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March 29-30th moderate nor'easter


Mikehobbyst

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The 0z Euro Ensemble mean has 1"-2" total rainfall through 120hr.

Saw the 00z EURO OP run this morning and that is a drought busting rainfall without having a drought. Widespread 2"+ rainfall, talk about a start to cut off low season and FINALLY a -NAO showing up late to the party :lol:

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Saw the 00z EURO OP run this morning and that is a drought busting rainfall without having a drought. Widespread 2"+ rainfall, talk about a start to cut off low season and FINALLY a -NAO showing up late to the party :lol:

Parts of the area are under Abnormally Dry status, and March has been very dry. This would be really good to reduce/eliminate the precip deficit before synoptic storms become more rare around this area and we go to shower/thunderstorm patterns.

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Parts of the area are under Abnormally Dry status, and March has been very dry. This would be really good to reduce/eliminate the precip deficit before synoptic storms become more rare around this area and we go to shower/thunderstorm patterns.

Yes your correct the drought monitor shows this in some locals and having a wet april will give us breathing room for when our rainfall becomes scattered in nature. the convective season that is commonly scattered showers/storms outside of the occasional wrapped up rainstorm during late spring/summer will not be as kind to drought conditions

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Upton mentions the possiblity of snow this weekend.

 

SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...FORECAST MODELS COMPLETELY DIVERGE WITH THE EUROPEAN AND CANADIAN MODELS CUTTING OFF AN UPPER LVL LOW THAT CAUSES THE LOW PRES SYSTEM TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY OFF THE COAST WITH ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THROUGH THIS PERIOD. IN FACT...WITH A COLDER HIGH PRES SYSTEM TO THE NORTH...ENOUGH COLD AIR COULD ENTRAIN INTO THIS SYSTEM TO CAUSE A MEASURABLE WET SNOWFALL SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE GFS MODEL DOES NOT CUTOFF THIS LOW AND REMAINS PROGRESSIVE IS MOVING THIS LOW FURTHER OFFSHORE...RESULTING IN A FAIR WEATHER FORECAST FOR NOW...EVEN THOUGH ITS UPPER LVL PATTERN DOES SHOW AN OMEGA BLOCK DEVELOPING BY 12Z SUNDAY. FOR CONSISTENCY...RAIN SHOWERS WERE LEFT IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY AND INCLUDED A CHANCE FOR WET SNOW ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT.

 

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Looking at the SIM radar you posted yanks, that would be very accurate as these storms tend to have the heaviest axis of rainfall along the delaware river and in the vicinity of it. Its more common to have the NYC and west jackpot with these systems over just coastal regions

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Looking at the SIM radar you posted yanks, that would be very accurate as these storms tend to have the heaviest axis of rainfall along the delaware river and in the vicinity of it. Its more common to have the NYC and west jackpot with these systems over just coastal regions

Agreed, some of the models have been wanting to jackpot Long Island with this one. That doesn't really fit this setup well. I think heaviest axis of rainfall will be from SE PA up along 95 through NNJ and into the Lower Hudson Valley.

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Agreed, some of the models have been wanting to jackpot Long Island with this one. That doesn't really fit this setup well. I think heaviest axis of rainfall will be from SE PA up along 95 through NNJ and into the Lower Hudson Valley.

Also to hash out the chance of a changeover to snow along the coast with this storm; i dont see any models showing the coastal deepening rapidly to entrench enough cold air into the system to even changeover to snow. Not saying it wont happen but its a low probability at this moment

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Also to hash out the chance of a changeover to snow along the coast with this storm; i dont see any models showing the coastal deepening rapidly to entrench enough cold air into the system to even changeover to snow. Not saying it wont happen but its a low probability at this moment

The storm is cut off from any cold air source. This is a subtropical jet storm. There might be some snow showers under the upper air low but that's it.

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Looking at the SIM radar you posted yanks, that would be very accurate as these storms tend to have the heaviest axis of rainfall along the delaware river and in the vicinity of it. Its more common to have the NYC and west jackpot with these systems over just coastal regions

8 or 9 times out of ten the heavy rainfall axis is roughly along the axis you describe. However, the track of the associated low will be important.

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Euro lingers the cut-off rains into Monday. Most of the guidance including the Euro ensembles don't show that.. The system coming into Midwest could kick this out sooner.

 

I give the Euro some credence on that idea because it tends to perform better in -NAO patterns, that said its been trying to blow stuff up all year or make things worse than they end up beyond 72-84 hours.  If it were not for the approaching system out west I'd probably buy the Euro almost for sure on the idea...the GFS and GEM ensembles have been split on the idea the Euro shows, I think 7 or 8 out of 12 GFS ensembles did not have and 11 out of 23 GEM ones did.

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