Widespread 10-16 Inches Of Snow Expected In Southern New England Thursday

CBS -WBZ Boston ^ | December 16, 2020 | Terry Eliasen, Meteorologist

[Capt. Tom]

A winter nor'easter is not unusual here in New England and this article has to me a sensible approach to that situation.

Last winter here just south of Boston we had several snowfalls that were not storm driven, it was more like the Lake effect snow that Buffalo NY regularly gets.

At last it looks lke we will be getting tonight a real Nor'easter like we are used to having during the winter months.

So be prepared, and hope you don't experience the real problem - a power loss.

Freepers from NY thru Conn. should be experiencing this storm now.

Along the Mass. coast we get our turn tonight. -Tom

[EEGator]

Snowing in Philly area already.

[TomGuy]

[ClearCase_guy]

A small thing to grouse about, but with schools having figured out how to present remote classes, and many workers able to work from home, a good solid snowfall no longer means much of a day off for anyone. I feel somewhat cheated.

[Seruzawa]

Montanans are very impressed I’m sure.

Whining snowflakes for real.

[VastRWCon]

“but with schools having figured out how to present remote classes, and many workers able to work from home, a good solid snowfall no longer means much of a day off for anyone. I feel somewhat cheated.”

Yep me too. I live/work from home in FL and the office is in Baltimore MD. Now that they mostly work from home too, snow days are a thing of the past.

[EEGator]

You can hope some trees take out some power lines.

[MplsSteve]

Here in Minneapolis-St Paul, everything is brown.

In mid October, we got a fluky snowfall of about seven inches - but that has melted. Since then, we’ve gotten only a couple of ight dustings of snow.

I’ve lived here my whole life and I don’t mind the lack of snow.

[Paulie]

I bet the schools will call it a snow day off even they’re all remote at home.

The lazy teachers will come up with some bogus excuse.

[ClearCase_guy]

All the leaves are brown
And the sky is gray
I’d be safe and warm
If I was in LA.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Amateurs...

[Inspectorette]

Born and raised in Rhode Island-Massachusetts. Never minded snowstorms until after Christmas. Then January thaw, lulling us into complacency. Then FEBRUARY - always the worst month of the year. Blizzard of ‘78 - good times ;-)

[1Old Pro]

I feel somewhat cheated.

When I leave work today, I must remember to forget to bring home the laptop.

[IYAS9YAS]

You can hope some trees take out some power lines.

Or you can just tell 'em that happened. Neighbor's tree took out my feed. No, the neighborhood has power. Yeah. They said about 9 hours. They're swamped.

[bramps]

Born and raised in Rhode Island-Massachusetts. Never minded snowstorms until after Christmas. Then January thaw, lulling us into complacency. Then FEBRUARY - always
“””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””

I echo those sentiments. I’d also add that back when I used to watch football, winter wouldn’t really bother me until after the Superbowl because for the past 15 years or so we’ve had the Patriots to look forward to pretty much every year. What a run!

[Capt. Tom]

Snowing in Philly area already.

We have to wait for our turn,tonight and tomorrow.

Just got a call from my friend who volunteered to plow me out if necessary and install a generator if necessary.
I am one of the few people these days that doesn't seem overly concerned about a winter snowstorm.
I guess you get that way being old and retired with no school aged children around.

In answering you I pinged my white shark list as many are locals who will be involved with this storm, as many along the East coast from Philly thru New England will be. - Tom

[Red Badger]

Hot chocolate and Bourbon and you’re good to go...................

[1Old Pro]

light and fluffy stuff west of I-95 and much heavier/wetter snow inside I-95 including the coastline and most of southeastern MA.

You get the heavy stuff it sounds, let him plow you out :)

[knarf]

I hear ya' on the old and retired thing

Just me n' mama

[Bob434]

if we had soemoen taking care of the snow for us, I wouldn’t ind it at all- but we take care of the snow ourselves, and that has gotten old the past couple of years- especially standing up on a roof with a 20 foot drop on the backside of house- ugggh-

For those that do their own roofs though I would suggest buying one of the following-

Minnesota snow razor (there are several other brands- this one is pretty good- some are kinda flimsy because they are too tall, and flex too much)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hg6KF-es0I

Start about the 3:30 mark- these things save a ton of time and energy, and work really slick for parts of the roof accessible from ground- it’s a little tricky off a ladder- but doable- We made our own