January 26th 8:30 AM

Well, that was an interesting storm.  Still looking over some of the reports and data from this event.  Most of the snow that we received here in New England fell in the span of about 3 hours.  The snow on either side of this 3 hour period was light and didn't amount to much.  The height of the storm was between 2 and 5 AM.  One report from CT said  they received 7" of snow in 1.5 hours.  That is heavy, heavy snow.  The storm turned our to be slightly more intense than I forecasted, but I still think there will only be spotty reports of places getting over 12"

If you are interested in seeing some of the storm totals, click here.

When I measured the snow in the driveway in Hudson, NH this morning at 5:15 AM, we had about 5 inches.  By the time I was done snowblowing we might have gotten another half an inch.

In mid December I told a few friends that I felt we would have 4-6 week of chaotic storms then things would calm down and it would likely remain cold.

Well, guess what has happened.  Beginning just after Christmas '10, 4 weeks ago, we had a major storm with blizzard conditions in many locations, the following week we had another big storm that dropped over 2 feet of snow in some locations.  The 3rd week, we had two events, smaller in magitude, but dropping several inches.  And then this week, the storm from yesterday and overnight.  Looking at some of the longer range forecast models, there isn't anything on the horizon in terms of significant storms.  What all the models are showing however is about 1-2 weeks of very cold conditions that will develop next week.  This will be similar to the cold we had over this past weekend.  Several days of low temperatures below 0 and highs struggling to get to double digits.

As for precipitation, we are likely to have quick hitting, low moisture storms coming from the Great Lakes every 3 days or so.  Mostly these will only result in flurries or snow showers that will produce 1-2" if they are robust.  For the most part, they will put down a dusting to 1".

So we should be done with BIG storms for a few weeks at least.  I wouldn't be surprised to see 1 or 2 more as we head into March as we get closer to the change of seasons when warmer air starts making it's way north again....


Check for another update later, probably a bit more post-mortem on the storm from overnight.

-Jon K.