Sorry, I'm not buying it (again)...

[Tri-State_1925]

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/fcsts/BOSRERORH.html

NWS as usual has some unusual total for Worcester...12.8 inches? I'm in Worcester (just outside of the metro area and not very far from the airport where the totals are measured) and I didn't get one measurement over 12 inches (12 was the max), and most were a few inches less than that. I don't know who is measuring things over at the airport, but they need to go back to spotter receritification class. You can't stick a measuring stick in the biggest drift you see and call it a day.

[CajunMama]

You'd be surprised what even a mile difference can make in measurements. Now i know this isn't snow but when Allison came through here i got a couple of inches of rain and less than a mile away they received 24" of rain. There's a strong possiblity that the airport measurement may be correct.

[therock1811]

Yep. It's totally possible. The same theory that works for thunderstorms, works for snow too. Saw that happen in Butler County last Thursday. Fairfield, OH reported 5", but just across the county in Oxford, Ohio, there was a report of 7"! I myself got about 4" which is consistent with my airport's observation of the same.

[Aslkahuna]

Considering how much Thundersnow was reported, there should a greater than usual amount of variablity in snowfall amounts in spatial distribution.

Steve

[senorpepr]

I don't know how many times over the past few winters where the AFB and the downtown airport would have around 8-10" and where I lived, 15mi away, would have 16-18". (The latter total was self-measured [I'm a certified observer] and was confirmed by NWS employees who lived nearby.)