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Jan 11th-12th Super Bomb or Super Bummed?


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1 minute ago, jm1220 said:

We’re tracking 1-3” at worst at this point in January. It could turn around but when the pattern’s as boring as watching grass grow-not much else to talk about. Anyone have any details on the one EPS member out of 50 that gives us more than the 1-3”? 

7 of the members give us more then 1-3 of snow 

 

only one of those 7 is a huge hit 12+

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This is real from the NWS and not a joke.  Told them I thought the 40" part in the graphic was irresponsible. The text in the post was fine...

"We've been getting a lot of questions about the potential weekend winter storm. To answer those questions, there is about a 50-60% chance of snow. That's all we know. We do NOT know how much snow we'll be getting yet. The storm is still 4 days away, and a lot can change.

Could we get significant amounts? Sure, but there's still a chance we end up getting insignificant amounts. Greatest threat is Friday night and Saturday morning. Keep an eye on the forecast in the coming days for more information!"

https://www.facebook.com/NWSMountHolly/posts/pfbid0zJeNRScVzhfRH1f6CD46octVXdtw865K7EQpwCF7S3PTLumC4wxag5sC7xpMia3el

Weekend snowfall potential. 

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22 minutes ago, RU848789 said:

This is real from the NWS and not a joke.  Told them I thought the 40" part in the graphic was irresponsible. The text in the post was fine...

"We've been getting a lot of questions about the potential weekend winter storm. To answer those questions, there is about a 50-60% chance of snow. That's all we know. We do NOT know how much snow we'll be getting yet. The storm is still 4 days away, and a lot can change.

Could we get significant amounts? Sure, but there's still a chance we end up getting insignificant amounts. Greatest threat is Friday night and Saturday morning. Keep an eye on the forecast in the coming days for more information!"

https://www.facebook.com/NWSMountHolly/posts/pfbid0zJeNRScVzhfRH1f6CD46octVXdtw865K7EQpwCF7S3PTLumC4wxag5sC7xpMia3el

Weekend snowfall potential. 

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23 minutes ago, RU848789 said:

This is real from the NWS and not a joke.  Told them I thought the 40" part in the graphic was irresponsible. The text in the post was fine...

"We've been getting a lot of questions about the potential weekend winter storm. To answer those questions, there is about a 50-60% chance of snow. That's all we know. We do NOT know how much snow we'll be getting yet. The storm is still 4 days away, and a lot can change.

Could we get significant amounts? Sure, but there's still a chance we end up getting insignificant amounts. Greatest threat is Friday night and Saturday morning. Keep an eye on the forecast in the coming days for more information!"

https://www.facebook.com/NWSMountHolly/posts/pfbid0zJeNRScVzhfRH1f6CD46octVXdtw865K7EQpwCF7S3PTLumC4wxag5sC7xpMia3el

Weekend snowfall potential. 

This is pathetic.

 

I live in the Mt. Holly CWA. The GFS shows 1.7 inches of snow, the Graphcast 1.5 inches of snow and the ECMWF looks fairly similar to those two.  There is a model consensus but the NWS posts (on social media), they don't know?  Nothing favors a significant snow event at this point, not even the long-wave pattern.

Hopefully the same meteorologist isn't writing TAFs.

Regarding the upstate NY thing, I went to school at SUNYA.  Wonderful meteorology school back in the day, but once I graduated I went south on I-87 and never looked back.  There are some nice places in upstate New York, and the Hudson Valley in my opinion is magic and unique in the world.  But, economic opportunities are few and far between and there is a lot of sadness.

 

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3 hours ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, hard to believe we got such an amazing 24 day stretch of winter following a December than was warmer than most Novembers. 
 

 

Maximum 24-Day Total Snowfall 
for JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NY
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.
1 40.8 1961-02-07 0
- 40.8 1961-02-06 0
- 40.8 1961-02-05 0
- 40.8 1961-02-04 0
2 39.8 1961-02-08 0
3 38.5 2016-02-15 0


 

Time Series Summary for JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NY - Month of Feb
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.
1 1963 -2 0
2 1961 -1 0
3 1967 0 0
4 2016 1 0
5 1979 2 0

 

 

Wild, was that also the maximum 30 day snowfall at JFK?

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3 hours ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, hard to believe we got such an amazing 24 day stretch of winter following a December than was warmer than most Novembers. 
 

 

Maximum 24-Day Total Snowfall 
for JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NY
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.
1 40.8 1961-02-07 0
- 40.8 1961-02-06 0
- 40.8 1961-02-05 0
- 40.8 1961-02-04 0
2 39.8 1961-02-08 0
3 38.5 2016-02-15 0


 

Time Series Summary for JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NY - Month of Feb
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.
1 1963 -2 0
2 1961 -1 0
3 1967 0 0
4 2016 1 0
5 1979 2 0

 

 

that might be the only thing that the winter of 2015-16 had in common with the winter of 1960-61.

1960-61 really delivered the goods with a 25" HECS in February and below zero temperatures.  Was February 1961 JFK's snowiest month on record and what was the total seasonal snowfall at JFK that season?

 

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1 hour ago, RU848789 said:

This is real from the NWS and not a joke.  Told them I thought the 40" part in the graphic was irresponsible. The text in the post was fine...

"We've been getting a lot of questions about the potential weekend winter storm. To answer those questions, there is about a 50-60% chance of snow. That's all we know. We do NOT know how much snow we'll be getting yet. The storm is still 4 days away, and a lot can change.

Could we get significant amounts? Sure, but there's still a chance we end up getting insignificant amounts. Greatest threat is Friday night and Saturday morning. Keep an eye on the forecast in the coming days for more information!"

https://www.facebook.com/NWSMountHolly/posts/pfbid0zJeNRScVzhfRH1f6CD46octVXdtw865K7EQpwCF7S3PTLumC4wxag5sC7xpMia3el

Weekend snowfall potential. 

They deleted the graphic from their FB post, because I'm sure someone in the NWS kicked someone's butt over the irresponsibility of posting a graphic showing "0-40" of snow possible."

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