Good Thursday all!
The ice issues were not anywhere near as widespread as I thought they would be yesterday, and it oddly has nothing to due with the cold. In fact, the main reason is the wind, which has gusted to well over 40 mph in our area. The result of this is that it actually causes the ice to evaporate directly without ever turning to water in a process known as sublimation. The result is that the ice largely went away overnight, and thus the roads are in relatively good condition, allowing schools to open on time. More good news (or bad, depending on who you ask)- the storm for Monday does indeed miss off to the south of New England. There is also a chance of a storm around Wednesday, but that possibility is so far off and model disagreement is so large there is no point in even discussing it at the current time.
Today in weather history- March 13, 1993- A day that will forever live in weather infamy- the Great Superstorm of '93 drops as much as 50 inches of snow on the east coast, and nearly everyone from Atlanta north and as far west as Tennessee picks up a foot of snow. This is one of, if not the, largest swaths of extreme snowfall that has been recorded. Mt Washington also records a 144 mph wind gust, and a 4-13 foot storm surge inundates shoreline homes. This is comparable to a Category 2 hurricane's surge! Surely some of you have seen the commercial for Quattro where Old Man Winter says "thought I had it in the Blizzard of '93"...this is the blizzard he is referring to. The storm is the costliest non-tropical weather event on record in the United States, causing $6 billion in damage, and claiming 270 lives, three times the number of lives claimed by Hurricanes Andrew and Hugo....combined.
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