Provide a summary of the model runs for storms which may affect Fairfield County. Not a forecast, but summary of trends, positions and precip type/amount
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Blizzard???
Winds are howling in CT tonite!
Valentines day looks clear for CT, but lurking is quite a storm for 2/18-2/20. Current (18z) GFS and 12zEURO have at 168 major storm with pressures around 972 just south of Long Island. Current precip output on GFS is over 2 inches. Tight gradients mean wind and the temps look in the low 20's. DGEX still has storm cutting to lakes, which has been typical track until recently.
Storm 3 - could be the one! (spoiler, it was)
2/9 Set up is an upper low over TX that heads northeast into TN valley and then transfers off the coast. At the upper levels, there's ...
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For DXR, Dec 1 to Feb 28, temps 1.6 above average, snow for entire season, 35-40 inches. Lots of ice and rain. 14 days with snow. 2 storms...
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While its still 10 days off, the GFS is picking up an enormous trough for the eastern part of the country with the 0 line at 850mb (where it...
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12-20 - post mortem - this was the day it was supposed to hit. After witnessing model flip flops from way ots to 30 inches in Millville and...
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While the 0z Euro maintained blizzard, the recent gfs runs and 12z euro feature a weaker storm, further north, but with plenty of cold air. So, still snow, but how much?
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