Sunday AM Update

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3:03AM original discussion

11:59AM edit for time period and final snow amounts

You know that classic video game, Pac-Man? Think of Pac-Man as the dry air coming in from the north and west, eating away at the edges of the developing ocean monster. This has been the basis of the sharp drop off in forecast snow totals as you move inland away from the coast. We’ve been seeing this play out in the early stages of part 2 of the weekend snow event, as dry air has been making it very difficult for snow from the leftover frontal snow band to reach the ground, and will continue to do so with the western flank of the developing storm. The moisture will finally become enough to throw accumulating snow into the region, but again with a very sharp gradient. There is basically no change to the amounts posted in the last update, though with the dry air in play, it’s possible that a few of these amounts may not be reached. The wind will be a more significant factor in the storm, with gusts in the 45-55 MPH range from the north to northwest as the storm bombs out over the water while passing not that far east of New England. The strong and gusty winds will continue through Sunday night and well into Presidents Day Monday before relaxing. Dry air which completely takes over and shuts the snow off during Sunday afternoon (lastly on Cape Cod where some ocean-effect snow will linger) will dominate the region Sunday night through Monday.

The next weather system arrives Tuesday with a chance of some light snow/mix/rain and as it wraps up in eastern Canada it drags more cold air for midweek which will also be windy.

Watching yet another low pressure area which may bring snow/mix to the region by Friday night and Saturday.

Updated forecast for southeastern New England…

THIS AFTERNOON: Snow gradually tapers off from west to east in eastern areas while to the west clouds may thin and break to allow partial sun. Final snow accumulations ranging from 1-4 inches inland to 4-8 inches coast, highest amounts RI and parts of SE MA especially the coastline and Cape Cod. Temperatures steady 20-25. Wind N to NNW 15-35 MPH with gusts 35-55 MPH, strongest along the coast. Blowing and drifting snow.

TONIGHT: Clearing west to east. Lows 14-19. Wind NW 15-30 MPH with higher gusts. Wind chill below 10 at times.

MONDAY – PRESIDENTS DAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 30-35. Wind NW 15-30 MPH.

TUESDAY: Clouding over. PM snow/mix to rain. Low 20. High 42.

WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy. Scattered PM snow showers. Low 18. High 30.

THURSDAY: Partly cloudy. Isolated AM snow showers. Low 13. High 33.

FRIDAY: Sunny start, cloudy finish, chance of snow at night. Low 11. High 34.

SATURDAY: Cloudy. Chance of snow. Low 21. High 35.

332 thoughts on “Sunday AM Update”

  3. After a glance at 4z short range model I took a tad more off the snow totals. Not feeling this doing anything major, other than wind.

  4. Newton: snow is light/moderate.

    Joe Joyce snow map: dusting central/western; 2-4 in Boston; 4-6 in SE MA; and 6+ outer Cape and Nantucket

  6. Logan at 35.7 inches of snow for the season, so a bit more than 4 inches today would bring the seasonal total to 40+ inches. A few weeks ago, who would have thought that ?

  8. Happy spring break to all in Florida 🙂

    Jacksonville : 29F, Panama City : 29F, Orlando : 39F, Fort Myers : 44F

    Miami : 49F

  10. 2.5 inches here so far and snow moderately, back edge of precip is slowly moving out of Worcester and ct, I don’t think it snows past 9 am

      1. It’s not snowing in Hartford and moving slowly east off and on light to at times moderate snow, alot of the heavier banding has moved off shore

  11. Today’s AccuWeather Trivia Quiz.

    Chionophobia is a fear of what? (And no don’t look it up!)
    A. Snow
    B. Ice
    C. Light
    D. Winter

    Answer later today.

      1. Sorry Tom, no D from me, although I do people who are actually afraid of the winter 🙂 They go to FL!!!

  13. 2″ here in Holden. On the backend now. Can’t imagine more than another 1/2″ to come.

    Way off from my 4″ expectation.

  14. Sitting under that moderate snow band on south shore. Streets, as to be expected, are snow covered and icy (it was 34F down here last night with wet roads from the snow last evening). I’m guessing an inch, but its so windy that near the cars, there’s already 4 or 5 inches in one spot and most everywhere else exposed to the wind has a dusting.

  15. It’s not coming down heavy, light snow mainly with some occasional moderate snow, still about 2.5 inches

  18. I did not see one snow flake from this storm system in western CT. Dry air and the track was not a good setup for accumulating snow here. Next two systems look of a mix or plain rain.
    For the trivia I am going with C.

  19. Light dusting of snow here in VT. Very cold so activities will be indoor, going to maple farm to see how the syrup is made.

  20. BZ had most of the area I side 95 at 4-6 range. This is not ending up 9 am looking at radar maybe more like 12-3 pm.

  21. We have about 1.5″-2″ in Sherborn @ 7:30AM – took the dog for a walk, extremely dry/powdery snow. Plows just went by… so I guess it qualifies as plowable snow in our town.

  22. So Charlies says snow stops by 9am…Hadi says 12-3pm…what is it about this storm that no one can agree on anything…even this late in the game? 🙂

  26. Light to barely moderate wind blown snow Framingham. Looks like less than an inch so far. Enough to make what we had white.

  30. Logan 20 minutes ago reported S+, with .25 miles visibility and Marshfield also reporting .25 miles visibility. So, I’d say that dark green band is fairly indicative of decent snow falling.

  32. It needs to start snowing on the Cape soon for my forecast amounts to have a hope of verifying there. 😉

  33. Snow is lightening up to just light snow, it’s really not accumulating anymore, it’s more blowing around than anything

  34. One thing that’s becoming clear (actually already was, IMO) is that NWS over-forecast the spread of the moderate amounts. Not going to verify quite like that.

    1. I would also say that NWS overextended the Winter Storm Warning until 7:00 pm which makes absolutely no sense with the snow ending by noon at the latest.

      1. I’m not tk but I think it ends in the next hr west and the next 2 hrs east but the cape may snow until 2 or 3 pm from what I see, it’s just a light snow now here and the back edge of precip is literally 10 miles west of me, it will completely stop here in next 15-30 min, hope it helps 🙂

      2. Before noon I believe. I’m already cleaning up now. There will be some wind blowing it around so you may have to move a drift or pile that the wind makes.

  35. I heard Elliot Abrams on WBZ radio say that if the storm was 50-60 miles closer we would have definitely had a repeat of 1-2 feet of snow…talk about a close shave.

    As much as I like snow, that would have been waaay too much deal with again within a week. If nothing else, I don’t think there is any place to put a lot of snow right now. At least back in 1978 we had about a 2+ week break between snowstorms.

  36. NWS Discussion for this morning is that there will be a Rex Block setup for next weekend which will promote ridging in the east and troughing in the west.

    I guess in other words…moderating temps for us. The TV mets have yet to pick up on this since all I have seen so far is snowflakes for days 6-7.

      1. If I understand the Rex Block correctly, it should mean little or no snow for us and lots of snow for the west.

  37. Repost for those interested in answering the Quiz.

    Today’s AccuWeather Trivia Quiz.

    Chionophobia is a fear of what? (And no don’t look it up!)
    A. Snow
    B. Ice
    C. Light
    D. Winter

    Answer later today.

  38. Moderate to heavy snow continues, as its been for the last hour, maybe hour and a half. Probably have picked up 1.5 to 2 inches of fluff in the last hour alone. Piling up quickly, if that band of snow doesnt move much the next couple hrs and maintains its intensity, I can see where a narrow strip of coastal eastern Mass may verify with several inches of snow. Very low visibility, windy, very cold, decent intensity snowfall, its been the best to watch this winter, as most of Nemo occurred overnight in the dark.

    1. Yes Tom, that band is maintaining itself quite nicely inside 128 and the entire coastline. Even Worcester as of this posting still looks to have steady light snow.

  39. My bet is this time around, Logan gets more snow than JP and other parts of the city.

    Hadi, OS…do you agree?

  41. Taunton is the highest total so far in MA. Hmmmmmm………… 😉

    (“Get out there and MAKE that forecast verify!”) J/K

    1. It’s crazy cause I’m in Lincoln ri about 2 inches here, and it’s not even snowing here, heading to north attleboro now

  42. less than 1 inch here in billerica. blowing of the thin layer of powder. WHAT A STORM!!!……..NOT

    interesting set up for the upcoming week.

  43. Stlle snowing good here in JP. High end light to occasionally moderate. Visibility
    1/2 to 3/4 mile.

    “about” 2 inches on the ground is all. Sure looks like TK nailed this one.
    Great job!

    To be truthful, I was expecting more when I looked out. It was a disappointment
    to be sure. 😀

    However, it really looks Wintry out there.
    😀

    1. That storm is WAY out there and the back end of snow is collapsing to the coast fairly quickly. I don’t see it lasting too much longer.

        1. NWS:

          SNOW BAND IS CONGEALING ACROSS E/SE MA AND RI…PIVOTING WITH THE OFFSHORE LOW PRESSURE. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS BAND RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AS LOW AS HALF A MILE.

  45. I think the 3-6 inch number will verify within 95 corridor.

    Very interesting here in VT, at smugglers light snow all morning but once we drive out of the resort away from it much clearer. They have 150 inches of natural snow? Is thar possible I can’t believe that.

    1. I haven’t hit 2 inches yet and I’m inside 95. Vis is 1/2 mile and we’re right on the back edge of the moderate band now. If I get to 3 it has to hurry…

      1. Others locations have gotten to the 3 inch mark and I bet some will come in closer to 5 or 6. As you know TK not every location will verify on high end 🙂

      2. You’re inside 128, not the line that would connect I95 South of
        the City and I95 North of the City. 😀 😀

  47. Accuweather posts at 9:10am – “Live: Near-Blizzard Conditions Slamming Boston”
    Did I miss something? 🙂

  48. About 5 inches in East Greenwich, RI. Snowing very lightly.

    Someone mentioned a Rex Block forming by next weekend, which could spell the end of winter around here. Yes, this is possible, and it is in some of the models. However, I’d say let’s wait a few days to see if that long-range forecast verifies. The same people (NWS) who are now forecasting a Rex Block by next week, just last week said it would be very cold in New England through early March with numerous chances of snow. I think that this late winter and early spring is going to be very tricky to forecast (sort of like this weekend’s storm), with lots of model inconsistency, lots of variability, in other words, a typical New England late winter/early spring.

    By the way, a Dutchman would consider today’s storm a storm, because in Dutch (and most European languages) parlance storms are associated with low pressure and wind (need to be at least gale force gusts) and have nothing to do with amounts of precipitation. A foot of snow with little or no wind would not be considered a storm, according to a Dutch weather person. In fact, most storms in Holland produce very little rain and mostly wind. From what I could tell this weekend storm has produced quite a bit of wind with not much liquid.

        1. I am on the east side of North Attleboro though right near 95 and it is still showing decent echoes on the radar.

  53. Hadi had mentioned 150 inches of natural snow at Smuggler’s Notch. That’s possible, but not likely, in my view (I keep tabs on these sorts of things, as my sister lives in Vermont). This has not been a bonanza season for snowfall up north. Much, much better than last year, but the coastal events have barely touched the mountains. So, for the most part, they’ve been experiencing moisture-poor clipper systems.

    1. I agree Joshua very odd amount that’s it’s posted at the resort. Need to go back and check it out. I was exhausted yesterday checking in 🙂

    1. I’m not TK, and I’m sure he’ll give you a forecast, but from my perspective the Tuesday storm is a good set-up for decent mountain snow.

  55. Just got up here in Hingham (nursing a Sinus infection and a mild case of Vertigo). We have roughly 3-4 inches on the ground with moderate to sometimes heavy snow falling and the wind is whipping at times over 30 easily. Plows and sanders have been out this morning. Roads look bad.

    1. Keith take care and feel better. It seems everyone I talk to has same thing but ends up in different areas (eg lungs, sinuses, broncs) depending on a persons weakness. And residual lasts for weeks

      1. Thanks Vicki. The dizziness came first (sometime last week) then I could feel the sinus pressure over the past couple of days. On the 3 day Zpack now and I can feel it starting to work. The dizziness was the worst part. My son is home from college so I’ll get him to help shovel out here later this afternoon. Still coming down at a moderate clip here in Hingham.

  57. I’m not sure what to say hadi, I’m in north attleboro and there’s a house a little over a mile away and I can see it clearly, it’s just flurrying now

    1. Per radar you can tell it’s getting much lighter in your area. Visibility has even gone up a bit inside 95 NW of Boston as well.

      The NWS is not going to verify their inland snow amounts. They went too high, too far west. Even some of the amounts closer to the coast won’t pan out for them completely. Some areas will, but I covered this possibility in the discussions.

  63. Natick on ch 5 reporting near 4 inches. I wonder if they got a hit or are measuring a drift. We sure didnt get 4 here that I can see but haven’t been out. So maybe but that doesn’t seem to verify with what I’m reading here????

    2. From my electronic snow capturer it says 3.2 in north attleboro but who knows there prolly try to say 6 fell here too Vicki 🙂

  64. With temperature in the upper teens to middle 20s and a strong north wind, you don’t even need heavy snow to make it nasty. When you break this down, the storm is behaving as expected. The GFS was completely wrong with the big amounts. Wow, what a surprise… We’ll see what the final #’s are because obviously it’s going to snow a good part of the day from the immediate coast through Cape Cod.

    Still snowing in Woburn, but the visibility is lower due to blowing snow now than it is due to falling snow. Very difficult to measure but it’s close to 2 inches.

    1. Yeah going out soon…funny it’s so windy out I am seeing snow out my window going from the ground up to the sky! HA.

    2. Still nasty here in Hingham. When the wind dies down I would say visb is between 1/4 and a 1/2 mile. Not many cars out there and the roads are bad but do seem to be improving a little as plows have been by frequently.

    1. It’s like a total joke now isn’t it. It’s like way down there on my list of models and has been for a while. Not that it’s a surprise, I trash it all the time.

      It needs an “extreme makeover for sure”.

      The King was spot on with this storm days ago and didn’t waiver to speak of.

  69. Hope everyone has a great day this area the storms over, I’ll check back later this afternoon, gotta eat something for lunch 🙂

  71. Charlie you know I was just joking around with you :). There can sometimes be different intensities from one side of town to the other, just like TK and WeatherWiz in Woburn.

    1. Yeah true…TK and I see difference. I THINK I am at a higher elevation than he is as well…micro-climates and such.

    3. Totally understand, I don’t get upset though it may sound like it, I’m really very easy going haha have a good snowy day north 🙂

  74. It just keeps coming !! Continuing with moderate snow, I think the visibility has been less than 1/2 mile since around 7:30am. The snow is back to tiny flakes, looks like an extremely thick drizzle. Guessing 5 or 6 inches and with plenty of big drifts around. This has been a decent hit for the coastal south shore area !

  76. The staying power for coastal sections is impressive, I do think the cape will verify along with coastal sections but personally though just about every weather outlet including woods hill weather was professional and didn’t really jump the gun with what some models were indicating but it was super closecall, this could have been a Biggie for everyone and not just coast and cape cod

    1. It was a closer call than some realize. But had to go with what I felt would materialize. Still, a few areas I could have done better. Already know that I under-forecast parts of RI.

  77. Blizzard conditions on route 53 this morning from Hanover to Weymouth. Complete whiteouts when the wind blew when driving. White knuckled all the way.

    3. Just shows you don’t need big snow accumulations to make it dangerous. Just enough falling and blowing snow to do what you have been experiencing. Glad you are safe.

  78. Still snowing at a decent clip in Quincy! Been going since about 7am this morning. Went out and shoveled about an hour or so ago had around 3″. Streets are very bad be careful everyone.

  79. NWS lowered their top end amounts and trimmed back their amounts to the west, finally.

    Pretty much matches with WHW & WBZ. 🙂

  81. Stopped snowing in Sudbury but wind has picked up. Haven’t been out so don’t know how much snow we have yet.

    1. Are you sure you’re not seeing more blowing than falling snow now? Green bands on NWS radar are now confined to Cape Ann, South Shore, & Cape Cod.

  83. Still coming down pretty good in Plymouth. Hubby is off to do snow removal at his work and the boys and I will be on the couch watching movies. Love a lazy snowy Sunday.

    2. I love lazy snow days – especially when there isn’t much shoveling to do. We had a nice fire, french toast and my daughter and grandson for company (SIL is working). Last I heard there is a movie in the future for at least daughter and grandson also.

        1. Right now he’s battling fire pits and being chased by kitties on some other game he’s playing… 🙂

    1. Going to guess Marshfield will report somewhere around 6-7 inches of snow. Its the kind that on Tuesday, with a bit milder temps and some rain will condense to an inch or two in the snap of a finger.

  86. Wind is still blowing snow, north attleboro roads as usual r terrible, but the towns around north attleboro r mainly clear

    1. Charlie how is Wrentham? We are heading down to Cracker Barrel around 4:30-5:00 to meet daughter, SIL and kids. You think all will be clear by then?

    2. Yes they are. They could do a better job on the side roads. The state roads like Rt. 1 are in good shape though.

  87. Observed snow amounts range from 1.8 to 5.5 inches across WHW’s forecast area as of 12:30PM. Still a little more to come South Shore thru Cape Cod.

  88. Good lord, I see the nws has a chance of snow and rain next Saturday. I need two clear weekend days to get a roof completed in Weymouth. I can rock or plaster until its done.

    1. Been eying the Feb 22-24 period for some time now. I think we may see some kind of overrunning or low pressure wave passing south of us event.

    1. Makes sense, they reported either heavy snow or moderate snow from 12:54 to 17:54 on their obs (5 hrs). Lets see, that would put them at 40.8 inches for the season, I believe. I think they started this event at 35.7 inches.

  90. Here are predictions

    MikeyMac 79.0
    John 76.5
    Coastal 62.0
    Old Salty 60.0
    Nick 56.8
    North 55.7
    tjammer 54.0
    Hadi 53.9
    Haterain 52.3
    Mark 50.3
    Cat966g 50.0
    Kirbet 48.0
    Retrac 46.0
    Scott 45.0
    Shreedhar 43.0
    Shotime 42.5
    DS 41.5
    TK 39.3
    Kane 38.5
    Philip 37.4
    JimmyJames 37.4
    Sue 36.2
    Captain 33.0
    Longshot 33.0
    Tom 31.0
    Matt 30.0
    Scott77 29.0
    Joshua 27.0
    AceMaster 25.9
    Rainshine 24.0
    Charlie 21.3
    Vicki 18.3

        1. Seriously!

          I won’t be selfish, though. I’d be happy to give up my spot for another one or two good storms!

        1. 1978’s winter produced a few shots like that.

          Others have too.

          It’s nothing new. 🙂

          But it’ still spectacular to see.

          1. I wonder how often the big ones were followed by above normal temps – enough to melt 75% in less than a week?

            1. At this time of year, quite a few have been. We had big snow in 1983 (12-18 inches) that was followed by temps in the 50s and 60s.

              Mid to late season storms in 1987, 1982, and 1997 were also followed by mild periods and rapid melting.

  95. After being out shoveling and looking in the protected areas, if Marshfield reports in the final snow totals, I think 7 inches is a guarantee, but a report of 8 wouldn’t surprise me either. Lot of snow, have to go deal with the 1 to 2 ft drifts around the car later and the street plow stuff too.

      1. I’m very happy with your forecast too !! Nice to be the high end snowfall once in a while. 🙂

        Seriously though, excellent job as always TK !!!

        1. Enjoy your blowing & drifting. You have many hours to come of that. We are having some serious blowing snow up here even with just the 2.5 inches we got.

          1. For sure ! My neighbor was snowblowing and the fine mist of snow was traveling in the air right down the street.

            Clean up, I’ll be doing that once. We’re actually on the road tomorrow to CT for a bit during school break, so, I wont worry about it too much ! 🙂

      2. Yes, excellent job TK and good for you to be in the jackpot area for once Tom. Hope it doesn’t have too much of a negative impact on the clean up efforts.

        1. We have enough snow that I tried to pile it on the old snow banks from Nemo and am hoping that might hold the snow back from the walkway and driveway again.

  97. When will this wind stop? Awful…keeps blowing the snow right back in my driveway. Also, is this normal? Seems like every snow event we’ve had has come with near hurrican gales…what happened to the simple snow storms that would end and the sun would come out after? 🙁

    1. We had some snow events without much wind. You’re thinking of the last 2. And yes it’s normal to get a series of them. Nothing about this winter is all that unusual based on observations I’ve been making since the early 1970s. 🙂

      Wind keeps up through tomorrow afternoon.

        1. Abnormal when compared to the average temperature for the date, as would be the very cold air that we have right now as this storm departs. Those averages come from the extremes.

    2. It seems the majority of weather events – no matter the season – have had high winds for about a year or better now

    1. Yeah seriously…I have “cyclones” in my driveway of snow…literal tornados…keeps building up the snow. On the back of my house…and this is frustrating…another cyclone keeps pulling snow off the ground and putting it on the roof!

      1. Wild. I was going to clear my driveway but the wind stripped it clean. I think all the new snow will end up in the woods before the day is out.

        1. You are lucky! When I went out, even though Woburn got 2-3 inches, I had drifts at the end of my driveway almost a foot high!

      1. A couple clearer strips near the western horizon means you’ll see a hint of sun even more before it goes down.

        1. Very nice. I like the sun through the icy grey cloud cover with the dark tree limbs in the forefront blowing back and forth.

  102. Personally I think the wind is worse only cause it’s like powder, nemo was wet snow for the 1st half of it, were getting 15 inch snow drifts from 3 inches of snow

    1. You may be right. We are seeing gusts into the low 30s which is about what we saw at the worst of last weeks storm. I’m being stubborn BTW and refusing to call it by a name 😀

      1. I agree, Vicki – naming snowstorms seems ludicrous to me, unless it’s a storm of major importance.

  103. Forecast went according to plan. Generally 2-4 inches across much of the area with a few higher amounts closer to the coastline. I’m glad I didn’t bite on the GFS. All hail the King!

    Still made for a beautiful day and easy clean up. Looking forward to the next storm. Could be something a bit more substantial at the end of the week 😀

    1. I’m thinking of not even looking at the GFS anymore until they do something about its poor performance. It’s embarrassing to our government. Seriously.

      The shave-off of 1 inch yesterday paid off. And you made a very good call.

      1. Seriously,

        Why bother run that piece of garbage? Makes no sense
        whatsoever. What is the AMS stand on this? Are they exerting
        any pressure at all to improve this situation?

        1. I have no idea. I’ve been disgruntled with the handling of so many things I haven’t even been paying attention. 😛

          1. Thanks TK! Couldn’t agree more regarding the inconsistent and inaccurate performance of the GFS. The EURO is quite impressive. That is two storms in a row that it nailed despite what the other guidance had suggested.

  105. I was reasing a NOAA report that said the world has not has a colder than normal year since 1976. And all 12 of the years in the 21st century are in the top 14 warmest years ever recorded on earth. Only 1998 was warmer worldwide than 2012. And 2012 was the warmest on record for the contiguous 48 states.

    NOAA reports that average global temperatures have increased by 0.11 degrees F per decade since 1880. That trend accelerated to 0.26 degrees F per decade since 1970.

    2. I don’t doubt it, but the acceleration more recently can be at least partially attributed to the elimination of a very large number of rural stations not only in the USA but the abandoning of remote stations away from cities in other countries that have had $ issues. There was a big jump in temp right after Reagan cut funding to the NWS and they had to get rid of a boatload of ASOS stations.

      But as for the increase over decades, it makes some sense since the 1880s were part of the last big Dalton Minimum period or “mini ice age”.

      1. Hehehe. I’m going by what I see with my eyes and agree with the report. Although Reagan seriously cut funding to me and mine too 😉

        1. Well notice I didn’t tell you that you were out to lunch. NOAA is not likely to fabricate data and they are aware of the data issues in the 1980s and forward. I have no doubt of an overall milder trend. I am not sure we are 100% in agreement of the degree we have contributed to it, but that’s fine. 🙂

    1. I wanted to big time and when the NAM started calling for more snow,
      I seriously thought that there might be a surprise. Honestly, I was really
      disappointed when I awoke, as I surely thought there would be more snow than
      what we got. 😀 Oh well, happy I don’t have to make the forecasts.

      TK and Barry and Harvey all did just fine.

      We have the best in the nation right here!!!

      1. This forecast was not nearly as enjoyable to make as the one before it… But thank you for the compliment!

    3. I will say one thing,
      We will never miss anything here, never. IF there is ever a surprise, we will
      at least be aware of said possibility.

    1. I saw this post on the Southern New England Weather facebook page:

      Happy to report that the new england weather works face book has been shut down as of early this morning …sucess !!

    2. They are no longer in existence. I know about what happened there but prefer to keep it off the blog. I can tell what I know when some of us meet, or via private message (email) if anybody that cannot go wants to know.

      I had nothing to do with the shut-down. The news I got comes from other sources.

  112. Why is there still a wsw in effect, why was there wsw’s put in place in the 1st place? I understand there’s blowing snow out there but how about a blowing snow advisory?

  113. I just had a friend which isn’t very bright to begin with but he calls me up saying is there more snow coming? Haha I said no it’s over, he’s says no they said wsw’s till tonight, I said ya the storm did a big backwards C and coming right back at us, hahaha I’m sorry 🙂

  115. Btw I did Check snow season totals here in smugglers and in fact it’s been 170 inches. They get some of the most of any resort in the northeast. The orgraphic lift here is outstanding from what they said.

    Thanks ar

    1. Were the lifts still open with the wind Had? I don’t know anything about skiing so forgive if it’s a dumb question.

  120. Answer to AccuWeather Trivia Quiz.

    Chionophobia is a fear of what? (And no don’t look it up!)
    A. Snow
    B. Ice
    C. Light
    D. Winter

    The answer ia A, Snow.

      1. I used to love the snow up until just a few years ago then I changed, I like snow in Dec and even Jan but by this time of year I’m good with the snow,

    1. “The Winds Of Mount Zion” … We’re getting power-gusts here on Woods Hill across town too.

        1. Orientation of the low. Perfect spot for the strongest winds flowing toward it.

          Similar set up to when Hurricane Bob went extratropical. The strongest winds in this area were behind the storm, from the northwest.

  122. Temperatures today ran about 10 degrees below climate normals, and will do the same tomorrow. Cold times!

    1. I can’t remmeber where I saw this today, but I think I saw wind chills well below 0 tomorrow am. I just drove home along the Pike and it was WINDY!

  123. very strong winds coming off the marshland. even seeing blowing snow comming up still. its been non stop. one gust shooked the whole house.

    1. Same here Matt…I am more worried this season about my house being damaged from wind than rain or snow!

      1. the way our house is and how the wind travels right on over the marshland when we have a northwest to north to northeast wind my house gets smashed by the wind. you can tell because of the shingles. .the house is a cape style with shingles on it. we need to repair the northeast facing side.

  125. My in-laws house took a tree today in Sherborn, could have been worse – damaged some siding, broke 2 windows and took down utility lines (and scratched the windshield on the minivan too…).

    A gust came along and snapped a good size pine tree in two about a third of the way up and threw it towards their home.

    Will get a better look at the damage tomorrow.

  126. Ok folks I have indisputable proof. It is far far warmer in Wrentham and of course that translates to N Attleboro. There was not a flake of snow on the ground near the outlets. The sun was shining and many were in their backyard pools. Most were in shorts…..oh maybe that was just my SIL who actually was in shorts

    Sorry Charlie. You know I’m kidding. You have an impressive tolerance for the kidding so I couldn’t help myself

    BUT it actually was 6 degrees warmer according to the car thermometer than it is here. With the wind we have it didnt feel it though and the snow looked to be less as well.

      1. Hahaha. You can’t possibly have more hot air than I do. I do love that you have a great sense of humor :).

  131. What a tidbit of info from BTV NWS

    AS AN INTERESTING SIDE NOTE…WITH THE BACK EDGE OF HIGH CLOUDINESS
    TO OUR IMMEDIATE WEST…A FEW AREAS ACROSS WESTERN VT INTO ERN NY
    WILL LIKELY SEE A GREAT SUNSET THIS EVENING AS THE SETTING SUN WILL
    CAST A NICE GLOW ON THE HIGH OVERCAST. SO THOSE PHOTOGRAPHERS
    WANTING A NICE SUNSET SHOT…TAKE A PEEK OUTSIDE AROUND 5 TO 6 PM
    THIS EVENING.

  132. On the road late this afternoon the strong winds created a snow swirl much like a snow-devil which moved into the road in perfect timing for me to drive right through it. It was neat to pass through the little vortex. 🙂

  133. Reading NWS in Burlington long duration upslope event coming up with over a foot at jay peak, I am just south of jay peak so hoping for same.

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