1/28 Storm Discussion Thread

[Greg]

Had big fat flakes and just heard the first few pings of sleet. Lame, but I'm cool if it stays sleet. Better than freezing rain...

 

[Zand]

Heavy snow here, 19 degrees. Change to sleet and then freezing rain coming later. Heading to Wachusett right now.

 

[gmcunni]

...I'm cool if it stays sleet. Better than freezing rain...

what is the difference?

 

[ozzy]

Freezing rain is an ice layer that coats everything.
sleet is more like granular or mand made snow

 

[Greg]

what is the difference?

Freezing rain falls as regular water and the freezes on contact. Sleet falls as frozen ice pellets. Sleet actually skis extremely well. Freezing rain will just crust up the snow that already fell.

 

[gmcunni]

Freezing rain is an ice layer that coats everything.
sleet is more like granular or mand made snow

Freezing rain falls as regular water and the freezes on contact. Sleet falls as frozen ice pellets. Sleet actually skis extremely well. Freezing rain will just crust up the snow that already fell.

gotcha.. freezing rain here in southern CT

 

[RootDKJ]

Total rain/freezing rain here now. Ground, streets and walkways are really frozen, so there's now a lot of ice build up everywhere.

 

[Jisch]

Still snowing like mad here in NE CT.

 

[JD]

Raining in VT. Nothing to see here.

 

[gladerider]

raining in northfield? that's not good.

 

[Greg]

raining in northfield? that's not good.

A weak attempt at sarcasm....

Good ole fashioned slizzard here. Better than rain...

 

[lerops]

It looks like Catskills turning into sleet, freezing rain, etc. Gore seems to be getting a lot of snow.

 

[MRGisevil]

working its way up the chain in Hartford- Im looking at mixed percip.

 

[loafer89]

After recieveing 4" of snow it's now freezing rain and 27.4F

 

[tjf67]

It looks like Catskills turning into sleet, freezing rain, etc. Gore seems to be getting a lot of snow.

I am in North Creek now and its coming down at over an inch an hour. Has been since 9:00 oclock.

 

[Johnskiismore]

We have a little over 2 inches on the ground, and the snow is coming down harder now

 

[Glenn]

Freezing rain here. Bab memories of the Great VT Ice Storm back in Dec.

 

[bvibert]

It's a mix here in Watertown, CT. Kind of a wet sleet I guess, definitely seems to be some straight up rain mixed in though.

 

[Johnskiismore]

Just reviewed NOAA, Snowforecast.com, and a couple of other weather sites, up to 20 inches up here by tomorrow morning!! Eastern POW legs will be ready!

 

[billski]

Just reviewed NOAA, Snowforecast.com, and a couple of other weather sites, up to 20 inches up here by tomorrow morning!! Eastern POW legs will be ready!

gonna be a mob scene at ski93 areas