We are up for a blizzard here in New England tonight and tomorrow what is the most snow you have seen from one storm in your area?
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The first part of the storm came just a few days before Christmas dumping close to three feet.
Denver International Airport was closed. All the major interstate highways were crippled. The city came to a stand still. People couldn't even leave the airport since the only road in and out was covered in huge snow drifts. I remember seeing so many people stuck at the airport and barely getting out for the holidays.
It was also the first year I suffered from cabin fever. I lived in a small one bedroom house on a corner lot. It took me about 3 days to dig a path from the front door to the back door which is mandatory in Denver after any snow fall.
As soon as I shoveled and cleared all areas around my property... the second half of the storm came through erasing all my hard work.
I just hope the blizzard that's expected to hit you tonight doesn't come with a twin sibling. I can tell that your storm pattern is moving slowly. That same storm came through the Gulf region and stayed for about 5 days with cold icy rain. Let's just hope that it doesn't stay that long at your house.
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M$http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=5889112
It puts the storm throwing out around 15 to 17 inches in 24 hours back in January of 07. I seemed to remember one from 02 that was 28.6 inches according to wiki.. but the source had disappeared from ADN's website. I remember one that seemed bigger than that in the 90's but I can't seem to find mention of it. I remember not being able to open my front door. My dad had us climb out a window and dig it out.
For all of Alaska though...
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Snowfall extremes are all credited to a station at Thompson Pass, which is on the highway north of Valdez. The record measurements are: season (1952-53) 974.5 inches; month (February 1953) 298 inches; and 24-hour (December 1955) 62 inches.
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more of the same storm...
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The largest single snowstorm on record, though, fell on parts of Alaska in 1955. This storm lasted five days, and left over 175 inches of snow on the ground — that's more than 141/2 feet!
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http://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com/what-was-the-heaviest-snowfall-on-record
I should note I wasn't alive at this point and Valdez is kinda far from me. I have been there though.. no fun.
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/narratives/ALASKA.htm
The red dot is Thompson Pass/Valdez.. I live next to the "Kenai" dot (about 10 miles away)
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Eh you have to consider norms though.. I saw on CNN this morning those east coast snow storms are killing people. At first I really chuckled thinking, "seriously? that little bit of snow resulted in deaths?" and then I thought about how much snow that is for that area and the different mind set they must have there. Then you counter in the lack of ice and snow experience and the deaths aren't that surprising.
I can only imagine what would happen if an average alaskan winter hit somewhere in the south...
Wow. Alaska is tough to beat for snow. Even in the supposed blizzard conditions that will be here later tonight and tomorrow the most snow anyone will be getting is 2 feet (some reports are less) and that would be big for around here. I live around 75 miles north of where the snow and conditions will be worst we are expected to get 5-10 inches.
I live on the border of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
True what is normal one place is not another but we do get some quite dangerous storms here and it is not for lack of preparation. We in New England have to be prepared for anything, last year in December ice fell for 4 days straight and put much of our area in the dark, some for up to 3 weeks. 2008 Ice Storm
I think the Massachusetts based reporting stations are going a bit overboard as the scenario is usually reversed, north getting the big numbers and the south getting rain or a cold slushy mix. Those Cape Cod residents don't see much of this ever.
And buddawiggi, not sure how much you got in NH, but I'm staring at about 12 - 16 inches of white cottony snow...and still falling. I love it! Merry Christmas all!
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Very nice to get a local perspective. In southern NH we have <1 inch and there are sporadic flurries. We are expected to get 1 inch more. It is really laughable but I am watching the Massachusetts news (WBZ) and the blizzard conditions on the south shore and the cape are really a sight to see. The difference is amazing.
Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!
Budda, us in NJ got the storm before you. Fun to watch!
Hoping we see nothing like that this year.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUVF9z0Te3E
amazing
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That was you guys?!! Great job! That is a great way to really own the winter. I mean it is not going to skip a year.. ever, might as well make a lot of fun. It sounds like Madison, WI has similar winters to southern New Hampshire. ... well you guys have more fun.
These pictures were taken in my yard
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I experienced the worst blizzard on October 31th, 1991; in Minneapolis, MN... 32'' inches of snow in 24 hours! It was the first snow blizzard in my life. Since I was pretty much ignorant on the matter I decided to go out to the streets and see the "Marvelous Wonder". There was ditching cars all over and snowmobiles pulling everyone out. My landlord was terrorized when I came back.
L: "Why you went out?"
P: "well, I just wanted to se the beautiful snow... what´s the problem?"
L: "Don´t you know this has turned into the biggest storm ever?"
P: "¿Really?"
L: "This snow storm is the biggest... in a hundred years!!;” “I´ve been living in Minnesota for 35 years, I was born here... and I have not seen anything like this... in my life!!!"
It was Halloween day of 1991; mid fall season... winter arrived almost 2 months in advance.
I live in Idaho and was in on that storm before it hit you. We also had around three feet and were digging out for days. My daughter and I lived in a house out in the country and had drifts as tall as my horse trailer.
It has been forecast as a single punch blizzard.. hopefully. You just never know with New England storms. The Cape Cod and south shore areas of Massachusetts will be getting the lions share (one to two feet of snow) of this one but you never can be sure 'till the snow actually hits as a single degree in temperature variation will change everything.
Right now my area is scheduled for 5-10 inches.. I'll bet on higher.