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Calling the JMA solution a "severe noreaster" is a way over-statement. It's a pedestrian coastal winter storm. QPF totals there are under 1.5 inches with mixing issues early... so figure 1.2" worth in snow is 10-14" .

It would be stellar for this season. but not severe by any stretch.

Calling this a 'Severe Noreaster' is like when Mitt Romney called himself a 'Severe Conservative' this past week!

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Calling the JMA solution a "severe noreaster" is a way over-statement. It's a pedestrian coastal winter storm. QPF totals there are under 1.5 inches with mixing issues early... so figure 1.2" worth in snow is 10-14" .

It would be stellar for this season. but not severe by any stretch.

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What day is that for? Friday?

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I think the main thing I take from the various models is that the system wants to occlude and we are talking a good chance of a front end of wet snow, etc....so maybe a 2-4 deal even in places like KGAY.

But it would be a lot tougher for it to transfer to the coast fast enough to do a GGEM. More likely it just tapers to drizzle, temps semi-torch and melts much of the sloppy few inches, then some snow showers as the new low gets going, but too late for SNE or ENY.

Now make sure you get that accurate measurement before it starts to melt off. ;)

You folks can keep the 4" of slush...all set.

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LOL I posted this about the Thursday system before I realized you were all onto the "next" phantom threat.

I think the main thing I take from the various models is that the system wants to occlude and we are talking a good chance of a front end of wet snow, etc....so maybe a 2-4 deal even in places like KGAY.

But it would be a lot tougher for it to transfer to the coast fast enough to do a GGEM. More likely it just tapers to drizzle, temps semi-torch and melts much of the sloppy few inches, then some snow showers as the new low gets going, but too late for SNE or ENY.

Now make sure you get that accurate measurement before it starts to melt off. ;)

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The Friday/Saturday system was a beauty, two streams phased etc.... only problem being the whole trough (position of PV, etc.) was about 200 miles too far east to begin with and I think that doomed it from the start for most of NE and certainly my area.

I guess there are rare winters when you just always have bad luck.

The way this winter has gone no area is safe even inside the last 24 hrs as we just witnessed although this is a diiferent system altogether

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Yea I checked I was wrong, it was 39 at my house. One of my favorite storms. I am looking to see which storm I remember it being crazy warm the day before.

FYI

Jerry was talking about Friday Brian

January 1987 (the first of the 3 KU's that year)....i think it was very warm the day before the storm.

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The Friday/Saturday system was a beauty, two streams phased etc.... only problem being the whole trough (position of PV, etc.) was about 200 miles too far east to begin with and I think that doomed it from the start for most of NE and certainly my area.

I guess there are rare winters when you just always have bad luck.

Yeah Rick, The 2nd vort in that southern stream was just to much to overcome and tugged everything ENE, If there is a winter where we have had bad luck its this one, All we need to have for this next one is to come out of the SW on roids and track thru buffalo to continue the bad luck

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I don't give a rat's weenie about the Sierra Nevada....this is the ne forum and a ne thread. Take that, sit on it and spin.

As for the relevant area, I am among the worst and on pace to set a record low mark.

Well... the purpose for bringing that up was to offer some perspective that might ease the frustration - if you can't think outside the box at all, ...good luck in life!

Most sane people would agree that understanding is the path to acceptance - where realm that does not include frustration ;)

If one understands this is all part of a bigger issue worth of study and fascination for its own rite, but then still can't accept it ...that person's got real big problems.

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I almost feel like we should just get rid of the Friday Night deal, and make room for the deeper trough over the south central US. That trough down that way is going to try and bounce that system out, anyways. Maybe it won't matter, but something I noticed. This is more for Sunday.

I was thinking the same thing on my run a while ago, but then it occurred...usually the lead system ends up dominant. So now I'm wondering if this thing doesn't get interesting... Heh, guess we need tonight's runs to pull head out of arse and start givin' up the goods.

One thing I find interesting is that Euros D5-6 system is actually born of the southern stream almost entirely ...well, stream that is more south that the GFS'. The ECM's has an origin in the SW, where the GFS' is entirely the northern stream cutting a potent wave through the Lakes and off the upper MA coast.

How about this wild idea... a compromise? That would be a tasty tasty solution, the compromise, because both streams would give a little and we could very well "wind" up with a two stream phaser.

Eh ...hell, who cares anymore -

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Would be nice to see a spike in ridging out west as the weekend s/w dives south upstream of the Friday trough. Would be able to dig further south, phase faster / more completely with the southern energy and also widen the spacing from the Friday trough. Could be something big if some of those ingredients come together

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I was thinking the same thing on my run a while ago, but then it occurred...usually the lead system ends up dominant. So now I'm wondering if this thing doesn't get interesting... Heh, guess we need tonight's runs to pull head out of arse and start givin' up the goods.

One thing I find interesting is that Euros D5-6 system is actually born of the southern stream almost entirely ...well, stream that is more south that the GFS'. The ECM's has an origin in the SW, where the GFS' is entirely the northern stream cutting a potent wave through the Lakes and off the upper MA coast.

How about this wild idea... a compromise? That would be a tasty tasty solution, the compromise, because both streams would give a little and we could very well "wind" up with a two stream phaser.

Eh ...hell, who cares anymore -

The Friday deal has a SWFE look with a garbage airmass, which imo usually aren't the greatest for SNE in general. I think you really want to have somewhat of a cold antecedent airmass out ahead of any SWFE. You have 850 temps not even at -4C preceding this if the euro ensembles are right. Blah. Maybe for far interior areas near 1k it's good, but imo the euro ensembles aren't the best looking for a good chunk of SNE. If this could tuck under SNE and intensify rapidly, then it's different. However we have several days to see how it goes.

I just feel like the weekend storm could have a little more potential, but we'll see.

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I was thinking the same thing on my run a while ago, but then it occurred...usually the lead system ends up dominant. So now I'm wondering if this thing doesn't get interesting... Heh, guess we need tonight's runs to pull head out of arse and start givin' up the goods.

One thing I find interesting is that Euros D5-6 system is actually born of the southern stream almost entirely ...well, stream that is more south that the GFS'. The ECM's has an origin in the SW, where the GFS' is entirely the northern stream cutting a potent wave through the Lakes and off the upper MA coast.

How about this wild idea... a compromise? That would be a tasty tasty solution, the compromise, because both streams would give a little and we could very well "wind" up with a two stream phaser.

Eh ...hell, who cares anymore -

I disagree. I thought we usually see the second system becoming dominant in the case of two closely spaced consecutive disturbances.

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The Friday deal has a SWFE look with a garbage airmass, which imo usually aren't the greatest for SNE in general. I think you really want to have somewhat of a cold antecedent airmass out ahead of any SWFE. You have 850 temps not even at -4C preceding this if the euro ensembles are right. Blah. Maybe for far interior areas near 1k it's good, but imo the euro ensembles aren't the best looking for a good chunk of SNE. If this could tuck under SNE and intensify rapidly, then it's different. However we have several days to see how it goes.

I just feel like the weekend storm could have a little more potential, but we'll see.

Agreed. We see a couple weak s/w's track through the region this week, with leading WAA and little in the way of CAA on the backside. The cold airmass quickly decays, with no reinforcements. The Friday system breaks this pattern, with a significant trough in it's wake and decent CAA. It's really a nice looking 50/50 low that develops. The problem is giving the Sunday s/w enough room to amplify. It's a nearly classic scenario if the northern s/w can dig south and fully phase with the southern energy.

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Agreed. We see a couple weak s/w's track through the region this week, with leading WAA and little in the way of CAA on the backside. The cold airmass quickly decays, with no reinforcements. The Friday system breaks this pattern, with a significant trough in it's wake and decent CAA. It's really a nice looking 50/50 low that develops. The problem is giving the Sunday s/w enough room to amplify. It's a nearly classic scenario if the northern s/w can dig south and fully phase with the southern energy.

Some of the GEFS have some sort of a low, but like you hinted at..it gets squashed right now.

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The Friday deal has a SWFE look with a garbage airmass, which imo usually aren't the greatest for SNE in general. I think you really want to have somewhat of a cold antecedent airmass out ahead of any SWFE. You have 850 temps not even at -4C preceding this if the euro ensembles are right. Blah. Maybe for far interior areas near 1k it's good, but imo the euro ensembles aren't the best looking for a good chunk of SNE. If this could tuck under SNE and intensify rapidly, then it's different. However we have several days to see how it goes.

I just feel like the weekend storm could have a little more potential, but we'll see.

Yeah no I don't believe that will succeed in going west of us. We'll see. The east based -NAO is retrograding ...yes, albeit while weakening, toward the Greenland. I suppose there is a race there as to whether it will have enough left to suppress the storm track down the EC. There is also possibility that the MJO related stuff I was talking about this morning may rear it's influence in the circulation at some point, too.

Also - I am less worried/concerned for antecedent air masses in the 2nd halves of winters, when the starting 850mb line is south of you and any dynamics then are involved at all. I have seen 57 in at 11am in April go to S+ by 6pm that night before. Buuut, if the NAO doesn't back then hell - sure.

As a side, as I was trying to convey, the ECM southern streamer and the GFS northern streamer coincidentally falling on the same day could signal that they are respectively missing the opposing stream - if that correct it could mean phasing. At D6 that stochastic is still available to play out here.

or not. Probabilities are not 0.

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Or maybe they're just pretty pissed off not to be able to enjoy any winter recreation at all outside of downhill skiing on man made snow ,,,for those us that don't do that. And for those of us that don't have free places to stay in Alaska.

Well... the purpose for bringing that up was to offer some perspective that might ease the frustration - if you can't think outside the box at all, ...good luck in life!

Most sane people would agree that understanding is the path to acceptance - where realm that does not include frustration ;)

If one understands this is all part of a bigger issue worth of study and fascination for its own rite, but then still can't accept it ...that person's got real big problems.

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