olafminesaw
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Still the slowest out of all the major models
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ICON straight up doesn't make sense. A strong low low passing just to our north, and temps never rise above 25 for many?
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What happened with this weekend's system is notable, in that it did make significant steps colder. Keep in mind the significant shifts that have taken place within 3 days. Doesn't mean this one will turn out moving towards wintry, but an apps runner isn't set in stone, and even if it is impacts before flipping to rain could be significant. I've experienced all frozen storms with a low tracking to my west before (this was in virginia, so a little easier, but still...)
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Seems the ICON likes to go a little too extreme with CAD. A bias to look for in the future. It's really backed off on the weekend, and now it's showing this madness
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Seems reasonable for threat zone. Also uhh....yeah. I think virginia beach is getting, well... you know.
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Probably primarily sleet/zr. Looks similar to the ICON, just a good bit north.
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Seems like it would be a mix of freezing drizzle and any heavier precip would be sleet based on soundings.
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It's been picking up on that feature behind the initial push of moisture. Could lead to a decent amount of icing, as the precip isn't particularly heavy.
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Ice looks epic on the models, but in reality is kinda disappointing, even when it's good.
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Not typical of ice storms to start as plain rain and then drop below freezing (31 in the triad). Part of it's the dry airmass, but still...
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Hear a fair bit of sleet now in Greensboro. Coming down pretty good. Officially a car topper
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Trends
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Is there a way I can invest in a hedge fund for snowy model solutions? Seems like shorting snowfall outputs would be pretty lucrative. There's always next week...
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Playing it close
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Not that it matters, but I can't make sense of Raleigh's forecast. All rain before 4 am then rain/snow. It's totally backwards (although some models do show a bit of back-end snow)
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If the NAM's temp profiles are right, could be a raging sleet storm for many, even with some additional amplification (probably too cold but still) another issue with a more amplified storm in addition to WAA, is a dry slot south of the axis of heavy precip
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Classic sleet sounding. One reason I lean towards more of a moderate impact event is a trend towards colder in the lower levels.
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Nice front end thump on the NAM. .4" qpf in 6 hrs. Temps near freezing. Nice dynamics. A little further north with the banding than I feel comfortable with, but I'd like to lock it in now
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I'm not well versed on jet streaks, but I think this is a good look for the piedmont?
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I can totally understand RAH's hesitancy. Even the 6z NAM never gets temps below freezing. If the NAM plays out as depicted, we certainly would get a few inches accumulation, but I could also easily see a relatively quick changeover to rain or flipping back and forth depending on rates
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The storm seems to have speed up by almost 6 hours since yesterday afternoon. Snow should be wrapping up by around 8 am at the latest in the triad (earlier if we flip to rain).
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Not a whole lot of cold air to work with on the Euro, temps in the mid-30s and some WAA leads to a changeover to sleet thwn rain. Healthy moisture though.
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Fair enough. Maybe it's because I've only lives in the south a few years (and have lucked out on several quality storms in that time), but I would much rather one cold 2" storm that sticks to everything than five 1" grass toppers. But I digress...
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I'm not too enthused about the Saturday night storm. Looks like another sloppy coating to an inch type deal. Overnight too, with not a lot of upside.
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The para GFS brings 1-3" to northern NC and southern VA Sunday. Room for improvement too.
