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Feb. 23-25th Winter Storm Potential


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Our system in question should get some sampling with tonight's runs.

This one may not get a full sampling until as late as 12z Thursday if it tracks into Mexico. So we won't have a sure idea on the track until the day of the storm. This is probably why IWX/GRR/DTX/HPC aren't downplaying the possibility of a NW trender despite model trends.

Models did the same thing to a lesser extent with the February 4th-6th storm.

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Adam Stiles of City says it's a near miss, but he's keeping a close eye on it as he said any shift west will bring us into the snow shield.

I guess I should start watching Adam Stiles then, because that's what a good met should do. Convey uncertainty. If the 18z GFS shows a snowstorm, then Farnell's gung-ho for a snowstorm on the 6 o'clock broadcast. 0z GFS comes in bone dry, snowstorm's out of his 11 o'clock forecast. No conveyance of uncertainty. GFS = gospel truth to that abortion of a "meteorologist".

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Any updates?

The potential is there but will everything come together.

Depends on where you are. With the positive tilt of the ejecting S/W--it will be difficult for a large and well developed CCB/defo band to develop which will limit the development of precip along the northern edge of the storm--regardless of track.

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Depends on where you are. With the positive tilt of the ejecting S/W--it will be difficult for a large and well developed CCB/defo band to develop which will limit the development of precip along the northern edge of the storm--regardless of track.

Is it set in stone that it will be positively tilted? I thought some of the solutions were showing it negatively tilted.

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Depends on where you are. With the positive tilt of the ejecting S/W--it will be difficult for a large and well developed CCB/defo band to develop which will limit the development of precip along the northern edge of the storm--regardless of track.

Too bad it wont go negative..With a track like we have it could be a big one.

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Is it set in stone that it will be positively tilted? I thought some of the solutions were showing it negatively tilted.

I wouldn't say it is set in stone but the guidance has been pretty clearly showing a positive tilt wave until this reaches the EC where it merges with the main belt of westerlies and undergoes stronger development along the Gulf Stream. I would say highly likely as it would be difficult to take on a negative tilt in this config without a polar influence.

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I wouldn't say it is set in stone but the guidance has been pretty clearly showing a positive tilt wave until this reaches the EC where it merges with the main belt of westerlies and undergoes stronger development along the Gulf Stream. I would say highly likely as it would be difficult to take on a negative tilt in this config without a polar influence.

Maybe it is me but i question the run from 42hrs on.

Note the surface features vs everything else.

http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/nam/00/fp1_042.shtml

http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/nam/00/fp0_042.shtml

I just don't see how it ends up staying that far south with the set up that model shows. Especially with the high just off the eastcoast. That is me though..

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