brooklynwx99

there is no support for that, so there is no reason why I would do that... there will be opportunities for snow through the 25th, then a hiatus until perhaps mid-March? the evolution has certainly changed for the worse, no mincing words there. i don't just make shit up however, no reason to be an asshole about it, either. i also wasn't the only one getting excited about the upcoming pattern. there was widespread excitement about it. it made sense in so many ways, but the storm that dropped 6-12" over a wide swath of the Northeast (which you persistently shit all over, mind you), "ruined it." i guess it's ok that the classic pattern got ruined by a SECS. one in the hand is worth two in the bush

wave breaking never happened. that stuff is really shaky. sometimes people need an explanation for things all the time, and in such a chaotic field, it will drive you crazy. i'm sure there were some other reasons, but the deamplification of today's storm was the main player we had two wave breaking -NAO events this year, one in mid-Dec and one in mid-Jan. this one just didn't do it because things trended more progressive... it wasn't an issue with the general tenor of the year. the tenor of the year would have given you more confidence that it would occur

just a catastrophic modeling fail in the Atlantic. oh my god. worst I have seen in quite some time whatever, though, there was a SECS today, which isn't guaranteed even in stellar patterns. just sucks that it fucked up the HECS pattern, but what can you do, really

ample cold air with the displaced TPV beforehand...

i mean, normally, the fail mode in strong Nino Februarys is an overly oppressive GoAK low, not whatever the hell this is. this makes no sense

yeah i get it. it's been rough. just wait until you see the massive flat Aleutian ridge afterwards. in a strong Nino Feb! i mean, what the fuck

this was late Jan 2011 lite. very similar setups, but that one was colder and with a more potent vort

here's your coherent signal on the EPS... the vort travels under the ridge and phases

6.5" here! can't believe we're going to see widespread 6-12" totals in NNJ, LI, and the LHV (heat island spots in inner NYC notwithstanding)

lol what happened to the ECMWF? what a good event for so many... we needed this. got around 6 - 8" down by me

more than decent, no? nice to see that it held. very consistent

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all you can do is laugh. I have never seen anything like this with a system of this type. this may happen with phasers like Boxing Day or Juno (Jan 2015), but a southern stream vort running into confluence? unheard of. it is baffling

given the maturing mid-levels in a great spot S of LI, wouldn't shock me to see persistent 1-2"/hr rates. this is especially true given the crosshair signature in NNJ... this is a cross section for MMU showing considerable lift situated in the DGZ with multiple hours of 0.2"/hr of QPF going 6-10" for Morristown, 5-8" for NYC with upside for more if banding ends up strong. I have a hunch it will. this is for colder surfaces... there will be less on pavements

yes

all of this was due to a busted severe outbreak. the latent heat release that sparked the vort amplification never happened

HREF is going to shift SE with the main snowfall axis. rates tomorrow morning are absurd. widespread 1.5-2" per hour rates

there is a stacked, strengthening mid-level ULL south of LI... this often fosters the development of a CCB in the NYC area. we have seen significant shifts today that has placed NYC firmly in the axis of heaviest snow

mid level pass is great for the metro… stacked 500/700/850mb lows with a CCB sig

this is a hilarious 700mb trend. greatest VVs have moved like 100 miles SE since 00z

lol

everything continues to trend south. seems like models overdid the strength of the vort. not overly surprised, happens quite a bit in the short range

you know the vibes have soured a bit when people are mentioning La Nina in a pattern discussion thread during a strong Nino lol

I would argue that the ECMWF is a bit closer to the UKMET than the GFS is. GEPS is also farther south

not the ICON ensembles