Well, sure, but favoring NNE and threatening the northern third of the region with a significant snowfall aren't mutually exclusive....it goes to shit, then I just pivot and don't bother with a First Call.
Well, alI I said was a shot at 6"+ NOP and out of the CTRV....that isn't far fetched. You are the one said I should have extended it further to the south. Lol
Well Forecast Month of March
Overall Very Mild & Nearly Snowless Month
Here is the 500mb forecast composite for the month of March.
Versus what has actually transpired.
Overall a very solid 500mb forecast with a bit more blocking than expected over Greenland and Alaska than expected.
The impact of the higher heights in the vicinity of Alaska (more negative EPO) was to focus the warmest anomalies slightly further to the east than suggested in the forecast composite.
Be that as it may, the higher end of forecast departure range of between 2-4F above average over the forecast area verified.
While monthly precipitation was expected to be somewhat above average across the region:
It verified well above average and ever more anomalous than anticipated likely at least in part due to the positive monthly PNA.
While this was significantly more excessive than the forecast composite implied, it was congruent with the primary analog of March 2010.
They probably have better retention that the E MA CP because they don't get the marine intrusions or the DSD days....kind of the inverse on how Kev doesn't get upslope like the ORH hills because he is more of a single hill than a chain. That area of VT doesn't get the general downslope on a prevailing westerly flow like the CP does.
Kind of plays in to what you and I were discussing last night with respect to how being in an interior valley can be worse than being on the interior CP....unless it's December and you rip ENE at the surface.