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Central PA Late January Thread Part II


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Okay....

I've intentionally sat back and watched this thread all morning. Quite humorous if I say so myself.

Jaime: Great post, you took my thoughts and expressed them in a way that I never could. Thank you.

To the rest of us...again, their is a difference between meteorolgoy and modelogy. (think I just created a new word) The internet can be a wonderful thing, but the ability to access maps and models and such lends itself to giving weenies palpatations every 6 hours. (or less) PLEASE STOP JUMPING WITH EVERY RUN!!!!

Pure torture at 10am, happiness and relief at 11am...my God, what would happen if the Euro plays "Dr. No" again at 1pm?

I'll be watching. Pass the popcorn, please.

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IMO they are definitely doing the right thing. Waiting for all 12z data to make any decisions.

Strongly agree. They wait longer than most offices :) And to me, there's a good reason for that.

And by the way, I think we'll all see snow. I don't care what any particular model says. I felt several days ago this one was coming, and I still do.

But again, my caveat...I don't really know much. Just going on years of watching, learning, and my own gut instincts.

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Discussion:

LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON WILL

INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES UP THE ATLANTIC COAST ON WEDNESDAY. THIS

SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY

SNOWFALL OVER SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WEDNESDAY AND EARLY

WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SERIES OF WEAK CLIPPER SYSTEMS MAY BRING LIGHT

SNOW TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AS TEMPERATURES STAY AT OR BELOW

NORMALS.

LOW TRACKS NOW VERY SIMILAR...BUT UPPER LEVEL MASS FIELDS AND

LLVL MOISTURE PROGS DIVERGE LATER TONIGHT BETWEEN NCEP NUMERICAL

GUID. DRY AIR AT THE SFC IS FCST TO HOLD OR EVEN GET DRIER BY THE

NAM AS THE WINDS GET NE AND NRLY TONIGHT. THIS COULD DELAY THE

ONSET OF PRECIP AND COULD HALT THE NWRD PROGRESS WHEN COMPARED TO

THE OTHER MDLS. SREFS STILL SHOW CONSISTENT TIMING BUT WIDE

DIVERGENCE IN QPF FOR THE STORM. EC LOOKS LIKE GFS...SO WILL GO

WITH THAT IDEA OF WHEN PRECIP GETS HERE - WHICH STARTS ALONG THE

BORDER AT OR JUST BEFORE SUNRISE ALONG THE MD BORDER.

CONSIDERING A WATCH - BUT NOT QUITE YET. THE FAR SE IS THE MOST

LIKELY PLACE TO GET WARNING ACCUMS - BUT SLRS ARE THE THING THAT

MAKES IT A TOUGH CALL THERE WRT SF TOTALS. THEREFORE...WILL HOLD

FOR THIS UPDATE.

A BLEND OF HPC QPF WITH INDIVIDUAL MODEL AND ENSEMBLE DATA

SUGGESTS THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN

EXCESS OF 6-8" OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING 12Z THUR...WITH THE

GREATEST LIKELIHOOD/PROBABILITIES OVER THE LWR SUSQ VLY AND

SCENTRAL MTNS BETWEEN THE I-81/I-95 CORRIDORS. LIGHTER AMTS CAN BE

EXPECTED FARTHER TO THE NORTHWEST OVER THE CENTRAL RIDGES AND

LAUREL HIGHLANDS WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUM ANTICIPATED OVER THE NW

MTNS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE WILL LIKELY BE A VERY SHARP

GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL...WHICH MAKES FOR A RATHER TRICKY

FORECAST. FOR THIS REASON AND PER COORDINATION WITH OTHER OFFICES

HAVE DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON ISSUING A WINTER STORM

WATCH...DEFERRING TO THE DAYSHIFT TO MAKE THE FINAL CALL.

Not shabby I suppose

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Strongly agree. They wait longer than most offices :) And to me, there's a good reason for that.

And by the way, I think we'll all see snow. I don't care what any particular model says. I felt several days ago this one was coming, and I still do.

But again, my caveat...I don't really know much. Just going on years of watching, learning, and my own gut instincts.

agreed...maybe a mix to start but quickly over to all snow imo

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Strongly agree. They wait longer than most offices :) And to me, there's a good reason for that.

Come on, we have to poke a little fun at our fearless leaders. :lol:

But I do think Mt Holly's discussions are much better and between them and LWX, they are forecasting for a ton more people than CTP is. Why CTP is always last to issue is beyond me. For me personally, who cares because I follow these storms by the minute but would the general public be better served with as much notice as possible? I would think so. But that's probably an argument for another day. As early as possible with the confidence you're going to be right is the trick. Maybe that's where CTP is lacking.

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I would think at this point their reluctance to issue any statements has to do with the srefs. Some are decent hits, and some are duds. Areas along/south of Route 22 (eventually I-78) will likely see widespread advisories later today with the afternoon package....if I were to guess. Most guidance points to .25-.50 liquid with slr's around 10:1.

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I would think at this point their reluctance to issue any statements has to do with the srefs. Some are decent hits, and some are duds. Areas along/south of Route 22 (eventually I-78) will likely see widespread advisories later today with the afternoon package....if I were to guess. Most guidance points to .25-.50 liquid with slr's around 10:1.

SREFS have ETA members which are based off nam. The rest look like at lot of .5"+

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