Discuss the Blizz of 2010 - Part II

[wxmanmitch]

I placed my totals and my post-storm analysis in the other thread at Had about 16 inches here in Lenox. Not a bad storm.

[cpickett79]

BOX QPF map from last storm

bristol. norfolk, plymouth county boom

[cpickett79]

edit and attach images wont work ...here's qpf map for last post

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=box&product=NTP&overlay=11101111&loop=no

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Looks like we're getting our last band of SN right now.

These bands this morning have taken the edge off of what had been slight disappointment at seeing the breaks of blue sky around 8am.

Picked up an additional 1.5 - 2" since then.

Nice to coat over the dirty snow from the plows.

[Baroclinic Zone]

Vis down to 1/2m just looking out the window.

[weathafella]

edit and attach images wont work ...here's qpf map for last post

http://radar.weather...1101111&loop=no

That seems WAY underdone in the Berks and even parts nearby to metro Boston.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

That seems WAY underdone in the Berks and even parts nearby to metro Boston.

Agreed - esp. the Berks.

[HoarfrostHubb]

Just did my first snowblowing/shoveling of the season

8.5", maybe 9.0"... still blowing around

Sun, peeks of blue sky for a little while, then another band has come in

Saw the first person on a snowmobile, too!

Hello winter 2010... took you long enough. Now let's get some elevation snows!

[dendrite]

That seems WAY underdone in the Berks and even parts nearby to metro Boston.

Well it is since it's so far from the beam. This is better although it is only up through 12z. We can get an event one tomorrow morning if someone remembers.

http://water.weather.gov/precip/index.php?yday=1293408000&yday_analysis=0&layer[]=0&layer[]=1&layer[]=4&timetype=RECENT&loctype=NWS&units=engl&timeframe=current&product=observed&loc=rfcTAR

[cpickett79]

Agreed - esp. the Berks.

not sure about N of boston but the berks definitely .........the berks didn't touch the qpf that occured just S of city. but for that i would always use alb. radar but not sure if they are shadowed either way.

wa wa reporting 14 inches of powder....hmmm ski time in bout 3 hours.

[DomNH]

9'' total...sun coming out.

[40/70 Benchmark]

My 15-25" call for mby was a joke, but the benefit to failing is that you can use it as a valuable learning experience.

Lesson learned: Never, EVER rely upon cf attributed, mesoscale phenomena to accumulate a snowfall of that magnitude and that is what I did.

Moving foreward, I am going to have to see the H5 low and mid level lows ideally placed before I ever even entertain the notion of aiming that high again.

[weathafella]

NYC 3 major climo site:

EWR: 24.2 (7AM today)

Central Park: 20 (7AM today)

JFK: 15.5

LGA: 14

Wagons west. NJ FTW!

[CoastalWx]

Pattern does not look bad after the torch. Maybe we don't track a 963mb monster, but it does not look bad.

[Damage In Tolland]

i miss the days of heavy wet snow. Been like 3-4 yrs since we've had a good wet snowstorm. Every event last year was this wind windblown powder..It has 0 lasting power. All of this will be gone everywhere by Sunday. Terrrible for snowpack

[weathafella]

Pattern does not look bad after the torch. Maybe we don't track a 963mb monster, but it does not look bad.

1993-94...bring it. I'm supposed to go to FL 1/13-20......but not sure this will happen as we're broke after having an unexpected 6 figure expense in 2010. 2010 kept the cosmic dildo going until yesterday....when there (for me) was some payback over an elephant's carcass.

[PineHillsWx]

There are exceptions, January 20-21st 1978 comes to mind...

Great example, that storm broke the 24 hour snowfall record for Boston to be followed two weeks late by the Bliz of 78.

[dendrite]

i miss the days of heavy wet snow. Been like 3-4 yrs since we've had a good wet snowstorm. Every event last year was this wind windblown powder..It has 0 lasting power. All of this will be gone everywhere by Sunday. Terrrible for snowpack

The valleys should keep it since it all blew off of your hill and into them.

[SC48]

My 15-25" call for mby was a joke, but the benefit to failing is that you can use it as a valuable learning experience.

Lesson learned: Never, EVER rely upon cf attributed, mesoscale phenomena to accumulate a snowfall of that magnitude and that is what I did.

Moving foreward, I am going to have to see the H5 low and mid levels lows ideally placed before I ever even entertain the notion of aiming that high again.

well at least you mad the very low end of your forecast. So it wasn't that bad of a guess. Between the 15" and estimate of 17.8" where I isn't that bad. Yes I wish we both hit the higher end of that 24-25", but hey not bad.

[cpickett79]

i miss the days of heavy wet snow. Been like 3-4 yrs since we've had a good wet snowstorm. Every event last year was this wind windblown powder..It has 0 lasting power. All of this will be gone everywhere by Sunday. Terrrible for snowpack

not in brockton 17 inches of paste from 2 qpf will stick around a bit longer.

ANYONE get a report out of blue hills.....seems the QPF map showed them getting creamed......any totals out of blue hills?

[DomNH]

The valleys should keep it since it all blew off of your hill and into them.

I saw his hill from 84 on Saturday...I think he does have a legitimate 1000 feet. I was a bit surprised.

[weathafella]

i miss the days of heavy wet snow. Been like 3-4 yrs since we've had a good wet snowstorm. Every event last year was this wind windblown powder..It has 0 lasting power. All of this will be gone everywhere by Sunday. Terrrible for snowpack

I'm going to go out to shovel but my neighbor (while shoveling) told me he was surprised at how heavy the snow was...as in less powdery than it appeared? I'll judge because maybe he was counting plowed areas which always wet up.

[DeVries]

i miss the days of heavy wet snow. Been like 3-4 yrs since we've had a good wet snowstorm. Every event last year was this wind windblown powder..It has 0 lasting power. All of this will be gone everywhere by Sunday. Terrrible for snowpack

Absolutely. I think there was an event in Jan/Feb 08 that was wet. Otherwise it has been powder storms the last several years. I remember back in the mid 90's when we had a couple real powerline-drooping storms.

[cpickett79]

well at least you mad the very low end of your forecast. So it wasn't that bad of a guess. Between the 15" and estimate of 17.8" where I isn't that bad. Yes I wish we both hit the higher end of that 24-25", but hey not bad.

17.8 this must be sarcasm?

[Bryan]

Basically done down here, going to take a break from weather after I think was 5 straight days tracking this. See you guys in a couple of days.

[DomNH]

Absolutely. I think there was an event in Jan/Feb 08 that was wet. Otherwise it has been powder storms the last several years. I remember back in the mid 90's when we had a couple real powerline-drooping storms.

Yeah we had a wet 5'' here in either '08 or '09 after a really wet 4-5'' in April '07.

[SC48]

17.8 this must be sarcasm?

No it's not sarcasm. Look at the accumulations on the PNS sight and you will see what happened.

[weathafella]

Also...many qpf reports will be adjusted upward as the melted didn't make it into the bucket. BOS had 0.31 officially from 7am yesterday to 7 am today and measured 16.5 snow to that point. Sorry, we did not get 50:1 ratios...lol..

[40/70 Benchmark]

Amem to the "fook this powder" sentiment, Kev.

Not only does it have more staying power, but more often than not, areas just inland like my locale find a way to get porked in the cold storms because the immediate shore ends being aided by oceanic contributions....I get the exhaust type subsidence in the wake of it.

Cement is also easier to measure.

Give me 32-33*, cf straddling, drippy, sloppy cement, while Boston rains, over this crap.

Hope Jerry and all of those guys enjoyed this one, though.

I'd rather lose to ORH, any day though. ...not Boston.

[DomNH]

No it's not sarcasm. Look at the accumulations on the PNS sight and you will see what happened.

Heavy heavy drift measuring. No way I got 9'' in Nashua and you got 18'' in Wilmington without CF enhancement.