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Feb 13: The little storm that could (for some)


Ian

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I think theres a bit much on the negativity in here...I havent been an active poster this year, but anyone that does know me, knows Im not a snow weenie...With the EURO STILL too far south and the NAM trending to the right direction and also the ensembles of the GFS being more east, Im not sure why a few inches in the metro is inconceivable...Sure it would be a wet pasting, but I sure as heck would take 3-4 inches. You guys are individual model run huggers to the core.

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was always kinda thread the needle in this craptastic air mass. 

 

at least it'll be cold this weekend while new england gets bombed .. hopefully we get a squall out of it. :P

Stormtracker beat me to it but Ian look at the weekend setup I would think the surface would look better than what it shows cause there is definitely phasing occurring if I remember correctly somewhere around 126 I logged off the NCEP site but wow

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I am done with this one. I will still root for it passively. I am kind of over rooting for MRB/HGR/JYO though I hope they get something out of it. I dont really see how DC/Immedite burbs get anything other than some paste at the end that doesnt do too much. Maybe 1-2". I dont expect the euro to show anything great. Good luck to the exburbs.

I find it absolutely incredible what has become of our area wrt snow. Even the cr@ppy NINA years of the 70's had at least one moderate event every winter (sorry folks, 72/73 was a super NINO.)

And to think a few days ago this was just a lazy southern vort w/o any interference from the northern stream is the most baffling part in my mind. Say what you want folks, yes, we need the vort passing to our south to be perfect, but the northern vort is cutting off any chance of the bl temps cooperating, just like they have done for 3 years.

iow, I agree with you Matt; I hope it does something for us, but I don't see it happening. I'd add that any snow it produces will likely be nothing more than a bitter reminder of how we're getting screwed again.

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Stormtracker beat me to it but Ian look at the weekend setup I would think the surface would look better than what it shows cause there is definitely phasing occurring if I remember correctly somewhere around 126 I logged off the NCEP site but wow

 

other thread.. but 5-6 days out is like 100 in this pattern imo

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I think theres a bit much on the negativity in here...I havent been an active poster this year, but anyone that does know me, knows Im not a snow weenie...With the EURO STILL too far south and the NAM trending to the right direction and also the ensembles of the GFS being more east, Im not sure why a few inches in the metro is inconceivable...Sure it would be a wet pasting, but I sure as heck would take 3-4 inches. You guys are individual model run huggers to the core.

It isn't like we get to be choosy around here. Folks will spend days and days analyzing a cartopper with .05" precip but when a legit storm shows up and trends better on the models it is dismissed.

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for those who us who havent seen snow in 2 years, even seeing them on the models though they may not verify is exciting for me. As ive said before...here is a breakdown of my excitement with regards to snowstorms.

 

40% on paper

55% in the air and on the ground

5% after the storm is over

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its funny how euro and gfs also show storms at 192-240 out....lose them for a few days and then bring them back. What causes this to always happen?

 

i'd say its probably more related to a subjective memory of occurrences that are biased towards that outcome...i know of no physical and/or numerical reason for it to occur.

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