LibertyBell
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This is what I dont understand, how did this storm magically get sped up 24 hours and ruin our historically dry January? With a strong southeast ridge, shouldn't the ridge block the storm from being able to move east?
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The Middle Atlantic did very well in snowfall so far this winter though, they got theirs lol.
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Question, why are hugger tracks more likely with a fast Pacific Jet? Is there some reason a BM track becomes less likely than a hugger track? Or are we talking about thread the needle events and there are simply more ways to get screwed than there are to get hit? Also, in the past with a fast Pacific jet (like 1993-94) we used to have bowling ball lows go just south of us instead of completely suppressed. What happened to what were once common lows that would cross the country west to east and exit off the DelMarva up to South Jersey? Those used to be good for 4-6 inch snowfalls and we used to get at least a couple of those every month between December and March. What happened to them?
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the 90s had some nice March snowfalls, even during the early 90s snowfall drought.
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But I am confused, why are looking at Atlanta's snowfall numbers?
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What was the winter when we had an additional 43" after this point?
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Even February 2018 which was a proverbial torch la nina February had a 4" snowstorm right in the middle of the torch. We might not get a big KU event but two moderate events are just as good as a low end KU event. In some ways even better.
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This is exactly why our subforum is the best!
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People just focus on Central Park but if you look at JFK from last February, we had two moderate snowfalls in the same week 4.5 inches and 6 inches just a few days apart.
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Those were two good snow events here, a 4.5 incher and a 6 incher in the same week!
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wind direction might have something to do with it too. If we had more of a northerly wind rather than a westerly wind, we would have much less downsloping and a direct shot of arctic air.
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So much better than this winter though. -
Yes, you can go snowboarding one week and surfing the following week lol.
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MJO will bring up late March / early April analogs for snowstorms. There is one coming out of a la nina that comes to mind..... April Fools Day 1997.
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No and it didn't apply in 2009-10 either. New England thought they'd have a great March once the block broke down at the end of February. But instead all they (and we) got was a powerful rainy noreaster. These kinds of patterns go from one extreme to the other.
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Just would have liked it to wait one more day.
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or blown away in this wind.
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It's very unsteady and not reliable. I think most people here would prefer having a floor of around 20 inches (that is no season with less than 20 inches of snow.)
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You want to see real snow, go to the Poconos. Coastal areas aren't good for snow anymore. Right now there are major white out conditions happening in the Poconos with a big snow squall warning. If you want snow, you need to get away from sea level.
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I remember in late December people were worried about suppression in January. In retrospect the December pattern was a hell of a lot better than the January pattern for us.
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that's why my favorite kind of climate is snow without much cold. In other words, get a lot of snow but let it be warm and sunny in between snowstorms. Snowcover for a week or so is nice, but I don't want it to be cold for an entire month. And I absolutely hate rain, so when it's not snowing it should be sunny :-)
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The only historically cold winter months I remember since the 80s ended are January 1994, January 2004 and February 2015.
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To be honest, a negative NAO wasn't helping us at all either, it just made it cold and dry. Why can't the NAO just stop at neutral?
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Saves on heating costs though.
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It's going to become so quiet in here unless something historic happens (could be anything, historic rainfall, historic dryness, historic high temperatures, etc.)
