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February 5-6 Storm Threat I


Baroclinic Zone

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The Euro solution fits pretty well with my thinking posted earlier in the thread....I think even interior sections may have some ptype issues at least for a brief time...transition to a good snow thump while further S and E, its rain to snow at the end type deal...basically a slightly warmer version of last night's Euro.

That's how I see it. I never liked it for cstl areas..even spots a little further inland. Gulf wave, no blocking, and retreating high. Only saving grace is how progressive it is. This is more for you and esp to the north into srn NH and ME. I could even see it a little closer, but I think the track on this run makes complete sense for now.

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That's how I see it. I never liked it for cstl areas..even spots a little further inland. Gulf wave, no blocking, and retreating high. Only saving grace is how progressive it is. This is more for you and esp to the north into srn NH and ME. I could even see it a little closer, but I think the track on this run makes complete sense for now.

What do you think, 4-8" out here in the Highlands?

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this looks lame and everyone knows it

qpf is .5-.75" of low ratio snow (for those who actually stay snow)

the baroclinic zone sucks... all the cold air associated with the system is completely modified

"lame" is a relative term these days.

with roofs collapsing and 3 ft on the ground and the prospect for 2 more storms next week...a 6-10 storm is more than lame.

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It does intensify nicely at the end to give areas like ne mass a good thump.

Its something we'll have to watch...500 heights fall very quickly with the progressiveness of that trough so the WAA doesn't have a ton of time to really push N...I could see a track that is pretty close but we end up getting still fairly cold ML temps.

One of those things that could go either way.

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That makes sense. GYX was quite gung ho overnight...more gung ho than a .5 qpf event. They said 90% of snow and heavy accum possible, which is 7+ up here as you know.

They must be going with a NAM/Euro combo then, But they side with HPC as well, They would not be so gunho throwing the GFS in there, Unless they feel its playing roght now to its bias........

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Heights didn't look higher and it looked to be closing the lower a bit slower....that suprised me.

Sometimes these lows will ride the baroclinic zone when they are just developing. That's what this did, before it got the boot. If you loop the MSLP, you can see how the low is rather disorganized and doesn't have a clear center until it gets near the Delmarva. It looks like one of those things where I'm 35 and rain, then end as 32F mash potatoes.

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Its something we'll have to watch...500 heights fall very quickly with the progressiveness of that trough so the WAA doesn't have a ton of time to really push N...I could see a track that is pretty close but we end up getting still fairly cold ML temps.

One of those things that could go either way.

Soundings were relatively cold above 850 mb. If we can get the s/w to go just south, it may be a nice 3-4 hr thump for areas near BOS. I like those small, but potent VM's those can be quite energetic.

My issue is more in the lower levels.

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The whole "Ice will make the snowpack invincible" thing is fast becoming one of my favorite weenie-isms -- right up there with the obsession over ratios, talk about sun angles (we're fast approaching that time now) and "it's nowcast time."

i think ice and sleet do help, as does water content.

one thing for sure, deep snow can disappear so quickly, its mindblowing

it can all be gone with ease even before previous seasons.

so i think its too early to be thinking snow will be on the ground later this year than in past years.

have to wait till early march really to assess that.

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