Cross post from HatCityBLOG
Will this be the blizzard of the year or just the hype of the year?
Six to 16 inches of snow could blanket the region by tonight, Fox 61 meteorologist Joe Furey said.
Light to moderate snowfall began earlier this morning and will pick up about noon today, growing heavier and steadier as the day goes on. Little accumulation was reported this morning.
Winds of up to 40 miles per hour will be felt along the coast, while inland, residents will face gusts of about 30 miles per hour.
“We’re going to see heavy winds, with near blizzard-like conditions along the coast,” Furey said. “The brunt of the storm is going to be this afternoon.”
Dr. Mel’s weather blog post entitled “Now, our day has come”:
In any case, upwards of a foot of snow may fall statewide. A good 12 hour period of heavy snow will fall, and winds could gust over 40 mph. It should begin during the wee hours of Wednesday. It will be a classic moderate to heavy snowstorm.
Here’s a video clip of Osborne Street as of 3:15 THIS AFTERNOON.
In my opinion, based on what I saw this afternoon, it seems like this storm was more hype than anything else.
UPDATE 3:30 P.M.: Finally, one forecaster is owning up to the the obvious…that they dropped the ball on this storm.
When your forecast is wrong you just need to man up and pull back. We try our best but it’s an imperfect science. We understand that people close schools and businesses and money is lost when we’re forecasting a foot of snow. None of us take that responsibility lightly. We messed up on this one, it’s time to admit it and say sorry.
UPDATE 5:20 P.M.: During the 5 o’clock edition of WTNH’s news broadcast, Meteorologist Geoff Foxx stepped up and apologized to the public for providing an incorrect forecast and released an updated snow prediction.
Although the snow was MUCH less than what was predicted yesterday, precaution is always the right approach when dealing with inclimate weather.
And let’s all thank the News Times for taking President Obama’s reference to the snow predicted for the already buried DC area and randomly applying it to our local area – which had nary a snowflake from the first storm.
How about apology, News Times ?
I remember when the News used to be facts. Now it’s just science fiction. Even if we got a foot a snow, so what, we can handle that easily.