HoarfrostHubb Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Post pictures of natural snow drifts... Against buildings, fences, whatever Not for snowpiles left by plows, snowblowers, or shovels For the Drifty Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Here's a good one to demonstrate the impossibility of getting a reliable measurement from this most recent storm. Not technically in New England, but only a few miles from the CT border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 27, 2010 Author Share Posted December 27, 2010 Very tasty! I love the part on the left hand side where it is all wavy. Great pasting on the house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Here's a good one to demonstrate the impossibility of getting a reliable measurement from this most recent storm. Not technically in New England, but only a few miles from the CT border. Now that is exactly what happened here in various spots on the lawn. I'll grab some shots tomorrow and post along with the thigh high drift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Post pictures of natural snow drifts... Against buildings, fences, whatever Not for snowpiles left by plows, snowblowers, or shovels For the Drifty Guy I will be out tomorrow scouring the countryside, should be some doozys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 Not the best, but we didn't get much snow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 Here's another. Birds will find it easy to get the sunflower seeds... if they can beat the squirrels... It also shows robbing Peter to pay Paul - almost bare ground ---> nearby drift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomNH Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Now that is exactly what happened here in various spots on the lawn. I'll grab some shots tomorrow and post along with the thigh high drift You know, that would kind of piss me off to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Here's another. Birds will find it easy to get the sunflower seeds... if they can beat the squirrels... It also shows robbing Peter to pay Paul - almost bare ground ---> nearby drift Just got done posting pcpn data @ CoCoRaHS.......my lawn isn't THAT wind-blown....but it sure makes "averaging" total snowfall a pain!! I ended up taking 6 measurements at various points where there APPEARED to be minimal blowing/drifting/compacting taking place.....that meant finding spots over TWO ACRES of property!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Lol...this is honestly how probably 90% of the storms are down my way. Always have huge drifts and areas of bare ground. Wind ftw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Lol...this is honestly how probably 90% of the storms are down my way. Always have huge drifts and areas of bare ground. Wind ftw! I'll take all snow and no wind during a storm unless it's wet snow that doesn't blow around. Just ruins things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Lol...this is honestly how probably 90% of the storms are down my way. Always have huge drifts and areas of bare ground. Wind ftw! I'll take all snow and no wind during a storm unless it's wet snow that doesn't blow around. Just ruins things I'm fortunate in that respect; hardly ever have to deal with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I'll take all snow and no wind during a storm unless it's wet snow that doesn't blow around. Just ruins things I love drifts. Wind makes everything so much more impressive. Who cares if it means 12" instead of 14 or 15". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 This snow was some of the deepest, heaviest snow that I can recall having to dig out of. Everything is concrete this AM. It's going to have to take a blast furnace to penetrate this stuff. The only drifting snow was the snow that fell during the day yesterday after the temps dropped below 32F. Everything is caked in snow. Side roads are a disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 This snow was some of the deepest, heaviest snow that I can recall having to dig out of. Everything is concrete this AM. It's going to have to take a blast furnace to penetrate this stuff. The only drifting snow was the snow that fell during the day yesterday after the temps dropped below 32F. Everything is caked in snow. Side roads are a disaster. There must be some huge piles down that way. That 17" must look like 27". Wet snow is impressive...congrats man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Here's a couple snow ruined shots that the wind destroyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Wow, there is going to be a lot of grass exposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Baroclinic Zone Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 There must be some huge piles down that way. That 17" must look like 27". Wet snow is impressive...congrats man. I put in 15" as my final tally. It's compressed down to about 8-10" because of how dense it is. The snow plow banks are solid concrete now with those huge ice chunks "death cookies" From a landscape perspective, it has the look of a substantial snowfall since it was really hard for the plows to move it around. I was lucky in that I was able to cash in on that front end thump to get to 9-10" before it changed to that rimed **** for a few hours around 8-11pm. Woke up to 3-4" more and then it snowed a couple more during the day yesterday. Pretty solid event but not a Jan 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Last bare disaster looking across street. Neighbors suffered same fate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 This is a pretty cool map. The BOX number should be a "1" and not a 2 but is shows perfectly the heavier finger of snow that shoots off towards me E from BOX. http://www.boston.com/news/weather/201012_snow_map/?p1=News_links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 man kev...that's rough...once the sun and 40F+ gets a hold of that....yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I put in 15" as my final tally. It's compressed down to about 8-10" because of how dense it is. The snow plow banks are solid concrete now with those huge ice chunks "death cookies" From a landscape perspective, it has the look of a substantial snowfall since it was really hard for the plows to move it around. I was lucky in that I was able to cash in on that front end thump to get to 9-10" before it changed to that rimed **** for a few hours around 8-11pm. Woke up to 3-4" more and then it snowed a couple more during the day yesterday. Pretty solid event but not a Jan 2005. not much is. hopefully not, but it might be a while before we doing something like that again. the 10-20" events are "common"...but get to widespread totals over 24" and you start entering 1/decade type events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 for those who don't venture into the main threads...this has to be watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 not much is. hopefully not, but it might be a while before we doing something like that again. the 10-20" events are "common"...but get to widespread totals over 24" and you start entering 1/decade type events. In the other thread I placed this 3rd in the snowfall department behind Jan 2005 and Dec 2009 but 2nd in the impact department once you factor in the winds. Only once did I drop to 1/4m vis with this storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 In the other thread I placed this 3rd in the snowfall department behind Jan 2005 and Dec 2009 but 2nd in the impact department once you factor in the winds. Only once did I drop to 1/4m vis with this storm. how much did you get in 4/97? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Some pics around the crib. 6' drift right there. Hedges fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 how much did you get in 4/97? I am talking since 2005. I was living in Foxboro in 1997 and we got like 24" I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I am talking since 2005. I was living in Foxboro in 1997 and we got like 24" I believe. Oh ok. Missed that part. Makes sense then. What about 12/9/05 in ktan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Oh ok. Missed that part. Makes sense then. What about 12/9/05 in ktan? I think that was 6" that fell in about 1-1/2hrs. Winds were not as prolonged as this one was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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