Ok....regroup time. The progressive NAVGEM is a complete capture coast hugger that slams us. So that has to be worth something.
Eta: nevermind that was 12z. 18z is missing the capture and stays south. Confluence ftl...damn
I hope your are right, but all signs are starting to lean against a capture now across guidance...slower transfer, farther South, confluence pressing South.
Just saw the 18z...uh oh. Like all other guidance today the WAA thump for us is basically gone. Really close to missing the capture too but doesn't go out that far. We could do a double fail missing the WAA then missing the coastal Miller B so the Mid Atl gets crushed with WAA and recurve N to crush NYC and Bos with the coastal. If this is a prelude to 0z we are in deep shit.
Eta: somebody take Brady behind the shed...quickly. And @Birds~69 needs to stop celebrating with shots immediately. Save that for during the event. The winter weather gods are fricken pissed!
Fwiw the GEFS clustering was farther W than 12z and more of a classic track for SE PA. Like someone said above, the overall precip got chopped on an already disjointed model family tho and that is cause for concern.
RGEM gives us almost 0 WAA snows but is ramping up the coastal at range. One thing I am taking away from todays runs is we are losing most of the WAA stuff and starting to rely solely on the coastal track. It in essence delays the onset as well. Plenty of time but we are playing with fire wrt that trend today.
No other model has that piece the NAM showed N of Lake Ontario that keeps the confluence and stalled system souther. ICON is getting closer and closer at H5. Almost.all frozen now for SE PA....baby steps on that piece of shiesse. Still spits out a hefty 2-4" frozen SE PA but thay is going to cave soon the more that H5 keeps trending.
I will say it....I can see this sub and Philly sub both sharing in the jackpot zone with NYC fringed slightly and the N New England crew smoking cirrus. Would love to score together here my Southern friends!
Probably. But something to watch. If that piece keeps showing up stronger and keeps affecting the confluence, it will eventually have negative implications. But alas tis the NAM at range (skims the weenie handbook furiously to find...page 871 chapter 69 section 7 clause f)