IowaStorm05

I’m like Cartman. I do what I want

Does it mean much if RAP runs are starting to come in warm at this point?

Perhaps it is a Saskatchewan Socker

Friday storm is lost to the south

Late spring snow is much more common in mountainous places for sure

18Z HRRR looking decent and consistent with others. I am a little uncomfortable at how close I am to the warmer side though, but it will probably be ok.

And this part of winter is actually positively conducive to mental health for a lot of people. By the 2nd week of Feb the sunlight and day length increase dramatically promoting positive mood.... which in our case is amplified by large snows

I recall last winter. We got a single 1 foot storm in december.... and then, it virtually never snowed again the rest of the winter

Just like I’d hoped! Intensification prior to arrival!

Which one is the son and which one is the uncle?

RDPS showing heavy snow over Northern NJ

I love it being a snowy day on a regular Candice

Yo man the NAM keeps trying to bring rain into the interior coastal plain WTF. I can’t have that. But it would save $$$ on Metamucil

It has that look of where it’s modeled to pass SNE before intensifying further offshore. But it could just intensity as it leaves NY too ain’t that normal?

This could be heaven for everyone!

Is this the deal I see popped up this hour you think could build south later?

Well..... Storm total is 10-11 inches. Snowpack 12-14 inches overall.

Looked like 2-4 for central and northern CT at least .... but I only looked at a couple models. Whatever it does you only have tomorrow in between this and that, and virtually none of this snow is going to melt before the next system

RAP and another model is bullish on Tuesday’s event

I’ve looked at various maps for ct average snowfall. On those maps, it shows 40-50 inches but that is 1960-1990 mostly. With climate changes and topography accounted for, 32-38 inches would be realistic nowadays. But as I’ve pointed out in the past when you have a small shallow valley surrounded by higher areas, the orographic benefits still spill over into said lower areas to some extent. It’s why Donner lake in a valley in the eastern Sierra at 6000 feet, does much better for snow than the 6000 foot elevation Mustang VOR station which is a peak in the Pah Rah Range, a lower elevation range in the Lee of the Sierra, surrounded by valleys. Willi easily gets 80 per cent more annual snow than Grotondoes

I feel like rate of departure slowed

Hilarious hehehe . it is typically a local minimum in a tiny canyon in a subtle valley. But it ain’t no Groton long point lol

Hi this is a positive bust as far as models are concerned, and a quasi bust for even those who called the heavier totals. Solid 10 inches so far, and it’s not done. Snowpack levels are 12-16 inches

That would be sick

Looks like we may get one final rate burst before it winds down