TalcottWx Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Tell you what...walking home from JP to my house in Brookline I was taken aback by how much freaking snow is on the ground. I haven't seen it this deep since 2005. I think your 5miles inland made a huge difference for you and JP. Either that or southie took a much bigger hit in the rain and warmth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Uh it's Jan, how bout Jan 05 or Jan 96 , It could happen tomorrow, you have time travel ability, make it so. ew yuck. How about Jan 2003? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGoose69 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 op and ens do a much nicer job of holding in HP this run. that would be welcomed. The GFS is simply faster with the evolution of the storm and as a result the high is still there....I posted in the NYC thread I think the verdict on this storm commences within the next 2 runs of the GFS (00 or 12 runs, 06 excluded) since the GFS generally becomes way more believable inside 96 hours...if the other models are correct to an extent on the slower evolution we will likely see the GFS lose the storm on the 00 run tonight or 12 tomorrow AM since it would jump into the 120+ period...remember the GFS is quite weak in that range and in recent years when the GFS has had a timing adjustment to a system it often loses it for a run or two as opposed to just pushing it later....so my feeling is as you watch the GFS roll in tonight hold you breath as it reaches taus 72-84 and hope you start seeing something developing in the Gulf...if you start seeing a major change thats bad news for the coastal Plain people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpickett79 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I was hoping this thing would do the ol stall. We need a dec 92 redux. I wanna run the gamut of hall of fame damaging storms this winter. Hoping for the blizz of 78 in a month and march '60 the next, and then apr 97 the next, and then may '77 the next. 200"+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I think your 5miles inland made a huge difference for you and JP. Either that or southie took a much bigger hit in the rain and warmth. You gotta get away from all the pavement and asphault. All the roads were treated and that limits the impressive look of the piles. Once you get into more residential neighborhoods, you notice the difference....at least that is what I noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 ew yuck. How about Jan 2003? Eww yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Tell you what...walking home from JP to my house in Brookline I was taken aback by how much freaking snow is on the ground. I haven't seen it this deep since 2005. I was helping a neighbor of my cousin shovel this morning and I was thinking "what the hell would they do with 2 feet of snow? one lane roads in Brookline I'd say. On the ground depth isn't tremendous..probably 15-18 inches, but the piles are unreal. What a beautiful scene. Out here we have over 2 ft on the ground but there is plenty of room. What a scene though...huge piles, pathways that have 3-4 feet on either side of them...look like tunnels, my dog gets lost in them. BWIOCoTFTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I was helping a neighbor of my cousin shovel this morning and I was thinking "what the hell would they do with 2 feet of snow? one lane roads in Brookline I'd say. On the ground depth isn't tremendous..probably 15-18 inches, but the piles are unreal. What a beautiful scene. Out here we have over 2 ft on the ground but there is plenty of room. What a scene though...huge piles, pathways that have 3-4 feet on either side of them...look like tunnels, my dog gets lost in them. BWIOCoTFTW I love the narrow streets. It's starting to get that look in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpickett79 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We haven't had a classic long duration snow storm for a while now. We need a good one with steady moderate to heavy snow for 24 hours straight N. Bristol and parts of Norfolk County Mass had this with the boxing day blizz. 18 inches or so in several areas....that was moderate (S+ at times) from late sun am to mon noon (and beyond) . But sure region wide would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 The MA'ers are eating each other alive in some of the other threads. I haven't been paying any attention to the Winter (or lack of) they've been having until Jerry remarked on seeing no snow down there on his flight home. I wondered why there haven't been any trolls. Here I thought it was just a new sense of decorum that was established here at American.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capecod04 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 The MA'ers are eating each other alive in some of the other threads. I haven't been paying any attention to the Winter (or lack of) they've been having until Jerry remarked on seeing no snow down there on his flight home. I wondered why there haven't been any trolls. Here I thought it was just a new sense of decorum that was established here at American.lol Oh its bad. Its like reading a transcript of a Jerry Springer episode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We are rooting for record snow depth's in SNE this season. So, the ski area's can have it another year. Ski areas are doing fine, MRG has picked up well over 5' new in the last 10 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Every time this pattern shifts it shifts to a cold and snowy take. It's unreal. Let it continue. Think about it.... a period with two big KUs 2 weeks apart (with a warmup in between) 12" here in one and 22" in the next 2nd KU ushers in cold, no more warmups and a series of small storms in a week 1.5, 7.5, 2.5, 5 now a set up for a big coastal storm as the NAO starts tanking... What's next? gradient pattern with swfes? Why not? It's an Nina. I have more than 50 inches in just over 3 weeks.I'm looking at the very real possibility of having 70 inches of snow in a 4 week period. Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Oh its bad. Its like reading a transcript of a Jerry Springer episode LOL, like a pack of hyenas nipping at each others backsides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I love the narrow streets. It's starting to get that look in my area. One of the things I don't miss from my years in Cambridge is the parking situation in these types of winters. Many of my neighbors in E. Cambridge still followed the shovel your space and put out a saw horse or garbage can to hold it while you're gone. Usually about a 48-72 hour respect period for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Every time this pattern shifts it shifts to a cold and snowy take. It's unreal. Let it continue. Think about it.... a period with two big KUs 2 weeks apart (with a warmup in between) 12" here in one and 22" in the next 2nd KU ushers in cold, no more warmups and a series of small storms in a week 1.5, 7.5, 2.5, 5 now a set up for a big coastal storm as the NAO starts tanking... What's next? gradient pattern with swfes? Why not? It's an Nina. I have more than 50 inches in just over 3 weeks.I'm looking at the very real possibility of having 70 inches of snow in a 4 week period. Unreal. LOL, 53+" here this month. More on the way. Then Feb, March, April and one last elevation bomb in May. CoT FThistoricW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 The Euro actually looks better than I thought, good job Scooter. Also nice ageo feed from a building ridge in the GL, silly talking about it now but hey why not. Again though holy winds inflow from a volatile Gulf Stream due to antecedant cold. Looks like the ridge above the GL is the same strength as the one retreating ne. just enough space in between to bring it north but enough conribution from the gl high to keep it cold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I was helping a neighbor of my cousin shovel this morning and I was thinking "what the hell would they do with 2 feet of snow? one lane roads in Brookline I'd say. On the ground depth isn't tremendous..probably 15-18 inches, but the piles are unreal. What a beautiful scene. Out here we have over 2 ft on the ground but there is plenty of room. What a scene though...huge piles, pathways that have 3-4 feet on either side of them...look like tunnels, my dog gets lost in them. BWIOCoTFTW It occasionally happens and it's a clusterf*ck. You can't walk anywhere but the middle of the road. In Coolidge Corner, they have huge front end loaders removing the snow banks. That's when I start to howl but they don't care....a shanda!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 It has occurred to me that this is a 2000-01 winter suppressed 30 miles SE. That's why the Boston area is cashing in so much better and why SE MA while above normal is struggling more. Just a thought.... Reminds me of 09-10 just further northeast and with a new england twist. blocking has predominated but not been as suppressive so storms further north. The NE twist is the little storms that keep coming in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Whenever the models try to warm us up, some other index keeps us cold. It's like the models have stopped trying...knowing we're in an unreal winter...one that is rare and only happens a few times in a long life. For me (understanding I lived in CA 11/76-7/91), those winters are 1955-56, 1960-61, 1965-66 (upstate NY freshman year in college), 1968-69 (senior year in college...16 inches 11/12 up in Ithaca, home (northern NJ) for the Lindsay storm, 1993-94, 1995-96, 2004-05. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 pretty much got my bases covered for next week. in nyc for work Monday - Tues morn. sched to fly to Buffalo late afternoon Tues flying home to MHT Wed eve. If it is an early developer I stay in NYC, flight cancelled and enjoy the blizzard for a bit, hop on Amtrak and get home for the good stuff up here. If it goes west I just stay an extra day in Buf. If the 2 options above don't work out and the storm comes in too late to cancel my flt from nyc and too early for me to get home from Buf, then I will come up with a reason to cancel Buf. Sound familiar Jerry? I bet you think like this all the time. I figure on Sunday I'll have a handle on the timing, leaving enough time to cancel Buf if I must. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 It occasionally happens and it's a clusterf*ck. You can't walk anywhere but the middle of the road. In Coolidge Corner, they have huge front end loaders removing the snow banks. That's when I start to howl but they don't care....a shanda!! well i meant what would they do with 2 MORE feet of snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 pretty much got my bases covered for next week. in nyc for work Monday - Tues morn. sched to fly to Buffalo late afternoon Tues flying home to MHT Wed eve. If it is an early developer I stay in NYC, flight cancelled and enjoy the blizzard for a bit, hop on Amtrak and get home for the good stuff up here. If it goes west I just stay an extra day in Buf. If the 2 options above don't work out and the storm comes in too late to cancel my flt from nyc and too early for me to get home from Buf, then I will come up with a reason to cancel Buf. Sound familiar Jerry? I bet you think like this all the time. I figure on Sunday I'll have a handle on the timing, leaving enough time to cancel Buf if I must. Most certainly! I was already to bale Tuesday but the storm bar was too low. The main thing I do is avoid travel during the snow months whenever possible. But this year I just went to FL this week for work and need to go to Chicago around 3/20. Getting out of a FL trip will take some work but I have an ironclad excuse keeping me in town through 3/4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I was hoping this thing would do the ol stall. We need a dec 92 redux. I wanna run the gamut of hall of fame damaging storms this winter. Hoping for the blizz of 78 in a month and march '60 the next, and then apr 97 the next, and then may '77 the next. La Epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Every time this pattern shifts it shifts to a cold and snowy take. It's unreal. Let it continue. Think about it.... a period with two big KUs 2 weeks apart (with a warmup in between) 12" here in one and 22" in the next 2nd KU ushers in cold, no more warmups and a series of small storms in a week 1.5, 7.5, 2.5, 5 now a set up for a big coastal storm as the NAO starts tanking... What's next? gradient pattern with swfes? Why not? It's an Nina. I have more than 50 inches in just over 3 weeks.I'm looking at the very real possibility of having 70 inches of snow in a 4 week period. Unreal. whats your depth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 It occasionally happens and it's a clusterf*ck. You can't walk anywhere but the middle of the road. In Coolidge Corner, they have huge front end loaders removing the snow banks. That's when I start to howl but they don't care....a shanda!! they pull that crap here, i hate that. i guess you have to do it in an urban center. fortunately i live in the burbs so i have my retreat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Most certainly! I was already to bale Tuesday but the storm bar was too low. The main thing I do is avoid travel during the snow months whenever possible. But this year I just went to FL this week for work and need to go to Chicago around 3/20. Getting out of a FL trip will take some work but I have an ironclad excuse keeping me in town through 3/4. My bar for up here is when a storm is likely to be 12+...that is worth pissing people off and losing money. If it is a 10 incher I find it fun to come home to and oddly I don't miss it so much. Missing a 12+ is deep emotional pain that I dont' wish to subject myself to. My partner's birthday is late Feb. He wanted to go to New Orleans or Miami, but spring break meant hotels were full and airfares expensive, so he switched to Vermont! Phew.... Good that you are set thru 3/4...lots gonna happen between now and then. Beautiful walk in the thick veil this morning from Coolidge down to Manchester Rd. 2 inch an hour for a bit and I was out in it. Great fun up here in the countryside but something special about heavy snow in an urban area. When are you buying your far interior or north country camp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 whats your depth? most emotional and intellectual depth is extraordinary. my snow depth is somewhere near or just above 24. Just home tonight so will measure tomorrow. 7-8 inches of fluff added on top of about 20 when I left Wed am. Amazing how fast it compresses even in this cold. The wet snow sleet and bit of rain solidified it though and there is a 1/2 inch thick crust just under the new fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 most emotional and intellectual depth is extraordinary. my snow depth is somewhere near or just above 24. Just home tonight so will measure tomorrow. 7-8 inches of fluff added on top of about 20 when I left Wed am. Amazing how fast it compresses even in this cold. The wet snow sleet and bit of rain solidified it though and there is a 1/2 inch thick crust just under the new fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 My bar for up here is when a storm is likely to be 12+...that is worth pissing people off and losing money. If it is a 10 incher I find it fun to come home to and oddly I don't miss it so much. Missing a 12+ is deep emotional pain that I dont' wish to subject myself to. My partner's birthday is late Feb. He wanted to go to New Orleans or Miami, but spring break meant hotels were full and airfares expensive, so he switched to Vermont! Phew.... Good that you are set thru 3/4...lots gonna happen between now and then. Beautiful walk in the thick veil this morning from Coolidge down to Manchester Rd. 2 inch an hour for a bit and I was out in it. Great fun up here in the countryside but something special about heavy snow in an urban area. When are you buying your far interior or north country camp? Yes...basically a MECS is high enough. Even today's would have been missable but I love these fluff events so I'm glad I was home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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