That lakes energy around the 20/21 seems like it could be the key to a quick little thump in the ensuing days. Wanna see that move souther/stronger and keep us colder. Then just make the 06z GFS progression a bit better and we can get a thump…
So much graupel. Was very surprised by it. To be honest this is just a repeat of the last storm, with a few tenths more accumulation. That also had lots of graupel mixed in here and struggled to get rates going.
I just measured on the deck railing. I had about 0.9 inches, probably someone in Canton could measure an inch if they found a better surface. Lots of graupel it seems.
There’s not even an inch on my deck as I wake up. Just a coating. We got screwed between bands. I had that feeling we’d end up in a bad spot and of course, it found a way for Baltimore, as always.
It seems like a big difference maker for 95 yet to be resolved is gonna be how early it can get snowing in earnest - heaviest band seems confidently placed a bit to the NW of 95 but whether that is a 2 or more inch drop off or just half-to inch drop comes down to whether we get a good start in the early hours or if that is a loss. Hoping the met talk in here about shallow warmth pans out and it does indeed get going quickly!
Idk, I’m starting to feel a Baltimore screw job in my bones. Ratios are gonna be worse than 10:1 I feel. I just struggle to believe the GFS or Canadian/RDPS when so many mesos want to favor north. And now tick north/drier on the euro.
I'm a little worried about some models running on the north end of the envelope we've seen, I think at this point the fail case for 95 is temps come in a tad high and a slightly overamped storm screws us with too much rain in the early morning to get much. Fingers crossed we see the GFS or something like it pan out...
Thickness lines descending to our west and rising to the east run to run, nice. Hopefully we are close enough that doesn't become a bad thing where temps become more of an issue (but you'd have more insurance than us down here).
GFS looks very similar to 18z through 27. Looks like a slightly more organized interaction with the TPV, maybe that juices it slightly, more coastal-y?
It may not be a christmas miracle, or even a christmas eve miracle, but man would it be nice to reel in a christmas eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve miracle!
was gonna say... this has been a great set of runs with the GFS finally budging a bit, but that just means we could be set up for a vintage Dr. No moment
Looks very similar to 12z through 51, just everything is a touch north. Seems like it will amp a bit more too. Just gotta hope it isn’t too much; could be good if the lid stays on