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Currently @10:39PM, 35F, dp 18F, 49%, 1013.3mb, w 3, clng unlimited ft, vis 10mi, clear, none

Man, AGAIN WE JUST MISSED A HUGE STORM!!!! This season has been frustrating beyond belief. Only a trace of snow fell here in SE PA and you had to squint to see the damn flurries. However, just east of here on Long Island and all of New England they got pounded with a strong low. All day the storm's pressure kept dropping. On sattelite it appeared to resemble a HURRICANE almost. The clouds wrapped completely around the center creating the appearence of an eye...very cool. Rain overspread New England early in the pre-dawn hours. Then, quicker than forecasted the rain changed over to snow. The NWS service offices frantically updated the mention of snow to Winter Storm Warnings in MA, NH, and Maine. They were calling for 6-12" of heavy wet snow as temps were hovering around 32-33F. They should've stuck to their original guns as the snow subsided quickly across Central Mass and Southern NH. They likely only ended up with 4-6" of snow. While areas to the north and east of there INCLUDING BOSTON, probably received heavier totals as the snow took longer to clear out to the Northeast. The low pressure droopped to 980mb late this morning. It was predicted to fall as low as 960mb in the gulf of Maine. Maine saw the heaviest totals. I have yet to see the amounts, however they probably range from 1-2' wet snow. By tommorrow morning they'll be up on the NWS public information statements. Looks like Nova Scotia is getting an all out BLIZZARD tonight as the low is well below 980mb, probably close to 965 or 960mb. I'd love to be there now!

Looking ahead to the rest of this week. It's really hard to tell what's going to happen. ABSOLUTELY NO models have a good grip of whether all these shortwaves of energy will form into larger storms. The best indications so far is that an overriding storm will form in the East bringing light to moderate precip. Probably rain/snow I95 corridor, snow north and west, rain south/east. Yup, the usual. Hopefully, the current storm departign can pull down some of the massive amounts of cold-air stored in Canada.

I've been reading many bullentin board posting of people saying that if it doesn't get cold within the next couple of weeks, then winter is over. What are they talking about? Snowstorms can form all the way through March and rarely in early April. I remember a 4" snowfall we had in the early 90s on April 14th. The temps dropped just low enough overnight to support sticking. There is PLENTY of time for storms to develop and POUND the East. They BETTER form or I'll have to take a drive up north to experience some solid winter weather. Ok, have a good day and check back for what's in store later this week...8^)...Ev