Posted on 02/27/2005 11:13:44 AM PST by nwctwx
A major to possibly historic snowstorm is now forming in the Gulf of Mexico. This storm will track northeast along the East Coast Monday and Tuesday bringing very heavy snow and near blizzard conditions to many. The exact track is still uncertain at this time, but the big cities along the megalopolis could be in for a very large event. I put together a few maps to track the system, and will add more shortly. National Warning Map Current East Coast NEXRAD Radar Composite National Radar Summary U.S. Surface Pressure Map and Radar Overlay NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD ...ERN STATES... WILL KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET. FOR THE MOST PART THE MANUAL For more information, including thoughts from nationally known meteorologists visit: |
Can you move that screen? :-)
Thanks for the offer - her school is on Edwards Mill Road and I work at RTP. It took two hours to get to her school and then 8+ to get through Wade Avenue, Ridge Road (I-440 was stopped entirely), then a short jaunt on I-440 to Six Forks Road, Sandy Forks Road, then Falls of the Neuse Road to the church where I finally parked after all roads into North Ridge were blocked off by the police due to the number of accidents!
Maybe boring in your backyard, a low as deep as this is supposed to be is not normal though... maybe once every few years. Then again, when I made a post about a coming blizzard 2 days before the late Feb one some people here called me crazy. ;)
source?
:-D.. don't worry there will probably be more after this one.
It's really wild today, but is usually an excellent place for information... we have several big name mets posting there from time to time, but it is a bit of an insider thing at times.
We have several excellent posters from Maine, always looking for more..
Thanx for invite.
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good site.
Off-topic kinda: what do you think of NOAA officially naming "El Niño" as the cause for the 2004-2005 California storms?
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2395.htm
Well it looks like the snow forcast is tamming down a bit as I am looking around.
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
535 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005
...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS ON THE WAY...
.A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT WHILE
RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING. BY MONDAY EVENING...THE STRONG AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BE JUST SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND. THE LOW
WILL CONTINUE ITS NORTHWARD PROGRESS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS IT
MOVES INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES.
CTZ005>007-009>011-NJZ002>005-011-NYZ067>071-280400-
BERGEN NJ-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-ESSEX NJ-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-
ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-ROCKLAND NY-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-UNION NJ-WESTERN PASSAIC NJ-
535 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING.
SNOW WILL ARRIVE LATE MONDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON...AND MAY
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT 8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL BY
THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
WINDS COULD ALSO BECOME STRONG DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE
AFFECTED AREAS...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH
TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE
ROUTE...OR USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE.
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER
SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR CAR
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/OKX FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
$$
In which area?
some folks use 1" rain = 10" snow as a rule of thumb. Really depends on what kind of snow it is: light and fluffy, or what they call 'wet snow' which can be damn near like porridge. The former might give a 1 : 12 or 14 ratio, the latter might be 1 : 5 or less.
Using the rule of thumb, you'd have 90 feet of snow!
I would expect to see that in next weeks papers.
I wouldn't turn my back on this one just yet.....
Makes sense, I believe many have thought there was at least a week el-nino all winter. It has not been the typical set up, but the results have been similar on the west coast.
Reason for the question was the Friday article , in the Los Angeles Times, regarding Opids Camp above Pasadena where this rainy season, has accumulated 107 inches of rain..., they get some snow also....it has been wet out here.
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