Correct, its about trends. The north ticks have stopped for now. I would count on some sleet in the NYC metro areas and SW/S/SE. But rain is also off the table.
Its not about the warm layers, its where the primary dies out. That impacts the warm layers more than anything. The track of the surface and mid level lows. The warmer models have a primary further north than the GFS. I still say there is compromise in between.
What we do know is that the primary is not tracking to Ottawa as some models showed and we are not getting a southern slider. We can now be 100% confident in a 6" snowfall for the entire area. NW areas can be confident in 12". Closer to the coast my forecast would be 8-12" for now of snow/sleet.
Its going to be fun.
I have been saying this for days. We are all getting snow.
There are things can go wrong in every storm. Here, we are locked to see a major winter storm. We can chat about model output, but repeating that you are "Concerned" its not necessary. Ruins the vibe.
What's funny is that if the GFS was bad people would committing suicide.
Its a perfect solution and people say "Well it sucks." Gotta love weenie mentality!
Even the Icon never got above 30 degrees out here in inland western Suffolk. North of the southern state parkway stays below freezing on even the warmest models.
Extreme south shore of the island spikes to 34 for a few hours early Monday morning before temps crash again. This is on the warmest model.
I want at some point a nice ice/sleet/snow event. Stays frozen but just a total disaster. At some point pure snow gets boring. An icy messy disaster is more fun in my mind. Snow is snow
I moved to commack in 2015, so i missed it by two years. But the reports show 29" in commack. Back in nassau i had only 14" or so. Bummer!
That 29" is probably an all timer for us. bigger than 96, PD 1, PD2, Boxing day, etc.