MARCH 2nd-3rd 2018 Complex set up

WeatherBob wrote:Thanks RB. It’s funny, in my day, 81 to 85, there was just one operational model, that’s it.  It was the LFM (Limited Fine Mesh) .  It only forecasted out to 48 hrs and had 60 Nautical Mile Grid Points.  Talk about winter forecast challenges!

Were you in the Weather Service, or a private entity? If you don't mind me asking lol and I actually have heard of that model!! Though, admittedly, I don't know much about it haha and yeah, you really had to know your stuff to forecast without the help we have now. I couldn't imagine what that was like, and probably couldn't do it, to be honest.

We are probably getting a bit off topic, (but we're in a brief model lull, so maybe not a bad thing) but I have to say I am always impressed by the challenges meteorologists faced 30-40 years ago (and more) with limited modeling, less data, and even less real-time info. What a difficult job to be able to look at a map, a satellite, some raw data, and not much more and figure out what was going to happen. Of course today the new challenge may be too MUCH modeling and data, i.e., what do you trust and what do your throw out. lol.

I interned for a summer at the NWS in Rockefeller Center, did the hourly taped weather round ups and daily forecasts ( I just read them, didn’t make them ) that were broadcasted on weather radio KWO35. After I graduated got a job at a private weather company at Teterboro Airport. Did weather forecasting and computerized flight planning for corporate aircraft. Did that for a year and then left Meteorology and went into the corporate world. Never lost my love for Meteorology!

WeatherBob wrote:I interned for a summer at the NWS in Rockefeller Center, did the hourly taped weather round ups and daily forecasts ( I just read them,  didn’t make them ) that were broadcasted on weather radio KWO35. After I graduated got a job at a private weather company at Teterboro Airport.  Did weather forecasting and computerized flight planning for corporate aircraft.  Did that for a year and then left Meteorology and went into the corporate world.  Never lost my love for Meteorology!

Oh wow!! It wasn't for National Weather Station at the Teterboro Airport, was it? Lmao

My friend just sent me this, and I'm dead. Literally dead.

rb924119 wrote:My friend just sent me this, and I'm dead. Literally dead.

Lol

SREFS are uber-warm. That unsettles me for the NAM run, I won't lie.

RB - it was called the National Weather Corporation, it was private, no relation to the NWS

WeatherBob wrote:RB - it was called the National Weather Corporation,  it was private, no relation to the NWS

Yeah, no, I know, but I think it's the same place that is there now haha

Does anyone know if the NAM initialized well?

rb924119 wrote:My friend just sent me this, and I'm dead. Literally dead.

Ahahahaha, Yellowstone!

WeatherBob wrote:Does anyone know if the NAM initialized well?

I’m looking at it now but I usually seem to get it slower than others here so I’m not really at a critical point yet.

rb924119 wrote:SREFS are uber-warm. That unsettles me for the NAM run, I won't lie.

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Does that 700 mb at 33 hrs look strange?

HUGE CHANGES AT THE SURFACE ON THE NAM FOR THE BETTER!!! PRIMARY IS 7mb WEAKER!!!! AND FURTHER SOUTHEAST!!!

LATER H5 INTERACTION LOOKS LIKELY HERE WHICH MEANS WE GET A WEAKER PRIMARY AND LESS WRAPPED UP....LESS WARM ADVECTION OUT AHEAD. TBIS COULD BE BIG FOLKS.

Less interaction between N and S energy so far compared to 18

At 12z Thur primary seems further south than earlier runs and almost looks like secondary is trying to form already (maybe?)

Could be huge.

18 vs 0z HUGE difference

WeatherBob wrote:I interned for a summer at the NWS in Rockefeller Center, did the hourly taped weather round ups and daily forecasts ( I just read them,  didn’t make them ) that were broadcasted on weather radio KWO35. After I graduated got a job at a private weather company at Teterboro Airport.  Did weather forecasting and computerized flight planning for corporate aircraft.  Did that for a year and then left Meteorology and went into the corporate world.  Never lost my love for Meteorology!

Ditto! Currently studying for my CPA exam lol. Love meteorology my whole life, went to school for a year and a half for a meteorology degree until I also decided to jump into the corporate world. But as you said, I have not lost my love for meteorology. Im currently studying the audit of accounts receivables while watching the NAM come in lol

Ruh Roh

HR 57 just obliterate's NNJ EPA and LHV and MHV

850 and 700 closed low a tad too N for my liking, although looks like its about to get interesting

nam is more north and soi far all rain.....

HR 60 and 63 moderate snow

wow all the winds are up into vt now. it takes a turn to the N into RI, wth?