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Scott (PF) might be in the best position to answer this--but anyone who can opine.........

 

My wife and I are looking at grabbing a place in ME again.  One of the places in the western hills abutting the White Mountain National Forest.  I'm trying to get a sense of how it might fare snow-wise.

 

Here's the deal--it's an an upslope along the eastern boundary of the NF.  So, so far so good.  But--it's in a very narrow, fairly steep river valley so it's elevation is only about 800 ft.  Spitting distance (less than two miles) in all directions to 1200' plus and progressively  upward from there as you head deeper  into the whites of NH.  My guess is that the narrowness of the gorge won't hinder any upslope potential in the snowfall that the surrounding hills would experience.

 

I have to think this place would radiate like a mother.

 

What's your take on that description?

 

 

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Well any kind of precip. might shut off very fast on any kind of westerly or nw wind component with that wall of mtns to the west. I was in that situation immediately east of the 3500-4100 Catskills peaks where I used to live.

 

 

Scott (PF) might be in the best position to answer this--but anyone who can opine.........

 

My wife and I are looking at grabbing a place in ME again.  One of the places in the western hills abutting the White Mountain National Forest.  I'm trying to get a sense of how it might fare snow-wise.

 

Here's the deal--it's an an upslope along the eastern boundary of the NF.  So, so far so good.  But--it's in a very narrow, fairly steep river valley so it's elevation is only about 800 ft.  Spitting distance (less than two miles) in all directions to 1200' plus and progressively  upward from there as you head deeper  into the whites of NH.  My guess is that the narrowness of the gorge won't hinder any upslope potential in the snowfall that the surrounding hills would experience.

 

I have to think this place would radiate like a mother.

 

What's your take on that description?

 

 

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Well any kind of precip. might shut off very fast on any kind of westerly or nw wind component with that wall of mtns to the west. I was in that situation immediately east of the 3500-4100 Catskills peaks where I used to live.

 

Thanks, Rick--I should have clarified that I'm curious about events impacting east slopes.  I figured the W/NW scenarios would be a total loss.

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Scott (PF) might be in the best position to answer this--but anyone who can opine.........

 

My wife and I are looking at grabbing a place in ME again.  One of the places in the western hills abutting the White Mountain National Forest.  I'm trying to get a sense of how it might fare snow-wise.

 

Here's the deal--it's an an upslope along the eastern boundary of the NF.  So, so far so good.  But--it's in a very narrow, fairly steep river valley so it's elevation is only about 800 ft.  Spitting distance (less than two miles) in all directions to 1200' plus and progressively  upward from there as you head deeper  into the whites of NH.  My guess is that the narrowness of the gorge won't hinder any upslope potential in the snowfall that the surrounding hills would experience.

 

I have to think this place would radiate like a mother.

 

What's your take on that description?

What area is it Mike? Around Bethal?

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Can you describe the flags? I have them too but I'm wondering if its because things often have not broken well in the past 2 winters....

Non existent -NAO and the continued backing off of the +PNA. The EURO ensembles keep the PNA negative throughout the run. The PV is on our side of the globe which is good but without a +PNA or -NAO its stays too far north and we only get glancing blows of cold air. The pattern can still be very nice for the interior but the trends are not great for the coast. Without a good PNA we arent going to get great amplification for storms, SWFE are more likely.
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Non existent -NAO and the continued backing off of the +PNA. The EURO ensembles keep the PNA negative throughout the run. The PV is on our side of the globe which is good but without a +PNA or -NAO its stays too far north and we only get glancing blows of cold air. The pattern can still be very nice for the interior but the trends are not great for the coast. Without a good PNA we arent going to get great amplification for storms, SWFE are more likely.

 

This pattern might suck for you.  They need your support in the NYC MA Coastal area.

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Non existent -NAOand the continued backing off of the +PNA. The EURO ensembles keep the PNA negative throughout the run. The PV is on our side of the globe which is good but without a +PNA or -NAO its stays too far north and we only get glancing blows of cold air. The pattern can still be very nice for the interior but the trends are not great for the coast.

Disagree in the NAO. It's not strong but good enough. Historically, the pattern depicted on the euro op/ensembles delivers big time for this area including coastal areas. We'll see but if it transpires as depicted, we're going to have some fun.

You answered the question I directed to Phil but I'm responding directly to your issues raised.

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This pattern might suck for you.  They need your support in the NYC MA Coastal area.

 

It definitely has more red flags down there. The E based -NAO with a -EPO pattern is pretty solid for New England....I'm just wanting to see the EPO stay consistent. It has broken down very often the last 3 years.

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Disagree in the NAO. It's not strong but good enough. Historically, the pattern depicted on the euro op/ensembles delivers big time for this area including coastal areas. We'll see but if it transpires as depicted, we're going to have some fun.

You answered the question I directed to Phil but I'm responding directly to your issues raised.

 

Yeah the ensembles are all showing a distinct E based -NAO which looks reasonable based on the support from the warming in the stratosphere above it. It may not be negative the entire time, but we should see our bouts...oscillating NAO isn't necessarily a bad thing for us anyway when we have some good cold available.

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It definitely has more red flags down there. The E based -NAO with a -EPO pattern is pretty solid for New England....I'm just wanting to see the EPO stay consistent. It has broken down very often the last 3 years.

I think EPO is the most critical yet underrated teleconnector. Critical. 1993-94 proved that didn't it?

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I think EPO is the most critical yet underrated teleconnector. Critical. 1993-94 proved that didn't it?

 

Yes, almost all of our really cold winters were provided by it. We don't need vodka cold obviously, but its nice to have if we have an east based -NAO that oscillates.

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What area is it Mike? Around Bethal?

 

ding ding ding.

 

We used to own property up there but we sold it before we could build as having a new daughter took priority!

 

My wife is also looking at picking something up on the mid-coast.  I have this sneaking suspicion she will win out (funny how wives do that).  Whatever (and if) we get, it will be used for both rental and personal use.

Yes, almost all of our really cold winters were provided by it. We don't need vodka cold obviously, but its nice to have if we have an east based -NAO that oscillates.

 

Lots of posts recently by people saying they do not want exceptional cold unless there's snow involved.  Fully agree on wanting snow, but I'll take the exceptional wintery weather regardless of its ilk.

 

23.7/19

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