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February Medium/Long Range Thread


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Just now, Ralph Wiggum said:

The roi in this hobby is miniscule when you really think about it.

Yep. We are all just weenie model watchers. Imagine having to actually give forecasts to millions of people at 4 day lead times and saying there is a really good possibility of a big snowstorm. Only to have these runs come out. I dont envy a Mets job at all. 

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1 minute ago, Terpeast said:

Gefs actually trended wetter (snow hole notwithstanding, that’ll probably be gone next run)

i said that a bit ago but it was actually wetter and snowier than 12z lol

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2 minutes ago, yoda said:

Well 00z UKIE will be a hit of some kind tbh looking at 96 and 120

6 minutes ago, SnowenOutThere said:

Just made a bet with my sister that if the Ukmet caves and shows a storm under 10 inches she has to buy me a stuffed plushie and vise versa so I’m switching teams now. 

I have mixed feelings about this now

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1 minute ago, clskinsfan said:

Yep. We are all just weenie model watchers. Imagine having to actually give forecasts to millions of people at 4 day lead times and saying there is a really good possibility of a big snowstorm. Only to have these runs come out. I dont envy a Mets job at all. 

Communication is so crucial in this profession. Especially in uncertain situations. I think most of the time, the experts are pretty good with this, saying "there is a possibility of a major storm", which leaves open the possibility of an utter rug pull like we're now seeing.

But others have made some major mistakes - John Bolaris for example spent days hyping March 2001 so bombastically that he never lived it down.

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Just now, Fozz said:

Yeah that map doesn't look so bad east of Parrs ridge.

I just don't know if I believe it.

Well the snow mean is only 2-2.5”. Drier for us, wetter for the Tidewater area. Also, the gefs individual members just about spell game over. There are only a few that have snow north of DC. A lot of Canadian-like misses.

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Just a reminder— the sky was falling for everyone last night and we wound up having some great runs thereafter. I’m not saying this one’s coming all the way back NW but I’ve seen enough windshield wipers at a 4 day lead to know it’s too early to throw in the towel.


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3 minutes ago, concentricEye said:

Just a reminder— the sky was falling for everyone last night and we wound up having some great runs thereafter. I’m not saying this one’s coming all the way back NW but I’ve seen enough windshield wipers at a 4 day lead to know it’s too early to throw in the towel.


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Thing is the closer we get the better the models get. You have to remember that. 

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1 minute ago, NorthArlington101 said:

alright, I’ve snapped out of it. Reframed my expectations to a 3” storm. Let’s see if the UKIE and EURO say I need to lower those  

3 inches is more than enough…been saying that for years.

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