83 and sunny here, spent the morning in the Gulf of Mexico. Aaaaaand...my next door neighbor in his yard: Sooooo glad to be on vacation
2 snow days for kids. They will have a blast. But I wonder what they will do to make sure each kid has total 180 days of education. Cancel spring break or add Saturday classes? Jay Thanks to you, I was able to find an early Wednesday morning flight from St Louis. You are the man!
I am close to Memphis. I will end up driving 6 hours tonight to make the 11 AM flight but it is worth it. If there is power outage, I can't take the risk. I have two little ones who need their daddy in case of a power outage.
Heres the deal..as you guys know...I never toot my own horn and NEVER change where Im leaning...never. Well...maybe I toot my own horn a few times a year.....but understand...Im a model guy..and i pick and choose the models i like and sometimes i like the temps on one model..and the precip numbers on another model..and the track on another model..so is the case with this storm. For the first time this year..Im kind of wondering why so many people are hedging down numbers and its all because of the mix thing. If this is a solid storm...its 12 to 24 up and down the coast from VA to Maine..up and down the coast. The track is textbook benchmark...but the high..the cold source we have just experienced is what the fear is the big numbers. Its retreating like George Costanza after he get out of the pool...cbg will get that one. So what do you do? A storm this big creates its own cold air through the strength of bringing cold air down the surface..but is it so strong that its pulling in ocean air? There is no doubt NYC could have mixing issues...but still get over a foot..easily. So what do I do here..lol..Im begging you..what do I do. I have never been this confused with a storm. If Im right..no pats on the back fellas..this is just gut instinct that can sink a ship and not knowledge..just watching huge storms of the past. Even the blizzard of 96 had sleet mixed in for areas. So you dont pansy out and you stick with the gut...and the gut says everyone east of i95 gets 12 to 18 at least and those east...might have mixing problems but still get a good thump of front end snow.
Memphis to St. Louis is a 4 hour drive 6 hours would almost get you to Dallas or Indy But why even go that far, plenty of flights from Memphis to Newark on Wednesday
Boston is not on their hazardous weather outlook list. http://forecast.weather.gov/showsig...oduct1=Hazardous+Weather+Outlook#.UvqZ_nkprYc Still predicting enough rain to limit the amount of snow we'll get
actually brook, they were scheduled for a 5 day weekend so they will only use 1 day. this is their last 1 though so it will start coming off their spring break after this
NOW GUYS..EASY HERE...THE NAM IS ALWAYS VERY ROBUST WITH SNOW AMOUNTS..BUT SOMETIMES NOT..but do you understand the problem Im having with this mixing stuff? Over 2 feet of snow for central eastern jersey? Again...THE NAME USUALLY ADDS ON 2 TO 5 INCHES
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE GFS? HUH? Its basically saying oh yes..huge storm..but it wants to take a nap between MD and CONN. This map has nothing to do with temps..it has everything to do with the GFS and Miller A storms.
As far as mixing goes for NYC, whenever there is a doubt about the amount of cold air to sustain the snow I always lean towards warmer air. These big storms are almost always a bust here because it ends up being warmer than needed to sustain the flakes. I'd love to see a foot of snow, but I'm thinking that's just not going to happen
and while the GFS is doing this...its also showing this as the storm..1 plus 1 is 3..no..5. This is a HUGE storm off the coast..just doesnt add up;
GG...very very possible...very bud. But not usually with miller a storms passing to the east. I just dont see how NYC goes over to mix to keep numbers down to 3 to 6...just dont see it.
now you see that storm over the great lakes? Jonny..thats your last hope bud..see how they intertwine? That is the only thing to kick the big numbers to the coast...that is a low chance..but a chance. Thats the closest I have seen it.
and then..from our NWS..This forecast if not possible..not possible at all. . Wednesday Night Snow likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. East wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Thursday Snow. High near 36. Northeast wind 8 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible. Thursday Night Snow likely, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a northwest wind 16 to 21 mph becoming west 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. This forecast is not possible..either say mixed..or no...because you cant just get 3 to 7 inches and no mix. EVERY model has over and inch and a HALF over precip...so its physically impossible to have these numbers. Guys..here is the real deal..VERY WET HEAVY SNOW..VERY WET HEAVY SNOW...and thats the worst news. This is a snowblower every 4 hours type of snow...wait until the end..and we will be calling CMAN to do our driveways with that bull he had down there.
To be exact, I am in Jonesboro Arkansas which is over an hour away from Memphis. Mapquest showed 228 miles from Jonesboro to St Louis and folks here said I should allow 6 hours just in case since I won't be using highways but mostly County Roads. Tomorrow I shall see. Sorry. I relied on United Airlines. They said Memphis Newark flights were full and asked me if I would consider St Louios and I said yes.
Just fly out of memphis at 5:15 am, one connecting flight in charlotte and you're in Jersey by noon - $235 and no 6 hour drive (use kayak.com)