40/70 Benchmark

Without even looking, I'll assume it's a bit warmer and drier, and that ridge has continued to edge southward.

Yea, believe me, I don't trust precise measurements from back then....no argument at all. I get your point.

Right....but, that was Boris' whole point, to whom you replied. I merely made the distinction....not assigning any blame at all.

No, but it's important to note considering the context of the post that you responded to.

That is true, but you are proving my point that the same issue concerning measuring inconsistencies plagued Miller B events, as well.

Maybe, but I feel like the timing will be different this year....a more hostile December and a better for February.

Your trolling is growing on me

Tough not to be in that area when dealing with a true arctic airmass and NE winds.

Well, there was a good amount of preexisting pack going into that one...I had a foot in Wilmington, and you probably had more down there. I don't think there was a secondary.....that was pure Miller A, although def. could have been some OES assist...it was a really cold storm.

Miller B is ideal for his area and it isn't close.

It was just a hypothetical comment.

God, I hope that grouping fails spectacularly moving forward....I'd just assume drive out to the desert's of Albuquerque and shot-gun a cactus than experience anything akin to the past four El Niño events during this coming season.

Of course Miller A is more prolific for the majority of the east coast, Miller B is dependent on N stream influx, so they are northeast centric....which is why we are more likely to get a favorable track and timing of evolution. Less time for it to go wrong....kind of like how storm chasers on the gulf coast would father a home-brew under pristine conditions than a CV long-tracker.

I don't give a rat's ass about the east coast as a whole, I care about MBY.

PDO isn't close, though.

Right...you want the max rate of mid level keeping to coincide with their passage just beneath your latitude....tougher to pull off with with respect to track, and timing of the evolution of the cyclone's life cycle in Miller A.

If you want a great outcome, the mid level lows are below us in Miller, B, too.

IMO, "hybrid" is Miller B. SWFE on roids has to be Miller A designation......the influx of moisture is from the south without any real northern energy. PD II was kind of like that, though it had a bit more of a surface reflection.

Now look at that list and tell the ones that would most like to relive and I bet they are Miller B.

Conisder this list: According to National Weather Service data compiled by the Boston Globe and Boston.com, here are the top ten largest recorded snowstorms in Boston history: February 17–18, 2003 – 27.6 inches: MILLER A (But I have always been VERY skeptical of that total) February 6–7, 1978 (Blizzard of '78) – 27.1 inches: MILLER B February 24–26, 1969 – 26.3 inches: MILLER B January 22–24, 2005 – 25.4 inches: MILLER B February 8–9, 2013 – 25.4 inches: MILLER B March 31–April 1, 1997 (April Fool's Day storm) – 25.3 inches: MILLER B January 26–28, 2015 – 24.9 inches: MILLER B January 25–26, 2026 (Winter Storm Fern) – 23.2 inches: MILLER A January 20–22, 1978 – 23.1 inches: MILLER A February 8–11, 1994 – 21.7 inches [1, 2, 3, 4] (OES ENHANCED) I count 3 of the top ten that are clear Miller A events.

Miller A Million ways to pork me

Given our longitude, I'd much rather take my chances with "later" development...not close. The ceiling us also lower on Miller A because they are usually more progressive.

Another possibility I am toying with is having more of a supply of cold readily available to the CONUS relative to the east-based intense Nino composite AND having the STJ displaced N & W relative to said composite...which could be great for us, especially across the interior.