Why the snow forecast for New York City was so bad,...
January 27 at 3:25 PM
For the Big Apple, the great Blizzard of 2015 was forecast to rival the paralyzing 1888 storm, dubbed the White Hurricane. Up to three feet of snow was predicted. Reality: About 10 inches fell.
The forecast in Philadelphia wasn’t any better – and arguably worse. Up to 14 inches of snow were forecast. The City of Brotherly Love tallied roughly 2 inches, about the same as Washington, D.C...
*** Especially for New York City, some computer model forecasts were extremely dire, predicting upwards of 30 inches of snow – shattering all-time snowfall records.
*** To their credit, both the National Weather Service (NWS) offices serving New York and Philadelphia have owned up to their flawed forecast information...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...york-city-was-so-bad-and-what-should-be-done/
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