Jump to content
  • Member Statistics

    17,588
    Total Members
    7,904
    Most Online
    LopezElliana
    Newest Member
    LopezElliana
    Joined

Potential Major East Coast Storm on Saturday Part 2


IsentropicLift

Recommended Posts

Thank god the mets make forecasts based on their knowledge and other factors rather than just what the models are spitting out. There's a reason why they are forecasting these low amounts and they know a hell of alot more than people here

lmao... We shall see... But are you including Joe Cioffi because he has higher amounts? Heck even NWS as higher amounts.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 1.2k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Goldberg is and the others are guided by pro mets. I love it when message board amateurs insist they know more than professionals with degrees and experience. Even Nick Gregory has a fair 2-4 and he usually runs hugh

just stop posting LOL

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hey Pammy…I'm a degreed meteorologist and have been doing this for the better part of 30 years having worked at 2

of the largest private weather companies. I know the area and it's climo as well as anyone. Up until recently I've been just a lurker

but having now moved into private consulting I have more time to post. We'll see by tomorrow how my forecast works out.

Good luck with your lofty snowfall projections from earlier because I think they are in jeopardy. If you think the latest HRRR is going to verify on those snow totals for the Jersey shore who better find another hobby.

Bingo
Link to comment
Share on other sites

You must be new here.

We know how these algo maps all account for sleet when running accumulating maps. So when you see 6 to 8 in marginal areas most know 4 is prob fair.

Which is a win in Monmouth county

And KNYC should see 5.

Thanks, I know how it works.  If NYC gets 5" i'll be surprised.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Everyone knows Lonnie Quinn isn't a met. But Lee Goldberg and Nick Gregory are mets, and highly respected ones too. So if they're seeing something that makes them believe that amounts will be lower than what the models are showing, I wouldn't discount their opinion.

 

All of these posts belong in the vendor thread. Take the rest of this discussion over there. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hey Pammy…I'm a degreed meteorologist and have been doing this for the better part of 30 years having worked at 2

of the largest private weather companies.  I know the area and it's climo as well as anyone.

 

The comment is subjective and subject to your own innate bias...it cannot be demonstrably proven. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Here you go kids...

 

 

mcd0039.gif

 

 

 

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0039
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1048 PM CST FRI JAN 23 2015

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND ERN PA...CNTRL/NRN NJ...SE NY
INCLUDING NYC AND LONG ISLAND...PORTIONS OF CT

CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW

VALID 240448Z - 241045Z

SUMMARY...HEAVY SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT --
ESPECIALLY FROM 06Z TO 09Z -- FROM PORTIONS OF THE CNTRL
APPALACHIANS ENEWD TO SRN NEW ENGLAND AND THE LONG ISLAND
COAST...INCLUDING THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. LOCAL
SNOWFALL RATES TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE.

DISCUSSION...MOSAIC RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES A SHIELD OF WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION EXTENDING FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO THE OHIO
VALLEY...EMBEDDED WITHIN A BROAD WARM-ADVECTION ZONE ANALYZED AT
H85. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ENEWD THROUGH THE
NIGHT...AS RELATED ISENTROPIC ASCENT IS MAINTAINED WELL DOWNSTREAM
OF A POSITIVELY TILTED MIDLEVEL TROUGH...WHICH WATER VAPOR LOOPS
DEPICT AS EXTENDING FROM THE MIDDLE OH VALLEY TO THE LOWER MS
VALLEY. RECENT SFC OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST 2-HOURLY PRESSURE FALLS
AROUND 3.5-4.5 MB FROM SERN VA TO ERN NC...MOST LIKELY A REFLECTION
OF INCREASING LARGE-SCALE ASCENT PRECEDING THE TROUGH BECOMING
JUXTAPOSED WITH A NE/SW-ORIENTED BAROCLINIC ZONE/INVERTED TROUGH
ANALYZED ROUGHLY 40-75 MILES INLAND FROM THE COAST. SFC LOW PRESSURE
IS FORECAST TO CONSOLIDATE/DEEPEN FROM THIS INTERACTION AND MOVE OFF
THE COAST...WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN WAA AND FRONTOGENETIC
ASCENT TO ITS N. IN TURN...PRESENT PRECIPITATION INTENSITY WILL BE
MAINTAINED...OR PERHAPS INCREASE...ACROSS THE DISCUSSION
AREA...PARTICULARLY AS A DEFORMATION BAND BECOMES ESTABLISHED WELL
N/NW OF THE EVOLVING SFC CYCLONE.

SUBJECTIVE SPATIAL INTERPOLATION BETWEEN THE 00Z IAD AND OKX RAOBS
SUGGESTS NEAR- TO BELOW-FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXISTING...AND
CONTINUING TO EXIST...THROUGHOUT THE TROPOSPHERE ACROSS THE MCD
AREA. THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE GIVEN CONTINUED NOCTURNAL DIABATIC
COOLING AND MODEST ADIABATIC COOLING ASSOCIATED WITH DCVA PRECEDING
THE APPROACHING MIDLEVEL TROUGH. WHERE SFC TEMPERATURES REMAIN
SLIGHTLY ABOVE 0C FROM SERN PA TO CNTRL NJ...WET-BULB-ZERO HEIGHTS
WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AOB 500 FT AGL -- AS AFFIRMED BY RAP FORECAST
SOUNDINGS AND INTERPOLATED OBSERVED SOUNDINGS. AS SUCH...SNOW IS
FORECAST TO BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS THE
DISCUSSION AREA...WITH DEEP...NEAR-ISOTHERMAL/NEAR-0-C LAYERS
FOSTERING EFFICIENT GROWTH OF SNOW AGGREGATES. AS SUCH...SNOWFALL
RATES WILL LOCALLY REACH 1 INCH PER HOUR. SUCH RATES IN HEAVY SNOW
WILL LIKELY MATERIALIZE BETWEEN 06Z AND 09Z FROM CNTRL PA TO CNTRL
NJ...WHILE SPREADING ENEWD TOWARD THE NEW YORK CITY AREA AND SRN NEW
ENGLAND THROUGH THE LATE-NIGHT HOURS.

VERY LATE TONIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER 10Z...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
STRENGTHENING ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE E-CNTRL NJ COAST -- IN RESPONSE
TO CYCLOGENESIS FARTHER SOUTH -- MAY SUPPORT SUFFICIENT LOW-LEVEL
WARMING FOR PRECIPITATION TO MIX WITH AND/OR CHANGE TO RAIN.
HOWEVER...THIS WILL GENERALLY BE IN A CONFINED AREA NEAR THE COAST
WHERE OCEANIC HEAT FLUXES ARE MAINTAINED INLAND ONLY OVER A MODEST
DISPLACEMENT.

..COHEN.. 01/24/2015


ATTN...WFO...BOX...OKX...ALY...PHI...BGM...CTP...
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Everyone knows Lonnie Quinn isn't a met. But Lee Goldberg and Nick Gregory are mets, and highly respected ones too. So if they're seeing something that makes them believe that amounts will be lower than what the models are showing, I wouldn't discount their opinion.

I think they are hedging that most of manhattan and the 5 boroughs see a lot of rain or sleet. Favored areas 20 miles north and west may see double or more than the city sees

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Weenies should take 3 inches right now and run

3 to 4 is prob fair at KNYC. But the models are in love with a lot of sleet after that.

There may not be many N of 78 that go to plain Rain . That's what the models look like tonite.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Thanks, I know how it works.  If NYC gets 5" i'll be surprised.

I went 4. But I think the rest is sleet. Don't know how far that warn nose at 925 pushes past 78 and for how long.

It doesn't look like one of those typical change to rain all the way back to 287 and 80

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Lol so we can't talk about mets forecasts but every amateur can look a the Hrrr and say the area is getting 6-10 inches..okay

Wow simplify much? There are tons of sources beyond that contradicting conservative 1-3 inch calls. All the global and meso models, Upton, Mount Holly and professional mets who are red tagged here and on several other weather boards. Heck look at the current Meso Scale analysis (depicts current conditions at different levels of the atmosphere) and draw your own conclusions as there is plenty evidence there even contradicting 1-3 inches. All this would be better alternatives to local TV mets.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

×
×
  • Create New...