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January 28-30th Possible Nor'easter


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1 minute ago, Gravity Wave said:

I wonder how much further west we could get this to go. Even small shifts cause huge changes in snow totals.

Exactly what I just said.  I am extremely doubtful of any forecasts for this because of minute changes resulting in a huge difference....this could be a true nowcast event.

What is the average model error day of the event? 10 miles? That might be enough to cause a big difference in the final result.

 

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2 minutes ago, Gravity Wave said:

I wonder how much further west we could get this to go. Even small shifts cause huge changes in snow totals.

West enough to where NYC gets a major hit. Relatively small changes needed to get it there. 

And it can happen in a pretty short timeframe. The 1/4/18 storm that first coined the "bomb cyclone" popular term was supposed to fringe NYC at best and clobber E LI and Boston until 36hrs out or even less. Central Park ended with 10" I believe and I ended up with 14-15" 25 miles east of NYC because of a relatively minor shift. 

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1 minute ago, jm1220 said:

West enough to where NYC gets a major hit. Relatively small changes needed to get it there. 

And it can happen in a pretty short timeframe. The 1/4/18 storm that first coined the "bomb cyclone" popular term was supposed to fringe NYC at best and clobber E LI and Boston until 36hrs out or even less. Central Park ended with 10" I believe and I ended up with 14-15" 25 miles east of NYC because of a relatively minor shift. 

yes a true nowcast event....we remember all the busts but there have been a few positive surprises too

 

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8 minutes ago, eduggs said:

People jump the gun and get overexcited. But in fairness H5 was worthy of excitement considering previous runs even though the surface didn't work out very well.

Oh I agree, big improvements there which is all we can really ask for even if it's just the Nam. I was mostly just poking fun at all the BOOM comments.

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Hell yeah so far with 0z! We live for another day... or at least another model cycle. The RGEM, NAM, and ICON confirm the threat is still legit. A convincing shift west from the GFS would confirm that we're still in the game for significant snow.

But will we bounce back east at 6z like a wobbling hurricane eye?

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