Ian Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I have NO memory of that Storm.I don't remember it well either. I think I thought it was going to bust till I woke up and it was ripping. Went out to take pics that day it was frigid after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 well ****, now that we have the blessing of this poster from NY -- LETS DO THISUmm with the trajectory of this storm up here we are in about the same boat as nyc. If it stays south of them the big snows probably stay south of us too. What he says is good for dca but would be bad for us. We are fine now, no south trend is good. Even the uk would smoke us up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Temps were 25, 26, or 27 at DCA during almost all of 3/9/99 (snow started at 8 am), so somewhat warmer than last March's event.Temps as is are fine I think esp after the first bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Umm with the trajectory of this storm up here we are in about the same boat as nyc. If it stays south of them the big snows probably stay south of us too. What he says is good for dca but would be bad for us. We are fine now, no south trend is good. Even the uk would smoke us up here. clearly trolling posts go over your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I'm in NYC...coming home Thursday...worth coming home Wednesday night? no. its snows in NY too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 It's the best QPF model there is. Bar none. Overall, I get that. I mean lately with individual events. It didn't do well with yesterday's event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Looking forward to watches going up tomorrow with the afternoon afd. I suppose technically they could go up in the morning. I'd bet on afternoon after 12z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Thank you Matt. Perhaps I should invest in a subscription. Just don't know which provider and package would be best. EuroWX is pretty good, depends on what you want though. Weatherbell is a bit pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I'm in NYC...coming home Thursday...worth coming home Wednesday night?On phone can't answer that right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I subscribe to the model page here and Eurowx, a good combination. I just get the UKMET maps from Meteocentre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Looking forward to watches going up tomorrow with the afternoon afd. I suppose technically they could go up in the morning. From your mouth to the snow god's ears! Seriously though, I was skeptical (though hopeful) about this event when it was showing up the past few days in the globals. Now it's getting into the shorter range and there's reasonable consensus in many ways. Still a tricky situation, but even the models that flip to snow a bit later give us a solid amount. If this continues, we'll definitely be looking at a warning-level criteria snow through the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84 Hour NAM Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I'm going to be greedy. Its March 2nd. Its sunny and feels warm outside. 6 inches or bust. Lets do the damn thing. Lets be a #snowtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I have NO memory of that Storm. Cold storm up here. 5-7" through the typical Leesburg to BWI corridor but with temps in the single digits. Surprisingly, the ratios were not good, basically 10:1. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/43078-march-2-3-obs-thread/page-58 Equally interesting was the St. Paddy's storm two weeks later. I received 10.3" and, when the clouds cleared in the afternoon the sun was roasting. It was only 24F but the snow was steaming, just like after a summertime thunderstorm. Low that night was 12F, very cold for late March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 the euro snow fall maps are about 1-2 inches drier than 00z. still a good hit but....only a general 6 inches:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Overall, I get that. I mean lately with individual events. It didn't do well with yesterday's event. it was also marcus dry for me on the big storm the weekend before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Temps were 25, 26, or 27 at DCA during almost all of 3/9/99 (snow started at 8 am), so somewhat warmer than last March's event. Last March, for the March 2-3 event, there wasn't much on the ground early in the morning but we got banded for a few hours after that. Ended up with around 5" where I'm at. It was in the low-mid 20s even in the afternoon. The tricky thing with that event last year was the tight QPF gradient, as I recall. Then there was also March 1-2, 2009...change to snow pre-dawn, not much at first, but some good bands went through in the morning. I recall that it stayed in the 20s all day for that one as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 EuroWX is pretty good, depends on what you want though. Weatherbell is a bit pricey. weatherbell is way more than just the european model lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Remember your sweet 'copter pic from that day. Was a good storm and very cold. Cleared out in time for a nice sunset. I don't remember it well either. I think I thought it was going to bust till I woke up and it was ripping. Went out to take pics that day it was frigid after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 hopefully Euro is more wet for our March 29-30 HECS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Thanks...will consider that. Is it compatible with the phone? It works on a phone like any other web page would but it doesn't have a web version per se. SV is a bit better there.. or their site is more shape-able to a phone at least. Wxbell is perhaps a bit steep but the offerings there are unparalleled at this point. I was always adamant that people don't need to pay for weather models but I'm not sure I could go without weatherbell these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 weatherbell is way more than just the european model lol Love me some weatherbell. You can get lost in weathernerd dataland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 It works on a phone like any other web page would but it doesn't have a web version per se. SV is a bit better there.. or their site is more shape-able to a phone at least. Wxbell is perhaps a bit steep but the offerings there are unparalleled at this point. I was always adamant that people don't need to pay for weather models but I'm not sure I could go without weatherbell these days. I was going to cancel it last spring but kept it through the summer because I'm an addict. They keep adding so many cool things. Their euro op panels and ens data is ridiculous. Now that they have high res regional ukie stuff it's even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Remember your sweet 'copter pic from that day. Was a good storm and very cold. Cleared out in time for a nice sunset. yeah that was lucky (for me at least).. remember being shocked we had fluffy powder under clearing skies in March. last few winters are throwing my thoughts on march for a loop heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 weatherbell is way more than just the european model lol Yeah, but overall, it's not any better than the model page we have here. Meteocentre comes in faster with UKMET, not sure what other models WB offers that we don't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 It works on a phone like any other web page would but it doesn't have a web version per se. SV is a bit better there.. or their site is more shape-able to a phone at least. Wxbell is perhaps a bit steep but the offerings there are unparalleled at this point. I was always adamant that people don't need to pay for weather models but I'm not sure I could go without weatherbell these days. I just want Euro data. I'm ok on the other models with what's available for free. I'm in the category that doesn't need to pay for weather models. I probably have access to too much as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulythegun Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Love me some weatherbell. You can get lost in weathernerd dataland Weatherbell just added a 15 to 1 snowfall ratio variable to the ECMWF maps. Produces 10"+ of snowmap snow for the region thursday. heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I just want Euro data. I'm ok on the other models with what's available for free. I'm in the category that doesn't need to pay for weather models. I probably have access to too much as it is. I think EuroWX is the way to go, that's just me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I think EuroWX is the way to go, that's just me though. From a price standpoint, that would certainly seem true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Weatherbell just added a 15 to 1 snowfall ratio variable to the ECMWF maps. Produces 10"+ of snowmap snow for the region thursday. heh. I suggested he add a way to choose your own snow ratio. Imagine the maps. But yes to Bob.. it's worth having all year at this point and Ryan adds new stuff constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulythegun Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I was going to cancel it last spring but kept it through the summer because I'm an addict. They keep adding so many cool things. Their euro op panels and ens data is ridiculous. Now that they have high res regional ukie stuff it's even better. not to get too bantery, but Weatherbell is soon going to add on this thing where you can blend two or more models. Not sure how that will work on a practical level (in terms of the output), but it will be interesting to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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