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Election week coastal storm threat


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I just did side by side h5's @ hr 45 & 51 and compared with hr 51/57 with 6z. It's a huge step. I think I'm caving on this one. I've tried to fight the urge because it's so damn time consuming picking apart every run but the GFS just pushed me over the edge.

Bob, thanks for posting those. Pretty big differences to my unknowing eyes. I may be starting to fade myself. I've never bought this one. I'd sure like to see it happen though.

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If anything 0z was onto closing h5 before the 6z went the other way. If you compare 0z to 12z it's a more natural progression towards the desired solution. The GFS really wants to wrap this thing up earlier than yesterday's runs. That's the most significant takeaway for me. The euro has just been steady freddie at closing up h5 perfectly to our south and putting us into the hot and heavy deform stuff.

A good analogy of what we want to happen is the cyclone hitting it's adolescent growth spurt over our heads before it becomes mature and flabby.

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Always nice to see you pop in and say things like this.

What time frame are you thinking for the 6-10hr period?

Well maybe late Wed aftn into Wed night. Just remember it's all about placement in this band. It's not going to be something where all QPF will be snow, it will probably only snow where the strongest echoes lie. Big bust potential and have fun figuring that out..lol. All you can say right now, is the potential is there for some snow in the DC area..especially spots higher up...and on into NW NJ/ERN NY.

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Well maybe late Wed aftn into Wed night. Just remember it's all about placement in this band. It's not going to be something where all QPF will be snow, it will probably only snow where the strongest echoes lie. Big bust potential and have fun figuring that out..lol. All you can say right now, is the potential is there for some snow in the DC area..especially spots higher up...and on into NW NJ/ERN NY.

Excellent. Thank you.

Yea, I totally understand about location. Unfortunately for me, my house is usually frustrating close but 20 miles to my NW is cashing in. I wouldn't expect this to be any different if it does snow. I'll get lucky with an inch or 2 as it pulls away. But heck, 2" is damn close to my seasonal total last year.

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Well maybe late Wed aftn into Wed night. Just remember it's all about placement in this band. It's not going to be something where all QPF will be snow, it will probably only snow where the strongest echoes lie. Big bust potential and have fun figuring that out..lol. All you can say right now, is the potential is there for some snow in the DC area..especially spots higher up...and on into NW NJ/ERN NY.

Sorry but i just wanted to highlight the important parts before everyone says all snow.

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Don't do this to me. Remember that time I bailed you out of that foxhole in 'Nam?

Well don't confuse "potential" with "locked" lol. It's still quite possible the DC area is on the wrn precip fringe. This is not an easy task to figure out. Trying to narrow down a band that might have a 30-50 mile wide swath of snow that depends on dynamics in a marginal atmosphere is difficult at best. It would be wise to keep expectations in check for now, but it certainly is on the table. If the euro hangs tough, then I would feel better, but I'm unsure how far west the precip makes it.

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Sorry but i just wanted to highlight the important parts before everyone says all snow.

So you think. This is all anyone read:

Well maybe late Wed aftn into Wed night. Just remember it's all about placement in this band. It's not going to be something where all QPF will be snow, it will probably only snow where the strongest echoes lie. Big bust potential and have fun figuring that out..lol. All you can say right now, is the potential is there for some snow in the DC area..especially spots higher up...and on into NW NJ/ERN NY.

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I wouldn't even focus heavily on elevation partly since those areas might not get into heavy precip. Obviously elevation helps when available but a euro solution would give just about anyone snow who gets the comma head. Anyone who has lived here a while knows how to be skeptical.

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For instance, that s/w that initiates cyclogenesis...if that decides to become very convective, it may act to keep a tighter area of precip and not spread it so far west.

I mean, the convective element has to be the reason the models are so far off with this. When/where you get the DMC feedback on the upper low will depend when/where the def band sets up

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