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Rain, maybe heavy winds as nor'easter hits the state
By adamg on Wed, 12/28/2016 - 9:23am
One of the advantages of living on the coast, at least early in winter, is that we're less likely to get snow dumped on us during a major storm - such as the one that's supposed to hit tomorrow.
The National Weather Service is predicting that while parts of Worcester County could get up to 12 inches of snow tomorrow, those of us on the good ol' coastal plain should see mainly rain. But, the forecasters continue, we could see a few hours of wind gusts up to 60 m.p.h. late Thursday.
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What's a GLAMP?
The forecast discussion that Adam links to contains this sentence, "Noted the GLAMP
appears to be handling the cloud deck pretty well."
Does anyone know what this means?
It's this
here's what GLAMP is (the correct acronym is GLMP, but NWS likes to call it GLAMP anyway)
http://www.weather.gov/mdl/lamp_home
It's really for aviation, but it comes in handy in lots of other ways, such as for temperature and windspeed guidance.
I'm guessing it's a
I'm guessing it's a meteorological model - Gridded Localized Aviation MOS Program (GLMP).
Griddled?
As in the French toast scale?
An elderly T-Rex Fan?
Gridded Localized Aviation MOS Program: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/gfslamp/docs/glmpinfo.php
I think the statement that uses it means that the model for cloudcover (GLAMP) is predicting the cloud cover fairly well despite the impending storm, so pilots can be reassured of the projected conditions.
reffering to GLMP, aka Gridded Localized Aviation MOS Program
GLMP is a program which provides gridded analyses of observations and operational LAMP forecasts for aviation forecasting.
More specifically, the forecaster is ref'ing maps of the cloud ceiling produced by the program.
I, for one, would welcome
I, for one, would welcome some snow to go sledding and XC skiing without having to drive for 2hrs one way...
Snow is better than rain!
I think you mean one of the disadvantages of living on the coast is that we get less snow than the interior! One of these days I'll move west...
Snow
City snow is like unprotected sex: Great while it's happening but remorse in the days to come.
Better for the drought, too
Slowly soaks in when it thaws, rather than runs off.
How...
How can snow "soak in" to frozen soil?
When it melts
Snow stores the water until the thaw. Some will run off, but slower thawing will percolate down through the soil more than rain would. It just takes time.
Less droughty. Yay!
Less droughty. Yay!
Frankie Says: Be Prepared!
Especially
Especially if you live in Concord NH! Don't find yourself trapped at home with only one variety of tea!!!