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Forecasting weather calculations are complicated …
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Given today’s coldest start of a day so far this fall, Quincy Quarry News can only properly address in print what Quincy residents might be suffering in the way of weather going forward.
Plus, today is otherwise a slow news day locally.
No argument, long range forecasting is at a best a difficult proposition — even in New England where the weather changes so often that most any long range forecast is likely to play out to a degree even if only but shortly.
After all, even a broken old school analog clock is right twice a day even if only for but a second.
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The above points and caveats notwithstanding, Boston 25 recently opted to head out onto thin ice by suggesting that this winter could entail a number of snowy Nor’easters after a recent run of modest snowfall winters.
After all, climate change notwithstanding, a step backwards at least somewhat towards historical levels of snowfall is only reasonable to expect as within the realm of possibility, if not also inevitable at some point even if warmer weather is only reasonable to expect over the long haul.
City of Quincy cut its snow removal budget …
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As such, Quincy Quarry News is pleased to see that its previously reported expectation of the possibility of more snowfall this winter than in recent years has been seconded by one of its regional news media brethren.
And of possible interest to long suffering locals, the Quarry largely based its Winter of 2024 snowfall expectations by relying on an oblique contra indicator that has proven to have solid predictive value.
The contra indicator?
That the Koch Maladministration cut its Fiscal Year 2024 snow and ice removal budget by over 18% from its FY 2023 budget appropriation in the wake of experiencing a string of low snowfall winters and so enjoyed modest snow removal budget line surpluses.
Snowplow, ploughed — whatever …
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So what, apparently for the fact that at the same time Quincy Quarry’s Citizen Snow Monitors report that the City of Quincy’s snow removal efforts in recent years, if not also more than just recent years, still fell short to well short of what is accomplished by other South Shore communities.
In short, the Koch Maladministration also happens.
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Stop will you please idiots can’t predict today’s weather never mind what’s going to happen over the winter!!
Mr. Scafidi,
Truth be told, local weather forecasters have had solid success at predicting the so for ongoing string of weekend rain events over the past couple of months as well as did so days in advance,
Also, if you actually review the Boston 25 weather team’s sentiments for the upcoming winter, they carefully noted only proper quantifications re same. After all, for but one example, but a mere few degree temperature change makes the difference between just rain or suffering snow.
Even so, weather forecasting has since considerable improvement over the years with near term success at doing so now very high, all things duly considered, and longer term forecasting steadily improving.
You, on the other hand, did not write but a proper single sentence.
I use a Noah weather radio and it while it is sometimes wrong but mostly it’s pretty accurate and I don’t have faith in television weather forecasts.
Fair enough, but was is your Plan B dealing with the lousy snow clearing of local streets?
No four letter word on Q Q PLEASE keep it family friendly. Can we get thru fall first!!
But, but — grammar school kids LOVE playing in sn*w even if we haven’t seen much of it in recent winters and in spite of the fact that I hate their bringing it inside after they are played out.
And none of those predictions take into account the constant and voluminous load of snow coming out of City Hall.
Louie,
No offense, but the load is hot air emanating from piles of bovine by-product shoveled by City Hall and so adding to Global Warming.