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March 30 and April Fools Day Potential


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the whole "storm" has been a tail-end for us, and probably further north save a few lucky areas

True... I was i the mindset of my map's area, but for what's relevant to this subforum it will indeed all be tail-end, with maybe the exception of the highest elevations in the WV/MD Apps.

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And then this happened:

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I'll say this much.....I've been impressed with your snowfall maps this winter. Even the late Feb storm, when I was convinced that you were wrong for my area, you nailed it. Be interesting to see how this one works out, but good job with these.

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I'll say this much.....I've been impressed with your snowfall maps this winter. Even the late Feb storm, when I was convinced that you were wrong for my area, you nailed it. Be interesting to see how this one works out, but good job with these.

i noticed there was no verification on the weekend event... ;)

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I'll say this much.....I've been impressed with your snowfall maps this winter. Even the late Feb storm, when I was convinced that you were wrong for my area, you nailed it. Be interesting to see how this one works out, but good job with these.

Just trying my best... some hits, some misses.

i noticed there was no verification on the weekend event... ;)

Been too busy! I have the snow total maps, though, so it'll be up soon enough (just on the blog) along with yesterday's stuff up north and for today/tomorrow's event as well. And then it's on to severe!

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sne meltdown cometh

dt's final call is super lol

His re-submitted final call is pretty good, IMO (as far as totals). I'm not sure why he didn't think the southern Apps. were worth contouring...

The wording gets me a bit... even in April 3-6" isn't that big of a deal for the Catskills, some of the Berkshires and Hudson Valley (not that significant, anyway).

The models finally caught up to the fact that the convection to the south was going to prevent the flow of moisture into the Mid-Atlantic states, and that the coastal would develop later.

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Epic model fail, they cant even get a storm right within 24 hours anymore...I really dont care much about Mets who work at NCEP, models have been terrible this year, bottom line. I know this winter has been based on difficult patterns and phasing storms and all but jeez we should have a little better consistency than this.

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? it was always going to be rainstorm, and it's going to be a rainstorm. just because your wishcast didn't come true doesn't mean the models are wrong.

You weren't saying that last night when you were posting about the snow falling in Martinsburg. If the original precip projections for yesterdays event had verified, we'd have had a couple of inches of snow last night.

But whether it's rain or snow, these things have been dancing around like crazy with regard to where the precip is, how much it is, what type it is. He's right. There's zero consistency in these things right now, and they really haven't been too good this winter. It's been one swing after another, first one solution, next run, different, many times completely. If a model predicts 2,3,4 inches of snow in an area, or .25, .5, or .75 inches of rainfall, and it doesn't happen, then it was wrong. If it predicts high temps in the teens, and they verify in the 30's, then it was wrong. If you believe the model solution, say, wrt snow, now that may be wishful thinking, but the model doesn't get a pass when what it predicts doesn't happen.

Should we be very skeptical of model solutions that show snow? After this winter, I'd say heck yes. But, again, if a model predicts it, be it rain, snow, or sunshine, and it doesn't happen, then it was wrong.

About 24 hours is the limit lately with these things. Sometimes, even that has been too much lead time.

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? it was always going to be rainstorm, and it's going to be a rainstorm. just because your wishcast didn't come true doesn't mean the models are wrong.

you're good at manipulating arguments

when did he say anything about snow? Its more of model flips in general, problems involving QPF/temp/phasing/etc, not wishcasting. Its been a winter of Model Crapola, was the point, not singling out one storm in april 1st.

Take it easy :)

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