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NutmegYankee

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6. Oh, I understand the meteorology.

Reply to Fearless (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 25, 2015, 01:12 PM

Jan 2015

I took some elective courses in it in college. What is unusual is to go from 1-2 inches on Friday, to 1-2 feet on Sunday in forecast. That is ONE hell of a model swing.

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A meteroligist's "Big If!" = I want to hype my prediction, but maintain an out for credibility? nt TheBlackAdder Jan 2015 #2

It's an unusual scenario. NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #3

It's not really that uncommon Fearless Jan 2015 #5

Oh, I understand the meteorology. NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #6

Sounds like an incompetent meterologist! Fearless Jan 2015 #7

Not really - All three major models (NAM, GFS, and ECMWF) were showing little precip until recently. NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #8

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