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February 8-12 model Discussion II


Isopycnic

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I looked at the forecast for Paducah, KY this morning and the nowcast blurb was saying up to an inch of snow could accumulate before it tapered off. They now have 6 inches on the ground and it's still snowing.:arrowhead:

and.... just the opposite, Huntsville backed off their rain/snow chances for today.

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GFS ensemble mean holds serve with .15-.2 in ATL- it is becoming obvious that the GFS op is having trouble with this system- as it is now the only guidance that is totally dry in north GA and points east. The chance of a blockbuster storm is basically nil, but totally dry? I think not either. This one will be a nail biter right up to game time methinks....

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GFS ensemble mean holds serve with .15-.2 in ATL- it is becoming obvious that the GFS op is having trouble with this system- as it is now the only guidance that is totally dry in north GA and points east. The chance of a blockbuster storm is basically nil, but totally dry? I think not either. This one will be a nail biter right up to game time methinks....

The GGEM is a bit problematic too. What do you honestly think these two models are handling wrong or right? Is it a much different look @ 500 than the other models?

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The GGEM and SREF as well as UKMET look really similar. The NAM is a little wetter overall, and holds the vort in tact longer, the GFS is driest. Right now, it looks like if you draw a line from the southern TN border to the Carolinas border, everywhere south of that line is the heart of the precip. The SREF and UKMET rh fields have been showing this steady now, the only thing is now the SREF upped the amounts around Ark and northern half of Mississippi, before the moisture and rates decrease while heading east. Its a wait and see as to how far north and how strong, but I don't think it makes much more enroads north of that border , give or take 50 miles. For eastern NC, it lurches north somewhere east of CLT roughly, which fits climo tracks. Now however is the time to start paying attention to the SREF trends, as its pretty solid. All models are agreeing that weakening begins roughly at the Miss. River, just the NAM holds on longer.

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It has been interesting to watch the models continually downgrade storms in our area from over an 1" qpf to .3 or less this year in the great majority of our area. Personally here in the Triad, I am ready to throw in the towel on this one and get to the warm up that has been seen in the long range for a while now and which should put an end to winter pretty much in the SE. To those in Ga and SC who still could get an inch or two out of this I say "Rock on" and good luck. Absent a return of the -NAO and the Greenland block and +PNA reforming in late month or to mid March, we are done IMO.

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It has been interesting to watch the models continually downgrade storms in our area from over an 1" qpf to .3 or less this year in the great majority of our area. Personally here in the Triad, I am ready to throw in the towel on this one and get to the warm up that has been seen in the long range for a while now and which should put an end to winter pretty much in the SE. To those in Ga and SC who still could get an inch or two out of this I say "Rock on" and good luck. Absent a return of the -NAO and the Greenland block and +PNA reforming in late month or to mid March, we are done IMO.

I agree w/ this...We've seen this movie a few times this year and know how it ends. With the energy weakening as it goes across the gulf coast then trying to reform off the coast, the bulk of the moisture just skips right over us.

Btw I've got the euro out to 42 hrs.

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I agree w/ this...We've seen this movie a few times this year and no how it ends. With the energy weakening as it goes across the gulf coast then trying to reform off the coast, the bulk of the moisture just skips right over us.

Btw I've got the euro out to 42 hrs.

Looks better to me out to 48 compared to 00z...but after this who knows what happens? It can go to crap pretty quick.

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