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Richmond Metro/ Hampton roads obs/disco winter thread


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IF GFS is right

Richmond: 4"

DCA: 2"

VB: 10"

Norfolk: 9"

10:1 ratio. lol....

Here are the run-total snow accumulations per the 12Z GFS:

ORF: 12.3"

Suffolk: 11-12"

Va Bch: 10" (s) to 12" (n)

CPK: 11"

AKQ: 7.8"

Chester (where I live...DT land :) 5.5"

RIC: 5.3"

Short Pump: 4.5"

Should be interesting to see what the ECMWF does at 12Z. The roller coaster ride isn't over yet I'm afraid..

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hey mets could we see this trend even more west of the next 24 hours

It all depends on the timing of the phasing and ensuing rapid cyclogenesis (as it often does). Would like to get a gander at the 12Z GFS ensembles first to see if the operational run is an outlier. Then the 12Z ECMWF and 15 SREF...while seeing if the 18Z NAM shows a NW trend as well. All-in-all, we should know an awful lot by 4-5 pm in terms of whether this NW trend by the 12Z GFS is "real" or an anomaly.

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Hope you don't have to be in the office WxMan1 over the holiday and hopefully enjoy a pleasant surprise. It looks like you picked the wrong time to quit sniffing glue. Love the avatar.

Lol, thanks! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all, first and foremost. I am on one of the day shifts through Sun, so I'm sure I'll see this roller coaster ride continue! ;)

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As all stores are closed tomorrow, the news is going to have to act fast as hell to act and tell people about this, SHOULD IT HAPPEN, like the GFS is showing. Please EURO Follow!

Well, the good news is this is still a primarily Sunday event (i.e. 36-48 hrs). So there's still time. I want to say we didn't begin making wholesale changes to the forecasts prior to the 12/26/2004 event until Christmas Day, or at the earliest very late on Christmas Eve.

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It all depends on the timing of the phasing and ensuing rapid cyclogenesis (as it often does). Would like to get a gander at the 12Z GFS ensembles first to see if the operational run is an outlier. Then the 12Z ECMWF and 15 SREF...while seeing if the 18Z NAM shows a NW trend as well. All-in-all, we should know an awful lot by 4-5 pm in terms of whether this NW trend by the 12Z GFS is "real" or an anomaly.

With this run of gfs have to worry about marine layer, right? looks like a warm nose indicated between 850-700??

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FWIW...12Z GFS MSLP ensemble mean is VERY close to the operational run in terms of the track and timing of the sfc low between 00Z Sun - 00Z Mon. The main difference is the operational run is around 5 mb deeper 12-18Z Sun, and around 10 mb deeper by 00Z Mon.

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It all depends on the timing of the phasing and ensuing rapid cyclogenesis (as it often does). Would like to get a gander at the 12Z GFS ensembles first to see if the operational run is an outlier. Then the 12Z ECMWF and 15 SREF...while seeing if the 18Z NAM shows a NW trend as well. All-in-all, we should know an awful lot by 4-5 pm in terms of whether this NW trend by the 12Z GFS is "real" or an anomaly.

Agree.. IMO a bit extreme, and not consistent enough on successive runs to lean heavily on when compared to other guidance.

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Model errors,,, whatever. It could just be there covering their a**. Who knows for real.

does not negate the fact that models in general have been coming more nw. JMA, NAM, Euro, RGEM. latest Euro held the same with it's last run with about .30" for se va, which coincides with 12z NAM. latest 15z SREF has trended nw and gives se va .50"-.75".

So, I feel pretty comfortable now with 2-4" for se va. It could still be more.

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