JAN 6th-7th Storm Part II

Frank's snow map looks about right to me. At least I'm far enough northwest that I should see some snow accumulation out of this. Which, even a few inches, is a few inches more than I've had the last two winters.

FWIW, the 18z NAM appears to be a slight improvement over the last two runs. A little colder, a little further south with accumulating snows.

The 18Z NAM not too bad. If we can get this storm at that intensity where the X is, then I think the I95/NYC/LI in the game and NW sees double digits. That's my key with this.

Heehaw- you really think there’s a chance some of LI can get into the goods with this weekends storm?

This reminds me of a commercial for an old toy back in the 1960's "Weebles wobble but they dont fall down"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKcAWO_IznI

Models wobble but they won't let us down! I hope,LOL.

As Yogi Berra said "It ain't over til it's over"!

dsix85 wrote:Heehaw- you really think there’s a chance some of LI can get into the goods with this weekends storm?

Hi. The path to that IMO is a storm that starts to deepen 150 miles SE of the BM (40/70) as I showed in the previous picture. I don't think the initial WAA precip will do much good for snow on the Island because the 850h storm is pushing up southerly winds on the storm's approach. The tricky part is the storm is hitting resistance so it gets strung out and it needs time to reorganize itself. So the short of it is I don't think it's impossible, but I would call it unlikely ATTM. But if your are going to see decent accumulations on LI much more likely on the north shore as per usual.

18Z RGEM. We shall see...

GFS still trying to sell it. Funny little model...

18z HRRR

Good over running air mass for the WAA. I'm at 29.5/19.5.  This is a stout L that will become the 50/50 that will pin the H pressure building into Quebec. Stuff like that used to work around here in January.

heehaw453 wrote:Good over running air mass for the WAA. I'm at 29.5/19.5.  This is a stout L that will become the 50/50 that will pin the H pressure building into Quebec. Stuff like that used to work around here in January.

Climate change.

MattyICE wrote:18z HRRR

Looks a bit south to my amateur eyes, this one really maybe a case of haves and the have nots.. with the low tucked in as close as it will be with the fetch coming right in off the warm water the folks closer to the coast have very little chance. If that wind were more ne or nne it would be a different situation

32* with a dewpoint of 24* here. Going down to 23* tonight with dewpoint probably in the upper teens. No problem with antecedent temps here. Storm is just too tucked into the coast bringing in too much ocean warmth.

Irish wrote:

heehaw453 wrote:Good over running air mass for the WAA. I'm at 29.5/19.5.  This is a stout L that will become the 50/50 that will pin the H pressure building into Quebec. Stuff like that used to work around here in January.

Climate change.

Probably banter, but I’d like to pose a couple questions just to ponder:

What exactly did climate change effect? Did it somehow alter the intensity of the mid-level vorticity so that it was weaker? Or did it change the lapse rates of dry and moist air so that the equations that help us describe our atmosphere completely break down? Ooooo is it possible that it led to so much warm advection that it completely overwhelmed the pattern and will make it be warm everywhere? Well, if that’s the case, how are we even talking about snow for anybody?

You’re literally 30 miles away from having the I-95 Corridor get a foot of snow, which is in line with a forecast that was made nearly a week ago, and that forecast never incorporated the idea of climate change. It also means that if our circulations pass just that far further southeast from where they are currently being modeled, that will make the difference. Is climate change steering those circulations? Climate doesn’t act on timescales anywhere near that small.

My point is, you can’t blame every event, or ANY event, for that matter, on climate change, because there’s no way to show or prove any direct causation other than inherent variability to the system.

Back to tracking lol

Irish wrote:

heehaw453 wrote:Good over running air mass for the WAA. I'm at 29.5/19.5.  This is a stout L that will become the 50/50 that will pin the H pressure building into Quebec. Stuff like that used to work around here in January.

Climate change.

Not quite sure how it plays in the models but the ocean off of NJ is 10 degrees above the normal average…that is quite profound.

rb924119 wrote:

Irish wrote:

heehaw453 wrote:Good over running air mass for the WAA. I'm at 29.5/19.5.  This is a stout L that will become the 50/50 that will pin the H pressure building into Quebec. Stuff like that used to work around here in January.

Climate change.

Probably banter, but I’d like to pose a couple questions just to ponder:

What exactly did climate change effect? Did it somehow alter the intensity of the mid-level vorticity so that it was weaker? Or did it change the lapse rates of dry and moist air so that the equations that help us describe our atmosphere completely break down? Ooooo is it possible that it led to so much warm advection that it completely overwhelmed the pattern and will make it be warm everywhere? Well, if that’s the case, how are we even talking about snow for anybody?

You’re literally 30 miles away from having the I-95 Corridor get a foot of snow, which is in line with a forecast that was made nearly a week ago, and that forecast never incorporated the idea of climate change. It also means that if our circulations pass just that far further southeast from where they are currently being modeled, that will make the difference. Is climate change steering those circulations? Climate doesn’t act on timescales anywhere near that small.

My point is, you can’t blame every event, or ANY event, for that matter, on climate change, because there’s no way to show or prove any direct causation other than inherent variability to the system.

Back to tracking lol

I was jesting, referring to our recent conversation in banter, where climate change was a big topic.  I wouldn't blame climate change for one storm not working out. However, I would certainly blame change in an areas climate over a longer period of time on climate change.

Oo. Oops

I have a good feeling about 00z runs tonight. I don’t know why, but I do lol

rb924119 wrote:I have a good feeling about 00z runs tonight. I don’t know why, but I do lol

Like your enthusiasm. lol.
Hey, I’m game. I’m under a WWA for 3-6”. It wouldn’t take much of a positive shift for me to sneak into a 4-8/6-10 zone. So bring on the 0z’s.

rb924119 wrote:I have a good feeling about 00z runs tonight. I don’t know why, but I do lol

This is some roller coaster ride!!

SREFS are better……faster to close off 850 again. Shifted the 850 freezing line about 20 miles south/east. Let’s see what the rest of the maps look like.