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this is why, IMO, northern high plains is one of the best chasing regions in the country. sure the road networks are pretty sparse, but there's a fraction of the chasers as in the midwest/south plains, and the structure is insane.

Records: Highs: EWR: 86 (1990) NYC: 85 (1990) LGA: 83 (1990) JFK: 85 (1990) Lows: EWR: 18 (1948) NYC: 6 (1888) LGA: 19 (2014) JFK: 19 (2014) Historical: 1888: The wind reached a maximum speed of 48 mph in Washington taking down telegraph, electric, and police wires and cut off Washington to the outside world. While the NE suffered the great blizzard of 1888 also called "The White Hurricane". (P. 49 Washington Weather Book 2002 by Ambrose, Henry, Weiss) 1896: The minimum temperature for the date is 14 °F in Washingon, DC. (Ref. Washington Weather Records) 1907 — A storm produced a record 5.22 inches of rain in 24 hours at Cincinnati, OH. (12th-13th) (The Weather Channel) 1951 — The state of Iowa experienced a record snowstorm. The storm buried Iowa City under 27 inches of snow. (David Ludlum) 1977 — Baltimore, MD, received an inch of rain in eight minutes. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987) 1987 — A winter storm produced heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada Range of California, and the Lake Tahoe area of Nevada. Mount Rose NV received 18 inches of new snow. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 — Unseasonably cold weather prevailed from the Plateau Region to the Appalachians. Chadron NE, recently buried 33 inches of snow, was the cold spot in the nation with a low of 19 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 — Residents of the southern U.S. viewed a once in a life-time display of the Northern Lights. Unseasonably warm weather continued in the southwestern U.S. The record high of 88 degrees at Tucson AZ was their seventh in a row. In southwest Texas, the temperature at Sanderson soared from 46 degrees at 8 AM to 90 degrees at 11 AM. (The National Weather Summary) 1990 — Thunderstorms produced severe weather from northwest Texas to Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska during the day, and into the night. Severe thunderstorms spawned 59 tornadoes, including twenty-six strong or violent tornadoes, and there were about two hundred reports of large hail or damaging winds. There were forty-eight tornadoes in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, and some of the tornadoes in those three states were the strongest of record for so early in the season, and for so far northwest in the United States. The most powerful tornado of the day was one which tore through the central Kansas community of Hesston. The tornado killed two persons, injured sixty others, and caused 22 million dollars along its 67-mile path. The tornado had a life span of two hours. Another tornado tracked 124 miles across southeastern Nebraska injuring eight persons and causing more than five million dollars damage 1993: THE STORM OF THE CENTURY - - - The "Super Storm" of March 13, 1993 will go down in history as one of the largest winter storms on record. Heavy snow and a blizzard conditions extended from the Gulf States to New England and from the Ohio Valley to the East Coast. The storm was so large that its effects were felt from Cuba, where high winds and rain damage the sugar crop, to Chicago where 250 flights at O'Hare International Airport were grounded due to snow squalls. Approximately 270 deaths were attributed to the storm; three times that of the death toll from hurricane Andrew and Hugo combined. The storm originated as a cluster of thunderstorms over Texas on the morning of March 12th and that night hit Florida with a cluster of tornadoes. The highest recorded wind gust associated this storm occurred on Mt. Washington, where winds were clocked at 144 m.p.h. Incredible snow totals occurred with the storm, including 50 inches at Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina; 43 inches at Syracuse, New York; 30 inches at Beckley, West Virginia; 25 inches in Pittsburgh, Pa.; 20 inches at Chattanooga, Tennessee; 15 inches at Birmingham, Alabama; and 14 inches at Washington Dulles Airport. All-time record low pressures including 28.38 inches at White Plains, New York; 28.54 inches at Washington; 28.64 inches at Columbia South Carolina; and 28.86 inches in Tallahassee, Florida. The snowfall total at National Airport was only 6.6 inches because of periods of mixed precipitation in Washington but the liquid water equivalent for the storm was in the 2 to 3 inches range. Record low barometers were recorded in ten eastern states. (P. 93-95 Washington Weather Book 2002 by Ambrose, Henry, Weiss)Ref. (NWS Ranking for Storms between 1956 and 2011) This is the Worst Snowstorm of this period of time Blizzard occurred along the east coast with 13.3 inches of snow at the Annandale - Barcroft Hills Station. Wind here reached 46 mph with a maximum temperature of 33°F and a minimum of 21 °F. The barometer fell to a new record low here of 28.54 inches of mercury. (Ref. Annandale Weather Records) The barometer fell to a new record low at the Richmond International Airport of 28.51 inches of mercury. (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRIC) (Ref. Wilson - Additional Information about This Snowstorm Listed On This Link) 1997: All time 24 record snowfalls occurred at Alpena MI with 19.3 inches and Marquette, MI with 28.0 inches. Snowfall at Alpena brought their seasonal amount to 176.1 inches, also a record. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1999: A big snowstorm dumped 19 inches of snow on Medford, OK. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2003: Lightning entered the 2nd floor of the Mount Hope Middle School (WV); 8 students (most had left for the day) suffered flash burns or were cut by flying glass. Some electronic equipment was fried; water pipes were broken. School was closed 14th for repairs.(Ref. Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)

Bump on Tuesday when it verifies. Only in March and April can it happen.

i think the blizzard last month was kind of boring

the 6z GFS OP is painful to look at..useless cold and no warmth in sight aside from the cutter on Monday

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Yeah, Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning was what killed my pack. The 60° days actually did less damage. Backyard is pretty decimated. Front yard still has 5 to 8 inches of snow.

How much will stick?? Combined with 12-20" of concrete and 45mph winds fun times ahead.

Like most here, had varying snow showers, from 3:20 pm to 6 pm, no accumulation. Lowest temperature was 36 F. Did have a neat graupel shower at 9 pm. I never knew that the METAR code for graupel is GS.

Big ninos often are preceded by cooler summers. 1997, 2009 are good examples.

40 / 32 off a low of 26 when just 30 hours prior was 83. Clouds racing in. Near normal through Sunday with a surge of southerly flow on Monday with the Lake cutting storm followed by some heavier rains up to another inch. Beyond there chillier as trough comes between the 18th and 21st with big ridge out west. Back and forth the last week or so of the month but overall warme and perhaps dry.

Looking at your totals for the season, I'm just a bit ahead of you at 78.73" but we missed out on a few that you guys had down there.

Too little too late on the AO/NAO

LevelTen warns of rising PPA prices amid US trade, policy strain – pv magazine International This is even more up to date. Tariffs are mentioned and I'm sure those aren't helping, but the trend was there prior to that. And it does not include the global run up in almost all base materials over the last 1-2yr. There's a lot more supply that needs to be unlocked, but that requires sustained higher prices. This was mostly dismissed for years as there was "plenty enough global reserves to go around and the market would take care of it". Well the market is going to take care of it alright. By taking it right out of your pocket.

The AO and NAO forecasts have lowered since 2 days ago in week 2 based on a day by day comparison. AO today: NAO today: NAO 2 days ago:

Time for spring

It’s going to happen because I have a flight arriving at BWI that evening. But seriously, you all have nailed it: Shear will be off the charts, but early spring setups fail a lot here due to the strength of the system causing widespread showers and clouds.

Yes, too much talk about tail risk of nuclear and a chronic downplay of ECS >4C scenarios up until very very recently.

Euro looks pretty active

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Presuming that you're talking about nuclear - the problem is that there has always been *too much* talk about the tail risk; i.e. blowing out of proportion.

Man, would've been a lot of damage reports if things were leafed out. Glad that isn't the case

Nam and HRRR shifted way north. Wonder if it’s an outlier or a trend. They tend to do this so I’m not gonna believe them until the globals start to show it. .