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Feb 17/18 Storm Threat - Discussion


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To each his own. Personally I think the type of evolution, model consistency and forecast confidence should dictate if/when you toss amounts on a map.

This particular set-up is very low confidence, IMO

But all anyone wants to know is amounts. So if you don't offer an idea you are doing a disservice Imo. Agreed this is still fluid
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I can't believe Bouchard changes his map due to the 18Z NAM. Is this guy actually a met? Put out the first due to the NAM/GFS and pulled it due to NAM? Or maybe someone told him he's nuts to put that out at this point...

Even if the EC showed nothing...for consistency sake you don't change your map that much in 3 hours.

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But all anyone wants to know is amounts. So if you don't offer an idea you are doing a disservice Imo. Agreed this is still fluid

 

 

It's also a disservice to toss around wrong numbers. You won't be around long either if the public thinks you are crying wolf.

 

Although, people (like The Weather Channel) have learned that tossing around amounts really early has very little consequence when it comes to public perception. The overriding mentality is that meteorologists are wrong often, and the public tends to forget the brazen calls within 24 hours because you're already moving onto the next threat.

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models coming back to reality after a tease at 12z

 

That's what I was afraid of. 12z was the first run the models that really developed this into a legitimate threat. If it was a single model we probably would've just brushed it off as a hiccup, but the fact that there was some support got everyone hot and bothered. Would be wise to wait until 0z guidance before pulling the trigger (or not) on this one. 

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Nobody is "done" in this threat. Hell, even the Euro gave NYC/SW CT about an inch...maybe two. Calling for only flurries is just as risky as calling for a warning event.

 

lol this stuff is hilarious.  I don't know how you mods/meteorologists deal with it. 

 

It is such a delicate situation, one model run could lose it only to phase it and bomb it the next run.  Not worth reading into one run too much, especially with what GGEM and UKMET did at 12z.

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Someone said "back to Lucy winter". Did anyone NOT get nearly 2 feet or more? Those who didn't (MPM, Logan) are being relaxed. What a bunch of spoiled weenies....

 

lol... yeah, the NW side of this forum has been missing out on these threats, but it is a lot easier to be relaxed about it when you aren't expecting anything to begin with.  Its always a tease when the models put you in the bullseye and then yank it out again. 

 

But no one in SNE should be complaining about anything after getting a HECS/KU less than a week ago, lol.  That's just hilarious.

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Someone said "back to Lucy winter". Did anyone NOT get nearly 2 feet or more? Those who didn't (MPM, Logan) are being relaxed. What a bunch of spoiled weenies....

Back to Lucy winter, as in back to the way it was before the blizzard that was of course an amazing event. Just because I'm disappointed about a threat seeming to disappear in the span of 6 hours doesn't mean that I don't appreciate what we've had. We all want more; that's why we're here. But I realize that they can't all hit the mark and that the weather isn't out to get me. Anyway, I haven't given up on this.

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