(UPDATED) In through the backdoor…upper elevation snow possible monday

By:  Lionel Hutz
November 7, 2010 7:18 pm | Category: Weather

There is an interesting situation likely to unfold monday into tuesday which could lead to some more snows across the higher terrain of  the northeast as a storm system backs in – retrogrades- west into the northeast.

Currently, a trough of very cold air has settled over the northeast. Along the eastern edge exists the remnants of last weeks messy rain storm. Along this front a weak wave will travel northeast tomorrow. As it does it will tighten weakly and develop a mild surface low pressure center. As this develops it will retrograde back to the west into the cold air.

This, combined with a tap of Atlantic moisture will result in the system throwing a right cross into the Northeast.

You can see it clearly in the image below:
Development and right cross

Notable is that the right cross will wrap warm around around from the east and towards the north of the system. At the same time in the west and southwest will exist cold air as the storm wraps around it. By Monday afternoon temps at 4500 feet will be between 0c and -5 c in a large pocket from central VT, through the Berkshires, into Con., the Catskills and around the southern ADK.
Cold pocket

Also- at this time the air over the high white mountains might be below 0c as well.

As this unfolds the moisture coming in from the Atlantic will override this mid-level cold air and produce some wintry precip. It’s very hard to judge right now what exactly will pan out. My best guess right now is that we’ll see a mix of snow, sleet and unknown precip through the afternoon. Totals will be tricky to judge but hey- it’s not even thanksgiving so any snow is worth talking about. Regardless we aren’t talking a ton of snow.  Maybe 2-4 for the ADK, 2-4 for the High Greens, 1-3 for southern vt and the berks.  THe winner could be the high slopes of Mt. Washington where 4-10 inches are possible.

UPDATE

A quick peek at the radar and mesoanalysis shows that a large pocket of dry air worked into the center of the low and it has taken on a pretty interesting shape.  All in all it looks like the best snow for now and the rest of the afternoon will fall in the catskills.  As for Mt. Washington above, it looks like temps warmed a little too much as the low took more of a tilt than forcasted and warmer air worked in from the east.

Tags:
, , , ,

Related Stuff:

  1. Magic Monday: Retrograding Storm and Broad Cyclonic Flow Brings Snows (Updated)
  2. Quick Burst of Snow possible in Southern VT, Catskills and ADK Monday into Tuesday (UPDATED 12/27)
  3. Light Snow on Monday then a Bigger Storm on Tap for Wednesday into Thursday
  4. Snow Accumulations Expected Monday Night and Tuesday Across the Higher Elevations of the Adirondacks, Greens, and Whites
  5. Update: Snow Monday Night into Tuesday Morning: Maps
  6. Weather Blather: Light Upper Elevation Snow possible

3 Comments

  1. bushman
    wrote on November 8th, 2010 at 7:46 am  
    1

    haik, some snow, then rain 90 minutes north of NYC at 7:00 AM, just enough to put a skin on the ground. figure it’ll be 3-4″ of snow in VT hills though waether alert says ice, snow, then rain outside Burlington. picking up skis after tune up this week–shop says an edge is gone. Pretty sure its stuck in a birch halfway down Timbucktu @ Jay P. these will last till demos go on sale.

    Respond to this comment/comment thread
  2. Corbeau in Sutton Qué.
    wrote on November 8th, 2010 at 10:51 am  
    2

    “Maybe 2-4 for the ADK, 2-4 for the High Greens, 1-3 for southern vt and the berks. THe winner could be the high slopes of Mt. Washington where 4-10 inches are possible.”

    “Inches”? I thought you had gone metric, Lionel, “because all the cool kids are doing it”…

    Signed:
    Confused in Canada

    Respond to this comment/comment thread
Please consider visiting our sponsors.

Leave a Reply

(no login required)

Check for email notifications of new comments (valid email required)        


Next (newer) Post:
Random Post Previous (older) Post:
Home
Stay in touch: Click here to follow us on Twitter. Click here to subscribe for updates to be delivered via RSS. Click here to become a fan on Facebook. Click here to read and share real time weather observations. Learn more over at the account. It's awesome. We promise!