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Actually Rich Luterman is one of the better Mets on local TV. He absolutely nailed the 2011 GHD and Prez Day systems. Aug 24th last summer he nailed the severe weather outbreak to a T. After those events he has my respect. I think many don't like him because he is a not weenie and he has a horrid New England sound.

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Actually Rich Luterman is one of the better Mets on local TV. He absolutely nailed the 2011 GHD and Prez Day systems. Aug 24th last summer he nailed the severe weather outbreak to a T. After those events he has my respect. I think many don't like him because he is a not weenie and he has a horrid New England sound.

Wow, he was actually calling for the heavy snow pres day? Every outlet I heard said 1-3" so I assumed Fox 2 was that at the most. If not then yes, kudos to him.

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Actually Rich Luterman is one of the better Mets on local TV. He absolutely nailed the 2011 GHD and Prez Day systems. Aug 24th last summer he nailed the severe weather outbreak to a T. After those events he has my respect. I think many don't like him because he is a not weenie and he has a horrid New England sound.

He always low balling systems. In this area its a good and safe play

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Wow, he was actually calling for the heavy snow pres day? Every outlet I heard said 1-3" so I assumed Fox 2 was that at the most. If not then yes, kudos to him.

The worst IMO are the NBC people around here. Not too name any names. Lol. W/e weather is a b**ch to forecast. People screw it up sometimes.

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12z NAM is going to be an overturned semi truck full of Oscar Meyer weenies for Chicago folks

correct, changes to the west are minimal but earlier NAM runs took it more due east, this is digging more ESE.

heaviest band still north of here along and north of the border. Agree there will be some double digit totals in the heaviest swath. These frontogenic bands can do wonders.

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Actually Rich Luterman is one of the better Mets on local TV. He absolutely nailed the 2011 GHD and Prez Day systems. Aug 24th last summer he nailed the severe weather outbreak to a T. After those events he has my respect. I think many don't like him because he is a not weenie and he has a horrid New England sound.

He did nail the 2011 GHD, but it was by sheer luck that he did.

Too bad he missed all the other subsequent events (I'll have to reevaluate his forecast for President's Day).

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heaviest band still north of here along and north of the border. Agree there will be some double digit totals in the heaviest swath. These frontogenic bands can do wonders.

I suspect it's still too far north, agreement amongst the GFS/Euro/GGEM is too good to buy into the NAM right now.

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Well technically, the NAM didn't come south (in fact the low press center is further north and a little more organized), it only changed where it places the best forcing at.

In any event, instead of nail biting over precipitation types, I'll pass on the NAM and take the slightly drier and much colder GFS.

Then again, it is the NAM...

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He did nail the 2011 GHD, but it was by sheer luck that he did.

Too bad he missed all the other subsequent events (I'll have to reevaluate his forecast for President's Day).

This morning to call event 1" or less is down right irresponsible forecasting when are local NWS clearly stated a 2 to 4" band across metro Detroit and I believe its a conservative/Safe amount for now considering the current winter were in.

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Amazing how unimpressive this thing looks like at H5. The most subtle of ripples in the ul flow. Not much jet dynamics either. Seems WAA/isentropic lift in a relatively tight baroclinic zone is the primary forcing mechanism. That alone can produce quite heavy snows, but usually there's a better gulf connection. I'd probably be a bit more conservative in my amounts. Definitely going to see some 8"+ amounts wherever some banding sets up, but imo a foot is probably out of reach.

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From the NWS in Cleveland... Part of their Area Forecast Discussion at 947 am this morning et...

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...

THE LAKE EFFECT SHOULD QUICKLY WIND DOWN THIS EVENING LEAVING A

BRIEF DRY PERIOD OVERNIGHT. ALL OF THE 00Z GUIDANCE SIMILAR

BRINGING SNOW INTO NW OH AROUND 12Z THURSDAY. THIS PRECIP WILL

OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS.

THIS PRECIP WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER STRONG LOW MOVING

ACROSS THE CENTRAL LAKES. THIS WILL BE A VERY DYNAMIC SYSTEM AND

MOST OF THE AREA COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. THE PRECIP

SHOULD QUICKLY END FROM W TO E DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY

EVENING HOURS. SOME LAKE EFFECT WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TO THE EAST

OF KCLE THURSDAY NIGHT BUT LIKE TODAY THERE WILL ONLY BE A BRIEF

WINDOW FOR SNOW. WILL NEED NO MORE THAN A CHANCE MENTION BY

DAYBREAK FRIDAY. YET ANOTHER POTENT SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT

THE AREA BY LATE FRIDAY. WARM AIR ADVECTION SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD

THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY. ON SATURDAY AN

INVERTED TROUGH WILL SLIDE EAST ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL BE A

GOOD SET UP FOR A DECENT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA AND THE NEW GUIDANCE

IS ALREADY SUGGESTING SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. EXPECT THAT

ADDITIONAL HEADLINES WILL BE NEEDED IF THINGS DEVELOP AS CURRENTLY

DEPICTED. HAVE USED A BLEND OF GUIDANCE TEMPS.

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So I guess we've presupposed that a northward shift is impossible.

Yep, completely. Next run will be good for Cincy, trust me.

I was subtly trolling AppsRunner for disaffirming a forecast that called for a bullseye north of the current I-80 model consensus. Too subtle obviously. :lol:

Calling for 3-7 or 4-8 outside of 24 hours is a little ridiculous though.

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This morning to call event 1" or less is down right irresponsible forecasting when are local NWS clearly stated a 2 to 4" band across metro Detroit and I believe its a conservative/Safe amount for now considering the current winter were in.

Best to just say 'some accumulation likely'. You're not hyping it and you're not belittling it. I haven't watched Detroit local METs in several years. Heck Jerry Hodak was still doing the weather the last time I watched a local MET. I don't even know who Rich Luterman is???

West MI actually have decent local METs.

Onto this event. Hard to get excited here as there is much that can go wrong for those of us in the I96/M59 corridor. NAM is nice but the NAM has been basically a disaster this winter.

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From the NWS in Northern Indiana Area Forecast Discussion @ 613 am et this morning...

LONG TERM.../FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/

FAST MOVING PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL BE HEADING TOWARDS THE REGION DURING

THE DAY FRIDAY. WHILE MODELS IN OVERALL AGREEMENT ON PCPN/QPF

POTENTIAL SOME DIFFERENCES IN TRACK OF INITIAL WAVE FRI AND THEN

SOUTHERN STREAM ENERGY MERGING WITH THE WAVE FRI NGT INTO SAT. 290K

ISENTROPIC SFC SHOWS INCREASING LIFT AND LOWERING CPD`S TO SHOW A

THREAT FOR SNOW ARRIVING IN NW AREAS BY 18Z FRI. THIS CONTINUES

QUICKLY EAST WITH SOUTHERN STREAM ENERGY GETTING INTO THE ACT LATE

FRI AFTERNOON INTO FRI NGT. SREF HAS FURTHEST NORTH SOLUTION WITH

MAYBE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES SEEING ACCUMULATIONS. ECMWF/NAM/GFS

MORE SOUTHERLY AT THIS POINT...THINK MOST LOCATIONS WILL 1 TO 2

INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN HALF OR SO WHERE

2 TO 4 INCH SNOWFALL COULD OCCUR. IF MORE SOUTHERLY SOLUTIONS

VERIFIED...QPF AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE THIRD INCH COULD

YIELD ADVISORY CRITERIA. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE PICKING UP

WHICH MAY CAUSE BLOWING/DRIFTING ISSUES. CR ALL BLEND TONED DOWN

POPS A BIT TOO MUCH FOR MY TASTE CONSIDERING RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY

WITH SURROUNDING OFFICE GRIDS SEEMING TO AGREE. HAVE TRIED TO ADD

SOME TIMING FRIDAY BUT KEPT BROAD BRUSHED FRIDAY NIGHT WITH HIGHEST

POPS NE AND FAR SE.

NWS Wilmington OH AFD @ 848 am this morning (short term)...

IT IS BEGINNING TO APPEAR THAT THE WEATHER DISTURBANCE FOR FRIDAY

NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY WILL HAVE A RESPECTABLE IMPACT FOR THE

AREA...INCLUDING A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES. HOWEVER...THERE ARE

STILL SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN TIMING AND PLACEMENT...REGARDING

BOTH THE MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE AND THE DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW. THESE

DIFFERENCES PRECLUDE MAKING AN EXTREMELY SPECIFIC OR DETERMINISTIC

FORECAST. HOWEVER...WHAT HAS BECOME CLEAR IS THAT THERE WILL BE A

ZONE OF A RELATIVELY DEEP LAYER (100 MB OR A FEW THOUSAND FEET AT

LEAST) OF TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING ABOVE THE SURFACE...WITH

TEMPS IN THE LOWER 30S TO UPPER 20S AT THE GROUND. AT THIS

TIME...THE ECMWF IS FORECASTING A STRONGER SURFACE LOW...WARMER

TEMPERATURES...AND A TIMING DIFFERENCE (FASTER) OF ABOUT SIX HOURS

AS COMPARED TO THE GFS. WITH VARYING DEGREES OF AGREEMENT (OR

DISAGREEMENT) BETWEEN SOME OF THE OTHER MODELS...WILL KEEP THINGS

RATHER GENERAL AND PROBABILISTIC IN THE FORECAST FOR NOW.

IN MAKING THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO INCLUDE THESE MIXED PRECIPITATION

ELEMENTS IN THE GRIDS...A TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN ALL-RAIN AND

ALL-SNOW ELEMENTS HAS BEEN INCLUDED ROUGHLY COINCIDENT WITH

SURFACE TEMPS BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES. THUS...THE BEST

INDICATIONS AT THIS TIME ARE THAT THE MIX ZONE WILL CUT THROUGH

THE CENTER OF THE CWA...WITH ALL RAIN POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE OHIO

RIVER AND ALL SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE FAR NORTHWEST. THE EXACT

PLACEMENT AND TIMING (AND EVENTUALLY...MAGNITUDE) OF THE

TRANSITIONAL ZONE WILL BE ABLE TO BE REFINED ONCE MODEL AGREEMENT

IMPROVES. THE SNOW NORTH OF THE TRANSITION ZONE WILL LIKELY BE OF

THE ACCUMULATING NATURE.

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