The storm and pattern aren't particularly cold so the sleet to the coast scenario is still questionable but if the high is in the right position that could do it.
I don't think this is a NYC snowstorm by any means but a front end thump is definitely possible with lingering frozen precip in or near the city because of the high.
Its nice to have a model showing snow all the way down to SNJ because that means theres some wiggle room for the models to meet in the middle with this.
GFS not only didnt back down but actually went colder this run. Still very early with tracking this one, in my view we've moved from pregame to basically the first quarter at this point.
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Even the further south models right now are not surpressed for our region which is why the threat of a miss SE seems pretty low right now. Of course still a long way to go.
The 12z runs delayed the storm by about 12 hours but are colder so far, strong CAD signature, Im guessing slower allows the cold to dig in more before the storm?
If NYC gets about another 5 inches they'd be above season average so if the March pattern is similar to the winter NYC should be fine. NW of the city it's been a lousy winter.
This storm for next Friday is showing up on basically every run of every model and it's coming across the country so not likely it will just dissapear but the question is if it's going to be a wintry event or a cutter that changes the pattern.
I am definitely a believer that global warming is real and concerning but this winter is probably not a great example since we've been in the icebox for the mostpart basically since the start of January.
Agree totally. I remember a storm March 18 2013 the city was supposed to be brief snow changing to rain and the city overperformed a lot because it was a cold airmass at the start.