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March 25th Storm: Debacle or Climo Defier? Discussion and Obs


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Speaking of.. Wes has made two posts in this thread. One said rain or non sticking snow and the other said doesn't look decent to me. Close it down.

Wes is wrong once every 20 years, let's hope this is a once in a lifetime thing and he is wrong twice in 3 weeks ;) .

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Read more, post less.  Maybe the problem is that you aren't skilled enough to interpret them properly.  There is a lot more that goes into forecasting than just looking at models.  It is a learned art.  A huge factor that makes a good forecaster is experience ... not how well they regurgitate a model.

I'm pretty sure Matt can smash you in producing forecasts for the DC area. 

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Well technically they do from an energy sense (increased incoming sw), we just have poor land surface physics, ESP in the case of snow

 

so we know the american models are typically too cold and too wet with DC winter events....we know they have given us way more snow than we have received the last 2 winters...we know they dont perform well outside a nino....we know a miller B has huge bust potential and that this is a complex setup...we know it was 55 today....we know it will be upper 40s tomorrow...we know the sun angle is similar to early fall,....we know our average high is almost 60...we know our low max is above freezing and we have never had a 32 or lower high after 3/25 ever...we know it hasnt snowed in DC more than 2" this late since 1964....we know we have no sfc high...we know the models were too cold and wet on March 6th.....we know none of the models even with their biases has the sfc below freezing.....so why would anyone with this knowledge forecast a snowstorm for the coastal plain?....

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Read more, post less.  Maybe the problem is that you aren't skilled enough to interpret them properly.  There is a lot more that goes into forecasting than just looking at models.  It is a learned art.  A huge factor that makes a good forecaster is experience ... not how well they regurgitate a model.

 

lol...i can outforecast you in my sleep....

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The guys up in Boston swear it has been the best model in their area since the upgrade.

 

from what i have seen its been pretty good since the upgrade. Actually it kept calling for Rain on the march 6 event and everyone ignored it because it was the GGEM

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you are so right about lighten up and this and a lot being posted should be in banter.LIKE I said before the Euro will be key. Hope it is good.

 

 

Model runs are not "key". What is actually going to develop and happen is "key".

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so we know the american models are typically too cold and too wet with DC winter events....we know they have given us way more snow than we have received the last 2 winters...we know they dont perform well outside a nino....we know a miller B has huge bust potential and that this is a complex setup...we know it was 55 today....we know it will be upper 40s tomorrow...we know the sun angle is similar to early fall,....we know our average high is almost 60...we know our low max is above freezing and we have never had a 32 or lower high after 3/25 ever...we know it hasnt snowed in DC more than 2" this late since 1964....we know we have no sfc high...we know the models were too cold and wet on March 6th.....we know none of the models even with their biases has the sfc below freezing.....so why would anyone with this knowledge forecast a snowstorm for the coastal plain?....

You don't need to spend your time convincing me...already on the climo side

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before and/or after the upgrade?

 

a bear farts in the forest and a snowstorm hits boston.. ct blizz is one of their star forecasters which gives you a sense of how hard it is to forecast wintry weather up there

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