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Ticking Down the Days


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lol

I usually love it when I come on in the morning and see the torch/tundra debate going on. What's better is when there's a posts that go back and forth debating the said debating.

This just makes me look forward to winter more, although I will have to make due with soggy 70's for a bit longer.

71f and a crap load of humidity right now.

Instead of the torch debate we will switch to the snow jackpot one.

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72.1/63

Was incredibly muggy and uncomfortable last night in my apartment, and the classroom wasn't exactly crisp either with indoor temperatures around 78F. We only made it down to 62F last night, absolute torch for this time of year. I may need the A/C when I get back to NYC tonight, just a very nasty and unseasonable airmass. Central Park reporting +RA at 71/70 so I hope the drive isn't too bad.

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Looks like the weekend could turn out beautiful........lets hope so ALLCTTWH

For whom?

80% chance of Rain and T-storms Saturday for where I will be... then fog, and general crappiness.

A year ago on this weekend it was a classic New England fall. Highs in the 50s and 60s and overnight lows in the 30s and 40s...

I hope I don't die

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For whom?

80% chance of Rain and T-storms Saturday for where I will be... then fog, and general crappiness.

A year ago on this weekend it was a classic New England fall. Highs in the 50s and 60s and overnight lows in the 30s and 40s...

I hope I don't die

Take a look at the 12z gfs and Euro.

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Good news. This airmass overhead now is none too pleasant. It's a little better with cloud cover but the sun broke out for a while this afternoon when I was outside on my lunch break and holy smokes was it swamp-nassty

I doubt the Euro is right with the magnitude, but if it actually panned out, a lot of hills would see flakes from that. Regardless, it does seem that most ensemble guidance is trending toward our next cold shot being in early October.

The overall longwave pattern though supports above average temps for the next 2-3 weeks despite the possibility of a brief cold shot there. We have a pattern that we won't want to see in winter...lots of low heights in AK and Bering straight region keeping North America mostly warm. Cold air locked up in E Siberia and AK which is just fine for this time of year.

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72.1/63

Was incredibly muggy and uncomfortable last night in my apartment, and the classroom wasn't exactly crisp either with indoor temperatures around 78F. We only made it down to 62F last night, absolute torch for this time of year. I may need the A/C when I get back to NYC tonight, just a very nasty and unseasonable airmass. Central Park reporting +RA at 71/70 so I hope the drive isn't too bad.

Yeah, +10F for the day up here today... high of 75F and a low of 55F when the normals are 67/43.

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I doubt the Euro is right with the magnitude, but if it actually panned out, a lot of hills would see flakes from that. Regardless, it does seem that most ensemble guidance is trending toward our next cold shot being in early October.

The overall longwave pattern though supports above average temps for the next 2-3 weeks though despite the possibility of a brief cold shot there. We have a pattern that we won't want to see in winter...lots of low heights in AK and Bering straight region keeping North America mostly warm. Cold air locked up in E Siberia and AK which is just fine for this time of year.

I want to ski, haha... only need about 3-4" on top of the grassy intermediate slopes. Hopefully something can pan out for early October... CAA with NW flow and residual moisture; doesn't take much to fart a few inches of snow in that 2,500-4,000ft elevation band. Someone please make the cold shot happen, thanks ;)

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I want to ski, haha... only need about 3-4" on top of the grassy intermediate slopes. Hopefully something can pan out for early October... CAA with NW flow and residual moisture; doesn't take much to fart a few inches of snow in that 2,500-4,000ft elevation band. Someone please make the cold shot happen, thanks ;)

Euro would get it done with cyclonic flow and printing out 0.20-0.25" of qpf at 534 thicknesses, but its 9 days out so very doubtful its correct. Overall it looks like an above average regime for the foreseeable future, but a nice cold shot would be welcome to break it up a bit.

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but if it actually panned out, a lot of hills would see flakes from that.

Cold air locked up in E Siberia and AK which is just fine for this time of year.

Our first flakes here are almost always in early/mid October and in my amateurish/anecdotal experience, a winter that starts 'too' early ends up fizzling out by February.

Or, as the old expression goes: If there's ice in November that will hold a duck, from then on there'll only be slush and muck.

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Any mets/members have any requests for specific model maps that we can produce with our WRF model for the fall/winter?I'd probably save the severe stuff (aside from CAPE, CIN, etc.) for next Mar/Apr.

EPV would be useful in winter storms. Its hard to get good EPV maps outside of AWIPS or fake AWIPS programs. ML (centered near 700mb) frontogenesis is good too. Best banding in winter storms is almost always where ML fronto and lowest EPV overlap.

I'm sure theres more I can think of. Maybe some of the critical thickness maps...soundings are always best for point locations, but when looking at a map for a more larger perspective, the thickness maps can come in handy.

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EPV would be useful in winter storms. Its hard to get good EPV maps outside of AWIPS or fake AWIPS programs. ML (centered near 700mb) frontogenesis is good too. Best banding in winter storms is almost always where ML fronto and lowest EPV overlap.

I'm sure theres more I can think of. Maybe some of the critical thickness maps...soundings are always best for point locations, but when looking at a map for a more larger perspective, the thickness maps can come in handy.

I was thinking about that also. Cory is already going to try to script those H5-H85 RH/omega w/ critical thicknesses maps that Scott likes.
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I was thinking about that also. Cory is already going to try to script those H5-H85 RH/omega w/ critical thicknesses maps that Scott likes.

Yes those are very nice. Would the omega on those maps be 700mb omega? (I'd assume so).

The EPV/ML fronto maps would be very nice to have in coastal storms. Even in little clipper/redevelopers they can have use...you'll get an area of lowered EPV (even if not negative) and some ML fronto and it can hint at a 2-4 fluff storm turning into a warning criteria event like we saw last Jan 21st. It can tell you if the qpf is on steroids or if it actually has some merit.

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