Could it snow a lot more during a late season Hurricane?

Question

Did you know that hurricane Katrina dropped 49 inches of rain on land in one spot? Yup, right over the Yucatán Peninsula. Hmmm what does 49 inches of rain translate into when you use the 10 inches of snow for each inch of rain? 490 inches of snow. Hmmm, that would be FOURTY FEET, give or take a few inches. Heavier snow which is typical of the moisture rich snow thrown off by a Nor'easter might give us say THIRTY FEET. I don't mean to scare anybody about this. NYC would suffer the hurricane but Upstate New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, lower Vermont and New Hampshire would receive the brunt of it all. They always do.

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It's just a matter of time before the one that could produce that kind of weather pattern will manifest itself and sit on Long Island for a week, pumping all that moisture over the Northeast while dissolving the LI coastline. Just look at the shoreline. There are scallops up and down the coast all the way to Yucatán.

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I think you guys are smoking crack.
The water temperature in a late season hurricne event would still be warm. the air temperature is what makes the snow and that's not over water. If what you say is true then there would NEVER be nor'easters. I can't believe some people are unwilling to even look at real facts.

Answer 1

Katrina did not affect the Yucatan Peninsula. The closest that Katrina's tropical storm strength winds ever came to to the Yucatan was about 100 miles. In fact, I would speculate that the subsidence around Katrina (just like all other tropical cyclones) kept the Yucatan nearly cloud-free and definitely dry as it went by.

What time of year do you think that the hurricane is going to hit you and cause you the heavy snow? Check out the NHC & wikipeidia links, and look at what the probable tracks are like for each month. My take on it is that when it might be cold enough come November & December, the storm tracks are well out into the Atlantic Ocean. I think you're nothing to worry about.

Nor'easters and tropical cyclones (TC) are two entirely different beasts. A nor'easter is baroclinic (involves warm and cold air) and is supported by a jet stream. A TC is barotropic (only warm air) and it feeds off of evaporation of warm ocean water and it's ability to sustain inflow at low levels and outflow at high levels. Anything above light winds aloft, let alone a jet stream, is bad for a TC.

Answer 2

Hurricanes require water temperatures above 27 degrees Celcius in order to strengthen. The surface conditions required for snow would quickly prevent hurricane development. In fact, due to temperature gradients (there would be a huge cold front if the water temperature dropped from 27 C below the hurricane to 1-2 C in New York) the hurricane would just skirt away from Long Island and never make landfall.

Answer 3

The Gulf isn't undesirable here because of fact hurricanes do not make it around Louisiana to the top Texas coast. some could get here yet maybe approximately 2 or 3 each and every 2 years. in case you like 70-eighty ranges the months could be mid April to previous due could, and previous due September to previous due October. Rain in March and April, hurricane season starts in June and leads to September. Kemah isn't risky so a techniques as climate is going so i don't understand what you recommend by ability of risky.

Answer 4

no because Hurricanes are caused by warm air mass not cold so no snow