Weather in Connecticut (Danbury, Shelton, Trumbull: food, Sundays, egg)

7 Wishes · 03-02-2014, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Cambium

No more model watching this close. Gotta nowcast and look at current OBS. Way too much wish casting out there and people hoping. The heavier swath is in Virginia and NJ, not CT. That should have been accepted Friday. "Maybe" some isolated 4-5" near the CT coast but less than 1/4" precip now means generally 2-4". This is a non event for CT even with a slight shift north.

Current Radar. 1st batch is going to hit us today but its not the heavy stuff.

Remember all that Monday heavy snow talk? That's the 2nd batch which will miss us.

Not often we can say heavy snow stays south of us in March.

While definitely sounds like a miss compared to what we have had, I think if there's still the possibility of 4-5" near the coast schools need to think a little down there before making it a "nothing", especially if busing is heavily involved and if it's still snowing decently Monday morning. If the latter is the case, I would hope they would at least do delays which don't have to be made up if that's the reason for hedging on a snow day. Maybe it being on a Monday would lean them in that direction anyway in a close call since (to me) a Monday or Friday snow day is less disruptive to learning than when it's midweek.

Definitely sounds like barring a major change in the models it will not like some of our January/Feb events but I'm not ready to completely discount it yet, there were too many last-minute northward moves in the last minute this year.

Cambium · 03-02-2014, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian26

Its been quite a winter south of us. Philli and DC are going to get crushed again! I still think the shoreline and SW CT sees a few inches.

Cam- What are your thoughts on long term? It's looking like there is no end in sight of the cold.. LOL.

I can't wait to get the tally for seasonal totals. It's going to be impressive East of the Rockies especially the northern Mid Atlantic

I don't see an end either. Looking at the latest GFS it says no 40s and mostly below freezing till the 18th now. Obviously anything past the 10th can change and flip but its amazing to keep seeing the numbers continue.

After this one, some snow showers mid week. March 7 Storm still showing up. March 9th storm as well.

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Originally Posted by 7 Wishes

Boston:

Longest wait for an 80º high (2004-2013): May 24, 2011
Median date of first 80º high (2004-2013): April 23
First 80º high of 2013: May 16

Interesting stats! 80s seem so FAR off right now. Heck... 60s seem so far! I wonder what the official record is for longest wait to see 80. Short crop season this year??

Brian26 · 03-02-2014, 06:36 AM

Wow! GFS says the high is 44 and thats on March 17th! Starting to look like the cold is locked in! This upcoming week looks more like January!

Danbury- Has single digit lows for the upcoming week!

Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 3. Wind chill values as low as -8. North wind 7 to 10 mph.

Brian26 · 03-02-2014, 06:46 AM

Light snow here in Branford.

Cambium · 03-02-2014, 07:25 AM

Another NWS Snowfall Forecast Map posted by Gary. How often do we see this?...in March??

We missed the 8-12" by what... 150-200 miles???

twitter.com/GarySzatkowski/status/440128524389597184