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February 4th-6th Storm Threat Discussion


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Can you please talk about other area other than yours and NYC. This board does cover other areas Thanks

Excuse me? You can also refer to the PHL subforum considering your just as close to Philly as you are to the city. If you have a question and need a more knowledgeable posters' opinion, you can simply ask him. He does a fine job.

 

To answer an obvious question however, this is a soaker for you.

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Lol one person says it's the coldest, snowiest model and another says it looks very warm. Now I know the frustration of when we (myself included) post bad model interpretations. But yes, it doesn't look like any extremely cold/snowy solution here. Middle ground with some snow and wintry precip before the rain. Hopefully not significant icing here

What was bad about what I posted?  NYC is warmer than what's progged in it's warning right now.  All I said was this was colder than the NAM, but still warm for NYC.

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gfs soundings for my area of nj has me all snow through hr 24 going over probably hr 25. seems like .5-.7 of precip. mt hollys snowmaps would look fine according to gfs

Beat me to it.  We have to HOPE the GFS (and Euro) are right up our way.  There is so much snow on the trees already and a front end dump of at least 4" is on the table regardless of warming. The more snow upfront, the better.  I also think we'd flip to more sleet up here than ZR if that's the case.  Fingers crossed. 

 

I don't have a generator (new to the area), but contemplating buying one today.  Thoughts?

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What was bad about what I posted? NYC is warmer than what's progged in it's warning right now. All I said was this was colder than the NAM, but still warm for NYC.

That wasn't aimed at you or anyone....it's just funny during the model runs how many different opinions you can get if you don't actually have access to the data. One person saying "huge hit NYC tons of snow" followed by another saying "NYC mainly rain, snow NW". I can understand the frustration of a lurker who might be coming here just for some info ahead of the local news forecasts. But hey, I do the same thing during model runs but am trying to keep it to a minimum after last nights debacle with the GFS showing a storm that didn't look like it was going to ;)

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The 00z ECMWF was not pretty. I wouldn't exactly put it in the camp of the best case scenario.

IMBY it was.  More snow than the ominous NAM. 

 

Bottom line is that this is a close call for many between a snow/sleet storm and a rather horrific ice storm.  Not trying to argue, just trying to analyze like everyone...

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Even if it's plain rain you won't have to worry about it killing your snowpack if it's 33-34F. Also keep in mind that many surfaces could be at or below freezing even if the air temp is just above so there could still be slick spots.

 

It will absorb all the moisture tomorrow and then freeze like concrete at night. Flat roofs could

have problems if we get too much rain in coastal sections adding water content to the snowpack.

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That wasn't aimed at you or anyone....it's just funny during the model runs how many different opinions you can get if you don't actually have access to the data. One person saying "huge hit NYC tons of snow" followed by another saying "NYC mainly rain, snow NW". I can understand the frustration of a lurker who might be coming here just for some info ahead of the local news forecasts. But hey, I do the same thing during model runs but am trying to keep it to a minimum after last nights debacle with the GFS showing a storm that didn't look like it was going to ;)

It's cool.  It sometimes takes guts to post any analysis on here b/c you can get attacked quickly.  I try my best for those who aren't able to see it (which I always love when I'm traveling, on phone, etc.).  And, mistakes are how we learn! 

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Even if it's plain rain you won't have to worry about it killing your snowpack if it's 33-34F. Also keep in mind that many surfaces could be at or below freezing even if the air temp is just above so there could still be slick spots.

If temps stay below 35, very little snowpack will be lost and the snow will just soak any rain up and freeze it into concrete. No one seems like they will get above 35 tomorrow. Even the immediate shores should be around 33-34 and hopefully can get 2-4" of front end sleet/snow first.

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The GFS has more easterly winds in low-levels. That allows NYC and LI to warm up faster tomorrow for plain rain, after some snow and sleet.

warm up to what ? The water temps up here are only a couple degrees above 32 - might take some time to warm up air just above that water is probably a few degrees colder and the warmer air won't penetrate very far inland

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NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) tweeted at 10:50 AM on Tue, Feb 04, 2014:

Tech: 12z nam appears to have convective feedback issues resulting in a stronger mid level low and likely too far N with warmer air.

 

 

Not buying that with the RGEM being the same...the mid-level WAA on this storm is pretty nasty.

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One thing is that it seems the snowmaps that printed out 4 or more inches of snow were all of the frozen precipitation combined. The best call for most of our area would probably be earthlight's 2-4" call. If I had to make a call, it would be on the lower end of that, of around 3" for NE NJ and barely 2" for NYC. These systems that are warm at mid levels usually result in a quick hit of some snow to rain, minimizing the sleet and especially the freezing rain. It can happen, just very rare (less rare north of 287 in NJ).....hopefully we do not get a ice storm

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