jm1220

Light snow, nothing sticking. Temp 34.

If we somehow get heavier rates it will drop down to 32/33. But it’s a nowcast situation. We need those heavy echos to keep moving N.

That stuff off NJ looks mean. Please keep lifting N…

Hopefully this stuff off NJ keeps lifting north and we cool the column so snow can stick. But models other than the NAM have this as the IVT precip not the developing low. That will probably clip Boston and Cape Cod. Hopefully this can be another situation where the IVT trends NE at the end.

And it’s the one that other than SREF which uses the crazy NAM as an input and the NAM that models overwhelmingly favor. I hope we get something better but the middle finger zone is most likely.

That said light snow here in Melville.

Every other short range model has the CCB precip starting at maybe the twin forks longitude, and this precip off NJ is associated with what IVT develops. It would be an epic bust if they’re wrong this close in. We would need for them to be wrong by 100 miles for it to reach NYC and pray the clueless NAM somehow pulled out a rabbit.

From your keyboard to God’s eyes.

If the NAM somehow scores a coup here lol. But I HIGHLY doubt it. I would think other short range models would pick up on something like its showing.

12z HRRR has pretty much zero outside of NJ, and even they have less than an inch. If you get anything more than flurries from this consider it a win. It’s a late bloomer storm with the fast jet pattern which might be fine for eastern SNE, and we have to watch to see where this IVT sets up.

Might actually be better in Philly for this vs NYC if the trend is right for the IVT stuff. If I get more than a coating I’ll be thrilled. That CT shaft hole doesn’t want to move.

Take a couple days off and go to Boston. They’ll probably get a few inches and like you said, you hang out and post in the NE forum more anyway. Maybe put in an application for the Boston PD.

Other models seem modestly NW but nothing that would bring the CCB in which would mean real accums. NAM is likely headfaking us again. 99% chance that any shot at accums comes with the inverted trough, and that looks better for NJ on the short term modeling than where I am, which is the middle finger zone between that and developing coastal storm. The inverted trough may shift around though or not happen at all. It's really a nowcast with these.

NAM can't be trusted/followed for anything.

Hopefully we all get something. Sometimes these just disappear too. We’ll see.

For NJ, flurries IMBY. These IVT shift around but models look like they’re favoring NJ. Oh well, enjoy.

It’s still nothing like the droughts you see out West or even places like TX without so many ways to get rain.

Near impossible to sustain a long term drought here.

NAM needs to get taken out behind the barn.

If the coastal really happens (still low chance), SE NJ would be hurt by onshore winds from still warm water. We’ve seen this with Dec coastal storms. If we’re just looking at the IVT, winds would likely be offshore so it would snow to the coast. I’m not jumping in at all with this coastal storm until the big boy models sign on. Seen way too many NAM head fakes. IMBY that’s probably my one chance at decent snow with this since the IVT seems to be highest probability over NJ.

If snowstorms are out of the question, sign me up.

I’m a little over 10 miles from the ocean and 200 ft elevation, hopefully that helps.

Some mood flakes/a coating is always nice. These IVT are impossible to pin down until they happen so hopefully it verifies.

Too bad the only time we were able to have any cold air with the Nino driven storms was was early Feb. We did make it count somewhat.

Where I live it can snow with short lived cold/cold enough snaps like in early Feb 2024 when there was a 6-8” event here. But we usually need a somewhat active southern stream which we definitely had last winter which was aided by El Niño and gave us record winter precipitation. Northern stream dominant winters spawn Miller B events that favor New England, once in a while down here if they can develop soon enough. Often they favor cutters or SWFEs. Fast northern stream dominant winters are kiss of death for Philly on south. It’s why La Nina is a great setup for the places that have had good/great winters since the Pacific regime changed 6 years ago. Even when not Nina officially the pattern’s acted very much like it because of the boiling W Pacific, and even the strong official Nino last winter couldn’t shake the La Niña influences. La Niña/El Nino are as much about the W as E Pacific.