So SM36, what are the weather charts saying about this one?

SNE MA and RI
1-3 inches of snow, followed by 1/2-3/4 inches of rain, over 36 hours followed by below normal temperatures for the rest of the week

NH, N MA, CT you don't want to be there.

too cold to rain here... its only 8 degrees now


are we taking ice storm for Middlesex County?

too cold to rain here... its only 8 degrees now


are we taking ice storm for Middlesex County?

snow, then mixed, to rain, you should be 35 by 3pm tomorrow. the wind is coming in from the s/se , you'll be 40 by noon on Wednesday then drop back into the 20s.

here's a link to the a good rendering of the surface temps, wind direction and speed. it only goes 12 hours out though.

TwisterData.com | RUC 2 M ABOVE GROUND TMPF Forecast (http://www.twisterdata.com/index.php?sounding.x=769&sounding.y=237&sndclick=n&prog=forecast&model=RUC&grid=255&model_yyyy=2011&model_mm=01&model_dd=17&model_init_hh=23&fhour=12&parameter=TMPF&level=2&unit=M_ABOVE_GROUND&maximize=n&mode=singlemap&sounding=n&output=image&view=large&archive=false#)

according to the HPC the gfs is tracking better, here is the link to the 11pm tomorrow night view and you can see the temps upper 30s across most of SE Mass before the artic high slams the door.
Fortunately, its a near miss with the aritic air mass

TwisterData.com | GFS 2 M ABOVE GROUND TMPF Forecast (http://www.twisterdata.com/index.php?sounding.x=780&sounding.y=231&sndclick=n&prog=forecast&model=GFS&grid=3&model_yyyy=2011&model_mm=01&model_dd=17&model_init_hh=18&fhour=33&parameter=TMPF&level=2&unit=M_ABOVE_GROUND&maximize=n&mode=singlemap&sounding=n&output=image&view=large&archive=false)

Fortunately, its a near miss with the aritic air mass


With the frozen ground and over ft white stuff covering everything, I think I'd vote for more snow vs. ice/rain....real mess about ready to converge on our area followed by some of the coldest temps of the season, this rain will freeze the covered ground solid until Spring.

With the frozen ground and over ft white stuff covering everything, I think I'd vote for more snow vs. ice/rain....real mess about ready to converge on our area followed by some of the coldest temps of the season, this rain will freeze the covered ground solid until Spring.

Yes, it's hibernation nation.

we have tiny semi frozen rain ice crystals falling

the ultimately slippery KIND

here too

Snowing pretty good clip in Brockton 5:45AM but made it to UMass campus in 25 min. Snowing here too.

snow

Another "All Snow" event coming Friday!!:fury:

2 inches so far ....i am the chauffeur today....
and tommorow

2 inches so far ....i am the chauffeur today....
and tommorow

Turning to ice.

4 to 8 thursday night into Friday.

Latest shows big change for Friday. Get the snowblower and keep small dogs indoors

TwisterData.com | NAM 2 M ABOVE GROUND TMPF Forecast (http://www.twisterdata.com/index.php?prog=forecast&model=NAM&grid=221&model_yyyy=2011&model_mm=01&model_dd=18&model_init_hh=12&fhour=81&parameter=TMPF&level=2&unit=M_ABOVE_GROUND&maximize=n&mode=singlemap&sounding=n&output=image&view=large&archive=false)

Turning to ice.
friggan wipers hardly cut it ya have to twist the ice off of them

3 1/2 hours -> driving Miss Daisey :doh:

got stuck just in the drive way .... on the way out

i am now stuck in the driveway ..... on the way in.... :wall:

i will fuel up and go a shovelin for an hour or two


so friday looks bad eh?

yep not looking to cheery but it's 78 hours away. Lots can happen, the big concern is that artic outbreak could also bring -10 - -15 to you Saturday night.

Still heavy, wet snow here on Quincy Bay, 11:30AM.

mixed precip line is fall river through wareham

mixed precip line is fall river through wareham

Absolutely perfect conditions for black ice along that stretch this morning as I was driving in. No treatment on the roads, either, except apparently from Marion through Mattapoisett. Back to untreated at the Fairhaven line.

I think I passed about 10 spin-outs, in total. Some went down into the trees along the median on 195. One blue Chrokee looked totaled--probably someone who thought that 4wd made him bulletproof.

I think I passed about 10 spin-outs, in total. Some went down into the trees along the median on 195. One blue Chrokee looked totaled--probably someone who thought that 4wd made him bulletproof.


I saw 4 spin-outs between Mansfield and Providence on routes 495 and 95. Most people were driving pretty slow, but one idiot in a VW went flying by like he was driving a snowplow. About 6 miles ahead, he was spun into the median. That should teach him.