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Confidence is increasing for at least a good ole storm late next weekend into early next week. Looks like a strong cutter with a possible front end dump well north and west of the city before flipping to heavy rain. Good blocking over Greenland doesn't really develop until after this storm passes, so we'll likely have to wait and see what happens behind it as the ridge reloads and the core of the PV gets sucked back up towards Hudson Bay.

It's not really a cutter and certainly wouldn't be a strong one given the strength of the low and the weak WAA ahead of it. Looks more like an arctic like front that gets gulf moisture enhancement.

Also gfs placing more emphasis on a low developing offshore which could make things a lot more interesting for some if that trend continues. I'll certainly keep an eye on it.

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It's not really a cutter and certainly wouldn't be a strong one given the strength of the low and the weak WAA ahead of it. Looks more like an arctic like front that gets gulf moisture enhancement.

Also gfs placing more emphasis on a low developing offshore which could make things a lot more interesting for some if that trend continues. I'll certainly keep an eye on it.

Not a strong cutter? The 12z GFS parallel version is sub 990mb next Monday near Lake Huron.

 

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The Euro ensembles looks interesting for the weekend of the 22- 23. I would not mind if the storm early next week ran to the lakes and dragged the cold front to the coast just in time to see some piece come around the backside and run  the EC.

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What exactly is the gfs parallel version and how valid is it really.

The GFS parallel version is an upgraded version of the GFS which will eventually replace the current operational version. So while we don't have much in the way of verification scores to currently observe, it should certainly be taken seriously.

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The GFS parallel version is an upgraded version of the GFS which will eventually replace the current operational version. So while we don't have much in the way of verification scores to currently observe, it should certainly be taken seriously.

 

I believe it's the PRHW14 to the right. If that's the case, then it has slightly better skill scores that the OP

GFS but still behind the Euro and UKMET. It may be going operational on December 17th.

 

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The Euro ensembles looks interesting for the weekend of the 22- 23. I would not mind if the storm early next week ran to the lakes and dragged the cold front to the coast just in time to see some piece come around the backside and run  the EC.

 

Yeah, the 12Z OP moves those festivities up to the 20th with a nice banana high/CAD sig to the north.

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Right so the weekend before ( if 1 crazy run like that was remotely true ) and  you drop 1 to 2 feet of snow from the Panhandle to the east coast, no effect ? lol  silly. 

I certainly didn't say there would be no effect. Your post made it seem like you were implying that Thanksgiving was around the 20th (which it usually is), that is at least how I took it. Plus the biggest travel day of the year is usually the day before Thanksgiving at least for flying.

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I certainly didn't say there would be no effect. Your post made it seem like you were implying that Thanksgiving was around the 20th (which it usually is), that is at least how I took it.

Ok fair . Was only taking it from an air travel point of view the weekend before , if something that wide spread took place . 

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This is starting to look like last year where the next blockbuster system was always 8-10 days away. How could you not love the look on the Euro though? Phased southern system redeveloping. WAA followed by coastal. At least it keeps the interest level up.

Does have that feel a bit.

I'll tell you what, if its cold and 2 or 3 weeks from now we have nothing but rain and day 10 phantom bombs to show for it, people are going to get ansty. I dont care what time of year it is.

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The Euro ensembles looks interesting for the weekend of the 22- 23. I would not mind if the storm early next week ran to the lakes and dragged the cold front to the coast just in time to see some piece come around the backside and run the EC.

Agreed but i want to see what happens with the monday storm next weekend before even taking what models show at D 10+ seriously. i know you are just bringing it up because it would be a storm that has the best antedecent setup, just need the confluence up north to give this a chance IMO

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Does have that feel a bit.

I'll tell you what, if its cold and 2 or 3 weeks from now we have nothing but rain and day 10 phantom bombs to show for it, people are going to get ansty. I dont care what time of year it is.

Starting to feel that way quick. Worse thing for sensible people like me is seeing the first real arctic outbreak of the season happen and see weenies not even into the middle of november wanting snow already. Ill take cold, rain, cold, rain to get something hopefully by december worth noting

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I certainly didn't say there would be no effect. Your post made it seem like you were implying that Thanksgiving was around the 20th (which it usually is), that is at least how I took it. Plus the biggest travel day of the year is usually the day before Thanksgiving at least for flying.

Not to drag this out any further, but the earliest thanksgiving can be is the 22nd. Its not "usually" any specific date but rotates between the 22-28th.

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Does have that feel a bit.

I'll tell you what, if its cold and 2 or 3 weeks from now we have nothing but rain and day 10 phantom bombs to show for it, people are going to get ansty. I dont care what time of year it is.

Ah the weenie nightmare. Nothing scares weenies more then cold to rain to cold. Even constant mild weather would be better to them than that.

If the pattern is right then it will eventually produce and things are already lining up better than anyone expected a couple weeks ago when November was supposed to "torch".

I really hope we get some strongly negative NAO style blocking though as that essentially guarantees we won't see any cutters and often times is the precursor to a major snow event. Right now it looks like a neutral NAO will be the rule so it's very uncertain.

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Does have that feel a bit.

I'll tell you what, if its cold and 2 or 3 weeks from now we have nothing but rain and day 10 phantom bombs to show for it, people are going to get ansty. I dont care what time of year it is.

 

Last year was one of the best winters ever for NYC and the area.

I hope this year follows it exactly. I can't believe some comments I'm reading.

Not sure what he or anyone else is talking about.

You can not get any better then last year, unless you are talking about a 1995-1996 type winter.

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There's a difference between tracking a storm in the the day 8-10 range when a pattern doesn't support it compared to when it does. I'm not saying today's EURO fantasy storm is going to happen, but the GFS/EURO have been showing a split flow developing for this time frame. With that we could also have a potential 50/50 in place, so a long ways to go, but the pattern would be better for this time frame IMO. 

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Last year was one of the best winters ever for NYC and the area.

I hope this year follows it exactly. I can't believe some comments I'm reading.

Not sure what he or anyone else is talking about.

You can not get any better then last year, unless you are talking about a 1995-1996 type winter.

 

I would place 2002-03 above last winter. Last winter was great in regards to cold and snowpack retention but overall snowfall for the NW burbs it was no different than 09-10 or 04-05. As much as some of you do not include the NW areas part of the NYC area it very much is. Just like areas of Suffolk cty & Central NJ are included..

 

IMBY 2004-05 : 74"

         2009-10 : 76"

         2013-14 : 75"

 

         2002-03 : 93"

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Last year was one of the best winters ever for NYC and the area.

I hope this year follows it exactly. I can't believe some comments I'm reading.

Not sure what he or anyone else is talking about.

You can not get any better then last year, unless you are talking about a 1995-1996 type winter

Last Winter lacked a high end KU event that would have put the cherry on top. Want to call me greedy? So be it. It was a great Winter for the coast so given your location I'm not at all surprised. I can't help but wonder if you would have the same feelings if the axis was shifted 75 miles NW.

 

Some people would rather get 10 5" events and others would rather have 2 25" events. Same result, just different preferences.

 

Without digging that much, it would appear that last year was much closer to average the further away from the coast that you got.

 

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