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Originally Posted by Resident 2B
CLA,
This was a very close to a big one for the lakes region. Downeast Maine should get a widespread 12"+.
I use her idea about the Mount Washington auto road for seeing what is happening at the mid-levels very frequently. It is like having realtime soundings.
R2B
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Another good cross section is the AIRMAP stations (UNH.) They're building a model that is specific to New England's weather. PSU is involved on the meteorology end, and UNH is using the data to help better predict air quality around here, since it can vary from being the tailpipe of the nation in summer to among the cleanest when we have air coming from the arctic (like now.)
You may have already seen this. If not, their monitoring stations form a diagonal cross-section of New England from Isles of Shoals to MWN. The data's always online, on their web site, and also includes detailed AQ data.
www.airmap.unh.edu
As for this snowstorm, Black Cat ended the day with 10.8". That last band dropped over 2 inches in a hurry. You're still covered though - it's still a Y1 + a whisker, since I've seen cat whiskers 4 inches long.
Interestingly enough, the lake effect snow machine is in hyperdrive tonight, as one of the TV mets pointed out, the squalls are making it from Buffalo all the way to the ocean and re-energizing. Seems in the last couple of hours radar has shown a train of snow riding this lake from NW to SE, originating in the St. Lawrence.
19 degrees and dropping, with NW winds howling again.