<p>When is the snow supposed to begin in the Boston/Providence area? DH is flying back Friday morning and is hoping to get out before it gets bad. He’ll spend Thursday night in Providence and fly out in the am.</p>
<p>Prediction for my area of MA is for 2 feet of snow. It is supposed to start mid-morning on Friday.</p>
<p>VAmom, there is supposed to be 2 storms back to back. One Fri a.m and one Fri night. The Fri night one is supposed to be the big one.</p>
<p>Switched from a midday departure to a 6:30am one on Friday. I’m pretty convinced this won’t be much in the Westchester, NY area but I figure the earlier, the better. Now if I was living in the Boston area or Maine, watch out.</p>
<p>In Boston/NH, my understanding is that it will snow lightly from Friday morning until evening and then the snow will come down very fast (4-8 inches/hour) until early Saturday afternoon. The forecasts that I’ve seen are for 1-2 feet. Not sure that I’ve seen any forecasts for 2-3 feet.</p>
<p>I’d like to know what kind of snow this is. If it’s light and fluffy, then I won’t care that much. If it’s heavy and wet, then I will have to work on the front and back roofs to make sure that we don’t have ice dam issues and to make sure that there isn’t too much weight up there. The temperatures Sunday and on are going to be mild here (well above freezing) so I expect it to melt quickly.</p>
<p>A few years ago, we had a series of snowstorms that weren’t too bad on their own but a lot of people had roof issues because of the accumulated weight of the snow from several storms in relatively quick succession.</p>
<p>I need to run into Boston Friday afternoon and then back to NH. I’ll be watching the timing of the storm very closely. It’s possible that I get stranded in Boston - if that happens, I stay with my mother.</p>
<p>I think you should bring a toothbrush, BCEagle.</p>
<p>Good luck guys.</p>
<p>Scheduled to fly out of Boston on USAir at 11:30am on Friday. Just tried online to change it to an earlier flight, but they were still charging me a change fee. So I called, waited just a couple of minutes before I got an agent. She said they were still charging me the change fee because they don’t want anyone flying in or out of Boston on Friday, they’re trying to push everyone to tomorrow or Saturday or Sunday. Her advice was: go to the ariport early Friday morning, get on earlier flight (plenty of availability) and only pay $75 instead of $150 to change. Works for me. Assuming the storm really isn’t going to start until later in the day on Friday.</p>
<p>For those of you closer to local forecasts, does this seem like a safe plan? I should be in the air by 8:00 Friday morning.</p>
<p>This is enough to make me gag. I’m flying southwest from Cleveland to Baltimore on Friday…then Baltimore
Hartford. I’m thinking I need to changes Baltimore to Hartford leg of the trip to Sunday. I really want to get home…my flight is supposed to land in Hartford at 2:40…think it will…or should I rebook now?</p>
<p>^Interesting that USAir isn’t allowing a change without the fee. Boston is on Jet Blue’s list for changes without a charge on any flight Friday or Saturday.</p>
<p>I would rebook before other people do. If the flight is cancelled, it could be few days before you get a flight back.</p>
<p>They are staying early ligh snow early friday am, then worsening Friday afternooon, and bee horrible all night. I have to work in Boston saturday, so am getting a hotel room friday night.</p>
<p>Question for you seasoned northeasterners. I am traveling to Providence tomorrow am for business, and my plan was to spend the night in Boston and then head to Hanover, NH to visit my D. Should I cancel the latter part of my trip? How bad does it really get? Any input would be appreciated. Where I live, we get a bit of snow, but nothing like this. Thanks!</p>
<p>Thumper, imo, the whole northeast may be one big mess and with at least delays all over and then once the cancellations starting, oy. I’d rebook. Prepare to be on hold for awhile though. Hartford is on the list for no change charge.</p>
<p>Boston is on USAir’s no-fee-for-changes list, but their system is programmed to charge fees for any changes to Friday flights. As the agent said, the computer isn’t very smart. It can’t differentiate between Friday morning (still looks like a good time to fly) and Friday afternoon or evening (not so much). My guess is when I show up at Logan very early on Friday morning and it’s beginning to snow, I can convince the agent not to change me a fee.</p>
<p>Or I could suck it up right now, pay the frigging fee, and be assured of a seat on the earlier flight. </p>
<p>I. hate. this.</p>
<p>Dumbo, you should pm BCEagle. He lives in NH, knows the roads and what the local conditions might be at the time. Are you use to driving in snow?</p>
<p>I hate it too. I want to hope that my 1:00 flight out of Baltimore to Hartford on Friday will go as its early in the storm. But there is a piece of me that thinks that is a pipe dream. I have relatives in MD so I’m hoping if I get stuck there, someone will come and get me…and then I can be pretty flexible with a reschedule if my flight is canceled. I really want to get home.</p>
<p>emilybee, I would NEVER drive. I would be a hazard to everyone, lol. I was planning on taking the Dartmouth Coach from Logan to Hanover, and fly home on Sunday. I’m a bit concerned that I might make it to Hanover, but D will be in NYC until late afternoon on Friday for an interview, and she might not be able to make it back. It’s winter carnival at Dartmouth, and I was really looking forward to seeing all the activities. But I’m getting a bit nervous about this.</p>
<p>Oh. How is your D getting from NYC to Hanover? That is a hike. I wouldn’t want to be driving Friday night from NYC to New Hampshire. </p>
<p>I would seriously rethink your plans as she could possibly be stuck in NYC until Sunday.</p>
<p>dumbo:</p>
<p>Assuming the forecasts are correct (a big “if”), then I would think you want to be in Hanover by sometime around lunchtime on Friday and not plan to drive anywhere until Saturday night/Sunday morning. The major roads around here are usually fine once it has quit snowing, but during a major snow event, they can’t keep up with it.</p>
<p>One option would be to skip the Boston detour (the traffic there is going to be a mess) and just head north from Providence on Thursday afternoon – either all the way to Dartmouth, or to a hotel in Manchester or Concord, which would put you within an hour or so of Hanover for Friday morning. You do NOT want to be on 495 or I-93 north in the “rush hour” commute on Friday afternoon in a snow storm unless it’s life or death.</p>
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<p>EDIT: Just read your newer post. I don’t think your daughter will be driving from NYC to Hanover, NH on Friday night.</p>