On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 10:58:36 AM UTC-5, xmetman wrote:
On Friday, 22 January 2016 15:48:18 UTC, Richard Dixon wrote:
On Friday, 22 January 2016 10:49:52 UTC, wrote:
I have been reliably informed by my elderly neighbour that the great US
blizzard due to hit today will then strike us in a week's time. He firmly
believes it and says he has been right in the past. Bless.

Even Carol Kirkwood made reference to it coming across the Atlantic but cautioned thankfully that snow would be unlikely.

Still a good time for vicariously taking a look at white stuff piling up on webcams...

It's all still a bit premature, when I went looking for it on the charts I was surprised to find that the deepening low was still over Alabama, but tomorrow will be interesting on the eastern seaboard. The really deep cold air is still a long way north though.

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It's interesting today, in fact. I'd get watching the webcams. The centre may have been over Alabama but it's a large and quickly developing storm. Anomalous cold has been in place for several days east of the Rockies and the storm is bringing less-cold air.

West Virginia and Virginia have already accumulated up to 1ft of snow in the Appalachians and southern Allegheny Mountains with a couple more feet to come. The snow's leading edge is already pushing through Pennsylvania. DC and Baltimore could have two feet of snow before this is over and freezing rain is bringing up to 1/4" of glaze to North Carolina. Strengthening NE'ly winds are going to cause coastal flooding and beach erosion from Delmarva to Massachusetts.

This is a classic Nor'easter and a particularly strong one, fed by tropical moisture around its eastern flank and energised by the sharp thermal gradient across it, which is also bringing risks of severe storms to Florida as the associated cold front exits eastwards. The water vapour imagery is well worth a look; it's a heck of a lot of moisture for this time of year.

Stephen.

On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 3:24:12 PM UTC-5, John Hall wrote:

Yes, ATM it looks like it's still quite a nice day in Washington:

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/dc/natio...m=nationalmall

But the snow has reached Richmond, VA:

http://weather.weatherbug.com/cameras/weather/RCBRK
http://weather.weatherbug.com/camera...238,-77.449614
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John Hall

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I'd take another look at that Washington webcam if I were you, John! It might have needed refreshing. You can barely see the Washington monument for snow right now.

Stephen.

On Friday, 22 January 2016 15:48:18 UTC, Richard Dixon wrote:
On Friday, 22 January 2016 10:49:52 UTC, wrote:
I have been reliably informed by my elderly neighbour that the great US
blizzard due to hit today will then strike us in a week's time. He firmly
believes it and says he has been right in the past. Bless.

Even Carol Kirkwood made reference to it coming across the Atlantic but cautioned thankfully that snow would be unlikely.

Still a good time for vicariously taking a look at white stuff piling up on webcams...

Actually, that might be interesting. Any good webcam links, Richard?
Joe

In message ,
Stephen Davenport writes
On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 3:24:12 PM UTC-5, John Hall wrote:

Yes, ATM it looks like it's still quite a nice day in Washington:

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/dc/natio...m=nationalmall

But the snow has reached Richmond, VA:

http://weather.weatherbug.com/cameras/weather/RCBRK
http://weather.weatherbug.com/camera...238,-77.449614

I'd take another look at that Washington webcam if I were you, John! It
might have needed refreshing. You can barely see the Washington
monument for snow right now.

Stephen.

That's odd. For some reason it only seems to be showing me what I now
realise is a still picture takien some time ago, even though the time
given underneath it is the current time and is updating. Maybe it's a
browser issue. Perhaps the cam display uses Flash, which Chrome (my
browser) no longer supports because of security concerns.

However the "Hall of Fame" views shown lower down the page do show a
very snowy scene.
--
John Hall
"Honest criticism is hard to take,
particularly from a relative, a friend,
an acquaintance, or a stranger." Franklin P Jones

On Friday, 22 January 2016 21:44:28 UTC, John Hall wrote:
In message ,
Stephen Davenport writes
On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 3:24:12 PM UTC-5, John Hall wrote:

Yes, ATM it looks like it's still quite a nice day in Washington:

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/dc/natio...m=nationalmall

But the snow has reached Richmond, VA:

http://weather.weatherbug.com/cameras/weather/RCBRK
http://weather.weatherbug.com/camera...238,-77.449614

I'd take another look at that Washington webcam if I were you, John! It
might have needed refreshing. You can barely see the Washington
monument for snow right now.

Stephen.

That's odd. For some reason it only seems to be showing me what I now
realise is a still picture takien some time ago, even though the time
given underneath it is the current time and is updating. Maybe it's a
browser issue. Perhaps the cam display uses Flash, which Chrome (my
browser) no longer supports because of security concerns.

However the "Hall of Fame" views shown lower down the page do show a
very snowy scene.
--
John Hall
"Honest criticism is hard to take,
particularly from a relative, a friend,
an acquaintance, or a stranger." Franklin P Jones

A 0600 UTC plotted chart and some plot grids for Charleston and Washington:

https://xmetman.wordpress.com/2016/0...-january-2016/

In message ,
xmetman writes
A 0600 UTC plotted chart and some plot grids for Charleston and
Washington:

https://xmetman.wordpress.com/2016/0...-january-2016/

Thanks. Very interesting. I see that American meteorologists use Celsius
for their charts even if not in their forecasts for the general public.
--
John Hall
"Honest criticism is hard to take,
particularly from a relative, a friend,
an acquaintance, or a stranger." Franklin P Jones

Op vrijdag 22 januari 2016 22:44:28 UTC+1 schreef John Hall:
... For some reason it only seems to be showing me what I now
realise is a still picture takien some time ago, even though the time
given underneath it is the current time and is updating.

That's what I see too.

New York webcam: Mulberry Street http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/...am=littleitaly

Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 12:58:33 PM UTC, Colin Youngs wrote:
Op vrijdag 22 januari 2016 22:44:28 UTC+1 schreef John Hall:
... For some reason it only seems to be showing me what I now
realise is a still picture takien some time ago, even though the time
given underneath it is the current time and is updating.

That's what I see too.

New York webcam: Mulberry Street http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/...am=littleitaly

Colin Youngs
Brussels

Lots of other webcams you can use. Try the traffic ones. Not much early morning traffic on the i95.

http://www.mdta.maryland.gov/traffic-cameras/#camera-41

On Friday, 22 January 2016 15:48:18 UTC, Richard Dixon wrote:
On Friday, 22 January 2016 10:49:52 UTC, wrote:
I have been reliably informed by my elderly neighbour that the great US
blizzard due to hit today will then strike us in a week's time. He firmly
believes it and says he has been right in the past. Bless.

Even Carol Kirkwood made reference to it coming across the Atlantic but cautioned thankfully that snow would be unlikely.

Still a good time for vicariously taking a look at white stuff piling up on webcams...


The old saying when I were kid used to be

"what ever America gets we get"

and that is absolutely true as we are dominated by the westerly flow however it always turns to rain by the time it gets to us across that gigantic radiator known as the Atlantic, especially may I point out in the NH summer

On Friday, 22 January 2016 20:26:13 UTC, Stephen Davenport wrote:

Strengthening NE'ly winds are going to cause coastal flooding and beach erosion from Delmarva to Massachusetts.

Am reading reports (e.g. Lewes DE) of some gauge stations reporting high surges than during Sandy.

Richard