Just weeks ago, the sweltering heat of autumn was alarming. Almost 80 degrees in mid-November under an usually hot-baking sun. And now as we enter the week before Christmas time frame, there is a shocking model run predicting anywhere from 24 to 36 inches of snow in a large swath of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York..
Those model runs are rampaging social media tonight — while models are often not understood by a general mass of the public, the output is.. People can tell what those deep purple colors mean.. They can see that this foreboding storm could–we say could–become one of the ages! One of the largest in years, and quite possibly the biggest December storm in the past decade or more for many areas of the Northeast..
When storms like this happen, we break out the old images of the famed STORM OF THE CENTURY’s Andre Linoge.. it’s classic movie watching for a winter event. The folks of Little Tall didn’t have much luck during that storm.. let’s hope we fare better.
This Nor’Easter is set.
The wheels are in motion.
The models are running..
The exact track is yet to be determined–often these wobbling storms don’t perform at the same pace that models say they will–we know there will be snow. Some places will get a lot.. and wind.. and rain.. Along the Coast Line, that dreaded coastal erosion will be hitting just as gusty 50+ MPH winds are dousing the Jersey shore.
This one won’t be pretty..
While maybe not a ‘storm of the century,’ it’s a fitting tribute to 2020, courtesy the upcoming winter. Not even officially here yet, and the Old Man already decided to ruin a warm autumn..
Here is a sampling of prognostications at this late hour this post is being written. WITHOUT ONLY HOURS TO GO BEFORE THIS STORM, predictions look grim for snow haters..
EPAWA calling for 14-20 inches of snow in multiple states, and 24 inch plus in some local areas:
Famed local area Weatherman Ryan Fannock has yet to post snow totals on his official page, but he did upload a possible outcome on Facebook:
Fannock also added this on Facebook: “Soooo do I throw out this run of the 3km NAM or consider it when making a new map tomorrow? I mean, 33″ in Mahanoy City is unheard of! What the hell? All I can say is 2020!! LOL. We’ll see if any other models pick up on this. I may love snow, but I don’t love 33″ of it!!”
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The GFS is calling for a multi-state whiteout:
Accuweather is confident of a 12-18 storm ..
Weatherboy Weather has this: “The National Weather Service is updating their snowfall forecast map which is slightly different than ours, with some areas seeing less and others seeing more than our forecast totals.Rain and an icy mix with sleet will continue to make heavy accumulating snow tricky along and south and east of I-95 south of exit 11 on the NJ Turnpike. Nevertheless, we are sticking to our totals.”
And old friend meteorologist Dave Skutnik has so much excitement over this storm that he returned to social media today, saying, “Hello, all! Long time, no talk! For the first time since March 2017, a widespread major winter storm will bring heavy snow and gusty winds to our entire region. There is still some model disagreement right now, but not enough that we can’t start to throw out some preliminary totals. Taken verbatim GFS has 6-12″ locally 18″ and European has 12-18″ locally 24″ for many. Answer is probably in the middle leaning toward Euro. I’ll update Tuesday afternoon if needed.” He also pointed out that even though so much snow will fall, this storm is a quick mover.. JUST IMAGINE IF IT WASN’T!?
And lest we forget, the Weather Channel many years ago starting naming winter storms. This one will be called Gail. They are calling for an easy 18 inches of snow.
In the old days David Letterman would call a storm like this Blizzardo Diablo!
BUT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!
Imagine a bust!? All this excitement and just a few rain drops or wind. That has happened before too..
But.. something seems like not this time. Too many models agree.. to many different opinions have converged. Could they ALL be wrong!? Sure.. but be prepared anyway. Otherwise you’ll end up like this:
DEVELOPING..
