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NYC/PHL January 7-9 Potential Part Deux


NickD2011

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always go with 10-1 unless your dealing with a true arctic airmass, that would be the best advice.

Yea rarely do we really deviate much from the standard 10:1 ratio. I know we always ask with every storm and almost every storm winds up verifying something close to 10:1.

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Yea rarely do we really deviate much from the standard 10:1 ratio. I know we always ask with every storm and almost every storm winds up verifying something close to 10:1.

The ratios under the Norlun's most intense band would be a bit higher since we're talking about high-quality dendrites with omega through the roof and -10C 850s with the surface below 0C. We also don't have high winds to break apart the dendritic formation as we did for the last storm.

In areas not under the heaviest banding, I'd expect 10:1 since there will be poorer quality snow growth with forcing limited to instability from the arctic front.

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1.22" @ MGJ :)

These big totals sound overdone to me; NAM always likes to exaggerate QPF in dynamic situations. I'm not saying someone won't see 6-10" but I think over a foot is going to be almost impossible to achieve with a Norlun. That being said, NYC has been lucky the past few winters, so how can we possibly know?

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These big totals sound overdone to me; NAM always likes to exaggerate QPF in dynamic situations. I'm not saying someone won't see 6-10" but I think over a foot is going to be almost impossible to achieve with a Norlun. That being said, NYC has been lucky the past few winters, so how can we possibly know?

Orogrpahic lift FTW.. You can see on the 0z NAM that the precip max is located on the Orange/Ulster border right around the shawangunk ridge. Not saying these precip totals are correct but 10" in favored areas are a very good possibility..

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By the way, Nick Gregory going with 3" - 5" for NYC.

And 5" - 8" for areas north and east.

craig allen just posted this on his facebook page...............

"Snow is a certainty to close the week. Light snow could break out bfr the Fri am commute. Snow during mid-aftn Fri may not accum much due to light intensity, temp aoa 32° and daylight. Colder w/ hvier snow psbl by late Fri/Fri ngt/ early Sat. First look at updated data confirms a region wide 2" to 6", lowest amounts in central and s'ern NJ. Local 4-8" amounts possible, especially parts of the HV, CT and LI."

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