Feb 2013 Storm thread

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jharkin

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Since we have been filling up a few different older threads, though I might start a new one for this potential whopper of a storm.



On some of the various maps Ive seen Im potentially right at the center of this thing calling for 2ft+ outside Boston. We are under a blizzard watch


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
319 PM EST WED FEB 6 2013

...A POTENTIAL HISTORIC WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD IS EXPECTED TO
DROP 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY...

MAZ005>007-013>018-RIZ001>004-070430-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WS.A.0002.130208T0600Z-130209T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.BZ.A.0001.130208T1200Z-130209T2100Z/
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
EASTERN KENT RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...
TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...
WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK
319 PM EST WED FEB 6 2013

...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE
CORRIDOR.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 12 TO 24 INCHES.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPS BY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL
INCREASE INTENSITY DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL
FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE WORST OF THE STORM WILL BE FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER
HOUR POSSIBLE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WITH BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S.
 
I moved a few days wood to the back door. Tomorrow plan to test run the blower and genny and run out and get a couple odds and ends we would run out of before Saturday like the kids milk.
 
Yep, heading right for you guys! The same weather scenario that brought us Sandy, a clipper from the east hitting a nor'easter from the south west except now its cold enough to snow instead if just rain! I'm not sure what is going to happen here as the weather reports have the storm mysteriously skipping us as the winter weather warnings don't include my county, only the one in NJ, literally a stones throw away across the river that separates NJ and PA which I can see from my driveway.

My corp office is in Stamford, CT and they are hunkering down preparing for back up servers in other parts of the country.

I'm going to go fill up the gas cans for the generator as well as the big 5 gallons of water just in case. This snow/ice/rain pulls power lines and trees down so I'd rather be safe than sorry, only if it us only 6" or so.

Be safe my New England Hearth family :)
 
I am headed to the grocery store to buy a bunch of stuff we don't need, then I am going to the hardware store to finally get a snow shovel. I will end my day getting snow tires and then go home a watch the news hype the crap out of the storm. Saturday I will wake up to a couple of inches of snow and wonder what the f happened??????
 
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I dont know what a downslope effect is but all the whiners are already complaining that the meterologists are idiots because they cant predict it to within 2 inches a week in advance. And market basket is a nuthouse per my wifes morning drive past.
 
This is a picture of my TV last night(purple was the 1-2' range), so yah if it doesnt happen, heads should roll!

(broken image removed)

here is some more eye candy, i think that arrow is pointing at my house :)

(broken image removed)
 
As a skier, I wish all that was about 100 miles south, but the New England resorts need it badly.

TE
 
Here is a picture I took from the house we rented near bretton woods last weekend (heart of the white mountains) yah thats green grass, nevermind the snowmobile trails!

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TradEddie said:
As a skier, I wish all that was about 100 miles south, but the New England resorts need it badly.

TE
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Saw a couple of convoys of power company trucks headed out of Michigan this morning, again. Seems to be a familiar sight for me.

The husband of one of my wife's friends is a linesman and does pretty much nothing but storm work. Usually makes $90-100k a year.
 
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Insert snow for rain.
 
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Some before & after pics would be cool, (if someone there has the chance ) :)

Keep your wood dry ;)
 
We get away with murder here. ;em Good luck to everyone in the East. _g

Good wood-dryin' day here. ==c

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Some years ago the weather guys told us for two weeks that one of these was coming here. It did right on schedule and everybody was surprised.
 
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Thinkin' about heading south on I95 in the morning, if I time it just right I can get snowed in for the weekend at the Golden Banana .............
 
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hossthehermit said:
Thinkin' about heading south on I95 in the morning, if I time it just right I can get snowed in for the weekend at the Golden Banana .............
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Good idea. I think I will head North for there myself.
 
Weather guy said this morning it's gonna be a dry fluffy snow and real windy, so we won't be able to get an accurate measurement at home, but he'd give us the OFFICIAL numbers when it's over ............. talk about coverin' yer hiney ...........
 
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A wicked nor'easter for sure. Nothing to freak out about.

Hats off to the linemen and emergency service workers in advance. Hunker down and check on your elderly neighbors.
 
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Here ya go zap.

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Gassed up the truck, hit the supermarket, the liquor store, and the ATM.

Enough firewood in the house for 1 week, and another 3 weeks outside the back door. Good to go there.

Learned a huge lesson 2 years ago, and I'll be bringing the snow shovel inside tomorrow night. 6 exterior doors in this place to get outside, and 5 of them were snowed in December of 2011 :mad:

Oh, and the Dixette & her significant other closed on their house today, should be interesting. The moving truck is full, and parked out front. They are moving this weekend :p
 
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