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Feb 7/8 Mostly "Meh" snow obs/disco


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What hours are you comparing the NAM to the RUC when you talk about a huge bust with shortwaves??

Scott 0z, here's the animation. Piss poor in MN, piss poor in the deep south with the speed and structure of the s/w complex. These things did not happen with every single event like they are this year. These are errors you'd see at the 36-48 hour range, not 6-12. It was too fast in the northern stream, too slow in the southern. Perfect combo of stinkiness.

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Yeah, I'm still all liquid down here at 36.7/33 but hoping to flash over to snow later as the heavier echoes rotate through.

I actually have close to moderate rain right now, hoping to see some slush start to mix in, actually watched a jet fly overhead, it was real low and had that fuzzy look to it, I am sure its snowing just upstairs, 850's are -2 -3 but the lowest 2k is torched.

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Just my .02 on the matter but it's going to be really hard for areas south of the pike down to NYC etc to stay or go to snow until after 12z or so. While you might start as snizzle and even flip to all snow briefly as the column wet bulbs...the flow is basically due south through the night with essentially no advection of dry or cold air...in other words...it should be pretty easy to warm the boundary layer a few degrees. the 00z okx sounding had a WBZ of 1500 feet...it will be hard to overcome that without some really good precip.

The big question remains precip intensity...if it really rips good and steadily you have a better shot.

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Nah, it will snow tonight into tomorrow morning, question is, does it come down hard enough to cool 2m temps enough to stick.

Even I am suprised its frozen as close as Shelton, certainly a good sign.

As far as snowpack, 17 at BDR, not bad, continous snowpack since 12/26 a very, very, very rare occurence on the ct coast for sure, and its certainly going nowhere over the next 4 days.

I'm hoping, but doubting it. Light rain here and 34....hard to see us dropping much...it's next week that I'm worried the snowpack goes whooosh.....high 40's for a week will destroy most of it...

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WTF is going on? Read Walts comments think he is right on... http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/displaySat.php?region=ALB&itype=wv&size=large&endDate=20110208&endTime=-1&duration=4

RUC is almost playing with the idea of a second pulse of VV's after 12z.

It could get pretty nasty in eastern areas later tonight if we can get temps down. I mean there's some hints that it could be really coming down.

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Just my .02 on the matter but it's going to be really hard for areas south of the pike down to NYC etc to stay or go to snow until after 12z or so. While you might start as snizzle and even flip to all snow briefly as the column wet bulbs...the flow is basically due south through the night with essentially no advection of dry or cold air...in other words...it should be pretty easy to warm the boundary layer a few degrees. the 00z okx sounding had a WBZ of 1500 feet...it will be hard to overcome that without some really good precip.

The big question remains precip intensity...if it really rips good and steadily you have a better shot.

good points great post

here is wdrag's post

PHI is on all night and will be looking for snow at elevation and gradu descending and any amounts/location will be helpful. am thinking the hrrr and 00z NAM just arent respecting reality of ice crystal seeing as trof goes neg and redevelopment of seeing clouds occurs westward in central va. thanks wd/phi 918pm.

can u interpret this lol

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Just my .02 on the matter but it's going to be really hard for areas south of the pike down to NYC etc to stay or go to snow until after 12z or so. While you might start as snizzle and even flip to all snow briefly as the column wet bulbs...the flow is basically due south through the night with essentially no advection of dry or cold air...in other words...it should be pretty easy to warm the boundary layer a few degrees. the 00z okx sounding had a WBZ of 1500 feet...it will be hard to overcome that without some really good precip.

The big question remains precip intensity...if it really rips good and steadily you have a better shot.

South of the Pike, Lt snow to start , here

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good points great post

here is wdrag's post

can u interpret this lol

He is saying ice crystal seeding (seeder feeder mechanism) will help induce dendrite production in the lower levels where temps may be too warm at first for ice nuclei activation. By throwing ice crystals into a layer that perhaps is around -8C or so, you'll get snow flake production in a situation where you otherwise would not.

At least I think that is what he means.

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Does he (Walt) mean seeding where he writes seeing?

probably nice satelite view with his quotes

PHI is on all night and will be looking for snow at elevation and gradu descending and any amounts/location will be helpful. am thinking the hrrr and 00z NAM just arent respecting reality of ice crystal seeing as trof goes neg and redevelopment of seeing clouds occurs westward in central va. thanks wd/phi 918pm.

http://aviationweather.gov/adds/satellite/displaySat.php?region=BWI&isingle=mult_big&itype=wv

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man....radar really blossoming nyc and sw ct and heading ne. wtf??

WTF is going on?  Read Walts comments think he is right on...  http://www.rap.ucar....e=-1&duration=4

RUC is almost playing with the idea of a second pulse of VV's after 12z.  

It could get pretty nasty in eastern areas later tonight if we can get temps down.  I mean there's some hints that it could be really coming down.

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