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February Winter Storm Prospects


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The JMA is a compromise between the Euro and the GFS and sounds much like the EC Mean. It looks like mostly snow for the NW burbs and NYC is on the dividing line for the Thursday into Friday storm.

JMA at 120 hrs. http://grib2.com/jma/CONUS_JMA_1000-500_SLPTHKPRP_120HR.gif

JMA 850mb at 120 hrs. http://grib2.com/jma/CONUS_JMA_850_GPHTMPRH_120HR.gif

JMA at 144 hrs. http://grib2.com/jma/CONUS_JMA_1000-500_SLPTHKPRP_144HR.gif

JMA 850mb at 144 hrs. http://grib2.com/jma/CONUS_JMA_850_GPHTMPRH_144HR.gif

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The 18z GFS at hour 99 on NCEP looks like it's trying to pop a weak coastal for the first storm. Not sure how far north the precipitation eventually gets.

EDIT: This is about as far north as the GFS gets with the first storm, but as John (earthlight) mentioned, each run has had terrible consistency with this timeframe and is probably going to change the next run.

gfs_namer_099_850_temp_mslp_precip.gif

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I call it as I see it. If the features modeled at H5 are indeed correct then I would not worry about what solution each model has. With resemblance of blocking, a strong ridge out west, and most important a very nice area of confluence one would have to be happy. IMO any energy that would eject with that pattern might push north into the confluence but would have to transfer to the coast. It defies logic for it to continue to cut right into the block. We have seen this modeled in the past with similar setups/storms. I would take that setup anyday. With those features IF and only IF they are real, I would think a large overrunning event followed by secondary development would deliver good snows to the NYC metro area. Models always struggle with these setups, but as we have seen in the past they can be very beneficial for us. Some of you might know some similar setups/analogs I am thinking of.

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yuck at that setup.

We all know that this is bonus snow if we get it.

the gfs has had a horrible time handling this system, but the overall look with the ridge and the very strong high looks threatening. 2 days ago we were worried about marginal cold and a positively tilted trough. Still many many changes to go

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Whoever this stays all snow for ( probably somewhere between the m/d line and c ny state to c ne ) looks to be a very big storm. This seems like a very long duration and slow moving system. You have a lot of energy and moisture blocked and flanked by highs to the north. This slow/ long Duration has been consistent on almost all models and all runs.

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