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the October snowstorm Ian Disaster its going to be a long winter thread


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.5" moved from about DC to about leesburg.. ne of RIC and everyone east of the bay 1"+ .. maybe some messy flakes in there with that look (temps actually verbatim in the 30s most of the day but probably close to 40)

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I'm more excited about that fact that this setup is happening. I don't really care if it snows or not. We need to pray that at least some (if not the majority) of 500mb vorts dig south of DC if we want shots of snow this winter (stating the obvious of course).

Another thing I like is a stubborn SE ridge hasn't set up for quite a while during the months that count. We never really had one last year at all. Even once the switch flipped in Feb last year the pattern stayed pretty progressive.

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.5" moved from about DC to about leesburg.. ne of RIC and everyone east of the bay 1"+ .. maybe some messy flakes in there with that look (temps actually verbatim in the 30s most of the day but probably close to 40)

I just hope we get a few repeats of this in a month+, with all things staying climatologically (if that's a word!) equal

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.5" moved from about DC to about leesburg.. ne of RIC and everyone east of the bay 1"+ .. maybe some messy flakes in there with that look (temps actually verbatim in the 30s most of the day but probably close to 40)

yea 10/29 12z has temps in the 30's I95 west 18z nice pocket of 30's ric -dc-phl still rain, but could be a deformed snowflake if you drive fast hitting the windshield :weenie:

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I'm more excited about that fact that this setup is happening. I don't really care if it snows or not.

Yeah, I think there's something to the idea of storm tracks getting established in the late fall, which I've heard some people refer to as "atmospheric memory". Really we're talking about where the baroclinic zones are being setup in the atmosphere. The Gulf Stream/E. Coast is a natural baroclinic zone, but you want cold air onshore for it to really crank. Hence we want to keep that SE ridge supressed, but not completely gone, while we get polar airmasses established to our north.

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I just hope we get a few repeats of this in a month+, with all things staying climatologically (if that's a word!) equal

yeah... a few weeks later and it's more interesting for sure.

i wonder if DT has issued a new alert

***OMG MY FAVORITE MODEL IS SO WIN***

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Yeah, I think there's something to the idea of storm tracks getting established in the late fall, which I've heard some people refer to as "atmospheric memory". Really we're talking about where the baroclinic zones are being setup in the atmosphere. The Gulf Stream/E. Coast is a natural baroclinic zone, but you want cold air onshore for it to really crank. Hence we want to keep that SE ridge supressed, but not completely gone, while we get polar airmasses established to our north.

Very well said and is pretty much spot on to what I'm thinking and/or hoping.

Agree about the SE ridge too. We definitely don't want it completely gone or we end up dry and cold.

I'll take a progressive UA pattern anyday. Series of troughs, vorts, and ridges works with me. Combine this with some extended -nao/ao stuff and we'll be able to ice skate on the ponds too.

Conventional nina thinking would be the presistent trough west and ridge E and potentially a stubborn se ridge. The more time that goes by this fall without that happening keeps me pretty optimistic.

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i wonder if DT has issued a new alert

***OMG MY FAVORITE MODEL IS SO WIN***

He must still be fapping over it, because this post has been at the top of his page for the past 30mins:

dont com back over tu Henry m. site no more! u flunked out of NEMAS years ago u ass clown! no, big fat cow! I was @ NEMAS an d i know! When your forecast is wron g, yu go and hide and call names!!!! NEMAS kicked u out!! Yo big weather hood ratt!!
:lmao:
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He must still be fapping over it, because this post has been at the top of his page for the past 30mins:

:lmao:

lolz

If that low tucked in a bit more, I bet there would be some mix or maybe brief flip to snow under the best dynamics.

maybe.. it's still pretty far east as far as good tracks go here. plus if it comes west it might be a bit warmer.

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