Ok, so this storm isn't exactly a monster.........

[Planetsnow]

like many thought it would be last week. This ain't no superstorm. A good snowfall for many, yes, but not an HESC like most of us were hoping last week. Oh, well, you take what you get and move on.

I'm wondering if there are higher chances of more big snowstorms later in March? Any more monsters to be hyped up on the horizon?

[IndianaJonesDDT]

Here's proof to back you up. This is annapolis. 6 to 10 inches was forecasted and yet we have 1 inch on the ground( on top of old snow) and it has been snowing for 9 hours!

[krysof]

its very hard to get a monster at this time of the year, the high pressure would have to be exceptionally strong to drop very cold air south, if temperatures in this storm were as high as the big snowstorm in January of this year, than many areas would receive way over a foot to 2 feet because of the ratios between temperatures and precip.

[Planetsnow]

Well,

Some of the biggest snowstorms ever have occurred in March, so it is still quite possible to get buried. But, yes, time is slipping fast, and before you know it...........bugs, humidity, severe thunderstorms, hazy sun, tornadoes, sweaty and stuff nights........

[krysof]

temperatures after this storm will not melt any snow fast at all, the highest temperature for the next 7-9 days will be 38 degrees.

[Noreaster_Jer_04]

alot of places will see this change starting now, the angle of the sun was to blame for the lack of accumulating snow, this was the problem last thursday in alot of places but 3-4pm this changes and snow will pile up fast... Places south of PA though might end up getting shafted as they have almost completed the storm... NE once agin will not have to worry about this as it will be an overnight storm for them (They get all the breaks)

Point is the snow will start to accumulate soon if it hasn't already started, the change just has occured at my house. In reading, pa

[Planetsnow]

So, the superstorm of 1993 was amazing in that despite the high sun angle there was still feet of snow from that storm! Imagine if that storm happened in Dec or Jan.

[nystate]

temperatures after this storm will not melt any snow fast at all, the highest temperature for the next 7-9 days will be 38 degrees.

Temp doesn't matter. I've seen snow melt at 7 degrees when the sun was shining.

[Noreaster_Jer_04]

Personaly I don't get that excited about the 93 storm, it was strong and very powerful, but in all honesty it only dropped 8-15" on the big cities, that storm was only impressive in that the wind was amazing, and of course the App Mts did truly get nailed... The reason for the quick accumulation though was due to the fact that it was very cold ahead of the storm...

Today on the other hand temps are hovering right around freezing, that combined with the sun angle caused probelms for accumulation

[IndianaJonesDDT]

alot of places will see this change starting now, the angle of the sun was to blame for the lack of accumulating snow, this was the problem last thursday in alot of places but 3-4pm this changes and snow will pile up fast... Places south of PA though might end up getting shafted as they have almost completed the storm... NE once agin will not have to worry about this as it will be an overnight storm for them (They get all the breaks)

Point is the snow will start to accumulate soon if it hasn't already started, the change just has occured at my house. In reading, pa

very true:

sticking to roads--
3:20pm

[BlizzzardMan]

So, the superstorm of 1993 was amazing in that despite the high sun angle there was still feet of snow from that storm! Imagine if that storm happened in Dec or Jan.

Yeah, I mentioned to someone else earlier on here about the sun angle. Once the sun sets the snow will add up faster. Although if you're in an area where it's not going to snow much more tonight then you'll get shafted. The 93 storm was exceptional because the extreme intensity of the low combined with a very strong high in Canada not only added cold air to the storm, but VERY cold air. I remember that day how we started out in the low 30s here in the morning and by evening it was like 20 here and plummeted more that night. Very unique storm and to occur like that in March was something that we may never see again in our lifetimes. I hope we do though!

[Planetsnow]

One thing I didn't get about the 93 storm was that only a few hours before the storm hit in Boston, local Mets were saying that the storm is moving more to the East and they raised the snowfall amounts to 24-30 inches. They thought the models were telling them a shift east. What happened? The storm stayed due north and cut right through limiting snow due to change to sleet and dry slots, etc. What a disappointment that was. THe local mets were WAY off on that one.

[BlizzzardMan]

temperatures after this storm will not melt any snow fast at all, the highest temperature for the next 7-9 days will be 38 degrees.

Temp doesn't matter. I've seen snow melt at 7 degrees when the sun was shining.

And getting into this time of the year it melts even faster. My area picked up 5 inches on Thursday and after a couple sunny days, with temps in the low 30s, most of it was gone.