{"id":178,"date":"2018-03-12T16:42:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storm.uml.edu\/~metweb\/Blog\/?p=178"},"modified":"2018-03-12T16:42:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:42:13","slug":"march-continues-to-roar-3rd-noreaster-in-11-days-set-for-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storm.uml.edu\/~metweb\/newBlog\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/12\/march-continues-to-roar-3rd-noreaster-in-11-days-set-for-region\/","title":{"rendered":"March Continues to Roar, 3rd Nor’Easter in 11 Days Set For Region"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NWS Early PM Headlines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is no rest for storm weary New England.\u00a0 Yet another Nor’easter will impact the region beginning around midnight and continuing throughout the day on Tuesday.\u00a0 Snow, wind, and coastal flood headlines are posted depending on where you live.\u00a0 Cold air will provide a “fluff factor” to the snow so the risk for power outages is much less with this storm across Central MA\/RI\/Merrimack Valley\/Metrowest.\u00a0 The strongest winds and pasty snows will be confined to the Cape\/Islands\/Plymouth County.\u00a0 Strong winds will also be possible along the North Shore which is why blizzard warnings are posted here as well.<\/p>\n

General Overview<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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GOES 16 Low Level Water Vapor Satellite (image College of Dupage Nexlab)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Surface cyclogenesis is underway off the Southeast coast as energy from the Southern jet taps into the gulf stream.\u00a0 Some northern stream energy will be infused into the system this evening and then its bombs away.\u00a0 Another “bomb cyclone” will track south and east of New England tonight and tomorrow.\u00a0 A meteorological “bomb” is when the mean sea level pressure drops 24 mb in 24 hours.\u00a0 By 8 AM tomorrow, the pressure will be down to 972 mb (give or take).\u00a0 Right now the pressure is around 1000 mb, easily qualifying this storm as a “bomb”.<\/p>\n

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WPC Surface Fronts\/Precipitation Tuesday 8 AM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The exact track is still TBD, but it appears to be just outside the 40\/70 benchmark that most of our most famous storms track near.\u00a0 The offshore track will help keep the cold air locked in place making this one all snow for everyone except the outer Cape and Nantucket.\u00a0 However, even though areas are expected to see at least 6″ of snow.\u00a0 \u00a0 The storm will track into the Gulf of Maine by tomorrow evening, shifting the heaviest snows to Northern New England.<\/p>\n

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WPC Surface Fronts\/Precipitation Tuesday 8 PM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Timing\/Impacts\/Totals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Snow arrives after midnight across Rhode Island and Massachusetts.\u00a0 The first heavy snow bands should arrive by 4 AM in Central\/Eastern MA.<\/p>\n

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12z NAM hires Simulated Radar Tuesday 4 AM (image Tropical Tidbits)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Intense snow rates of 1-3″\/hr will batter the region throughout the morning.\u00a0 This will make the AM commute nearly impossible.\u00a0 Winds will peak in SE MA during the morning as well.\u00a0 Winds will gust 50-60 MPH across Plymouth County, the Cape, and Islands.\u00a0 This is why the blizzard warning is posted here.\u00a0 Temperatures will initially be in the low 30’s before falling into the upper 20’s by morning everywhere expect SE MA.\u00a0 The temp drop will happen as the wind direction shifts to a northerly component.\u00a0 Snow will fall moderate to heavy through the early afternoon, letting up by late afternoon in Central MA and early evening in Eastern MA.\u00a0 Snow will taper in Southern NH\/ME by 8-9 PM before some backlash snows move back in after midnight.<\/p>\n

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12z NAM hires Simulated Radar Tuesday 6 PM (image Tropical Tidbits)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The National Weather Service is calling for over a foot of snow from Worcester County east.\u00a0 Although this may be a bit high, the fluffy snow and intense snow rates should overcome the high March sun angle and allow for a widespread 12″ snowstorm in Southern New England.\u00a0 The jackpot looks to be in SE MA near the canal.\u00a0 Impressive totals are forecast in the Blackstone and Merrimack Valley’s, as well as in and around Boston.<\/p>\n

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NWS NDFD Forecast Snowfall through March 14 (image Weatherbell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Light snows will remain on Wednesday although additional accumulation is not expected.\u00a0 Temperatures will be colder than normal through the rest of the week.\u00a0 Expect highs in the mid to upper 30’s on Wednesday and Thursday before a return to the 40’s for Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n

Stay safe.<\/p>\n

-Zack Green (UML Class of 2011)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no rest for storm weary New England.\u00a0 Yet another Nor’easter will impact the region beginning around midnight and continuing throughout the day on Tuesday.\u00a0 Snow, wind, and coastal flood headlines are posted depending on where you live.\u00a0 Cold air will provide a “fluff factor” to the snow so the risk for power outages […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,21,22,26],"tags":[31,57,64,65,77,81,99],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cold","category-new-england","category-snow","category-storm","category-winter","tag-blizzard","tag-mawx","tag-nhwx","tag-noreaster","tag-riwx","tag-snow","tag-wind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storm.uml.edu\/~metweb\/newBlog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storm.uml.edu\/~metweb\/newBlog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storm.uml.edu\/~metweb\/newBlog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storm.uml.edu\/~metweb\/newBlog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storm.uml.edu\/~metweb\/newBlog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storm.uml.edu\/~metweb\/newBlog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storm.uml.edu\/~metweb\/newBlog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storm.uml.edu\/~metweb\/newBlog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storm.uml.edu\/~metweb\/newBlog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}