has a choice to leave, yet hasn't, must be suffering a masochistic psychosis 

[CoastalWx]

Yeah we have an extra hour of daylight tomorrow to melt the snow. 

[Brian5671]

1 minute ago, Typhoon Tip said:

heh, we gain an hour of light in the evening tomorrow.  Days are getting longer enough that I think moving the clocks won't plunge the morning's back into darkness as the daylight's coming up sufficiently early to absorb that clock move.   

Of course, what use does an hour of extra light in the evenings actually provide if we continue being steeped in this shitty-shits degrees and soothing mist bs.  

This "event" ( or lack there off ...) yesterday was really not the material aspect for the period, it was this big high and what's turned out to be an inCREdible pernicious BD air mass...It's slammed all the way down past the VA Capes.  The high pressure that set this vomit into motion's long gone and smearing it's guts out across the N Atlantic, yet the front keeps rollin S down there.  We are utterly decouple from the deep layer tropospheric synoptics todays, at the -9C inversion between the sfc and 2500 feet coherently argues.  

Anyone still living here that has a choice to leave and hasn't must suffer a masochistic psychosis 

Was better when the clock change was in early April-more like spring then.   Not to mention back to 7:15am sunrises for a awhile.   Of course the argument continues  twice a year whether to discontinue the practice but it never goes anywhere.

[CoastalWx]

Gonna miss these last two winters when we torch the next 5 winters.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

12 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

Looking at guidance today, seeing I do have a chance to get some sun. Would be a big win after this shit stretch, especially on a Saturday…

Expectations low given the climo fuckery…I’ll call it a win if I can eke out mostly cloudy by 2 pm.

 

I think we’ve had 5 sunny days here out of the past 20.

[Damage In Tolland]

It was a wild and fun ride this winter . One of the best . But all good things must end and this winter is over. Summer is just about here 

[MJO812]

1 hour ago, WinterWolf said:

You said this before the Feb storm for his area too..and he did well.  

Seriously

Who claims winter is over on March 6 ?

[MJO812]

17 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Gonna miss these last two winters when we torch the next 5 winters.

Mid atlantic winters coming up

[CoastalWx]

9 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

It was a wild and fun ride this winter . One of the best . But all good things must end and this winter is over. Summer is just about here 

Almost here. Dews and heat almost upon us. 

[CoastalWx]

1 minute ago, MJO812 said:

Mid atlantic winters coming up

Nah

[CoastalWx]

Seriously though. This winter will spoil many with such prolonged pack. Better get used to getting snow and then torching it 3 days later now. Back to your regularly scheduled programming.