The Official 12/30 Storm Discussion Thread

[JD]

4-6 in town.

 

[danny p]

6"-8" on the ground here in northeast dutchess county!! more on the way tomorrow. as mentioned previously on AZ this has to be one of the best calendar years for snow ever, between last spring and this killer, killer, killer december. I'm using my snowshoes i got for christmas tomorrow, gonna go find some lines in my backyard!! better not find anyone on my lines! :wink:

 

[danny p]

checkout these season snow totals as of this morning from snocountry.com:

Jay Peak - 204"
Stowe - 145"
Smuggs - 137"
Sugarbush - 110"
Killington - 101"
MRG - 99"
Mt. Snow - 54"

 

[wa-loaf]

6+ here and still snowing, radar shows one more heavy band coming through.

There's another storm watch for tomorrow and they're predicting another 6-12". Might be a good night to head over to Wachusett.

 

[WJenness]

6+ here and still snowing, radar shows one more heavy band coming through.

There's another storm watch for tomorrow and they're predicting another 6-12". Might be a good night to head over to Wachusett.

Do you know what the timing is supposed to be tomorrow? I've got a fencing tournament at Noon in Waltham, and after that, I was thinking of heading out to Wa... My skis are at Mountainside already (dropped them off Thursday night for a fresh coat of wax), might be a nice night for some turns... assuming the lifts keep running.

-w

 

[Euler]

The snow just stopped here in the Mt. Snow Valley and it looks like we got a good 8-10 inches. It's a pretty dry, fluffy snow. Another foot coming tomorrow afternoon/night!!!

 

[wa-loaf]

Do you know what the timing is supposed to be tomorrow? I've got a fencing tournament at Noon in Waltham, and after that, I was thinking of heading out to Wa... My skis are at Mountainside already (dropped them off Thursday night for a fresh coat of wax), might be a nice night for some turns... assuming the lifts keep running.

-w

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

THIS HEAVY SNOW WARNING INCLUDES NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL TAPER OFF BY MID OR LATE MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.

TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT EARLY THIS MORNING...DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME IF YOU MUST DRIVE.

A SECOND STORM HAS PROMPTED THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TRAVEL DELAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING.

 

[KingM]

Another 6+ here in the MRV and still snowing. I really want to hit SB today, but the two younger kids only have MRG passes and they'll kill me if I go without them while they're out of school, so its looks like I'm forced to go back there yet again. Poor me.

 

[loafer89]

This has to be one of the worst NOAA forecasting errors I have ever seen, they should go back to meteorology school. We have about 2-3" of slop on the ground.

Extremely disapointing especially running back from Saddleback for nothing.

 

[loafer89]

Another forecast and the day before they still have no clue:

THAT SAID...A LOT COULD GO WRONG WITH THIS FORECAST. AM QUITE
CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS. FIRST OF ALL...THE UKMET MODEL
CONTINUES TO ALSO BE CONSISTENT...SHOWING SURFACE DEVELOPMENT
SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET...AT 00Z WED WHICH RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES INTO A
987 MB LOW AS IT HEADS NE TO THE S OF NOVA SCOTIA. THE 12-HOUR 500 MB
HEIGHT FALLS ARE TREMENDOUS OFF THE DELMARVA COAST AS VERY COLD
THICKNESSES BARREL EASTWARD OVER VIRGINIA. THIS MIGHT SUGGEST THAT
THE SURFACE DEVELOPMENT AND/OR 700 MB LOW DEVELOPMENT MIGHT BE
FARTHER SOUTH THAN CURRENTLY MODELED ON THE GFS OR ECMWF.

ALSO IN THE SAME CAMP AS THE UKMET IS THE 00Z NAM WHICH HAS STRONG
DEVELOPMENT SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET AND ITS MAXIMUM VERTICAL MOTION IS
PERFECTLY IN THE DENDRITIC SNOW GROWTH REGION. THE NAM WOULD LEAD TO
A FOOT OF SNOW OVER A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...FROM
BOSTON TO HARTFORD NORTHWARD. ALSO UNNERVING IS THE FACT THAT THE
00Z GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS HAVE A TIGHT CLUSTERING OF LOW PRESSURE
CENTERED NEAR THE BENCHMARK OF 40N 70W TUE EVENING. IRONICALLY...IN
THE PAST SEVERAL STORMS THOUGH...THE ENSEMBLES HAVE TRENDED IN TIME
CLOSER TO THE POSITION OF THE GFS OPERATIONAL RUN AND NOT THE OTHER
WAY AROUND.

 

[Zand]

B.U.S.T.

We maybe got 2-3" here. It wasn't even all snow last night. Hell, even Boston was supposed to be mainly snow and it was 37 and raining when I went to bed. I wonder if they even got the record?

 

[wa-loaf]

There were about six here, but there's so much water in it, it's already settled to about 4.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

A skiff of snow in Allentown..1.5 inches at Blue mountain..Apparently 4 inches at Camelback..