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March 27 SpringBlizzard Discussion


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RASN forecast for Sat night and Sunday in N VA and DCA.

I am definitely going on a snow chase Sunday morning into the higher elevations of VA and West VA - last call until Dec 2011

You don't have to go that far Jebman...my forecast is for snow in Bristow just 20 miles NW of you...I like where we are sitting right now in N VA....Further south might have more precip like EZF but could face mixing since the 540 line seems to run right through southern Prince WIlliam...I'd rather be north of that line in late March...but maybe I'm crazy....

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I will never take an April 1st threat seriously for cultural reasons.

i just hope that's the pattern changer.. it might be. well really next week doesnt look that cold.

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Meaning pattern changer back to real spring sun and fun? I'm hoping April isn't a cold wet month. I always get nervous when late Feb through most of March are warm and boring. Seems like cold dreary Aprils follow. I'm an avid striper fisherman when trophy season opens in mid April. Sux being on the bay when it's 50, windy, and rainy. Season is only 3-4 weeks then the run is over so you have to go out no matter what.

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Out at my cabin tonight to turn the heat back on. Gotta pick up my daughter at Dulles on Saturday so will be stuck at the new VA house thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif instead of here in WV where the accumulating snow odds go way up.

Still satisfied with the surprise 5.5 " backend snow earlier this month when less than a mile away and 700 down there was no accumulation. This one may call for a Sunday morning snow run to the cabin? Jeb you up for a longer snow run chase?

Bit of ice grains driving in 30 minutes ago.

How about a MA snow dump for all on Sunday thumbsupsmileyanim.gif and then a nice comfortable April sun.gif

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Well the NAM has been somewhat faster than the GFS in today's runs-- maybe closing in on the timing?

could be but slowing down is not that great imo. qpf is higher up here this run but all that light stuff during the day... we'll see about that.

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could be but slowing down is not that great imo. qpf is higher up here this run but all that light stuff during the day... we'll see about that.

This run is an improvement. Not able to access 2m temps yet, but 850's are cold. Precip looks better for most, and you're right, it seems to be slower. Be interesting to see the SREF members to see what caused it to be drier.

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When the NAM signals a sharp cutoff, it's usually right that there will be one. The location of that cut-off, though, is almost never what's depicted past 36 hours out on the NAM. Global models in the 12Z suite were pretty close to each other in the orientation of that maximum stripe, along with their looser precip gradients/fuzzy edges. It's not a bad sign that the NAM nudged a slight bit north-- other than that 6Z run overnight, this was the best burst of snow pre-dawn Sunday so far depicted on the NAM for us.

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tv just claimed a few inches of SNOW this weekend in northern virginia

this is late March not December 5th

besides - The ground is too mild - soil temps in the upper 40s - if snow falls in daytime - conversational snow, no big deal maybe a nanometer of slush

the sun angle is pure MURDER - it's as bad for snow accums as the tsunami was for Sendai

its almost early APRIL for krise sake - This aint New England

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