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“Cory’s in LA! Let’s MECS!” Jan. 24-26 Disco


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24 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

That's why I am not a fan of the snow maps, all they do is just take forecast QPF and multiply that by a snow ratio. There is no factoring in of lift, snow growth, RH of the DGZ and RH with respect to ice crystals in the DGZ. What separates the Kuchera from 10:1 (besides the obvious being 10:1 maps are constant) is it factors in the average temperature of the llvls to compute a snow ratio. 

The Kuchera method I also believe was designed to be a tool for snowfall depth. There are a few moduels on MetEd which go into some depth on these maps. When it comes to verifying Kuchera versus what occurred, the results were/are not particularly great. 

This page seems to discuss how NWS offices/mets are to create operational snowfall forecasts, and how not to, based on model output:

https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/forecast-guide/nwp-snow-accumulation-products

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The town finally picked up the Christmas trees yesterday.  I had sent them an email 2 days ago warning them that the trees could become a hidden hazard under the snow, and that all the snow and ice would only make the trees heavier for pickup.  I guess they got the message.  Usually they pick up the trees the week following New Year's Day.

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heh... just thinkn'       

the history of this season and the annulled whining and bitching about low snow this and that relative to this and that, when considering all this cold and on and on with it.   

Can you imagine this working out?   the irony being, if somehow the 30/01/02 system were to then punch through obscurity and actually strike... we go from ^ to a snow removal problem at a regional scope and scale.  

there's also a vague non-zero potential emerging for the 6/7/8, too.  

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