No need to sweat euro qpf, nothing has really changed for dc metro. Just the typical run to run variance. This has always looked like a 2-4 ish event with some boom potential upside. I still think the northern burbs probably get their 3-6.
Just coming back down to earth, coming into consensus with everything. I don’t think 6+ for the majority of Maryland was ever going to happen. Still a great run for pretty much all of us.
Don’t trust that the euro, or anything, will nail that skinny band placement, but I love seeing it hand wave the the temp issues….illustrates the boom potential even into the metros.
Maybe it's just cause things have been working for us this winter the vibes feel different. If we were looking at this scenario in other years I'd be doom posting about our sloppy inch. It'll be interesting to track the progress of the cold front in real time tomorrow. If I wake up tomorrow and it's 12 degrees in Pittsburgh we should be good, if it's 25 we're probably cooked.
It seems like guidance is finally converging now and it puts DC right on the edge. Big boom/bust potential with the forecasting but I think DC gets snow even in the bust scenario. I'd go 2-4 for DC proper now but I would not be surprised to see us end up with 1-2 or even 5-6.
lol they were talking “full euro cave to rgem” in the New England forum and I was thinking we got rained on. I guess they were referencing further in the storms development. That looks fantastic for us, thanks for posting.
If the Euro AI puts out like 30 consecutive steadfast runs only to be clowned by the RGEM a few days before that model is going in the doghouse. But seriously I just can’t get on board with these juicier more amped GFS and RGEM when the euro is showing something else. I’ve seen this movie before.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. That’s a perfect light event with upside to moderate. No temp issues. Followed by arctic. Somebody get me my finest pen to sign that!!!
I think we’re going to get accumulating snow in dc metro. I don’t buy the RGEM/CMC complete shutout. I think it’s possible it trends away from us a little and we end up 1-2 but I don’t think we get shutout.
Yeah I mean I think in any marginal temp set up of course fall line and NW does better but I see no reason to punt this event yet. Even if it’s just an inch or two I’d love that before the Siberian express.
It’s a mistake it’s like 38 degrees on the RGEM. RGEM shows like triple the QPF of the euro and also like a line of almost thunderstorms during event. It feels very outlier ish to me.
Is everyone really giving up on an event the euro/gfs/3k are showing as cold and all snow for dc because of the icon and rgem? Of course it’s possible it plays out like that but I wouldn’t bet the house on those two models.
Absolutely, I'd go 2-4 for DC metro and 3-6 north and west.
With yesterday's 0.5 I'm now at 10.9 inches for the season. This Euro run would get me to climo basically. Considering we're not even halfway through winter and it's been really cold, this is all good.
Enjoy it folks!!!