Posted on 02/25/2010 7:52:41 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT
No! Please! Enough already! This winter stinks. We need a break! The massive storm brings a triple threat of rain, snow and wind.
The eastern United States, already having a rough winter after a string of mild ones, has been warned to be ready for another storm -- and just where it will have the most effect is proving maddeningly difficult for forecasters to predict.
A low-pressure system is slowly heading up the East Coast, mixing with another from the west. It is right on a boundary line for meteorologists. On one side is moist but relatively mild air from the Atlantic. On the other is colder air from the northwest.
The boundary line naturally wanders. A shift of just a few miles could determine whether you get flooding rains -- or a foot or more of snow. ...
John Koch, a forecaster at the National Weather Service in Bohemia, N.Y ... "This is not in the official forecast, but I could see a scenario where people just west of New York get a foot and a half of snow, and Greenwich, Conn. -- just five to seven miles away -- could get an inch. It's that close."
For inland areas, heavy snow was all but guaranteed. The forecast for Philadelphia, as of Thursday morning, was for 8-12 inches of snow through Friday. AccuWeather, the private forecasting service, posted a map with the words "paralyzing blizzard" over most of New York state, northern Pennsylvania and northern New England.
"It's going to be a high-impact event that affects the entire Northeast region," said Koch. "Even areas that don't receive a lot of snow are going to receive one to two inches of rain.
"The slightest change in track will have drastic consequences on the forecast," said a weather service statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Last update of the Evening - What a Bomb! Daddycane Time..!
..Many people taken observations across southern New England are saying the pressure is the lowest in 10 years. I just saw a pressure of 971.2 mb southeast of the Cape. WOW!..
Coastal Maine-High winds and lots of rain. The snow on the ground is almost gone.
Heavy band going through Baltimore. Was not supposed to get that far south. DC will receive some snow again.
Wow. Heavy snow band hitting Cleveland. Hope this beast of the east starts shrinking in size soon.
Ge I haven’t seen bare ground here (E. Nebraska/W. Iowa) since EARLY December.
118” has fallen in Flagstaff, AZ and March, the heaviest snowfall month historically, is still to come.
only one inch on the ground now in Conn. One of you guys reported 2.5 feet on the ground and the other nothing.
I am guessing you both got hammered today.
No. Nothing on the ground at all...which leads me to the latest media deception, courtesy of ABC news. My wife was clicking around with her remote, and stopped when she saw the storm coverage...she wanted to see if they had anything different from what she had seen on TWC. While showing copious amounts of snow; they flashed text on the screen indicating that there were "300,000 without power in New Hampshire". Taken in the context of the visuals; you would be led to believe that heavy wet snow had taken down the power lines. BZZZZT! Wrong. The widespread power outages were caused by WINDS in excess of sixty to seventy miles per hour...no snow at all, just heavy rain. Collapsing trees took down power lines, not snow...just goes to show how the media can make you believe something when the facts state otherwise...the damage New Hampshire endured was more akin to a minimal hurricane rather than a snowstorm.
I should clarify...higher elevations in NH, especially north and west, DID get socked with snow. Most outages statewide were the result of high winds, though...NECN out of Boston ran some intense footage of homes and vehicles demolished by fallen trees around southern NH.
I want one of those! Especially after seeing what is happening in Britain.
Well when Brett Favre's streak ended last week, I just know another big storm is on the horizon and one is starting to come together for this coming weekend. It appears that nature is ANGRY that Brett Favre is no longer playing football. Could see a lot of snow in New England which is perfect for the Green Bay game on Sunday night.
...as long as it stays in Boston and along the immediate coast; it can snow all it wants to...
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