[clutchrider]

Funny "the Oracle" was mentioned, my wife always asks "what did the weather guy online say?" cause she knows I check this forum constantly.

My concern is not the amounts so much as the timing and roads. Last storm did almost nothing to the roads in Wallingford, the one before that dumped a foot everywhere. The trend this week has seemed to be colder temps day/night than before, I still have some snow on the roof. I'm hoping the heavy stuff holds off till about 2 so I can pickup the kids.

[BeyondtheHorizon]

Originally Posted by beer belly

If it starts at midnight wednsday, and goes all day, I'm seeing two days of no school. They need time for clearing the snow. The plow drivers will get the parking lots, after the roads are cleared, that's the easy part, clearing all walkways, stairs and entrances are done by hand (and snowblower), and isn't as easy.....and nobody is going to shovel and snowblow in the dark for safety reasons. Gotta remember, the custodians do the clearing at the schools, clear thier own homes (usually after the schools), then report for a full days shift.....can get into 12 hours of real labor in a heartbeat.

Schools have gone completely crazy when it comes to closing school. Never used to be like this. It's snow. It's new england. People just need to learn to slow down. It's not a big deal. Soon they will close schools because it's raining. After all the children might fall and slip. These little snowflakes should be made to walk to school in 2 feet of snow. Enough of the babying. Also, HS students aren't little kids. They really should have a different set of rules closing for them and for colleges. If non essential work doesn't shut down, than neither should high schools or colleges.

Anyway, latest nam(which is a great model as you get close to a storm and useless far out) shows a miss.

[keekski]

Originally Posted by BPt111

This storm is bigger deal than last two the snow start around midnight as mixing/very light snow it will pickup Wednesday at noon it tough call for schools

They called for a foot of snow last week and I had black top on my street all day. The one the week before was just about all rain.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by BeyondtheHorizon

Schools have gone completely crazy when it comes to closing school. Never used to be like this. It's snow. It's new england. People just need to learn to slow down. It's not a big deal. Soon they will close schools because it's raining. After all the children might fall and slip. These little snowflakes should be made to walk to school in 2 feet of snow. Enough of the babying. Also, HS students aren't little kids. They really should have a different set of rules closing for them and for colleges. If non essential work doesn't shut down, than neither should high schools or colleges.

Anyway, latest nam(which is a great model as you get close to a storm and useless far out) shows a miss.

Huh? The latest NAM shows a foot in most of CT with northern CT being the least, around 9”.

[BeyondtheHorizon]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

Huh? The latest NAM shows a foot in most of CT with northern CT being the least, around 9”.

Nope. Check it out. NJ special. CT gets zip
https://twitter.com/ryanhanrahan

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by BeyondtheHorizon

Nope. Check it out. NJ special. CT gets zip
https://twitter.com/ryanhanrahan

What’s this then? (I’m no weather expert and hope you’re right, that it misses CT)

[7 Wishes]

Originally Posted by BeyondtheHorizon

Schools have gone completely crazy when it comes to closing school. Never used to be like this. It's snow. It's new england. People just need to learn to slow down. It's not a big deal. Soon they will close schools because it's raining. After all the children might fall and slip. These little snowflakes should be made to walk to school in 2 feet of snow. Enough of the babying. Also, HS students aren't little kids. They really should have a different set of rules closing for them and for colleges. If non essential work doesn't shut down, than neither should high schools or colleges.

Anyway, latest nam(which is a great model as you get close to a storm and useless far out) shows a miss.

A lot of it has to do with fear of lawsuits, nowadays, people successfully sue for a lot of things that would've been considered an unthinkable waste decades ago, especially when children are involved. A kid slips in front of a school and school will probably have to pay thousands (maybe even a million) dollars. (Before you ask, the reason NYC itself is still pretty "old school" (yes, pun intended) when it comes to how often they close for snow, they assume most kids can take underground subways that are not affected as much by snow.....but a lot of teachers complain since many NYC teachers live ever farther away because they want affordable housing that is not "in the ghetto".....I have a friend who teaches in the Bronx and he knows colleagues in his school who commute from as far as Middletown, NY, Dutchess County, Bridgeport (area), Waterbury (area), and in one extreme case just over the Delaware Water Gap on the NJ/PA border).

Though on the flip side, there are many business that will stay open (and at least in a non-open manner pressure employees to come in) when it is downright dangerous outside. So though I think schools are sometimes too quick to close, consequently I think the exact reverse for most of business.

As for HS vs. the rest of a district, it has a lot to do with logistics vs. the state mandated 180 day minimum. It becomes very confusing for schools to have to stagger schedules between schools. You might also have parents who have say a high school child and an elementary school child complain, you know, something like, "if they can have some schools open, why not have all of them open so I can go to work?". The only time you really see something like this happening is if a single school or two out of many in a district has a blackout and then they might close that school and have the other schools open, and, if necessary, extend the school year a day for those schools. But if more than a couple of schools are blacked out they will usually still close the district for the same issue of logistics.

[CT_Native]

Originally Posted by BeyondtheHorizon

Nope. Check it out. NJ special. CT gets zip
https://twitter.com/ryanhanrahan

That's the 06Z (4:30 AM initialization) run. The other run that was posted after you is the 12Z (10:30 AM initialization) run and the latest NAM prediction. I believe the 00Z and 12Z initializations receive fresh inputs and are able to detect changes better, although I'm not an expert.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by CT_Native

That's the 06Z (4:30 AM initialization) run. The other run that was posted after you is the 12Z (10:30 AM initialization) run and the latest NAM prediction. I believe the 00Z and 12Z initializations receive fresh inputs and are able to detect changes better, although I'm not an expert.

I think you’re right, which means most of CT, according to the latest NAM, is still getting big snow.

[BPt111]

6-12 inches of snow is realistic for CT