tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post1216611989852960339..comments2024-03-28T03:08:44.068-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Why was the Washington DC snowstorm easy to forecast?Cliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-79552074986980016762016-01-25T00:56:01.571-08:002016-01-25T00:56:01.571-08:00Tim, Cliff answered your question in his post. Lo...Tim, Cliff answered your question in his post. Look at the NCAR ensemble forecast map, NYC is just on the periphery of the snow shield, so there is greater uncertainty on the forecast for NYC. The storm extended a bit farther North then the early ensemble forecasts expected (later forecasts did show NYC getting hit too), so imagine what the forecast would look like for NYC would look like if the NCAR ensemble had the snow shield 50/100 miles further north.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044031185886282793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-83187449058526073982016-01-24T20:08:56.755-08:002016-01-24T20:08:56.755-08:00Can you give some light to the disputed snow level...Can you give some light to the disputed snow levels in DC? What was forecast vs what was measured? Something about a technique of wiping the gauge down after a reading and whether or not that was done correctly. Seems pretty low tech in this age of high tech.olddoglearninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316708973687975248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-4046095915369903042016-01-24T10:21:31.715-08:002016-01-24T10:21:31.715-08:00It seems like they knew DC was going to get hit ha...It seems like they knew DC was going to get hit hard, but the forecasts for NY city seemed off a little bit on the low side. They ended up with almost 30" correct? A few days out I think they were predicting less than 10". Why the discrepancy there? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16715618064030619580noreply@blogger.com