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Posts From Jonathan Carr

Feb 12: Ice Storm Approaching

Feb 12: Ice Storm Approaching

🕔15:25, 12.Feb 2021

Discussion: A very strung-out wave of energy, focused on a weak and unorganized area of low pressure, will impact NJ with precipitation between Saturday morning and noon on Sunday. The weak low will eject into the Atlantic Ocean near OBX

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Feb 11: Ice Storm(s) Detected

Feb 11: Ice Storm(s) Detected

🕔14:42, 11.Feb 2021

Discussion: The South Jersey Express is through. Looks like it left 1-3 across CNJ and some parts of NNJ and 3-6 across SNJ. It fell overnight and fluffy out of the colder air aloft but compacted into a wetter accumulation

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Feb 10: Winter Storm Approaching

Feb 10: Winter Storm Approaching

🕔12:23, 10.Feb 2021

Discussion: Most model guidance, that specializes in short-range solutions, like the RGEM/NAM/etc. have suggested a slightly more amplified shortwave and a little less suppression influence from the polar vortex energy just to our N. This means that the precipitation shield

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Feb 9: South Jersey Express

Feb 9: South Jersey Express

🕔15:43, 9.Feb 2021

Discussion: The light North Jersey Grazer event concluded earlier today. Overall, not a big deal especially after last week’s snowfall. As expected, the extreme NNJ elevations did best with amounts gradually tapering off near I-80/I-70 as you move from extreme

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Feb 8: More Snow

Feb 8: More Snow

🕔16:30, 8.Feb 2021

Discussion: There are seriously 5-6 winter storm signals over the next 12 days or so. Most appear to be light-to-significant with maybe a significant-to-major around Valentines Day. Let’s focus on the two immediate signals this week. Gonna have to start

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Feb 7: Storm Recap + Next Wintry Signal

Feb 7: Storm Recap + Next Wintry Signal

🕔23:36, 7.Feb 2021

Storm Recap: Radiational cooling allowed last night’s low temperatures to dip below freezing across parts of SENJ. This seemed a little surprising but ended up not mattering. The low’s position and track provided warmer flow that rocked counterclockwise from S

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Feb 6: Winter Storm Approaching New Jersey

Feb 6: Winter Storm Approaching New Jersey

🕔15:30, 6.Feb 2021

Discussion: The general trends since yesterday have been a slightly more expansive jackpot region to the NW (still misses NWNJ directly) which brings a little more mixing/rain concerns for SENJ to start the event. The snow is looking very wet

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Feb 5: Winter Storm Targeting New Jersey

Feb 5: Winter Storm Targeting New Jersey

🕔16:30, 5.Feb 2021

Discussion: The upper pattern data is gaining confidence in the N branch digging and hanging back a little, allowing the S branch to catch up and take the upper-level trough axis to near-neutral. East coast heights respond higher and take

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Feb 4: Another Winter Storm Detected

Feb 4: Another Winter Storm Detected

🕔14:28, 4.Feb 2021

Discussion: Real quick, we still expect a weak disturbance moving through Friday. It seems nuisance at this point with only trace/light accumulations for NWNJ elevations. Maybe non-accumulating snow as far SE as 95. It will be out of here by

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A Historical Snowstorm for New Jersey

A Historical Snowstorm for New Jersey

🕔15:53, 3.Feb 2021

Discussion: I think it is best to address the January 31-February 3, 2021 winter storm by the phases they were laid out in our initial Jan 30 forecast article: Phase I: The Onset We had a very cold air mass

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