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  1. MGorse
    Yup it was Evan Myers, one of Joel's brothers.
  2. MGorse
    Yeah it over performed there. Up until your report, looks like we did not receive anything from Middlesex County.
  3. MGorse
    Yup.
  4. MGorse
    The bar is set rather low. Lol
  5. MGorse
    Oh wow. I worked with Elliot for a few years while at AccuWeather. Well deserved retirement!
  6. MGorse
    Watches are typically issued where warning criteria is anticipated to be reached or exceeded, which is directly tied to the criteria maps posted earlier. A watch is for the potential so there is nothing wrong with going to an advisory if amounts look to be lower. Issuing a watch can definitely help with messaging especially with uncertainty, instead of going from ‘nothing’ to an advisory.
  7. MGorse
    The criteria has to be reached or exceeded.
  8. MGorse
    The change was nationally. Temperature info is in the actual forecasts.
  9. MGorse
    Yup as the work was completed a day early.
  10. MGorse
    The radar parts are changed out when they need to be, but keep in mind these radars are on all the time except for maintenance. The replacement parts are also reconditioned many times so they may not last as long. As for adding a radar in the Lancaster to Harrisburg areas, that would be great but likely not happening. There are some studies starting to see how lowering the lowest elevation angle will affect data and others. I believe the State College and Buffalo radars are part of this, and my office put in for this for our radar.
  11. MGorse
    Okay, but let’s be fair. Forecasts by other sources have not been good either.
  12. MGorse
    The radar is a priority, however when parts fail they have to be shipped in. Our techs work hard maintaining it and making repairs. Unfortunately parts do wear out as the radar is always running (outside of preventative maintenance). Also, this radar has not had many failures the last few years. Building a second radar would be great but will likely not happen.
  13. MGorse
    But it is exclusive. Lol
  14. MGorse
    Not sure since I do not work there. I was just stating that he is probably not on the air much because he is their weekend Met.
  15. MGorse
    Because he was hired as the weekend Met.
  16. MGorse
    This is not a political thread!
  17. MGorse
    Thanks for the kind words about NWS Mount Holly. We do our best, despite the staffing shortage which continues to go on.
  18. MGorse
    I am not going to speak for TV Meteorologists since I am not one and not there to see what they are looking at and how their decisions are made on what to go with. Regarding this past weekend storm, the model guidance overall were having trouble with the split flow. This involved a system moving across the Great Lakes and another one sliding across the Gulf Coast States. What appeared to have happened was the systems phased a bit faster allowing warmer air to be advected farther north and west, therefore moving the area of lift in the atmosphere farther inland. There was mesoscale banding signatures showing up in the guidance, but the million dollar question was where would it set up. The actual surface low I think did not track that much closer to the coast from what the guidance had, however the quicker phasing of the systems provided stronger lift to the northwest side and therefore the snow shield was able to get farther west.
  19. MGorse
    Are you an expert weather forecaster? There is a ridiculous amount of model data available now, and in my opinion this can certainly cause problems. I have been a meteorologist for the NWS now for over a decade and there is only so much time to look at model guidance and coordinate with neighboring offices and national centers, plus to complete all the forecast database grid editing. More and more data but not more time to look at it.
  20. MGorse
    If you are referring to his map posted above, that is for the Friday night and Saturday event not the one later Thursday night and early Friday morning. Not sure if there was confusion on that or not.
  21. MGorse
    LOL
  22. MGorse
    Can't argue with ya there.
  23. MGorse
    Maybe they are going with the "wow factor" given all the graphics (?).
  24. MGorse
    Yeah but it is local neighborhood weather. That is basically how they have been 'selling' it to the viewers.
  25. MGorse
    Yeah, the new graphics have a rather busy look to them.
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