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NYC Jan 11-12 Miller B Thread


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I am just curious what the ratios will end up being for this. The snow total is pretty impressive even with a 10:1 ratio. Thoughts?

12:1 is the highest it will get for ISP in my opinion. This is going to be one of the heavier wet snows that we typically see with these bombing coastals that bring borderline freezing air right to the coast.

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JFK has -14C temps at 700mb during the height of the storm and they are on the south shore. Wouldn't that argue for a slightly fluffier snow? I know ratios never get very high no matter what around here but it could be enough to inflate the final tally by a couple inches.

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JFK has -14C temps at 700mb during the height of the storm and they are on the south shore. Wouldn't that argue for a slightly fluffier snow? I know ratios never get very high no matter what around here but it could be enough to inflate the final tally by a couple inches.

700MB is a very important level fr snow growth...im sure one of the qualified Mets can expand on that...

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12:1 is the highest it will get for ISP in my opinion. This is going to be one of the heavier wet snows that we typically see with these bombing coastals that bring borderline freezing air right to the coast.

Thanks much for the answer...

I had anticipated lower ratios because of the temps being close to the freezing mark, but also have a serious lack of knowledge regarding the other dynamics that make up these storms, and thought I would seek an expert's opinion! :thumbsup:

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I'd say that's accurate. NYC is in the 10-25mm range and much closer to the 25mm, so 20mm is probably a good guess there. That's about .80.

Thats what I counted and theres a smidge of 1 - 5 mm after. So id say NYC is right on the 1 inch line give or take an mm. Very nice and very close the nam. I wonder if we see a continued west trend over the next 18 hours.

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JFK has -14C temps at 700mb during the height of the storm and they are on the south shore. Wouldn't that argue for a slightly fluffier snow? I know ratios never get very high no matter what around here but it could be enough to inflate the final tally by a couple inches.

I don't want fluffier snow. It melts too quickly.
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