Weather Blog
End of Week Snowstorm! Update 2/6/13
Any skepticism I had about significant snowfall from the upcoming storm has been quelled by radar and model trends, all pointing UP for us! Precipitation is starting to blossom with the northern Pacific jet shortwave: ECMWF is showing Pacific shortwave (X1: primary storm) retaining its strength into Friday, with the subtropical shortwave (X2: secondary storm) […]
Possible Thursday Night & Friday Snow Event: Update 2/5/13
There is some buzz about the potential end of week snow event. So lets get down to it! Here is the 12Z Euro’s sequence of events: If all goes according to this plan, there will be a significant coastal storm pounding New England Friday into Saturday. The fast Pacific jet stream is pushing the storm […]
Is Winter Slipping Away? Update 2/2/13
What started with so much promise late December and early January has gradually wasted away to a corpse. As I like to say, “The snow pack doesn’t lie!” After the Thaw to end January, here is the snow pack comparison for February 1st between 2013 and 2012: There are subtle variations, but the pattern is […]
Pain! Update 1/29/13
Although the upcoming Thaw will be short lived, it will be very damaging. Here’s the setup for the main event Wednesday night into early Thursday: We’ve got a monster storm carving its way through the Great Lakes tapping into a subtropical plume. Not good at all! Meso-NAM is depicting widespread 1-2 inch rain with localized […]
State of the Winter Address: Update 1/25/13
Let’s try a game called Guess Which Winter: Winter A (through January 25th): Significant snowfall around 8 inches just before Thanksgiving (Good for a lawn jockey ride!). Warm December with little snow. January also warm with nickel and dime snow events that constantly got negated by thaw and rain. But a couple of modest snows […]
