It would really only be a ULL if the streams phased and then it gets energized by the s/s for a pass that would reinforce snow. By itself it’s as useful as @winter_warlock’s ex wife
I’m not speaking for terp. What I’ll say is it may be, but we can’t go 1 forward 1 back with a really flat flow out front of the s/w, which was one issue with the 18z gfs
I try not to complain sitting at 22” on the season. Definitely feel like it could have/should have been 40” but there were several events I got 1.5, 2, and the 7 I got a couple weeks ago where most here got an inch or less.
I think that’s old days bias, and at longer leads. I tell you what, if it would focus on the northern piece of energy closer to the base of the h5 like the Nam did, that run would have been drastically better.
I saw what amped said above about ridging upstream, but to be fair it was very flat relatively on the initial image. Not a huge trend there.
id more attribute it to the more rounded tpv but a more positive/neutral tilt if anything. That and there being very little phase activity to YANK or TUG this N/W
Euro has big time totals on a sharp cutoff to much less. Something different about that run. I really expect a different solution on 18 or 0z runs, maybe vastly different than this mornings