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January 31-February 2 Potentially Historic Winter Storm


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have I asked you where your picture was taken and when? amazing sup.

June 16, 2008, between Lawton and Altus... random OFB day with weak sauce upper flow... don't think anyone could've seen that structure coming. More details here: http://www.skyinmotion.com/chase/chase.php?id=59

Back OT, this is still a nailbiter for the I-35 corridor. We really need this thing to deepen sooner and/or track more northward after it gets into AR. I'm not even that worried at this point because last year (esp 12/24 and 01/29) proved just about anything can happen in this type of pattern, even within the 24-hour timeframe.

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June 16, 2008, between Lawton and Altus... random OFB day with weak sauce upper flow... don't think anyone could've seen that structure coming. More details here: http://www.skyinmoti...chase.php?id=59

Back OT, this is still a nailbiter for the I-35 corridor. We really need this thing to deepen sooner and/or track more northward after it gets into AR. I'm not even that worried at this point because last year (esp 12/24 and 01/29) proved just about anything can happen in this type of pattern, even within the 24-hour timeframe.

Your pics are nice! That Rockies pic--the Flatirons?

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June 16, 2008, between Lawton and Altus... random OFB day with weak sauce upper flow... don't think anyone could've seen that structure coming. More details here: http://www.skyinmoti...chase.php?id=59

Back OT, this is still a nailbiter for the I-35 corridor. We really need this thing to deepen sooner and/or track more northward after it gets into AR. I'm not even that worried at this point because last year (esp 12/24 and 01/29) proved just about anything can happen in this type of pattern, even within the 24-hour timeframe.

very nice!

we were on alot of the same storms this past year. will be looking through your chase logs awaiting new model runs :)

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Here is the Accuweather forecast for here in Toledo.

Monday

Mostly cloudy. High 21. ENE 8 mph gusting to 11.

Monday night

Cold with 1-3 inches of snow. Low 13. NE 8 mph gusting to 11.

Tuesday

Cloudy, breezy and cold with a little snow, accumulating up to an additional inch. High 22. NE 14 mph gusting to 29.

Tuesday night

1-2 feet of heavy snow; windy. Low 16. NNE 20 mph gusting to 29.

Wednesday

Cloudy and windy with a chance for snow. High 23. N at 18 mph gusting to 36.

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Looks like mama nature is giving me a nice birthday present on tuesday. I'm so hoping I can pull 10+ out of this, still not totally convinced we won't see the QPF end up getting trimmed back but all models now printing out some good totals.

Someone earlier mentioned putting out maps with totals and what not. I'd really hold off on that until Sun Night or Mon Morning. A lot can change in terms of fine details but i think its safe to say somewhere generally from Central Mo up to Northern In and Southeast Mi/NW Ohio/Southern Canada should be doing some serious digging out from say 12-18"

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Has to be one of the longest AFD's from Indy i've ever seen.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

243 AM EST SUN JAN 30 2011

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...

MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM AND WILL USE

A BLEND. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE THROUGH MONDAY WILL BE

TEMPERATURES...BUT THEN FOCUS WILL CHANGE TO THE MAJOR STORM

EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE

WEEK.

THE BROAD...COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP THE COLD

NORTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TIME

HEIGHT SECTIONS AND FORECAST SOUNDING SHOW GENERALLY A DRY COLUMN

WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FORCING TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THUS AGAIN

EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH MONDAY ALONG WITH HIGHS COOLER

THAN THE MAVMOS AND LOWS SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MAVMOS.

THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE WEST COAST OF

THE UNITED STATES WILL THEN BEGIN TO EFFECT THE AREA STARTING ON

MONDAY NIGHT AS THE GFS AND NAM SUGGEST A PRECURSOR TO THE MAJOR

WAVE THAT WILL PUSH THROUGH ON TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GFS 290K

ISENTROPIC SURFACE SHOWS STRONG LIFT ACROSS THE AREA AFTER 00Z

TUESDAY...WITH MIXING RATIOS NEAR 4 G/KG. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE

SATURATED AND BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...WHILE MUCH OF THE

REST OF CENTRAL INDIANA REVEALS A CLASSIC FREEZING RAIN TYPE

SOUNDING. THUS WILL RAISE POPS DURING THIS TIME FRAME...BUT LEAN

WARMER THAN MAVMOS ON LOWS GIVEN THE EXPECTED PRECIPITATION.

THE NEXT AND MORE POWERFUL PART OF THE STORM SYSTEM LOOKS TO

ARRIVE ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO LAST INTO

WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM A STRONG SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST

THERMAL GRADIENT WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE

NORTH SIDE OF THIS BOUNDARY...LAF...KOKOMO...WILL MAINLY BE SEE

SNOW AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWS THEIR PROFILES TO REMAIN BELOW

ZERO. MEANWHILE TO THE SOUTH...IND...HUF...MIE...BMG...FORECAST

SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW A CLASSIC FREEZING RAIN SOUNDING. MANY

FORCING MECHANISMS WITH THIS SYSTEM. FIRST...UPPER JET SHOWS

COUPLING. 300MB HEIGHTS SHOW RIGHT REAR REGION ACROSS WISCONSIN

AND AN APPROACHING LEFT ENTRANCE ACROSS MISSOURI. THIS SHOULD

RESULT IN STRONG LIFT ACROSS ILLINOIS...POISED TO PUSH THROUGH

CENTRAL INDIANA. SECOND...VERY STRONG VORTICITY ADVECTION SEEN AT

500MB AS THE TROUGH APPROACHES AND PASSES ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.

THIRD...POTENTIAL VORTICITY ALSO SHOWS STRATOSPHERIC INTRUSION

DOWN TO NEARLY 450-500MB DEPENDING UPON YOUR MODEL CHOICE. THIS IS

INDICATIVE OF VERY STRONG FORCING. THIRD...VERY STRONG Q VECTOR

DIVERGENCE ALOFT ACROSS INDIANA ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

FOURTH...THE 700MB CLOSED LOW IS EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS CENTRAL

AND NORTHERN INDIANA ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TYPICALLY

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL ALONG THE PATH OF A 700 MB

CLOSED LOW. FIFTH...THE GFS 290K ISENTROPIC SURFACE SHOWS VERY

STRONG UPGLIDE ESTABLISHING ITSELF ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND

LASTING UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLENTY OF MOISTURE IS

AVAILABLE ALONG THIS SURFACE AS MIXING RATIOS REACH 5 TO 6 G/KG.

SIXTH...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A DEEPLY SATURATED COLUMN WITH

STRONG LIFT. SEVENTH...THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH

INDIANA FROM WESTERN TENNESSEE ON TUESDAY NIGHT...PUSHING

NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER ON TUESDAY NIGHT. AGAIN...THIS IS A

FAVORABLE TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.

HOWEVER...FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A VERY

STRONG...LOW LEVEL JET LATE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. GFS HINTS AT 70-80

KNTS ACROSS KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THIS KIND OF WARM AND

MOIST TRANSPORT CERTAINLY WILL OVERRUN COLDER AIR...EXPECTED TO BE

IN THE 20S...AT THE SURFACE. GIVEN THIS...NAM POTENTIAL

TEMPERATURE SURFACE AT 650MB ALSO SUGGEST TROWAL DEVELOPMENT LATE

TUESDAY NIGHT. FINALLY...BUFKIT SHOWS WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH IN

THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IF SIGNIFICANT

FREEZING RAIN DOES OCCUR...THESE WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH THAT

ICE WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.

I REST MY CASE.

GIVEN THIS WILL ISSUE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THIS TIME

FRAME...STARTING ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH 00Z

THURSDAY. GIVEN WE ARE STILL A FEW DAYS OUT ON THIS

SYSTEM...PRECISE TRACKING OF THE STORM IS NOT YET

AVAILABLE...HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT A STRONG SYSTEM WILL

BE PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA DURING THIS TIME FRAME. SOME AREAS

WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW AND OTHERS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN

OR ICE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND ICE

STORM DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK...WHICH COULD RESULT IN

VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITION...HEAVY SNOW AND EVEN DOWNED TREES

AND POWER LINES. VERY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THIS

SYSTEM AND A QUICK THAW IS NOT EXPECTED.

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