What a Whooper!
First of all...thanks to all of you for participating and beeing our eyes through the storm...you were all a very big help...thank you!
That was one of the hardest thumpings I can remember...that snow this morning was incredible...thanks to the convective elements many picked up a foot in only a few hours...crazy. The center of the low continues to chug through the Gulf of Maine pulling with it the intense lift. The gradual tapering process continues with a few weakening bands remaining over the area. Even though the snow still is coming down in some towns the accumulation is just about over...finally! In the end, pinpointing the area with the maximum snow amounts didn't matter...it was just about everywhere except SE Mass and Logan Airport...although we still await a fresh amount I doubt it is much over 14" if that. The NAM really nailed it, and while I figured a few spots would get to a foot and a half I didn't see all of Southern New England doing so...the NAM has been really good inside 24 hours and even 36 hours with this storm!
Time to move on now and we get a few peacful days leading into the weekend...just quite cold with highs by Friday and Saturday under limited sunshine only in the mid 20s! Slightly warmer air will work in Saturday night inducing a little light snow...not much, just some coatings.
Early next week the mean trough axis retreats briefly to the west inducing SW flow and a very brief respite from the cold. Low pressure will likely develop out ahead of the trough and spread precip in here middle of next week...this may mean some rain but there is also a chance of mixed, icy precip at the start...a week away...
