12/31 Storm Discussion Thread

[LonghornSkier]

It looks like a little disturbance coming through.

 

[polski]

12/30 & 12/31?

NWS and Josh Fox are saying two clippers back-to-back, a small one late Mon/early Tues and a somewhat more potent one the next night into Wed. Not a whole lot of moisture with either but every little bit would help at this point.

Looks like a more substantial snowstorm is on tap for Friday night into Saturday.

 

[powderfreak]

3-6" looks like a good bet for the Wednesday clipper... centered on a Watertown-Montpelier-Bangor line. However, its a robust sucker and could dig deeper which might pull that max snowfall line further south into the Syracuse-Glens Falls-Rutland- Portland region.

 

[Johnskiismore]

Hey, even a few inches is a noce way to bring in the New Year!

 

[JD]

Hey, even a few inches is a noce way to bring in the New Year!

That's what I tell the wife, but I ussually get too drunk...

 

[Bostonian]

In watching the news this morning, Barry Burbank on channel 4 is forecasting 5+ inches north of the Mass Pike into southern New Hampshire. All this warm weather was beginning to get me down!

 

[billski]

Nws

 

[billski]

NWS Boston SEZ:

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-300915-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-
WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
403 AM EST MON DEC 29 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A BRIEF BAND OF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO
THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. BRIEF LOCALIZED HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD BRING A QUICK HALF INCH OF SNOW TO SOME
LOCATIONS. ITS POSSIBLE THAT SOME ROAD SURFACES MAY HAVE A COATING OF
SNOW ON THEM FOR THE TUESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING 2 TO 5 INCHES OF
SNOW TO MUCH OF THE REGION DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SLIGHTLY LESSER
AMOUNTS MAY FALL ON THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH COAST AND ISLANDS...IF SOME
OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS A PERIOD OF RAIN. THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY ON THE TRACK. IF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS A BIT
FURTHER NORTH THAN EXPECTED...A PERIOD OF RAIN WOULD OCCUR ACROSS
MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THIS WOULD CUT
DOWN ON THE EXPECTED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

THE SYSTEM IS A QUICK MOVER AND MOST OF THE SNOW SHOULD HAVE COME TO
AN END BY EARLY EVENING. THE EXCEPTION MAY BE THE OUTER-CAPE WHERE
OCEAN EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY BRING SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.



THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY OF A SIGNIFICANT STORM AFFECTING THE
REGION LATE FRIDAY INTO THE FIRST PART OF SATURDAY.
HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION TYPES ARE HIGHLY UNCERTAIN AND WILL DEPEND
ON THE EXACT TRACK. ITS A LONG WAY OFF AND THINGS CAN CHANGE...BUT IT
APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SOME ICE WILL BE ACROSS
THE INTERIOR.

 

[tcharron]

Wewt! Lookin good!

 

[Warp Daddy]

well teh first one left less then 2 inches this am no BIG deal

 

[drjeff]

Probably going to be a bust across Eastern CT, since most of the patients that were scheduled tommorrow for the 1/2 day we were working have already cancelled(generally speaking there's a strong correlation between increased early patient cancellations and decreased snowfall totals in my office ).

I'm guessing that it will also me pure panic/pandemonium when I stop at the grocery store on my way home from work tonight!

 

[tcharron]

WOW, My 3 day forcast went from 8" to 3.5".. :blink:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

WOW, My 3 day forcast went from 8" to 3.5".. :blink:

3.5 inches is nothing to complain about..at least that's what my last girlfriend said,.,:blink:

 

[riverc0il]

Eh, suck. That means New Years Day is going to be a cluster you know what with all the snow falling in the metro but not much up north. Good for ski area profits, bad for good skiing conditions and shorter lines. Here's looking forward to the weekend though!

 

[billski]

So southern VT will pick up 2-5".. I'm really astonished at the closed trail count all over.
Looks like Northern VT has the best conditions. Sugarbush picked up 6" today., jay and stowe are recover better than too.

 

[roark]

Eh, suck. That means New Years Day is going to be a cluster you know what with all the snow falling in the metro but not much up north. Good for ski area profits, bad for good skiing conditions and shorter lines. Here's looking forward to the weekend though!

I hate it when the metro area gets more snow than the mts.

 

[RootDKJ]

So southern VT will pick up 2-5".. I'm really astonished at the closed trail count all over.
Looks like Northern VT has the best conditions. Sugarbush picked up 6" today., jay and stowe are recover better than too.

can you post a link to the main page for this image?

 

[polski]

Root try http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/StormTotalSnow/

hmmm, where's that Ski Sundown place I keep reading so much about? :wink:

 

[RootDKJ]

Root try http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/StormTotalSnow/

hmmm, where's that Ski Sundown place I keep reading so much about? :wink:

YES!!!!! I love that link

 

[RootDKJ]

How do I find Storm Total Snow, for other area's? Love NWS, but there's so much data on there...