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http://intra.ecmwf.int/daily/d/dreport/2016/01/22/sc/

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http://intra.ecmwf.int/daily/d/dreport/2016/01/25/sc/

http://intra.ecmwf.int/daily/d/dreport/2016/01/26/sc/


1. Impact

On 22-24 January a severe blizzard hit the U.S east-coast and broke records in accumulated snowfall in several places. The amount was only mm from the record in Central Park (NYC) and broke the record on JFK. For Washington DC (Dulles) it ranks as the 2nd worst snowstorm. After the cyclone New Jersey was hit by coastal flooding.

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The plots below show HRES forecasts of accumulated precipitation 23 Jan 00z - 24 Jan 00z (shade) and MSLP on 23 Jan 12z. The observed precipitation is in the first panel.




3.3 ENS

The plots below show the accumulation precipitation 22 Jan 12z-24 Jan 12z (48h) for ENS o-suite (blue) and HRES o-suite (red). The left plot is for Washington DC (obs 27-57 mm) and the right for New York City (obs 17-47 mm).

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