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Feb. 18-20, 2012 Disco/Analysis


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  On 2/19/2012 at 2:03 AM, SBUWX23 said:

weaker slp would mean less WA and less of a warm nose with this being further south and RDU profiles have no warm nose at 21z. in fact its isothermal near 0C

Yep...I was about to say KMRN has no warm nose at 21z...a big change from previous runs.

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Not saying this is actually going to happen but if the 0z NAM is correct, we may have one of heck of a snow along I-40 and north in North Carolina. The timing would indicate that snow could really break out along the escarpment and spread east...this could be a rare occasion where Asheville gets a relative lull but Hickory to GSO to just north of RDU could pile up.

This is an interesting run to say the least...

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Good post Dan! Heading up 221 if so tomorrow :)

  On 2/19/2012 at 2:10 AM, Marion_NC_WX said:

Not saying this is actually going to happen but if the 0z NAM is correct, we may have one of heck of a snow along I-40 and north in North Carolina. The

timing would indicate that snow could really break out along the escarpment and spread east...this could be a rare occasion where Asheville gets a relative lull but Hickory to GSO to just north of RDU could pile up.

This is an interesting run to say the least...

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  On 2/19/2012 at 12:49 AM, strongwxnc said:

Posted on Andy Wood's Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/#!/awood11

"The warm ground temperature argument is drastically overplayed during the winter, especially when heavy precipitation and snowfall rates are likely. Heavy and consistent snow rates trump the entire "soil is too warm" argument. I have seen numerous times (in TN, MS, GA and SC) where 50-degree soil temperatures and (60-degree air the day before) was overcome in the first 30 minutes by consistent moderate-heavy snow. The key is a consistent rate of snow. If inconsistent and only moderate snow at times, warm ground temps will overwhelm snow rates. This is an intense, dynamic system capable of manufacture it's own cold air as precipitation rates dictate how much cold is pulled from the upper-levels."

This is exactly why I don't get the low forecast totals when the models show more. The NAM shows 5 to 7 inches for Wake County earlier and the models keep trending for more.

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  On 2/19/2012 at 2:19 AM, tarheelwx said:

Agree, but I don't think there will be much issue with travel unless we get rates over 1"/hour. More concerned with heavy wet snow causing power outages. You got totals and surface temps for the triad?

TW

talked to robert earlier he said black ice will be there tomorrow night and monday

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  On 2/19/2012 at 2:19 AM, SBUWX23 said:

One thing and not sure why yet, but the nam sim radar does not show the definition we saw earlier with the backside band as we did earlier

I liked everything about this run, except for that. But all in all, I will take it, the triad looks to cleanup.

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