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00z Euro 2/15/2011


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One key to the wintry threat is keeping that digging trough off the coast of the Pacific NW for as long as possible next Sun-Mon. If it moves inland toward the Rockies too quickly (like the 12z ECMWF showed), that pumps heights up over the eastern US.

Another very interesting thing about this ECMWF run is that the ridging over W Canada and the Greenland block act in tandem to force the polar vortex to dig all the way to SE Quebec by next Mon. That sets up an awesome confluence zone for the incoming storm.

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The Euro's depiction is pretty awesome! The large block and strong polar vortex over Canada establish strong confluence associated with a broad area of high pressure. The flow from the west seems sufficient with moisture. The pattern as modeled/depicted at h5 needs to verify if we are going to see snow. With no block the low would cut well to our W and warm air would keep the entire area as rain. The block keeps the SE ridge at bay and the low is forced underneath. This run verbatim would be a moderate/significant snowstorm in NYC. At this point it just remains a possibility. Last night's EURO was impressive, tonight's 0z GFS is getting better. Let's watch how things evolve!

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angle of the sun is all wrong, LOL.

Lets see if the 12z ECMF can keep this solution or if it pushes it back yet again or cuts it like 12z 02/14

the 12Z GFS cuts it into the lakes region -- will be interesting if the 12Z EURO holds or gives in to the GFS

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The changes between the GFS at 0z and 12z are very large and have an impact on what transpires. The depiction at H5 of the future pattern on the GFS at 12z is not conducive for snow and it is vastly different then the 0z EURO. Let's see what the EURO depicts at 12z.

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12z GGEM appears to be closer to 0z euro:

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Clearly models are all attempting to sort out the handling of the trough out west and the effect it has on the eventual progression of the system, coupled with the confluence and polar vortex over Canada. Hghts want to rise in response to the SW energy in the base of the trough allowing for warming out ahead of the system as it attempts to cut. Question remains how stubborn is the block, how persistent is the confluence, and where does the polar vortex setup? I think the best solution for our area would result from a flatter more broad trough that ejects moisture/energy under the area of confluence and slides it from W to E. Such an overrunning setup is the best case scenario for our area that limits WAA. In order to get snow in this setup, everything would have to evolve in a manner that favors the dominant blocking/confluence as it depicted by the 0z EURO.

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12z EURO similar to its 0z counterpart. The model continues to depict a strong block, strong confluence, and a large polar vortex that prevent that LP from advancing north. Once again the EURO forces/squashes the LP under the confluence and results in a weak broad area of LP associated with moderate precip moving in a W to E fashion. This run shows a snowy solution for NYC but it is a weak system and not associated with much QPF verbatim on this run.

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