In the past, when I worked for a private weather company and the National Weather Service, if I missed a forecast, I could still go out and not be recognized. This is the time when it's not so great being a public figure. Glenn Hurricane Schwartz is an American author and meteorologist currently working for NBC10’s First Alert weather team in Philadelphia. Wednesday, instead of going to the gym, I decided to stay home and do laundry. Philadelphia Parts of Atlanta & Nashville have had more snow than Philly + >than We talk to. In fact, I skidded my car on the way home and nearly hit a tree. 1.8K views, 4 likes, 0 loves, 1 comments, 8 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from NBC10 Philadelphia: Your safety is our priority when dangerous weather strikes. But, the key to the heavy snow was missed.Īs a result, I had to deal with the same snow all of you did. The starting time was right, the forecast of snow all day and into the night was right and the daytime melting was right. If that "mesoscale" setup had occurred 50 miles to the north, we would have gotten the predicted amount of snow. The combination of the two (plus some usual wrap-around snow), led to the burst of snow in a limited area. The convergence combined with a very small-scale upper air piece of energy that moved right over Philadelphia Tuesday evening. Notice how narrow the heavy snow areas were, centered right over us.FDA panel says this popular over-the-counter decongestant doesn't actually work Here are the snow maps from the big storms last winter. Last winter was such a freak that there’s virtually NO chance of a repeat (or even close to a repeat). The news was first reported by the Philadelphia Business Journal. The station announced the hires of Michelle Rotell and Marvin Gomez on Monday. In the case of the AO, it was the most negative on record! That led to cold air and the storm track moving farther south than in a typical El Nino.Īnd it didn’t change all winter, leading to the rare storm tracks that brought heavy precipitation to our area without a changeover to rain. NBC10 just hired two meteorologists to join the Philadelphia, PA-based TV station, following the recent departures of Glenn Hurricane Schwartz and Krystal Klei. Are you a weather whiz like NBC10 First Alert Meteorologist Glenn Hurricane Schwartz Take this quiz and send us a picture of your score Plus watch for a very special appearance by. And indeed, they did have the same sign last winter - NEGATIVE. It is related in a way to the NAO, so they both tend to have the same sign. The AO is not known as well (nor is there much research that I know about related to winter here). So I expected a positive NAO was more likely for the winter. A local study showed that in 15 of 18 years, a negative NAO in October reversed and led to a positive NAO for the winter as a whole. The NAO in October was negative (-1.03, which is very significant). Society ' When it comes to Philadelphia weather, Jon Nese and Glenn ' Hurricane ' Schwartz know what's going on. A negative NAO equates with a blocking pattern in the North Atlantic that leads to cold air and a more southern storm track that leads to snowstorms. The NAO and its influence on winter snow and temperatures around here has been well documented for a long time. Glenn is a renowned expert in meteorology, weather forecasting. It all goes back to the North Atlantic and the Arctic - specifically the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and Arctic Oscillation (AO). Glenn Hurricane Schwartz recently joined AKRF as a senior consultant for climate. Heat wave finally coming to an end with chances for storms
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