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Second Winter Storm Threat - Oct 29/30


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damn it.

went to google images and typed in unstable thundersnow soundings and got something that was somewhat similar

This is one of my favorite examples of convective instability in the winter. There's a warm layer, so obviously not looking at snow, but sleet (I got thunder-sleet WITH HAIL. There were distinctly ice pellets and then hail stones). The warm layer is saturated, followed by steep lapse rates, and a little bit of drier air aloft too. Also very strong WAA in the low levels helps forcing.

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Lundberg chucks

The GFS has been trending the way of the very steady European. That's hard to deny at this point. My gut feeling remains the same - along the I95 corridor, this is a cold, nasty rain storm with wind, with maybe some wet snow flakes mixing in toward the end. The area of greatest concern is from northern Virginia to northern and western New Jersey, the higher ground over southeastern Pennsylvania, and up to the hills of Connecticut into central Massachusetts. There we will probably see snow, and the potential for 6 inches or more near 1000 feet

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Yeah this could get interesting. The news showed trees down in Denver from 4" yesterday. 8" would be an issue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Storm_%22Aphid%22

As many as 90 percent of the city's trees were estimated to be damaged,[22][23] including many in the city's cherished parks and parkways, which were designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

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Lundberg chucks

The GFS has been trending the way of the very steady European. That's hard to deny at this point. My gut feeling remains the same - along the I95 corridor, this is a cold, nasty rain storm with wind, with maybe some wet snow flakes mixing in toward the end. The area of greatest concern is from northern Virginia to northern and western New Jersey, the higher ground over southeastern Pennsylvania, and up to the hills of Connecticut into central Massachusetts. There we will probably see snow, and the potential for 6 inches or more near 1000 feet

In for a wild scene on Sat / Sun

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I would too if I lived in a place which probably averages 20" of snow a year..

He did say 100% of SNE, and Irene couldn't take my power away, so neither will this. Plus the highest population densities are along the I-95 corridor where the precipitation is less likely to be snow, and less likely to pile up damaging accumulations. It's a sucker's bet.

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for people that dont like snow i dont think they are going to be happy with them arrowheadsmiley.png

from wwlp.com

Still tracking a passing storm system on Saturday. Luckily, this storm will stay far enough offshore that we (in western Mass) will stay dry - just seeing partly sunny skies with highs in the middle-40s.

SATURDAY: Partly sunny. Still cool.

Highs: 42-46

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Hopefully this means nothing but there have been 3 Octobers where BDL has received 0.1'' of snow or more...all the winters blew...except one was slightly below average.

Yeah it's the same in Albany. Oct snow = kiss of death? It'd take my chances if I were you haha. Snow in Oct is cool because you might go like 5 weeks after before you see it again.

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for people that dont like snow i dont think they are going to be happy with them arrowheadsmiley.png

from wwlp.com

Still tracking a passing storm system on Saturday. Luckily, this storm will stay far enough offshore that we (in western Mass) will stay dry - just seeing partly sunny skies with highs in the middle-40s.

SATURDAY: Partly sunny. Still cool.

Highs: 42-46

rip and read?

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Yeah it's the same in Albany. Oct snow = kiss of death? It'd take my chances if I were you haha. Snow in Oct is cool because you might go like 5 weeks after before you see it again.

I just posted that for haha's...only 3 years of data is crap anyways.

I'll definitely take this...a day after my birthday too :thumbsup:

And I'm be in S. VT.

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Lundberg chucks

The GFS has been trending the way of the very steady European. That's hard to deny at this point. My gut feeling remains the same - along the I95 corridor, this is a cold, nasty rain storm with wind, with maybe some wet snow flakes mixing in toward the end.

How far west is considered part of the corridor? I'm about 30 miles west of 95. I know it's probably a moving target depending on the storm.

:unsure:

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