Dec 29-30, Jan 2-3 Eastern US Winter Storms (freezing, heat, flood)

[snj90]

Heavy snow here, fairly thick blanket now, and it's only been snowing for three hours. I look outside and all I see is the white stuff. Man, I love snow.

[Cambium]

Just out.

SPC heavy snow discussion. Winds picking up outside & Snowing here.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0001.html



NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0743 PM CST THU JAN 02 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...NRN NJ/SERN NY INCLUDING LONG ISLAND/CT/RI/SERN
MA/DOWN EAST ME

CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW

VALID 030143Z - 030645Z

SUMMARY...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS
FORECAST THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FROM PARTS OF NRN NJ
ENEWD ACROSS SRN/ERN NEW ENGLAND. ADDITIONALLY...BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE WITH TIME.

DISCUSSION...SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO -- AND IN LOCAL AREAS EXCEEDING
-- AN INCH PER HOUR ARE FORECAST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS
THE SRN NEW ENGLAND VICINITY...AS A LARGE UPPER TROUGH CROSSES THE
ERN THIRD OF THE U.S. OVERNIGHT. AS THE TROUGH ADVANCES EWD...A
SURFACE LOW -- NOW OFF THE COAST OF SERN VA/NERN NC -- IS PROGGED TO
UNDERGO RELATIVELY RAPID CYCLOGENESIS AS IT SHIFTS SLOWLY ENEWD OVER
THE NEXT 6-12 HOURS.

ATTM...THE BAND OF HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXTENDS FROM ERN VA --
WHERE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS OBSERVED -- NEWD ACROSS NJ AND LONG
ISLAND AND INTO SRN CT/RI/SERN MA...WITH MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY
SNOWFALL INDICATED ACROSS THESE AREAS.

LATEST SREF GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOWFALL
WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT -- FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY EWD ACROSS NRN
CT/MA/SRN VT/SRN NH/SRN ME...INLAND/WELL N OF THE ONGOING HEAVIER
PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...HIGH-RES MODELS -- INCLUDING THE
NMM4...THE HRRR...AND A LOCAL NSSL 4KM WRF -- DEPICT THE HEAVIEST
ONSHORE PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN CONFINED TO THE SERN NEW ENGLAND
VICINITY. THIS IS MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...AND
GIVEN THE SURFACE LOW PROGGED TO TRACK ENEWD AWAY FROM THE COAST
WITH TIME...THE SERN NEW ENGLAND VICINITY REMAINS THE AREA OF
HIGHEST CONFIDENCE FOR SUSTAINED/HEAVY ONSHORE SNOWFALL OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IN ADDITION...AS WINDS INCREASE ACROSS THIS
AREA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEEPENING OFFSHORE LOW...BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED REDUCED
VISIBILITY/BLOWING SNOW.

[Cambium]

With temps and radar on and the area of heavy snow.

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by Infamous92

How does that even happen?

Unconscious incompetence behind the steering wheel of a car.

[Cambium]

Look what NWS NJ just did...

First NWS Boston, now NWS NJ. Now widespread 8-10 inches in NJ with a foot expected in parts


National Weather Service Forecast Office - Philadelphia/Mount Holly - Winter Storm Total Precip

[Cambium]

Another factor we aren't thinking about! Winds = waves... Water is splashing onto shore and guess whats happening with temps in the teens!

Incredible storm!



https://twitter.com/BogsWBZ/status/418967122576818176

[AlfieBoy]

Well, this storm is no disappointment! The accumulations in Providence don't seem very high, but the winds are ferocious. The temperature is currently (2:00am) 3 degrees. Have no idea what the wind chill is, but I imagine it's well, well below zero.

I love winter --- love it, and I know how to dress for it. This is the absolute height of the storm, so, fortified by a shot of Southern Comfort and the comfort of friends at a downtown bar, I took a few photos of the storm.



The winds are about 30-35 mph, and the snow is falling horizontally.



There are no cars on the street. The city is doing a great job of plowing, but they aren't spreading salt or sand as it would be ineffective at this temperature. I live among the campuses of Brown and Rhode Island School of Design, which are situated on a very, very steep hill, and they have these neat small plows that are clearing the sidewalks quite effectively.



If you love a great storm, then you, like me, are in your glory! More snow, please!

[Cambium]

Wind chills are near and below zero in these areas where flooding is possible.

[Cambium]

Officially 14.6" for the storm at Boston's Logan International Airport ..Jackpot is Boxford Ma with 23.8"

Many daily records broken.

[Cambium]

Storm surge in MA

https://twitter.com/jsimp1610_/statu...58585097342976