TheRex Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 32 and snow here. It was snowing hard when I woke up at 6:30 but the rate has slowed down now. BTV did put some rain back in the forecast. It almost seems like this week that the night shift puts "rain" in the forecast and the day shift takes it out. Our forecast through Saturday night is for 6"-11" of snow. The mountains in the area should get a ton of much needed snow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayuphere Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 23 minutes ago, NEK said: Noob question - why does the precipitation seem to be converging from two different directions? MaineJay can explain as he is deals with coastal front’s frequently, but, basically, it’s the moist NE/E circulation coming off the Atlantic reacting to the land mass. They can cause localized intense precipitation rates over land. Low level circulation versus mid and upper??? I’m in the middle of the state and we have very fine flakes falling which radar is not picking up as they ride in on a light easterly breeze. My over simplified noob answer? Think Nor’easter winds of a storm that is coming from the SW.😁 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLChip Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 How’s it going @PA road DAWG ? My supplier from Pocono Summit said they’re froze in this morning. Canceled a delivery which is extremely rare for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDBlueridge Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 No power for many areas above 1500' for a while. Lots of carnage. Several uprooted trees. Havent had that in a couple years. The 3k NAM is a dynamite ice predictor for my area. Trees on homes. Busy day ahead. 1 4 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodozer1 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 RAIN RAIN all my snow is gone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRex Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 We picked up about an inch of snow with the initial thump and now it is lightly snowing. Roads are horrible though. We may have had rain to start and it froze on the roads and then got covered in snow. I drove my son to work and there was one car that was off the road in a place that I wouldn't have expected to see someone had an issue. When I came back through 20 minutes later, there were 5 cars off in that same place. I think they may have had some bumper car action going. The best road I drove on was the road in front of my house, which is a dirt road. It was snow covered but didn't seem to have ice under the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StretchCT Posted December 16, 2022 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, MaineJay said: Easterly surface winds are creating precip in the lowest levels, while in the mid levels, it's streaming in from the SW on warm air advection. I don't know if advancements in radar or software or imagery is responsible for this, or if I never noticed it as much, but I've been seeing these converging images on radar more and more often. Even in the summer, I'm noticing gust fronts, even with no precip, moving in a different direction from the cold front. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StretchCT Posted December 16, 2022 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2022 Woke up to bare grass again, just piles left. It's 42 in New Haven, 40 at the house. Normally there's a bigger difference. Sounding from Upton is pretty warm, but they were always going to be rain. Wish we had more of thes. But I can get the modeled sounding from the RAP which I think is what they use for the SPC Meso page. You can see that its barely over 0c most of the 700-925 layer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLChip Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 @StretchCT Ive noticed the same this year, I’ve also been paying a lot more attention though as well. Watched a good bit of severe weather this year looking for meso/tornadoes and following our tornado division. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buxtonian Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 10:00 AM, Light snow, 32˚, light NE wind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators telejunkie Posted December 16, 2022 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2022 Estimating somewhere between 6-7" of pasty snow so far. Temp at 31F and winds gusting over 20mph making it hard to get a good reading on the actual snowfall 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clm Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 18 hours ago, MDBlueridge said: Just carnage. Power out everywhere. I looked at my wife and said we choose to live here. What area are you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRex Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 40 minutes ago, telejunkie said: Estimating somewhere between 6-7" of pasty snow so far. Temp at 31F and winds gusting over 20mph making it hard to get a good reading on the actual snowfall What time did it start in your area? From looking at my weather station, it seems we started with rain at 4:30 am while the temp was 36. The rain seemed to be short lived as the temp dropped to 32 quickly. The snow is starting to pick up here at 11 am as there was a lull after the 7:30 am heavy snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted December 16, 2022 Admin Share Posted December 16, 2022 30.6° with light snow 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators telejunkie Posted December 16, 2022 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) 44 minutes ago, TheRex said: What time did it start in your area? From looking at my weather station, it seems we started with rain at 4:30 am while the temp was 36. The rain seemed to be short lived as the temp dropped to 32 quickly. The snow is starting to pick up here at 11 am as there was a lull after the 7:30 am heavy snow. Was an early night at the restaurant, got out around 8:30 and had a pasting of snow down already. Turned to a mix of rain/snow by the time I got down to the Manchester valley floor, but changed back to snow as soon as I started to gain elevation again. Maybe a 1/4-1/2" on the ground by the time I got home. Temp up to 32F now and moderate snow continues...but like an ADD kid, already have my focus on the next one.... Edited December 16, 2022 by telejunkie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRex Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 24 minutes ago, telejunkie said: Was an early night at the restaurant, got out around 8:30 and had a pasting of snow down already. Turned to a mix of rain/snow by the time I got down to the Manchester valley floor, but changed back to snow as soon as I started to gain elevation again. Maybe a 1/4-1/2" on the ground by the time I got home. Temp up to 32F now and moderate snow continues...but like an ADD kid, already have my focus on the next one.... It seems almost everyone's focus has moved on from this storm. I feel really bad for anyone in northeast Maine, their posts go into an abandoned thread once the storm gets to them😅 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators telejunkie Posted December 16, 2022 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2022 7 minutes ago, TheRex said: It seems almost everyone's focus has moved on from this storm. I feel really bad for anyone in northeast Maine, their posts go into an abandoned thread once the storm gets to them😅 @Mainiac is all... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Mainiac Posted December 16, 2022 Admin Share Posted December 16, 2022 Haven't even seen a single snowflake yet! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLChip Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 25 minutes ago, TheRex said: It seems almost everyone's focus has moved on from this storm. I feel really bad for anyone in northeast Maine, their posts go into an abandoned thread once the storm gets to them😅 I like his snow pictures, takes time to add all those 4-6” storms up though, will check back late January. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tool483 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 It's actually snowing here, not sure when it swtiched but we've got a wet dusting. . .if anyone sees this lmao 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Mainiac Posted December 16, 2022 Admin Share Posted December 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, TLChip said: I like his snow pictures, takes time to add all those 4-6” storms up though, will check back late January. Hah! It is true I don't get to post with everyone else in the big storm threads, but thankfully I have the daily obs crew to share storm photos! Also looks like a few more Maine folks have wandered in so maybe late storm actively will pick up a bit. 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRex Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, telejunkie said: Was an early night at the restaurant, got out around 8:30 and had a pasting of snow down already. Turned to a mix of rain/snow by the time I got down to the Manchester valley floor, but changed back to snow as soon as I started to gain elevation again. Maybe a 1/4-1/2" on the ground by the time I got home. Temp up to 32F now and moderate snow continues...but like an ADD kid, already have my focus on the next one.... Radar returns look heavy down your way. Hopefully it makes it up here. Tonight our forecast is for up to 5". I'd say we have about 2" now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators telejunkie Posted December 16, 2022 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2022 15 minutes ago, TheRex said: Radar returns look heavy down your way. Hopefully it makes it up here. Tonight our forecast is for up to 5". I'd say we have about 2" now. It's adding up out there...tree guard on this young crabapple about to be buried. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDClapper Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Snow underperformer all over here in PA.. maybe some spots in NEPA did OK vs forecasts. Qpf tho, wow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted December 16, 2022 Admin Share Posted December 16, 2022 31.6° Rates have finally picked up to moderate. Gonna need it to keep up at this rate to keep accumulating. Bout 2" so far. Radar has steadily improved, and looks solid for the time being. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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