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jm1220

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  1. I wouldn't be worried about small details like where banding shows up right now, as long as the evolution overall looks good aloft the rest should fall into place.
  2. The Pacific was totally uncooperative with our blocking which meant the storm today going out to sea, or it relaxed at the wrong times which meant the storm that fell apart for us and hit I-90 instead. This wave looks more vigorous and should reach our area at least with good precip but maybe I’m wrong to think it will and it will be shunted out like the storm today off VA. Still plenty of room for changes.
  3. Temps on the GFS are often total crap. For precip type I would go by the 700 and 850 low tracks. If those go SE of you you should be good for all snow. When those track over or NW of you is when you should be concerned about a dryslot and mixing.
  4. The "dual-max" with QPF min in the middle may be a concern. The initial energy/overrunning max out SW of us and then eastern New England gets pummeled with the easterly flow around the low. Still way too far out to bank on anything but it's a look I've been noticing today. Regardless I don't see this getting squashed way south of here. A 12/17-like outcome where we near the shore worry about the dryslot and warm air is significantly more likely IMO (maybe not the most likely, that's vs. too suppressed)
  5. The Euro seemed to evolve the system more slowly which allowed the system to become more amped and tuck into/hug the coast. It’s certainly a possibility and yes, a low hanging out in Delaware Bay very rarely ends up as a snowy outcome near NYC and the coast. It means a dryslot and warm air coming in. We’re back in the same boat as 12/17 (with this evolution) where we hope the blocking can force the low east as it tries to tuck into and stay on the coast. As we know it was a solid/good event for us near the coast but better inland. Another issue we have to look at is the primary and how quick it transfers to the coastal low. Plenty of time for things to change.
  6. I’m going with 9” here for the season. 8” from the Dec 17 storm and 1” scattered between yesterday’s event, the burst of snow a few days ago and the small event soon after 12/17. Season average is around 30” where I am.
  7. It’s way too soon to say there will or won’t be anything. And there have been plenty of big storms where I lived right near the beach that were all snow, some fairly recently like in 17-18.
  8. I wouldn’t invest too much in one solution or other until this weekend. That’s why I haven’t been posting about this yet. Definitely potential for something big if cold air can linger and enough blocking can remain to keep the track far enough south. I’m not concerned about suppression in this setup and the tendency for the SE ridge to keep trying to pump. This past system yet again lurched north and was best for I-90. The one thing that can do it though is overwhelming blocking but it seems to be retreating.
  9. Yep, essentially a coating here that is melting with temp slightly above freezing. Lousy as was expected. The Euro became too cold and moist which happened other times this season since the precip that fell came through fast and turned to shredded crap. The earlier models that had the activity and cold combining along I-90 were right.
  10. A decent burst here now, my street is slushy in places. Mostly sticking on colder surfaces, about a coating.
  11. With temps around freezing here I’d think freezing drizzle could become a problem.
  12. Light snow here in Huntington Station. Sticking on colder surfaces, temp 32.
  13. On another note this storm dropped 12-15” in SE Nebraska where snow amounts like this are extremely rare. That’s the equivalent of double that amount here in a storm.
  14. Near the city and coast, be happy if what comes adds up to an inch. The colder models backed off somewhat which is what was expected, or precip diminished.
  15. Could be interesting here on the north shore if these colder models have a clue. 18z EC was quite cold and would be 3-5” from here west into NYC but it’s also been too cold with other storms this winter such as 12/17.
  16. Boston has the much higher climo snow amount for a reason-many more ways for them to snow. Doesn’t make it any less frustrating but can’t do anything about it.
  17. Yep-essentially split screwed here with system 1 going north of us and warming most of us up for what falls to be non snow and system 2 suppressed to crap. Good times.
  18. Gotta admit it would be hilarious if a week from now DC has the most snow of any major I-95 city if they get slammed from the possible Thu event and we get screwed from it being too suppressed and Tue is 24 hours of flurries or it’s mainly rain in NYC. In a strong Nina no less.
  19. Also looks like a badly timed reinforcement on the 50-50 low to press the confluence down. Plenty of time for it to change but right now not ideal.
  20. It’s getting the boot straight east if not ESE at some point. Blue wave listed the reasons. Hopefully it can gain a little latitude to off the Delmarva before that happens.
  21. Yeah, I guess that will have some wintry appeal for a while. The maybe half inch of wet snow 2 mornings ago that stuck on everything and was a postcard scene for as long as it lasted will likely end up better than this will.
  22. It really doesn't matter how much further north it is in the midwest. What matters here is the press of the confluence/dry air which will dry the precip up at some point and suppress what's left when it comes east through PA.
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