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5 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

no rain at all is far preferable....honestly, who needs or wants rain? I'd much rather have heat and dry heat at that

 

Omg that was 8 posts in a row, you can't argue its busy here now so why not embrace multipost?  Resistance is futile 

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54 minutes ago, wdrag said:

4 consecutive runs of 1-7” snow accum for our sub forum. Again and again, if the GGEM doesn’t have snow, very difficult to get anything.   If EC continues 00z/5 trend then I think we’re in a good place for a minor to moderate 9 to 12 hour event part of the area though lots of melting on pavement w temps 32-33F.  Wetter snow.   Early, but GGEM is our only real legit hope next 10 days.  
 

Disappointing outcomes this past Tue eve and Wed night.  It’s late.  I’d like to get past 20” for the winter in Wantage. 

 

have a day!

 

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Sunday into Monday looks like a classic early spring warm up that favors areas away from the shore.  65-70 for the warm spots on Sunday. Then 70-75 away from the shore on Monday. Very strong onshore flow Monday with 40-50 mph gusts ahead of the cold front for Long Island. We’ll see if we can get a decent low topped squall line for later on Monday. 
 

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18 minutes ago, bluewave said:

The weakening MJO may have reduced the chances of transitioning to an El Niño. So looks like another active hurricane season coming up.The La Niña background state has been very persistent since 16-17. 
 

 

Additionally Atlantic SSTs are very positive. Another tropical threat or two seems very likely this season with strong SE ridge 

Severe weather season will be active too

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36 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

Additionally Atlantic SSTs are very positive. Another tropical threat or two seems very likely this season with strong SE ridge 

Severe weather season will be active too

The La Niña background state and that record warm pool keep the persistent SE Ridge pattern going this month. 
 

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Tomorrow and Monday will provide an early preview of spring. Tomorrow will likely see numerous near record and record high temperatures. Select daily records for tomorrow include:

Atlantic City: 68°, 1959 and 2004
Baltimore: 76°, 1935
New York City-JFK: 63°, 2004
New York City-LGA: 64°, 1976
New York City-Central Park: 68°, 1935
Newark: 69°, 1935
Philadelphia: 71°, 1935
Trenton: 71°, 1894

Afterward, readings could cool, but remain above seasonable levels until after March 10th. Then, there is growing model consensus that a noticeably colder pattern could develop. The development and duration of such a pattern remain somewhat uncertain.

Overall, March will likely be warmer than normal. There may also be one or two opportunities for at least some measurable snow in the northern Middle Atlantic and southern New England areas.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was -1.5°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was -0.8°C for the week centered around February 23. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged -1.08°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged -0.70°C. La Niña conditions will likely persist through at least late March.

The SOI was +19.39 today.

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was -0.317 today.

On March 3 the MJO was in Phase 5 at an amplitude of 0.161 (RMM). The March 2-adjusted amplitude was 0.314 (RMM).

 

 

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5 hours ago, bluewave said:

The weakening MJO may have reduced the chances of transitioning to an El Niño. So looks like another active hurricane season coming up.The La Niña background state has been very persistent since 16-17. 
 

 

which is confusing-- shouldnt we have fewer la ninas with climate change?  why doesn't the entire pacific heat up?

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13 hours ago, gravitylover said:

No, no rain would be terrible. After a relatively dry last 7 months we need the water. There's very little snowmelt going to go into the reservoirs and those of us that live with wells also need it. Drought sucks and it can be worse than too wet. 

No I just mean a break from the rain for like 2 weeks and not this 4 rainstorms in 2 weeks.  I would like to see the kind of rainfall pattern we had in the 80s, which was something like 3-4 inches of rain per month total.

 

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12 hours ago, bluewave said:

The SE Ridge or WAR  has been the dominant player since the record breaking event in December 2015. So we have seen both record warmth and record snowstorms over this period. But no sustained cold with the last 7 winters coming in with above normal temperatures. The record warm pool was found to really enhance the snowfall and storm intensity in events like the January 2016 blizzard and December 2020 interior jackpot snowstorm. We just needed blocking to force the storm track to our SE for a cold enough for snow solution. 
 

 

Then of course the question becomes why have we had a persistent lack of blocking this winter-- what caused the +AO/+NAO to be so persistent this year?

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47 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Then of course the question becomes why have we had a persistent lack of blocking this winter-- what caused the +AO/+NAO to be so persistent this year?

the AO/NAO was so positive after mid December it's a miracle NYC got 17-20" and an 8-10" storm this year...

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9 hours ago, snowman19 said:

The CMC is now in a universe all to its own for Wednesday, none of the other models (Euro, GFS, UKMET, ICON) have it 

We will know shortly.  The GFS should start coming around as the 18z/5 EC shifted a bit west in the central Apps. 

I know the RGEM at 00z/6 is on target with a northeast moving pcpn system -which suggests to me a 6th consecutive 1-7" for the GGEM is upcoming.  I just have to go with the best models and those are the EC/GGEM combo.  IF GGEM dumps it, then one more 12z/6 cycle to get back on track.  

 

I am also watching Saranac Lake for little or no snow GGEM/RGEM Monday afternoon vs the EC and GFS. Always a learning experience. 

 

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The next 8 days are averaging 46degs.(38/54) or +5.

Reached 46 yesterday at midnight.  Was 45 during PM.

Today: 59-62 or 67?, wind s. to sw., breezy at times, cloudy and PM drizzle, 55 by tomorrow AM.

GFS tries to squeeze a 10" snowfall between 60 degree periods.      Now you know where the removed vodka went-----NOAA programmers.

48*(82%RH) here at 6am.     50* at 9am.      56* at Noon.      58* at 1pm, variable.     65* at 3pm.---held for about 2hrs.+.      62* at 6pm.

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And the models have backed way off the “extreme cold” and snow pattern for the east that was being hyped for mid-month. As we draw closer in time, they are correcting much stronger with the SE ridge after being way too aggressive with squashing it in the long range 

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11 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

which is confusing-- shouldnt we have fewer la ninas with climate change?  why doesn't the entire pacific heat up?

The Western Pacific has warmed faster than the Eastern Pacific. So this increases the trade winds which keep the La Niña background state going. Remember how the developing El Niño suddenly reversed around Labor Day in 2012? Then the next  El Niño in 14-15 came in weaker than forecast before rebounding to super El Niño in 15-16. The 18-19 El Niño never fully coupled with the atmosphere due to the record SSTs in the WPAC.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2019/06/24/pacific-ocean-cold-tongue/

Thus the real-world cold tongue warms less than the waters over the tropical west Pacific or off the equator to the north and south. This pattern of sea-surface temperature change then causes the trade winds to strengthen, which lifts the cold subsurface water upward, further cooling the cold tongue.

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Morning thoughts…

It will be mostly cloudy and warm today High temperatures will likely reach the middle and upper 60 in most of the region and 70s in southeastern Pennsylvania. Likely high temperatures around the region include:

New York City (Central Park): 66°

Newark: 68°

Philadelphia: 71°

Near record and record warmth is likely tomorrow.

Normals:

New York City: 30-Year: 46.6°; 15-Year: 47.1°

Newark: 30-Year: 47.7°; 15-Year: 48.3°

Philadelphia: 30-Year: 49.3°; 15-Year: 49.6°

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