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Re: New England Winter 2012-2013

#181 Postby cycloneye » Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:41 pm

The snow totals continue to increase as time goes ahead and both the New York and Boston NWS graphics confirm that.

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Re: New England Winter 2012-2013

#182 Postby cycloneye » Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:48 pm

SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
349 PM EST WED MAR 06 2013

VALID 00Z THU MAR 07 2013 - 00Z SAT MAR 09 2013

...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND
COASTS...

...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO AFFECT THE WESTERN U.S....


SNOW BEGAN TO SWITCH TO RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE
MID-ATLANTIC REGION DUE TO WARMER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA. THE
MAIN SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WINTER STORM IS HOVERING
OVER THE VIRGINIA COASTLINE AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST
OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY.
THUS...OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP LOW ENOUGH TO
SWITCH BACK OVER TO SNOW. ONCE THE LOW BEGINS TO MOVE OUT INTO
THE ATLANTIC BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD
WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE SURFACE LOW
WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE NEW ENGLAND
COAST...HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY
SNOW...CAN BE EXPECTED FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM PERIOD.
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#183 Postby Ntxw » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:38 pm

Boston just keeps getting the snow. What was supposed to be a Mid-Atlantic snowstorm has turned out to be another nor'easter for southern New England.
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Re: New England Winter 2012-2013

#184 Postby cycloneye » Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:58 am

It has really been a strange storm with many busts. Now the TriState area has a Winter Storm Warning.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND
NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTIES.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES.
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Re: New England Winter 2012-2013

#185 Postby cycloneye » Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:25 am

This is the discussion made today by Dr Jeff Masters about this strange nor'easter.

It's not often that a Nor'easter centered more than 600 miles out to sea brings heavy snow and and major coastal flooding to New England, but Winter Storm Saturn is a one-of-a-kind. The massive storm, which was centered about 600 miles east-southeast of New York City at 7 am EST, sprawls out over a huge area of ocean more than 1000 miles across. While the central pressure of 988 mb is not exceptionally low for a Nor'easter, the sheer size of the storm is allowing Saturn to pile up a formidable storm surge, which hammered the coast of Eastern Massachusetts during the Friday morning high tide cycle, causing severe erosion, widespread street flooding, and damage to roads and houses. Snowfall amounts as high as 18" have fallen in Massachusetts (in West Walpole), and a band of moderate snow has set up along an arc from New York City to Boston. The big storm has dumped 6+" of snow on seventeen states this week, from North Dakota to Massachusetts. The deepest snows fell in the Appalachian Mountains of western Virginia and eastern West Virginia, where a number of locations received over twenty inches. The top snow-getter was Franklin, West Virginia, with 24".

Moderate to major coastal flooding in Massachusetts

The island of Nantucket, MA, which is south of Cape Cod and thus the land area closest to the center of WInter Storm Saturn, has received the worst pounding from the storm's wind and water. The island has observed wind gusts greater than 40 mph every single hour since 6 pm Wednesday evening, and will probably continue to so so until late Friday afternoon (thanks to Eric Fisher for this stat.) A storm surge of 3' hit Nantucket Island on both Thursday and Friday. The storm tide--the height of the water above the high tide mark--reached 2.63' during the Friday morning high tide, and 2.57' during the Thursday morning high tide cycle. These heights beat out the Blizzard of 1978 for 5th highest Nantucket water level since records began in 1965. Only Nor'easters in 1991, 2013 (Nemo), 1992, and 1987 brought higher water levels to Nantucket. Boston was too far to the north of Winter Storm Saturn to receive a top-ten storm tide; the storm surge water level peaked at 2.62' above the high tide mark during the Friday morning high tide, well short of the 3.43' needed to crack Boston's top-ten list.
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#186 Postby Ntxw » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:20 pm

Cold air is likely to return to North America before the month is over. With an active southern stream coming back there is a good chance New England (see ECMWF) may see another major winter storm before this season comes to end (yes, you Boston!).
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#187 Postby Hybridstorm_November2001 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:43 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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#188 Postby SaskatchewanScreamer » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:51 pm

:lol:

BLAME TEXAS!!!!
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#189 Postby vbhoutex » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:26 pm

SaskatchewanScreamer wrote::lol:

BLAME TEXAS!!!!

Back off sister!!! :chopper: :shoot: :yesno: You're the one who has been hogging all the cold and snow. We just want our fair share. :cheesy: :cheesy:
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#190 Postby SaskatchewanScreamer » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:45 pm

:sadly:

Why don't you Texans hang onto that moisture you keep sending EAST??? With the cold I'm praying gets sent YOUR WAY you fellows could be making snowmen ALL summer. :lol:

Good luck down East.....so far this Clipper has been the nastiest yet (and today was just the warm up).

I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope Houston has a blizzard sometime this month. :)

Lord knows we sure don't want one single snowflake more.
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Re: New England Winter 2012-2013

#191 Postby vbhoutex » Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:42 am

We do our best to hold on to that moisture, but it seems that those to our East have some secret that holds it in the clouds till it gets over them. Go 120 miles East from Houston and they are saturated already. :roll: Even Beaumont, about 80 miles East is at normal levels of moisture. :roll: We can't seem to catch a break here in W. Houston. :cry: :cry:
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Re: New England Winter 2012-2013

#192 Postby Stephanie » Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:34 am

vbhoutex wrote:We do our best to hold on to that moisture, but it seems that those to our East have some secret that holds it in the clouds till it gets over them. Go 120 miles East from Houston and they are saturated already. :roll: Even Beaumont, about 80 miles East is at normal levels of moisture. :roll: We can't seem to catch a break here in W. Houston. :cry: :cry:


If Beaumont and other towns east of Houston have been getting moisture after that horrific drought (which you are still in), I think that your moisture is on it's way. Here's hoping!
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