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Election week coastal storm threat


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The track itself on the 18z gfs still isn't all that tragic. It would need to be a stronger storm. Not sure if we can kick start the strengthening process any earlier though. We needed the help of the trailing vort but it looks like the timing isn't going to work out.

I guess it's time to start watching the finer details as the lead vort comes around the bottom of the trough. Doubt there will be much difference in what the models showed over the next 24hrs vs what happens but it's worth watching.

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Someone is going to get fringed and fringed Bad...again this reminds me of the storm which I think was December 2010 of when Baltimore was expected to get several inches, but the storm pushed slightly east and had a tight precip gradient..the end result was next to nothing for Baltimore and several inches for the eastern shore...We could be looking at a similar situation here.

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Someone is going to get fringed and fringed Bad...again this reminds me of the storm which I think was December 2010 of when Baltimore was expected to get several inches, but the storm pushed slightly east and had a tight precip gradient..the end result was next to nothing for Baltimore and several inches for the eastern shore...We could be looking at a similar situation here.

I think there is a limit to how far east the precip can go and still be mostly snow. I don't really see this as a scenario where this thing can scrape the coast and give them 4 inches. Doesn't seem likely. It appears that there is a sweet spot and "best case" where the heaviest precip aligns with "cold enough" air. The 00Z Euro and 12Z to a lesser extent showed that.

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My forecast for sdandy to trend further northeast didn't pan out. However for this one, I am also forecasting it to verify further northeast. It's a noreaster, like 12/26/2010. These things usually don't wrap up as fast as expected. Don't worry Blizz is still getting rain.

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Nailed it!! Except for the Blizz getting rain part. 18z GFS gives him his 4-8. If it verifies, score one for the KFS.

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I think there is a limit to how far east the precip can go and still be mostly snow. I don't really see this as a scenario where this thing can scrape the coast and give them 4 inches. Doesn't seem likely. It appears that there is a sweet spot and "best case" where the heaviest precip aligns with "cold enough" air. The 00Z Euro and 12Z to a lesser extent showed that.

This whole symphony of shortwaves is interesting to see on the models. If I had I guess, I think the 18z gfs is too far east as the ensemble seemed a little sw of the op at hr 60. That energy coming from Canada is factoring in too. We should have an idea on trends tonight.

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A more intense storm closer to the coast could very well destroy recovery efforts in New Jersey and New York. There's a world beyond your snowglobe.

This moral argument was put to bed years ago. Please don't perpetuate it. Any enthusiast that is 100% unwavering for imby snow is totally acceptable. There is zero reason to rationalize the other way. We are rooting for snow period. Nothing else matters at all and no criticism is necessary.

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This whole symphony of shortwaves is interesting to see on the models. If I had I guess, I think the 18z gfs is too far east as the ensemble seemed a little sw of the op at hr 60. That energy coming from Canada is factoring in too. We should have an idea on trends tonight.

I'm glad you brought this up. It's the part of the puzzle that I dont fully understand when looking at h5 maps. I kinda liked the 12z gfs because it was pulling the backside energy into a closed contour. I was hoping 18z would take it a step further but it went the other way.

You think there is still a chance at better timing and interaction? I was writing it off but I'm far from the person to make that type of call.

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This moral argument was put to bed years ago. Please don't perpetuate it. Any enthusiast that is 100% unwavering for imby snow is totally acceptable. There is zero reason to rationalize the other way. We are rooting for snow period. Nothing else matters at all and no criticism is necessary.

Bob, I feel the same way you do SNOW. Remember someones fortune is someone else misfortune. The way of the world.

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The next set of runs should remove most of or all of the doubt and although anything can happen, it seems the trend is for the storm to be too far east to affect us. But most of the pessimism has come about because of the latest 18z GFS run. Is that off hour run as reliable as the 0z and 12z runs statistically? The powers that be didn't order better sampling of this storm like they did with Sandy, did they?

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This moral argument was put to bed years ago. Please don't perpetuate it. Any enthusiast that is 100% unwavering for imby snow is totally acceptable. There is zero reason to rationalize the other way. We are rooting for snow period. Nothing else matters at all and no criticism is necessary.

He was attacking the CWG blogger for writing that maybe it's a good thing that this might miss the region.

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