I'm sticking with 4-8" but higher than normal bust potential.
Thinking rapidly intensifying low taking track up to 40/70 should yield better results than a couple inches.
But we'll see, hoping for a positive bust for once.
Based on where the low will be the heaviest stuff should be over central/east NJ into NYC/LI.
Remember the strongest banding tends to be further NW than modeled.
It'll be a fine line between snowy or sleet/rain.
I lean snowy due to the scope of the TPV and recent trends but it could lean either way especially near that 40-41N latitude.
Yes that's true.
I think there will be a bigger storm to follow shortly after the Arctic plunge.
Even if Thursdays storm works out it doesn't scream huge storm to me right now.
I'm a little weary about this one. Too much SE ridging for my liking but there should be ample cold up north to resist it.
There's def a 50/50 in place and hopefully that trends stronger too.
It'll likely be a redeveloper but could favor northern areas. We might see a snow to sleet/rain type storm but it's still early.
I am getting a more northern/warmer PD 2 vibe though.
On those precip charts a lot of that stuff that shows rain would be wet snow.
I still like 6-10" but until other models come onboard I'll hedge closer to 4-8".
You get the opposite in early August when the nights begin to get a little shorter and maybe even a cold front passes by to drop the dews briefly.
But then it quickly goes back to summer again.
And currently it's very likely that the coldest weather still lies ahead. Actually the fact that we haven't seen many 50+ highs is surprising.