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Weekend Storm Discussion 2/18-2/19


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I think we need to keep an open mind about this. I know that sounds stupid, but this seems to be an evolving situation. The GFS first started this thing as being a Sat event, iirc, and now 6 of its 12z ensemble members have low pressure in the vicinity of the Fla panhandle/northern Fla on Monday morning. I think what we actually see from sat-mon could end up any number of ways different from what we are seeing modeled.

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Interesting note about the ensembles. Someone had mentioned that the GFS ensembles had new physics implemented as of today's 12z suite - anyone care to elaborate? I'm not trying to weenie my way out of the solution they provided or anything like that...just curious.

The big change was in the resolution of the model for the ensemble members (from T190L28 to T254L42). The physics were changed to (finally!) match the same set that the OP is using (though things behave differently at lower resolution).

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yeah the ens mean isnt that bad on the euro.. comparatively at least. .25"+ into PA... .5"+ starts about 30-50 mi south of dc.

I like the idea (expressed by others) that we'll likely see the models converge in a day or so on a solution that fringes us and slides the storm OTS and then we hope for a north move in the last 60 hours.

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I like the idea (expressed by others) that we'll likely see the models converge in a day or so on a solution that fringes us and slides the storm OTS and then we hope for a north move in the last 60 hours.

surface temps would be a concern in a fringe imo tho perhaps they'll be just cold enough. the euro ens is pretty torchy at the surface.

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You need to call up HPC. They seem to think that it won't become clear until Friday at the earliest. Maybe you could help them out.

for a Major storm that beings on Saturday night or Sunday morning....You should know by Wednesday 00z that its coming. What big storm do you remember that was only modeled 2 days out where Thursday there was nothing...Friday showed a storm and then the storm started 48-60 hours later?

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for a Major storm that beings on Saturday night or Sunday morning....You should know by Wednesday 00z that its coming. What big storm do you remember that was only modeled 2 days out where Thursday there was nothing...Friday showed a storm and then the storm started 48-60 hours later?

12/26/10 oh right we did not get that :axe: , but everyone else did and that is what the models showed.

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Your right..the dec 26 storm came back to life 48 hours before the event. Forgot about that one..and for good reason:(

The feb 2006 storm had nothing till Wednesday noon runs and that storm started Saturday evening

You're right.........I recall the Feb 2006 MECS rapidly trending better as the storm approached. Easily the most satisfying event in years, possibly since PDII.

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Your right..the dec 26 storm came back to life 48 hours before the event. Forgot about that one..and for good reason:(

The feb 2006 storm had nothing till Wednesday noon runs and that storm started Saturday evening

If it still shows OTS by 0Z tomorrow night then it is probably time to pack it in.

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Yeah but wasn't the 12/26/10 system modeled a few days before then the models lost it and brought it back again. It wasn't like it was never there before and then just appeared 48 hours before the event.

If i remember correctly it was modeled and then lost but it was no where near as strong as it ended up when it was first modeled. It means nothing for this system and who knows how this will end up we just have to wait till probably tomorrow night or Thursday and then we will know. No sense in trying to find other events that happened in the past, that has no bearing on this outcome nor was the setup or the factors the same.

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for a Major storm that beings on Saturday night or Sunday morning....You should know by Wednesday 00z that its coming. What big storm do you remember that was only modeled 2 days out where Thursday there was nothing...Friday showed a storm and then the storm started 48-60 hours later?

I don't think many of us are banking on a major storm here. Our socks could get knocked off with tonight's and tomorrow's runs but I think todays 12z suite added some clarity. Flow is consistenly being modeled a bit flat to think we have a decent chance at a solid hammering. I'm just focused on the hp around the lakes to deliver just enough cold air and having the system bloom large enough over nc/va tidewater to put us in a solid .25.50 stripe.

Off topic a bit but this is one odd nina. If you look at the snow depths in the colorado rockies it just doesn't paint a nina picture. I saw this earlier this year but was told that regular nina climo should kick in later in the season. Here we are in mid Feb and another string of closed lows keep cruising through the sw and adding to the precip totals in az, nm, and sw colorado. I guess the good part about this is that it's indicative of a healthy split flow and that's exactly what we need to get a decent event in the ma.

Of course I'm hoping that tonight's and tomorrow's runs build on a more amped system but I have plenty reservations.

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