Wednesday Forecast

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7:57AM

DAYS 1-5 (MARCH 14-18)
Storm’s gone! Cleanup ongoing. Let’s hope this stretch of somewhat more quiet weather will allow repairs to damage, restoration of power, and cleanup of snow & debris from this and other storms to get done. Just some snow showers/squalls later today with a disturbance moving through, and maybe a few lighter ones Thursday. Fair weather but a March chill will dominate Friday through the weekend.
TODAY: Mostly cloudy. Passing snow showers and risk of a heavier snow squall in a few locations that may cause low visibility and a small snow accumulation. Highs 32-40. Wind W 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.
TONIGHT: Variably cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Lows 22-29. Wind NW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.
THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Chance of snow showers. Highs 35-42. Wind NW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.
FRIDAY: Partly sunny. Chance of snow showers. Lows in the 20s. Highs from the upper 30s to middle 40s.
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 20s. Highs from the middle 30s to lower 40s.
SUNDAY: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 20s. Highs from the middle 30s to lower 40s.

DAYS 6-10 (MARCH 19-23)
Dry March 19. Watching a storm risk (rain/mix/snow) March 20-21 but this could also end up passing south of the region. Dry March 22-23. Temperatures below normal.

DAYS 11-15 (MARCH 24-28)
Next storm threat with rain favored March 24, then improving weather. Temperatures closer to normal.

167 thoughts on “Wednesday Forecast”

  3. First. 🙂 Sun has come out here in Billerica over the 23 inches of snow we had last night. I wanted to make sure It wasn’t and a fluke and saw the Billerica measurement at 25.5 inches. The icicles are already dripping with the sun hitting it, so won’t take much to start melting the snow.
    heading up to Wachusett this morning to hit that powder.
    Imagine if we could trust the GFS and that storm happened around the first day of callender spring. Would really like the Wednesday class to be canceled. This snow was great as it happened during spring break. My youngest Brother is loving it as he has had 9 snow days so far and he is a senior so does not need to make them up. The rest of his class is going till the 27 of June lol.

  4. Thank you, TK.

    Tom – loved your post. Will you repost on this blog?

    Retrac – absolutely no excuse for NWS to simply take the highest number, especially when it is social media and you are a trained spotter.

    And finally……and I mean finally because if I trudge out in the snow in shorts and shoes again, my neighbors will have me rightfully carted away ……….22 even on my side of Sutton.

  5. I’ve finished the snow jinx spell, it’s for those who smile and happily tell, of more storms and snow yet to come.

    In thy local town, snow lovers will frown. 10 inches total a season, against all meteorological reason, will fall on all those who glee for yet another March storm to be.

    The spell is not cast on those who post projections …….. but express one bit of glee and for 5 years, it’s snow you’ll rarely see.

  6. 23 inches officially in North Reading. Middlesex County was a sweet spot:

    Middlesex County…
    Billerica 25.6 1017 PM 3/13 Emergency Manager
    Dracut 25.5 915 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
    Burlington 24.2 951 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    West Newton 24.0 1252 AM 3/14 General Public
    Carlisle 23.8 329 AM 3/14 General Public
    North Chelmsford 23.7 1200 AM 3/14 Trained Spotter
    Tewksbury 23.3 1119 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    North Reading 23.0 1130 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Natick 23.0 848 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Reading 22.5 739 PM 3/13 Co-Op Observer
    Wilmington 22.5 931 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
    Winchester 22.2 1122 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    East Arlington 22.0 812 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
    Holliston 22.0 902 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
    Concord 22.0 702 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Acton 22.0 930 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Lexington 21.4 714 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Pepperell 21.3 1132 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Bedford 21.3 1052 PM 3/13 Social Media
    Auburndale 21.0 1011 PM 3/13 Social Media
    Woburn – Woods Hill 21.0 1113 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Tyngsboro 21.0 701 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
    Arlington Heights 21.0 836 PM 3/13 NONE
    Lowell 20.6 945 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Wakefield 20.0 832 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Somerville 19.9 733 PM 3/13 Social Media
    Hudson 19.5 900 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Littleton 19.0 800 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Sudbury 18.0 803 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
    Everett 18.0 1221 AM 3/14 Social Media
    Cambridgeport 18.0 1118 PM 3/13 Social Media
    Stoneham 17.0 721 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
    Hopkinton 17.0 737 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Melrose 17.0 810 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
    Stow 13.0 735 PM 3/13 Social Media

    1. I can’t get longshot’s link to work anymore – not sure why as it was fine last night.

      I think Uxbridge and Milford topped the numbers. I do find it interesting that the towns I check out this way have a two-hour delay and most east of here have cancelled the day.

      1. Westwood has a half day today so a delay wouldn’t make sense. I’m not sure about the other districts, however.

  7. Thanks so much, TK…
    Once again, WHW is the place to be and follow in significant weather!

    March Melting:
    Here are some readings from the days following the April Fools Day Blizzard, 1997:

    Date/High temp/Snow depth:
    April 2/35/16″
    April 3/48/12″
    April 4/55/6″
    April 5/60/4″

    Snow is already melting on the east-facing driveway.

  9. Happy Pi Day, especially to you, Tom!
    3.14
    Second consecutive Pi Day we’ve been out of school.

    Will be playing songs today with numbers in the title, including:
    25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago
    One by U2
    867-5308/Jenny by Tommy Tutone

    (boy, do I need to go back to school!)

  10. Thanks TK
    Impressive snow totals in eastern MA. I am happy with the 10 inches I got.
    On to tracking the next Nor’easter. Will we have a 4 peat???

      1. And so does the 00z Euro. In fact, the Euro drops another foot on most of eastern MA.

        There does seem to be a potential rain/snow line issue though south of the Pike on both models.

  11. A little closer track with that one bringing rain into areas near and at the coast. Yesterday looked like it was going to be suppressed. Plenty of time for this to change.

  13. Good morning. Since my office was closed, I slept in seeing as I hardly got any
    sleep yesterday. I was up and down all during the night and got up early to boot.
    A couple of bouts of shoveling didn’t help either.

    After reviewing the snow totals, I am once again very comfortable with my
    measurement of 19 inches for JP.

    And once again, I am suspect of the Logan numbers. 14.8???? Seriously????
    OK, one thing. I know it took longer for the airport to go to snow. We were snowing
    for a fair amount of time while Logan was still raining or mixing. That certainly
    accounted for some of the discrepancy. After that??? I dunno. All I can say
    is that my measurement was correct.

    Bring on the next one.

    This could end up quite a March, eh?

    0Z Euro looks impressive as does the GFS. CMC not so much.

    Still a long way off and much can and will change.

    It could end up a fish storm or an inside runner and pass just N&W of us for a RAINER. It will be fun watching the evolution just like it was with this one.

    At this range, not point in posting snow maps, unless something really jumps out
    that is worthy of sharing.

  14. RE: possible snow squalls

    From NWS, a discussion of snow squalls

    This evening and overnight…
    Robust H5 shortwave rotates to the SE through the evening and
    early overnight hours. The mid lvl cooling that results leads to
    steepening low lvl lapse rates, as high as 6.5-7.5C/km from the
    SFC through H7. Slight warm advection and southerly moisture
    flux also re-saturates the column as well, allowing PWATs to
    reach back to near 1 std deviation above normal. Combine this
    with a lingering LLJ around 35-40 kt, and we have the perfect
    setup for brief heavy snow showers and squalls to develop. This
    is supported by high values on the BTV Snow Squall Parameter.
    Peak timing will be from about 23Z (7PM local) to about 09Z (5AM
    local). Typical snow squall impacts possible, with brief heavy
    snow leading quick accumulations of 1-3 inches possible as well
    as quick changes in visibility/windy conditions leading to
    hazardous travel. Will issue an overview SPS for this risk this
    morning, but will have to handle squalls as they develop with
    short-fused updates this evening. Note that the nature of these
    are such that they are hit-or-miss, some may see little to no
    impact while others see higher impact.

    Last time they talked about this, it was massive under achievement.
    I prefer the way TK handled the possibility.

    We shall see.

  15. SIL said roads were just wet from Sutton to Wellesley except Natick. 135 in Natick was snowpacked. 15 mph was pushing it for the entire stretch.

  17. For whatever reason I can never find the NWS official snow measurements….can someone post that here please?

    1. I thought that some folks might need a little reprieve from a constant bombardment of snow maps. 😀 😀 😀

      Pretty foreboding, isn’t it???

      Looooong way off.

        1. Totally Agree. I love doing that.

          I’m ready for Spring and itching to go fishing again, so
          You know we’ll get buried with the next one. 😀

  19. As I mentioned yesterday now that we’re over 55 inches for the season’s total (even at Logan), might as well go for it all: only 55 more inches to break the 2015 record.

    As for Logan’s 14.8 that could be correct. I measured 14.1 in Back Bay.

  20. HAHAHAHAHAHA — NWS reporting 31 inches in Wilmington. Report came in from the “general public.” That is preposterous.

    2. I know who that is…one of the guys who posts in the American Weather forum. He was insistent leading up to the storm that there would be isolated amounts up to 30″. Probably a little confirmation bias there.

  22. It’s interesting, we’re still in a weak La Niña and the atmosphere has been influenced by a weak to moderate strength La Niña for a while now.

    I wonder if there’s a sudden return to a more La Niña type pattern in April, the return of the SE ridge, only now with the April sun.

    Potential to zoom from 40 to 80+ within a few days of a pattern change.

  23. Just went for a ride around Sutton. It was curious that the areas of town that typically have more snow than ours seem to have less. Even in this area the snow still coats the trees whereas in the higher elevations toward the center there was no snow on the trees.

    1. Higher elevations = slightly cooler thus perhaps cool enough where
      the snow did not stick to the trees, whereas in the lower elevations
      it was slightly warmer such that the initial snow stuck to the trees?

      Sure stuck to the trees here.

      Just trying to explain it in some way as there is a reason. 😀

      1. That would make sense except we find it to be the opposite. Every other day there is snow – even just a dusting – we get to a certain point in town (by the Blackstone Golf Course) and notice that the trees are snow covered where they are not at our home.

        I’m guessing the part of town that typically seems to see more snow and cold did not have the same bands that we had in my part. I am also closer to Northbridge and Uxbridge which did receive higher amounts.

  24. I don’ know if it was already posted earlier but yesterday was the exact day of the 1993 Superstorm. Boston received 12.3 inches but yesterday’s 14.5″ broke the snowfall record for the day. I didn’t realize it myself until I looked up the climo stats this morning.

    Ironic to say the least. I had no idea it was an historic day both past and present. 🙂

  26. I see that Providence got skunked a bit with only 9.5 inches.

    Mark, what was your final total? Sorry about that as well.

    1. I’m the 7.8″ report from Coventry on the NWS public information statement. The heavier band in eastern CT set up about 10-15 miles east of me. One of my co-workers who lives in Killingly got 20″ and said he couldn’t believe the difference between there and here at the office in Manchester. Huge difference between western and eastern Worcester County as well.

  28. GFS is coming in with the storm for next week, but withthermal profile
    issues. ie RAIN in the coastal plain.

  29. 12z GFS has the coastal storm for next week as Dave said and it looks juicy:

    https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs&region=us&pkg=mslp_pcpn_frzn&runtime=2018031412&fh=156

    Heavy snow inland and rain at the coast but plenty of time to watch the exact track.

    12z ICON has it as well with a further south track. This would be an all snow event for us:

    https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=icon&region=us&pkg=mslp_pcpn_frzn&runtime=2018031412&fh=144

    12z CMC is a hit as well and also an all-snow event:

    https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=icon&region=us&pkg=mslp_pcpn_frzn&runtime=2018031412&fh=144

  30. Epic ski conditions right now through New England! Best March in years as the ski areas are really cashing in on this weather pattern. Case in point this AM’s Conditions Report from Mount Snow, VT:

    12″ new snow in last 24 hours
    16″ new since the start of the storm
    58″new in the last week
    72″ new since March 1st
    174″ on the season

    Deepest March snow depth there in over a decade.

    In comparison, Vail, CO has only received 142″ of snow on the season.

  31. National grid sucks !!! On top of dealing with this my truck needs to be towed ASAP from fish tailing into wall this morning

      1. I don’t suppose anyone wants to hear that I have nothing but good things to say about both?

        John, sorry about your truck. Dang but that stinks. Stay warm. Did you make it to your wife’s appointment?

      2. Unitil’s motto is “We make up for having the lowest ranking service by having the highest rates!”

        1. Yep – as I posted above, I received my monthly bill via email. I knew there was something I didn’t like about National Grid.

  32. Looking ahead I don’t see much `warmth’ in all of New England in the short and medium term. Perhaps a couple of days near 50F in SNE, but that’s about it. I suspect ski areas in central and northern NE could stay open through early April if the pattern holds up.

    1. It will be interesting to see how this evolves over the next few days. I would love to see a pic comparison of all the runs for the Nor’Easter we just had for each model and the eventual outcome.

  35. 13 inches for my area with EURO run. I am not buying it but it would be something for my area to get around 3 feet of snow with the 3 Nor’easter’s that produced snow for my area.

  37. Someone asked yesterday if we had ever had four nor’easters in quick succession. I apologize if the question was answered and I missed it.

    Anyone know?

    1. What about 2015?

      We had 4 zingers in a row. for Boston it was something like:

      24 inches
      16 inches
      24 inches
      16 inches

      Pretty amazing!

      1. Thanks, JPD. I was wondering if 2015 was all nor’easters or perhaps that doesn’t even matter.

        1. “nor’easter” is such a loosely applied term in media. None of these were classic gulf-wave come-up-the-coast storms either. So I guess we can just say “big storms”. We’ve had 4 in a row probably many many times. But so far, we’re at 3. #4 is no guarantee. 🙂

          1. Ahhh – interesting. Four in a row in rapid succession? I recall, as I have said, 1969 and of course 2015 since nor’easter is being used generically….ugh. I seem to recall a period in the 1980s where Mac stood in the middle of the driveway and held his arms up in surrender so suspect that was multiple storms.

          2. One of those big storms in 2015 was an anafrontal if I recall correctly, One was a clipper that blew up and spun for hours. Only a couple were a classic KU. Maybe only one.

    2. But …. it is interesting that it’s hardly been cold in a blocked up pattern and these storms have been very, very intense. 2 out of 3 with hurricane force gusts.

  39. Regarding the WMUR article…

    I absolutely HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE the “why is this happening” side of these things. Wanna know why it’s happening? It’s called a stormy weather pattern. Why did it happen in March1956? Same answer.

    As far as the picture? The Euro’s forecast. We’ll see if it verifies.

    My ire is not directed at you Vicki, just the article. 😉

        1. Was 9 and remember very well. After the 3rd one (perhaps it was after the 2nd? don’t remember that)
          I had to walk into town to the store. It was literally up to my waist and I was a pretty tall kid. It took me forever
          to walk there and back. Of course adventurous me took
          what I thought would be a short cut. Nope, some of’
          the way was not plowed and thus the deep snow encounter. I think I took the other way home. 😀 😀 😀

  40. Oh, I know that you are not directing at me. It’s why I asked. And I understand your comment. However, people are curious. I didn’t take it as why is this awful thing happening to us as much as shear curiosity. I believe it is why the person posted this link. Not because of oh dear but more of isn’t this interesting. I was, however, a bit curious as to why there would be a photo of something that “MIGHT” happen far off.

    And it is a stormy weather pattern but I’ll ask because I’m curious is there is a setup in the atmosphere that is causing the stormy weather pattern…..not sure if I explained that correctly. Let me know if I did not and I’ll try again.

    1. Adding…I like when a met describes reasons for things. Eric does this often which I think educates the public and is one of the reasons I like him so much.

      2. Yes I agree about Eric. He gets crapped on by people who don’t really understand what his aim is.

        2. Eric should NEVER be crapped on by anyone whatsoever!!!

          He’s the ONLY one my wife will watch.

    1. I’ll say! If you walked out front of the Pru today, you’d have no idea it snowed yesterday. None!!

  42. North, to answer your question, following the snowstorm and 10-day cold snap Western Europe saw a sudden retreat of the Scandinavian high pressure area and a return to a more `normal’ springlike pattern. In fact, starting around the 4th of March it’s been very springlike in Holland and England. Flowers are out in many places, birds tweeting up a storm, and temps in the low to mid 50s. A brief shot of colder air will hit northwestern Europe this weekend, but it’s not sustained. The prevailing westerlies will usher in moderating temps following the weekend.

    1. Excellent I am heading over to England to see family in mid-April. Last time I was there was 27 years ago.

  43. Was just out on the deck shoveling it off.
    Looks very threatening to the West, But radar looks Under Whelming.
    Perhaps when they get closer????

  44. TK, I agree with you. The media are so a-historical. To put it in Trumpian terms. Sad! There are mets who explain the current weather pattern well, in a layperson’s terms (even a block over Southern Greenland can be explained in simple terms without jargon). When doing so they point out how stormy patterns – successive nor’easters – are not anomalous. And by doing so they cause people to rethink expressions such as “we’re having such crazy weather.” Robert Frost wrote poems about our fickle weather. Going way back, the Puritans described it in meticulous detail. They were fascinated by it as it was so different from back in England. They brought weather glass barometers (invented by the Dutch; the Pilgrims lived in the Netherlands for a long period of time) with them on their voyage on the Mayflower. Living without heat, air-conditioning, fans, or well-insulated houses, they had to be attuned to the weather as it impacted them in a way that weather doesn’t impact us.

    1. I also agree re media. But if the information in the link is correct, I am not seeing a problem. To me it is a learning tool. No different from Eric explaining. It didn’t seem hyped to me. Maybe I’m missing something

  47. Went to wachusett today. It was a powder day. I was hoping all of the dumb people would not of been there today but they were. Also, it snowed all day on the mtn. With these more stormy periods. Look for them to over all increase, as well as longperiods of non stormy periods less in between.

  49. North, enjoy your trip. April is usually better in England than here weather-wise. Regardless of the weather you’ll have a good time. I have fond memories of my time in the UK (Oxford and Edinburgh; 1984). Was in Edinburgh as recently as November 2014. Truly beautiful city.

    1. We will spend 3 days in London and then 3 days up north. My Mother’s whole side of the family lives there.

        1. Ivy doesn’t like to fly and I will have her on a plane 6 tines in 2 months by the time we get back.

  50. Lots of melting today, I was really surprised when I got home and saw how much was gone. A LOT of snow to be sure is on the ground, but that March sun angle won’t be denied.
    There was water running everywhere in Cambridge today. Mass ave looked like a river around 2 pm.

  53. NFL alert.

    Nate Solder signs a 62 million contract with giants.

    Patriots resign Rex Burkhead

  54. Nobody knows how long Bill has left except for him, Kraft, and Bill’s lawyer.

    Solder as a free agent was too expensive. There are cheaper options that can fill the position. It’s not like he was the second coming of Art Shell. I’m not saying it’s not a loss, it is. But there are other options. Pats just couldn’t pay that kind of money and take that big cap hit.

    1. Great comment. Well now….you and I have been on the same page a fair amount lately.

      Did you just feel the earth shake a bit 😉

    2. I understand with this guy but how about amondola, he has been nothing but a team player. he has taken pay cuts his entire time here in New England despite him deserving more money.

      1. Can’t pay him that kind of money either. Glad he got paid, but with his injury history, he’s one play away from IR for a year. I know, it stinks to lose players like that . But when teams that perineraly suck are willing to over pay a free agent, you gotta let them go.

          1. Amendola isn’t even in Gronks league. No comparison. You pay him. Amendola, eh. You can find his skill set about anywhere. Gronkowski is a once in a generation, maybe two generation, player.

            1. Jordi Nelson comes to mind. He’ll wear a defense out. He’s not a number one anymore, but he’s the kind of guy you can replace Amendola with for short money.

  55. North, where are you going after London? My wife and I spent about 7 days in the UK last March, 4 days in London (2 extra due to our storm here) and then 3 days in Keswick in the Lakes District. What a wonderful trip. My GG had painted in Keswick when he was young%

    1. We are staying in Kensington and working out now where we will visit. Many of the things in central London require tickets, so working on buying those now.
      My grandparents are both buried there, so hoping to visit their gravesite in Acton.

      When we head north my family is in Lancashire mostly. This part of my family have never met my wife and daughter. They were working on an overnight stay in the Lake District for us but my Aunt is awaiting a knee replacement and all elective surgeries have been postponed since Dec., so we may not make it there depending on if she has her surgery in the next few weeks. It is so beautiful in the Lake District. I remember many fun times there as a kid, when I used to visit every couple of years. My Aunt thinks when the new budget year starts on 4-1 that her surgery will happen, as she thinks the elective surgeries were suspended for financial reasons (government paid health care 🙂 ).

      What did you do in London and enjoy seeing? I am renting a car on the day we travel up North and nervous about driving both on the left side of the road and right side of the car 🙂

  56. North…I tried to refrain, but it is not my strong suit. Mac had knee surgery when he was late teens. He went to London because they figured it was best choice since they were living in Europe. They dr operated in the wrong knee. You’d think he’d be upset. However, the hospital put him in the woman’s section to recover and wait for second surgery and all of the older women in the unit and the nurses took turns taking him home for dinner and to meet their daughters. He had a heck of a scar and I think never once regretted it 🙂

  57. North, happy to give you more offline if you want to get my email from TK. We enjoyed the London Museum along with the National Portrait Gallery. I had gotten tickets for the Royal Albert Hall “Classical Spectacular” that was great — a surprise for my wife (including the cannons from the upper level at the end). Also the Churchill War Rooms were amazing and walking the Thames… We walked a lot in Kensington Gardens and also loves the Victoria and Albert Museum near Kensington High Street. We didn’t mess with driving in London but took the train to Penrith Station and drove in the country. Even that was pulse raising — my first move after leaving the rental car dealer was a rotary! Evensong at St. Paul’s Cathedral and Tate Modern were a couple of my wife’s favorites. Have you ever climbed “Catbells” near Keswick or seen the Castlerigg Stone Circle? That was great. I hope you have a terrific time. It was my wife and my first empty nest trip and we made the most of it!

    1. Thanks! I don’t remember those parts of the Lake District but maybe I did :). TK, can you send me his email when you get a chance.

      1. I sent it from the Woods Hill Weather Gmail account, just in case it lands in the spam folder. 😉

  59. TK – This evening Harvey showed 3 possible tracks for #4 one of which is a “close miss”.

    Does that “close miss” still bring at least some precip to SNE?

    1. A “close miss” would probably be the type of thing where the South Coast gets something and Boston gets fringed with light precip.

  60. On and off snowshowers and squalls here in Coventry CT tonight. I have picked up an inch so far. Roads are covered. 28 degrees and windy….feels like January!

  61. Public Information Statement
    National Weather Service Taunton MA
    827 AM EDT Wed Mar 14 2018

    …BLIZZARD OF MARCH 13 2018…

    Blizzard conditions were reached at many locations across
    southeastern New England during the storm on March 13.

    The definition of a blizzard is that falling and/or blowing snow
    reduces visibility to below 1/4 mile along with sustained winds or
    winds that frequently gust to 35 mph or more…and that these are
    the predominant conditions for a period of 3 consecutive hours.

    When reviewing whether a particular observation location had
    blizzard conditions, we counted visibilities equal to 1/4 mile,
    since that is quite low for an automated visibility sensor to detect.
    We also made some subjective decisions. For example, at Marshfield,
    MA, there were significant wind sensor outages, but mesonet data
    from Duxbury Bay were used as a proxy and indicated nearly
    continuous gusts at or above 35 mph during that time period.
    At Martha’s Vineyard, there was a 3-hour wind data outage, but
    mesonet data at Vineyard Haven indicated continuous gusts at or
    above 35 mph during that period. At Plymouth, blizzard criteria was
    met just before a complete data outage occurred, lasting most of the
    day, which made the duration undeterminable.

    The following observation sites were determined to have had a
    blizzard…

    HYANNIS, MA…………10 Hours 35 Minutes…from 730 AM to 605 PM
    MARSHFIELD, MA……… 9 Hours…………..from 855 AM to 555 PM
    FALMOUTH, MA……….. 8 Hours 40 Minutes…from 715 AM to 1055 AM
    and from 1155 AM to 455 PM
    MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MA.. 8 Hours 22 Minutes…from 800 AM to
    approximately 422 PM
    BOSTON, MA…………..6 Hours…………..from 840 AM to 240 PM
    NEWPORT, RI………….4 Hours 20 Minutes…from 850 AM to 110 PM
    PLYMOUTH, MA…………>2 Hours 53 Minutes from 732 AM to 1025 AM
    but then power outage

    $$
    Field

  63. Re: next week

    much time to go. almost anything is on the table from complete miss, big snow hit to rainorama. TETT (too early to tell)

    1. Maybe it will be a miss because so many forecasters have already bemoaned and almost promised another Nor’Easter. Mother Nature loves making people the fool.

  65. Man feels like January. Although the birds are out in full force which reminds me Spring is almost here…

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