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This storm probably won’t happen as I am off from work this weekend.

I guess I don’t count since I post much less here.

Here we are on day 4 with snow falling in at least parts of the area. Impressive.

Interesting thread.

Looks like the 12z EC has the Monmouth and Ocean counties jackpot, lock it in.

You are not alone. There are many complaints from users regarding the newly rolled out NWS radar page. Some patches are coming to improve some things, but those should have been addressed before the rollout.

Blame me. I got gas for the snowblower this morning just in case. Lol

Huh? It is a forecast.

Those are the NWS forecasts, from early this morning.

Oh okay, yeah may have.

When did you visit NWS Mount Holly? Not sure if we have ever met. I have worked their since 2003.

At the airport.

Airport. It has been that way for awhile now.

Snow for PHL is not measured across the river. That ended several years ago.

Interesting idea, but that will likely not happen.

The model snow maps, especially the SLR 10:1, should be banned from the internet or at least so the public does not see them.

Thank you, appreciate it!

Have you heard about any flooding in Philadelphia? What was your rainfall total from the cell that prompted the Flash Flood Warning? Thanks in advance.

But it is exclusive. Lol

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.

Because he was hired as the weekend Met.

This is not a political thread!

Thanks for the kind words about NWS Mount Holly. We do our best, despite the staffing shortage which continues to go on.

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.

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.