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2012 Winter Banter Thread


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I think the flow is a bit too fast to allow for much of a correction west, assuming the shortwave does not cut off over the Southern US. The ridge over the Western US and Rockies collapses to the east a bit, and the jet stream almost flattens. Additionally the baroclinic zone is pushed pretty far offshore by the storm system passing to our north a few days prior. If you loop the 18z GFS, you can see how the ridge is pressing on the pattern a good bit. If the shortwave cuts off, it is an entirely different ballgame as it can wait for the next big/amplified northern stream feature which will phase and bring the surface low inland.

Again, the window for this to produce snow for us is so incredibly small -- I do think it is worth a look, though.

text me when its 48 hours out. Until then, GO BIG BLUE!

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From your mouth to G-ds ears..

At least the HRRR/RR models show flurries, the NMM/ARW don't but I'm not too familiar with how well they handle LES events. Upton's latest discussion regarding the flake potential also gives more hope of actually seeing something white falling out of the sky:

ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH IN THE MORNING...ACCOMPANIED AND

FOLLOWED BY FLURRIES FROM NYC METRO NORTH/WEST..AND USHERING IN THE

COLDEST AIR MASS OF THE SEASON. ERN LONG ISLAND AND CT SHOULD BE

IN A LOW LEVEL COL BETWEEN THE APPROACHING FRONT AND DEVELOPING

OFFSHORE LOW PRESSURE...SO DO NOT THINK THOSE AREAS WILL SEE ANY

FLURRIES. WITH NW H8-9 FLOW DIRECTED OFF THE LAKES...IT IS

POSSIBLE THAT A LAKE EFFECT STREAMER OR TWO COULD MAKE IT INTO

AREAS FROM NYC NORTH/WEST...BUT TIMING/PLACEMENT UNCERTAIN ATTM SO

HAVE ONLY MENTIONED FLURRIES.

If we don't see anything tomorrow, there also appears to be the potential for more scattered flurries on Wednesday night as the next shortwave moves through.

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I cant see how this january will go snowless around here, but the big time coastal noreasters will probly have to wait.

Although I agree with this post, the fact that December was close to snowless in much of upstate NY and New England is a far more remarkable happening, climatologically speaking; than a snowless January would be around here...

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