Smitty's attempt to educate and to a much lesser extent, entertain, about all facets of life; but primarily the meteorological and the climatological aspects of the earth sciences.
Just a very quick post as I feel that the meteorology is such that the New Englanders of this wonderful land of ours often get slighted in what the sensible weather has to offer (hammer) these folks. After our "major" storm this past week, the clipper on steroids meant business up into the hinterlands of New England with Blizzard warnings issued from Long Island northward up into down east Maine. Our 3 am thundersnow turned into a bona fide nor'easter 12-18 hours later...and the same will happen again this weekend! Here is today's snow cover...
Now check out the surface pressure map for Sun am...an innocuous system at best...lowest pressure just west of Pittsburgh...
Now look 48 hours later...bombs away...warm ocean, arctic injection, and watch out...
Eastern New England is in for a Double Trouble event...and awaiting on a 3rd in my opinion...check out these snow totals...unreal!
I will wait to post on the 3rd New England storm...as that one has a bit of potential for those of us living here in the sub-tropics of south central PA...sneak peak...should correct north and west as per the usual Euro error...
So as I believe I used the term "Double Trouble"...I gotta go to one of my all-time favs...EC and his version of Double Trouble. Enjoy! I know 8+ minutes is an issue for some, but just let it play, and walk away...and listen! And stay tuned for mid-week...
Hope you liked Eric's blues...
Smitty
AA: New England to get the double whammy; maybe the triple whammy if this mid-week storm materializes for us.
IV: He soundly defeated the SmittySynopsis this past storm with an error score of 0.25 to 10.89; low score wins. In American football terms, it was a good ol' ass kickin'! I tried to pound the ball in my power I without the horses; he obviously countered. Good job coach!
This is a very quick post as I was quite surprised this morning when I looked at the modeling as I do most every morning. Finally, something to talk about? As y'all are quite aware, this winter has been quite, well, how do I put this, tame, mild, MIA, anything but winter...you get the idea. I mean, it has certainly been easy on the heating bills to date but hard on guys who profit from snow removal services! Even the contest at ABC 27 hasn't been able to award the snowblower as there has not been 1" of snow at their studios to date (I do not believe...)! Officially, we have had a whopping 1.9" at KMDT as of this writing. And once again this morning, (after a very clear & cold Saturday morning), temps were marginal in terms of the freezing mark! Here is the winter to date (basically from Christmas Day) in terms of temps...not too hard to take!
In fact, even O Canada has been relatively mild as well! Here is a snapshot of the current snowcover in the CONUS...very deep snowpack for the Rockies, Cascades, and the Sierras!
But when perusing both the Euro and the GFS this glorious morn, to my surprise, the guidance was hinting at a possible snow event for later this week! Now one run does not create confidence in any stretch of the imagination; however, it is finally something to talk about! Here is the Euro by Thursday am...likely to adjust northward as is often the case...
And the very bullish GFS! I mean...really? Did someone (darn Russians) hack into the numerical modeling supercomputers?
So...here is what I'm saying...stay tuned! And at the very least, enjoy this on your Super Bowl Sunday! I'd rather see this entertainer than what is scheduled for halftime this evening!
Smitty
AA: Possibly...and I'll believe it when I see it the way this winter has been...some snow on Wednesday night into Thursday as colder air returns for the end of the week after a warm up by Tuesday.
