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Snow potential Thursday night and Saturday 1/19 to 1/21


Mikehobbyst

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Yep precip moves out just before the warming. Verbatim does look like some snow, nothing major 1-3. But hey 1-3 would be awesome. Weak wave that is squashed by the confluence, EURO keeps the high in place which is the key to preventing the warming.

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Yep precip moves out just before the warming. Verbatim does look like some snow, nothing major 1-3. But hey 1-3 would be awesome. Weak wave that is squashed by the confluence, EURO keeps the high in place which is the key to preventing the warming.

.40" of precip is 3"-4" at least.

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Yep precip moves out just before the warming. Verbatim does look like some snow, nothing major 1-3. But hey 1-3 would be awesome. Weak wave that is squashed by the confluence, EURO keeps the high in place which is the key to preventing the warming.

Thanks for the info. This is the Euro's accurate range, but do you think that it will gave to the GGEM and the GFS which both show a primarily rain event, with some snow at the outset?

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Better look at the GGEM from Ewall. 1-3 inches looks reasonable if this verifies.

I think it's time to try and put an end to this absurd 1-3" range that tv mets invented in the 70s. A powdery 3" that accumulates on roadways can be an impactful storm. 1" is usually just a nuissance snow. But most people just assume the higher number. The same is true for 3-6 and 4-8 etc. It might be better to report a single number with an error bar, like 5, plus or minus 2.

We shouldn't always estimate upwards based on model QPF. At our latidude and near the Atlantic Ocean, a 10:1 ratio is a good first assumption. So from .11" liquid we should guess a range of something like .6" to 1.6, not 1-3" Other potentially acceptable forecasts would be "around an inch," or "a coating to 2" or just "<2"

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