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Big Snow threat, what will it do, part II


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Geez, Ginx. So the GFS and NAM are really out to lunch with this type of setup? Is this a big factor?

Geez, Ginx. So the GFS and NAM are really out to lunch with this type of setup? Is this a big factor?

There's a reason I have been on the save a horse ride the Euro on every big dog event. Now a swfe or diving clipper it can fail but 99/100 in this setup it wins.
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Will thought it was near -2 in January 2004 in a weak clipper with snow, but yes it's unheard of. It realistically might be single digits, but that is Sam cold.

 

We got 8" out of that one with temps mostly in the high single digits.  The following obs are for ISP

 

http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KISP/2004/1/15/DailyHistory.html

 

Nice cold day at ORH:

 

http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KORH/2004/1/15/DailyHistory.html

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I only recall the Jan '04 clipper being below zero...but it was a clipper. The larger SWFE in January 1999 started off as like 3F and snow I remember. And I also now recall around 5F and snow in January 1994 during one of those storms...but it didn't last long...usually on the front end.

I cannot recall near zero temps in the cold conveyor belt of a system around here. I'm sure its happened at some point, but it has to be extremely rare.

Jan 57 was another cold one.
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a little snippet from LWX winter weather link re the bliz of 1899 and that winter

ebruary 1899: The Great Arctic Outbreak of '99 and the Great Eastern Blizzard of '99 occurred this month. A snowstorm struck the Washington area on February 8 dumping 14 inches of snow. Extreme cold settled in behind the storm. Quantico recorded a record low of -20° F and Washington, DC recorded -15° F. The blizzard struck on Valentine's Day dropping 21 inches in Washington and Baltimore. Winds drove the snow into 10 foot drifts. These blocked transportation lines into the city causing a major coal shortage that resulted in rationing. Food was also rationed, though not as severely as the coal. The storm had given Washington a snow depth of 34 inches (almost 3 feet) and the city recorded its greatest monthly snow total with 35.2 inches. Its greatest seasonal snowfall total was reached that season with 54.4 inches. Warrenton recorded 54 inches (four and a half feet) just during the month of February, setting a state record for monthly snowfall. That winter (1898-1899) was so cold over a large part of the US that ice flowed from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico! The only other time that this has been seen was on February 13, 1784, when ice flows blocked the Mississippi River at New Orleans and then passed into the Gulf of Mexico.

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx/winter/DC-Winters.htm

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