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NYC 1/7-1/8 Regional Discussion and Obs


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Strongly agree. I mentioned this in my discussion for the blog earlier today.

"A thin band should move southwest to northeast during the day Friday. Within this band..moderate to heavy snow could fall. It should be noted that guidance has backed off on the development of an inverted trough/norlun trough type feature. Instead..they are moving the boundary along rather swiftly---until it reaches an area just north of the NYC Metro, where it attempts to pivot."

Yeah I read the blog. Solid.

To think that DT had a huge swath in 12"+ on his first guess - I know, only a guess. But I always cringe when he does that because some tiny irrational part of me always wants to believe him.

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Tonights Nogaps (yes, I said the Nogaps) actually has a snowstorm for Long Island at 48-54 hrs. It's probably closing in on 20 mm of liquid.

Very interesting situation setting up for sure. Could be a surprise system for a few hours, like the early December disturbance which dropped 4.5" of snow in Levittown.

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It doesn't exactly mean 54 hours from this moment, but rather 54 hours after the start hour of the run. The 0z run starts midnight Greenwich Mean Time, which is 7:00 PM in the Eastern Time Zone (NYC) during the winter months. So you add 54 hours to 7:00 PM Eastern, which is 1:00 AM Sunday morning,

Thank you William, and Earthlight too. I've just learned something new.

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Also, for the meterologists, is this set-up something that presents itself as feasible?

I've ruined threads before with this line of reasoning, but the overnight crew is usually pretty calm...

How could anyone reasonably claim that a setup is unreasonable unless it contained an obvious error in its physics?

I'm not a met but it looks reasonable to me.

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What is the total qpf for the GGEM feature that presents itself for saturday into sunday?

Also, for the meterologists, is this set-up something that presents itself as feasible?

Its essentially a wave of low pressure (one of many) that deepens along the (arctic) front. Feasible, yes and fairly common with such a setup. Looks like nice bonus snows for DE/S-NJ, LI and more into NE.

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Wouldn't it be hysterical if the NYC sanitation crews go ballistic for tomorrow and 1-3" of snow, and then get caught completely blindsided for a bigger snowstorm on Saturday?

Not one TV met I saw even mentioned Saturday as being a threat.

They're aware of the saturday potential. They're one of my clients.

The DOS issues have little to do with forecasts and a lot to do with politics. But that's a discussion for a whole different thread.

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