2/3 Storm Discussion Thread

[Glenn]

Still staying offshore to the SE. Maybe it'll work closer. How come the mets always get the good forecasts wrong and the bad ones right?

x2

And I keep telling myself little nothing is a lot better than what they were calling for this storm to drop last week.

 

[drjeff]

Time to do a google search for secret powder stash areas on Nantucket and Martha'a Vineyard

The problem nowadays seems to be that probably 95% of the storms that get a 500+ page thread going over on the Accuweather forums, rarely will materialize with more than 10% of the hype that people try and build them up to be

 

[billski]

NWS seems to have upped the forecast slightly.
NWS Nuggets from 555AM:
ANOTHER TRICKY WINTER WEATHER EVENT TO FORECAST

EVEN AT THIS HOUR...MODELS ARE STILL HAVING ISSUES

...WHICH POINTS TOWARD A GOOD DEAL OF
UNCERTAINTY FOR TODAY.
THE MAX AXIS OF SNOWFALL SHOULD BE IN A SW-NE FASHION ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASS.

FURTHER NORTH AND WEST...WE FEEL AS THOUGH ENOUGH SNOW WILL FALL LATE
THIS MORNING/THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT TO WARRANT ADVISORIES AS
WELL /2 TO 5 INCH VARIETY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE/
Issues? The Models have issues? Where's the shrink!

 

[billski]

Looks like Magic is getting a sweet little dump right now!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Boston is almost double their average snowfall to this point..

 

[severine]

At least it's snowing here right now. I hate niar.

 

[hardline]

been snowing here all day all be it lightly. leaving to go to the creek in few. i wonder how much north jerz got

 

[Jisch]

solid 4" on the ground here and still snowing, but it looks like the blue is about to move out.

 

[kingslug]

Snowing hard in NYC....and everyone is just soooooooooo happy about it!

 

[roark]

Go get it Cape Cod!

 

[Dr Skimeister]

been snowing here all day all be it lightly. leaving to go to the creek in few. i wonder how much north jerz got

If you went to Creek you probably know this by now, but we got 4-6" here.

 

[loafer89]

Wachusett had about 2" new when we left at 6:00pm and it was snowing very hard. We have 4" of new snow here in Northeastern Connecticut.

 

[twinplanx]

Snowing hard in NYC....and everyone is just soooooooooo happy about it!

No doubt. Just once I'd like to hear a weather person put a positive spin on a winter storm event.:flame: Get out of the way, move to Fla. already...

 

[Johnskiismore]

Not even a lone snowflake for us up here

 

[Greg]

Picked up 3-ish inches here.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Solid 3 inches of snow..I just cleared my car off..somewhere between mush and powder in consistency..definitely good basebuilding snow..it looks like Bear Creak got a fresh four inches..more than Jackson Hole and Grand Targhee..

 

[ALLSKIING]

We picked up about 5 inches. This winter on LI has been one of the best snow wise I can remember. The town has already used up there budget for snow removal and its early Feb. If only we had a place to ski. :-(

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

We have an actual snowpack here which should last until this weekends thaw..

 

[billski]

I'm off to Minnesota this weekend, I was looking forward to seeing what real cold is like. However, the locals tell me that it will be up to 30 degrees, a veritable heat wave, and that I needn't bother to bring my coat!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I'm off to Minnesota this weekend, I was looking forward to seeing what real cold is like. However, the locals tell me that it will be up to 30 degrees, a veritable heat wave, and that I needn't bother to bring my coat!

You should ski Lutsen..