Generally the area picked up between 3″ and 5″ of snow. A bit more than what we were thinking 24 hours ahead of the event. We forecast 1.5″ of snow while the local NWS office…
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Timeline: New York City and Boston blizzard
To steal a phrase from WTNH’s Chris Velardi – good morning early risers and up-all-nighters! Here are my latest thoughts on the blizzard. Monday 12pm: Light snow begins falling in New York City and points…
UPDATE: Blizzard Watches & Warnings issued for Major NE hubs, New York City, Boston
UPDATE (1/25/15 11:00pm): Here is the latest graphics from the 21z SREF (for Boston and NYC), 0z GFS and 0z NAM: It will be interesting to see where the most intense snow bands occur. Depending…
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New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma all brace for snow
UPDATE (1/21/15 @ 9:55am): Snow totals are being increased for some western counties and the snow will being slightly earlier than anticipated for some areas of the northern Texas panhandle. Snowfall estimates: 8″ to 14″…
It’s going to be cold! Everywhere! Run!
If you watch any national news broadcast today or tomorrow, I have a prediction. There is a 100-percent chance of weather bologna. It’s a guarantee. Weather grabs ratings, and ratings matter more than anything. So…
Not all weather records are created equal
Truth is, I knew this. But, at times, I get lulled into a false sense of National-Weather-Service-security. The NWS has created quite the reputation of being pretty dependable over the past 15 years. Sometimes it…
Northeast braces for wind machine, blizzard conditions
Wednesday will prove to be a very close call for the Northeast. Right now, models are very close to one another in terms of projected path and wind speeds, but differ in the amount of…
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“Lousy Smarch weather,” a cold night for southern plains
Simpsons references aside, if you live west of Chicago and north of San Antonio, get the extra blankets out. The southern plains are about to get whalluped with cold air tonight. After the current system…
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The cold air is here… Early
Update (12:05pm): It looks like the warm downsloping winds are eroding away at the cold air in some of the western and southwestern counties. Original Text (9:35am): Cold air doesn’t play any games. Or rather,…
Winter returns to southern high plains
Scenario A quasi-zonal flow with a few embedded systems will keep the southern high plains active in the coming days. This will increase the “prospects for precip” in the coming week. In fact, a relatively,…
