To all my fellow southern New Englanders and mid-atlantic friends who have suffered through Sandy…my prayers and thoughts go out to you daily. We survived pretty much unscathed here in north central Connecticut. Couldn’t help but notice the possiblity of another storm next week with the possibility of snow this time. While this gets my heart racing….the timing is tough considering how badly the coast line was hit especially in NY and NJ. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I know we are a week out…but Sandy’s path and impacts were discussed a week out and look what happened. I’ve attached part of HPC’s extended forcast discussion…..
THE MAIN EVENT SHOULD START ON MONDAY AS A FRONTAL WAVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST MOVES SLOWLY OFFSHORE THE EAST COAST AND DEEPENS ALONG THE WAY, BRINGING RAINS TO EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY NIGHT AND COASTAL NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOWS ACROSS INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. INCREASING WINDS ALONG COASTAL NEW ENGLAND (AND POSSIBLY THE COASTAL MID-ATLANTIC STATES IF A MORE WESTERLY TRACK VERIFIES) FROM TUESDAY ONWARD COULD LEAD TO COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER THAN HURRICANE SANDY, SO THE IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS EXTREME AND MAINLY NORTHEAST OF THE REGION STRONGLY IMPACTED BY SANDY. THIS EVENT IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS INTO THE FUTURE, SO STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS REGARDING THIS FEATURE AS DETAILS MAY CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
Thoughts???
Todd
Thanks for the headsup! Will be keeping our eyes on this also.
My heart goes out to those who have suffered or who know someone who suffered during Sandy’s wrath, and about that Nor’ easter potential, could you maybe send it to Colorado? as we could sure use the moisture being that we are in a record drought and still dealing with wildfires, even as I speak, people also lost their homes in the Wetmore fire, two different disasters, same result, loss of life and property, sad days these are.
That would kind of be cool as long as we keep power! Is there a link to check it out?
Here’s the link to HPC’s extended forcast discussion. I know nothing of interpreting model runs like some of experts on here but I do love a good review of the discussions about these model runs and their impact on our weather.
@sapporo1. Wish we could send some moisture your way out there in Colorado. We definitely don’t need more right now.
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdepd
This sounds very interesting if this potential storm could bring us snow for us the the east coast. As much as I would love to have that happen, idk if that’s going to happen, being since ikd if it’ll be cold enough for it.
but I am not worried because it is still early and with that being said, we’ll still have plenty of chances for snow
wait, when I said “ikd ”, I meant “idk” (I don’t know) so, my bad lol
Anthonypilone01 Accuweather has an article about this. Seems to me that Richmond could possibly get some snow out of this. What’s your take? It says the mountains would be too far west, so…with Richmond being in between the coast and the mountains……. I just don’t want the North to have anymore problems. Although someone commented that fresh rain water would dilute the nasty water that’s standing. He said that “this rain could be a blessing in disquise”. I’m not sure; but I will be keeping my eyes on this. I wished I could read models.
Looks like the coast will be just a few too warm for snow… but farther inland (like Richmond, good luck snowlover) could be just cold enough. I’ve also been looking at accuweather forecasts (I know not to trust it, but just saying) it’s showing a large cold front around Nov. 15, including some possible snow along the east coast, and freezes where I live.
@snowlover
Well, my take on it, as a snow lover, it would be nice to finally see some snow again, unlike last year. But if not, then I would not be all too disappointed because it is still early in the season.
With that being said, there will be plenty of chance to get some snow for this upcoming winter.
But if we’ll be getting snow, i’ll be crossing my fingers.
But if not, there’s always December, Januaray, February, and possibly early March. So, we’ll see what happens
Your correct about Nov 15. There is a warm front coming north next weekend out ahead of a strong cold front. in front of this cold front temperatures will rise into the mid 60s and behind that storm the cold air from Canada has the potential to be unleashed into the lower 48
Thanks Buddy17474, Anthonypilome01 and fhutchens. You all are making me very excited! I hate to be let down; but I still can’t help getting excited to see some snow. Even if it doesn’t stick; it’ll be nice to see flakes falling! The weatherlady said this morning that it all depends on how far to the east of Richmond the Low will go. She thinks that we’ll start out with some rain then later it will turn into snow. Fingers cross that we’ll see some snow and NY & NJ will be spared.
Well after flip flopping back and forth on the track of what is now named Athena, the nor’easter really delivered for us here in Connecticut. The western part of the state really hit the jackpot with some areas seeing around a foot of snow. Here in North Central CT we got around 6-8″ where the original forcast was for a slushy inch!! So much for the models and their predictions. Was really amazing to witness and a great way to kick off this early winter season. I only hope that this winter ends up delivering unlike last years.
What really came into play with this nor’easter was the intense dynamic cooling that occurred with the onset of the precipitation. IT was actually 39 degrees at my house when the snow started and man did that wet bulb temperature lower quickly! Originally it was predicted that we’d get some snow and then as warmer air entrained into the system off the ocean rain would take over as the predominant type. Problem was….that warm air never got the chance to get into the state, save for the south east corner. Was truly an awesome storm to witness! And now in typicaly New England fashion, we are expecting highs in the mid 60′s by this weekend. It must be fall. :)
For anyone else here on the forum who lives in southern New England, can you post your snow depths?! Hopefully this is the beginning of a snow winter up here…but as we all know, extreme events (ie Sandy, this storm, etc…) mean NOTHING in predicting a trend or the next three months. So…I’ll enjoy it while I can and be thankful for this early snow.
@Sapporo1 – is there any chance of that storm they are naming Brutus coming down your way and delivering some of the white stuff? Looks like it will be a pretty potent storm….