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The last hurrah? Putting all the eggs in the Tuesday 3/14 basket


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5 minutes ago, Henry's Weather said:

"Objective" is different than being responsible for damage-control. The NWS can't forecast a snowy solution for borderline areas because they are responsible for public works' mobilization, not because they are strictly following guidance. Strict adherence to guidance = "objective", only yields a snowier forecast than the one they put out. They are more conservative not for the purpose of fundamental accuracy, but for risk management at this distance 

 

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4 minutes ago, EMontpelierWhiteout said:

 

It is  safer to forecast more and see less then the other way around . The public tends to rejoice when less snow falls , and complains when more does and people have unplanned delays . But at a 3 day lead time with huge differences in models it would probably be better to put out 2 maps , “if snowier models prevail , “if weaker milder storm models prevail “

I think one map is almost impossible to represent forecast / models with this low confidence and huge discrepancies 

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Just now, STILL N OF PIKE said:

It is  safer to forecast more and see less than the other way around . The public tends to rejoice when less snow falls , and complains when more does and people have unplanned delays . But at a 3 day lead time with huge differences in models it would probably be better to put out 2 maps , “if snowier models prevail , “if weaker milder storm models prevail “

They attempt to do that with their 9/10 and 1/10 maps, I guess.

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1 minute ago, 78Blizzard said:

?  How does that relate to what I said?  I knew that based on my comment.

You wrote, “So they must be ignoring the GFS scenario.” A lot of the snow for ORH, not to mention Boston, falls Tuesday night into Wednesday. The map doesn’t reflect storm totals for the whole region.

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Many are getting out over their ski's re: The BOX snowfall map?
As mentioned, the Agency is where the public turns for Official information and responsible for numerous other Agencies, i.e.  Public Works, EMA including the safety of the General Public. It's a First Call Map and way out of range.
I'm probably one of few who think it's prudent ATT. 

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It's almost fun being on the outside of this one. I'm not stressed at all. Will I get rain, or rain. What temperature will the rain be? It doesn't engender much of an emotional reaction. I'm not hanging my hat on one solution, I'm not staying up for the next model.

Hang on a second, I mispoke, did I say almost fun, I meant painfully unrewarding.

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4 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

You wrote, “So they must be ignoring the GFS scenario.” A lot of the snow for ORH, not to mention Boston, falls Tuesday night into Wednesday. The map doesn’t reflect storm totals for the whole region.

My point about ignoring the GFS is for the period up to 8pm Tuesday, which, as I said, showed anywhere from 7-19" for ORH.  The map obviously didn't reflect that scenario, or gave it short shrift.

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This is one of those scenarios that can bust for both Eastern Mass and Western Mass in either direction. Personally, it has a little bit of a flavor of April 6-7, 1982, in the back of my mind. Not to a tee but something along those lines.

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5 minutes ago, 78Blizzard said:

My point about ignoring the GFS is for the period up to 8pm Tuesday, which, as I said, showed anywhere from 7-19" for ORH.  The map obviously didn't reflect that scenario, or gave it short shrift.

Sorry, I thought you were thinking of the whole storm. My apologies.

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