A SNOW-LESS Winter in Bahstin...

Well.....They have the first part right,

We are still getting whitewashed.

Hope the rest of you get as much enjoyemnt from this system as Kansas did.

Oil them shovels, East Coast.

Stay Warm all.

RH

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Lots of snow falling now -- about 2 inches so far, supposed to be 3-5. The change to rain/ ice worries me though. We'll see.

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We've gotten about 2" so far with 6-8 expected by morning. The bulk of the storm is passing to our south.

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I use Weather Underground.

They upped the total to 10.1 inches in Boston.

They are also predicting little more than 3-4 inches in this next storm. I imagine there will be ice as Jespah said. The term they use is "ice pellets".

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We started getting the ice pellets when I was getting back from grocery shopping this morning. I'm sure glad I've got ice and snow tires on the little car. It was like driving on ball bearings - lots of cars slipping and sliding out there.

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Does anyone know what the weather is going to be like Monday in Boston? I have a 6:20am out of Logan Very Happy

home to my little Big Island in the sea.

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Raining.

Little icicles forming on trees.

Eek.

E.G. and I couldn't remember whether or not it snowed first or rained first during the big ice storm/power outage of 2004, so I went and found this earlier today. (A2K can be useful in unexpected ways.) Seems to be similar-ish so far. Fingers crossed.

It was beautiful fluffy snowflakes earlier, about 2-3 inches accumulation, then when sozlet and I were out doing some shopping in turned into those pellets, like tiny hail -- it HURT! Decided to get home before it got super-sloppy. Definitely had to drive carefully. It was raining by the time we got home.

I shoveled because the forecast is for dropping temps and more snow, and I know from experience that the snow/ rain mixture (the snow is still out there, just saturated) becomes ice and impossible to deal with.

I don't like those icicles.

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eastern lake ontario
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woke up to about minus 20 C this morning Shocked

on the way to the library we drove by and stopped for a while at the shores of lake ontario .
the lake was steaming and it looked as if it was boiling - the warm water from the bottom rushing to the top - quite a sight . it always happens when the temperature drops suddenly at the beginning of the winter season .
stocked up on books and DVD's at the library since we expect 30-40 cm of snow in next 36 hours (90 % probability - maybe we are lucky and get the 10 % = NO SNOW Laughing

) .
hbg

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Thanks for the updates.
For a while there I was afraid we were in for really bad weather.

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Brace yourself Hamburger. It seems that the forecasts are right for a change.

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light dusting so far... 2-4" of slush expected... precip should end between 6-9pm... whatever doesn't evaporate will surely freeze over...

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Whew!

Nothing in particular happened last night. Woke up to depleted snow (less than when we went to sleep) and some unfrozen puddles. No apparent ice. Snow is falling now -- light, powdery stuff. A "blowing snow" advisory but that's it.

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Big whacking heaps of snow here. The little dogs didn't quite know how to get around in the backyard - and came back in soaking wet.

The dehumidifier just kicked in, in the basement, so I know that the snow's as wet and heavy as it looks.

Do I want to go out to dance class? Maybe not. I'll have to think about this.

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Just like in "The SHipping NEws" the LAncaster weather headlines were
'LANCASTER COUNTY SPARED RAVAGES OF DANGEROUS WINTER STORM". Laughing

News folks can have it both ways

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I've never seen as many as 5 weather warnings for Boston. Right now we have winter storm, coastal flooding, wind advisory, special weather statement and public information statement.

It's turned to a mix of ice and snow. We have maybe 4 inches of fresh snow out there. It's hard to tell because the wind gusts have knocked much of it off tree limbs and fences (my usual gages).

Poor little winter birds!

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littlek wrote:

We have maybe 4 inches of fresh snow out there.

We do???

Dammit, I'm out of Guinness.

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At least 4 inches on the ground; snow started at maybe 5 AM or so and it's been freezing rain since, I think, about 8:30, 9 AM or so.

Yet more love from the weather channel:

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WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY THROUGH MID MORNING REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES. THE SLEET WILL THEN CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON AND THE INTENSITY WILL TAPER OFF SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.

UNTREATED ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY THIS MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

Quote:

LATEST SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON, MA: SALEM, 10.0"... METHUEN, 9.5"... NORTHFIELD, 9.5"... MARBLEHEAD, 9.0"... GOSHEN, 8.5"... LANCASTER, 8.3"... PEPPERELL, 8.2"... FITCHBURG, 8.1" TO 9.5"... LOWELL, 8.1"... CAMBRIDGE, 8.0"... WALPOLE, 8.0"... WAKEFIELD, 8.0"... HUDSON, 7.9"... TEMPLETON, 7.5"... TOWNSEND, 7.5"... NORTH GRAFTON, 7.5"... TOPSFIELD, 7.5"... CHARLEMONT, 7.5"... WILTON, 7.4"... WINCHESTER, 7.1"... WESTHAMPTON, 7.0"... KEENE, 7.0"... GREENFIELD, 7.0"... BURRILLVILLE, 7.0"... ARLINGTON, 7.0" ... PETERBOROUGH, 7.0"... WESTBOROUGH, 7.0"... RINDGE, 7.0"... WINCHENDON, 7.0"... AYER, 7.0"... LEOMINSTER, 7.0"... WESTMINSTER, 7.0"... WALPOLE, 7.0"... HUDSON, 6.8"... HINGHAM, 6.8".

Except for the 2 places I highlighted in red, most of these places are North of Route 495 and so they're going to get more accumulation.

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WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING.

AN INTENSIFYING COASTAL STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS TODAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL REACH 30 TO TO 35 MPH AROUND MIDDAY WITH SCATTERED GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THIS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

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HIGH TIDE WILL GENERALLY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM.

THE STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR TWO FEET. WHILE THIS REMAINS BELOW FLOOD STAGE...THE COMBINATION OF TIDE...SURGE AND WAVE ACTION WILL CAUSE SPLASHOVER TO OCCUR.

WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST TONIGHT AND DIMINISH...AT WHICH TIME THE WAVE ACTION WILL SUBSIDE.

IF YOU LIVE NEAR AN AREA AT RISK FOR SPLASHOVER...BE ALERT FOR STONES AND OTHER DEBRIS THAT MAY BE THROWN BY THE CRASHING SURF. ALSO BE ALERT FOR POOLING OF WATER THAT MAY SPLASH ONTO ROADS AND PARKING AREAS.

HERE ARE THE TIMES OF AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE. PLUM ISLAND SOUND 337 PM GLOUCESTER 343 PM MARBLEHEAD 345 PM BOSTON HARBOR 344 PM SCITUATE 341 PM PLYMOUTH 351 PM RACE POINT 344 PM CHATHAM 417 PM NANTUCKET 449 PM

Dayum.

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I can just hear it. It's a project for me to pick up my head right now.

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Slappy Doo Hoo wrote:

littlek wrote:
We have maybe 4 inches of fresh snow out there.

We do???

Dammit, I'm out of Guinness.

We've got two six packs of sissy beer if you get desperate.

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Sglass wrote:

Slappy Doo Hoo wrote:
littlek wrote:
We have maybe 4 inches of fresh snow out there.

We do???

Dammit, I'm out of Guinness.

We've got two six packs of sissy beer if you get desperate.

Bud Light?

I have a few porters in the fridge. However if I actually did crack one, I would just have to check into AA after this weekend.

There's a pretty damn good chinese place across from me, almost chinatown good. I just put an order in, and getting dressed to get it is going to be very difficult. If I'm not back on today, I passed out in a snowbank.

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