Status Status:Ongoing analysisFinalized Material from: Ervin, Linus, Mohamed
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On 27 January 2015 a blizzard hit the northern part of the U.S east coast. The worst affected areas were in a band from Long Island towards Boston and further north. The storm was expected to also hit New Jersey and New York City and strong actions were taken before the event (closing motorways etc.). However, this part only got a little snow and NWS was criticised. The model that gave the strongest indication for severe snow over NYC was ECMWF.
The case was discussed in a ECMWF Newsletter article.
2. Description of the event
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