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NYC/PHL Dec 26-27 Potential - Part 5


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NAM is OTS for the Mid Atlantic, but came slightly west from 6Z.

h5 also had improvements. Well, I have to go for a bit, so I'll come back when the rest of the12Z suite is finished.

Sim radar has it snowing lightly from the Dealware River North and East...might be able to spueeze an 1-2" out on this run for most of NJ.

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This is what happened on 12/27/04...something similar could happen again as the upper low swings through, upper lows are one of the most pesky features of forecasting, and generally they do not factor in here much in the N.E. US for a few reasons, one we tend to usually get hit by bigger systems and they are often more disguised being at the base of a big trough or they occur well behind low pressure areas that affect the area and most people generally pass it off as having been part of the original system when it was not...they often cause surprise events in the Deep South and Plains states during the winter months....some events that hit the NYC metro area which were unexpected upper level events were of course 12/27/04, last week's 2-4 inch event in parts of Nassau County, 12/12/92, 12/11/93, and the 2-4 inch round of snow behind the 12/19/95 which occurred on the 20th when the surface low was basically already off New Hampshire and SE Maine.

http://www.njfreeway...darImagery.html

Added the 12/20 event as well, its the images at the end of the event 10am-2pm or so....

http://www.njfreeways.com/weather/1996/19-Dec-95-FortDixDopplerRadarImagery.html

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Ok, the GFS is initializing. To make it easier to read, lets make the information flow clearly by having one person do pbp, and unless you have a red tag or really know what you are talking about, avoid projecting. Just because the trough maybe sharper at hour 12, it doesn't necessarily mean it will be a blizzard on this run.

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I was just thinking the exact same thing re: 12/27/04. I guess I couldn't complain, even though its not the bomb we hoped for. A little snow is better than none.

This is what happened on 12/27/04...something similar could happen again as the upper low swings through, upper lows are one of the most pesky features of forecasting, and generally they do not factor in here much in the N.E. US for a few reasons, one we tend to usually get hit by bigger systems and they are often more disguised being at the base of a big trough or they occur well behind low pressure areas that affect the area and most people generally pass it off as having been part of the original system when it was not...they often cause surprise events in the Deep South and Plains states during the winter months....some events that hit the NYC metro area which were unexpected upper level events were of course 12/27/04, last week's 2-4 inch event in parts of Nassau County, 12/12/92, 12/11/93, and the 2-4 inch round of snow behind the 12/19/95 which occurred on the 20th when the surface low was basically already off New Hampshire and SE Maine.

http://www.njfreeway...darImagery.html

Added the 12/20 event as well, its the images at the end of the event 10am-2pm or so....

http://www.njfreeway...darImagery.html

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