Why Monday’s storm will disappoint NYC snow lovers
Much has been made over the past few days about a potential winter weather event in New York City on Monday morning. Vindication, they’ve called it. After the Blizzard of 2015 barely skirted our area and brought historic snowfall to New England, this Monday’s event was seen by snow lovers as the makeup-call to our blown chance last week. But, we say, not so fast. Despite what forecast models have hinted at over the past few days, there are meteorological elements to this storm system which not only argue against significant snowfall in New York City — but in fact, argue for a few inches of snow followed by sleet and then plain rain. A snow lovers nightmare.
For those who aren’t enamored by snowfall in New York, this article will serve as a bit of detail and an opportunity for understanding some atmospheric processes which are going to be occurring on Sunday Night into Monday Morning. There is a method to the madness of meteorologists, despite what the public opinion may have been on Tuesday morning when most woke up to much less snow than they anticipated.