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I agree with Leesburg, I'm just looking for a little front end snow, even if it turns to a nasty ice/rain event. At this point we have a decent storm coming 12/26 period that can go miller A, Miller B or lakes. My odds are on the lakes scenario until I see the pattern is capable of something else, but that could still get us a front end thump with the CAD signature. It's an interesting storm to follow, better than anything we've had on the models so far this month.

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Cutter? or DT and BChill nailing it?

maybe not a full blown cutter as it looks like it'll try to redevelop offshore at the end of the run tho it pumps plenty of warm air in first and the primary 500 low is so strong not sure how much redev would help.

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maybe not a full blown cutter as it looks like it'll try to redevelop offshore at the end of the run tho it pumps plenty of warm air in first and the primary 500 low is so strong not sure how much redev would help.

Matt says the cold air damming signature is pretty strong on the 26th so maybe we get ice or front end snow before the rain. That's probably our best chance. Course I'm saying that without actually seeing the Euro.

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Matt says the cold air damming signature is pretty strong on the 26th so maybe we get ice or front end snow before the rain. That's probably our best chance. Course I'm saying that without actually seeing the Euro.

yeah initially at least. elevation gets some snow on this run.. sw va, w nc, sw pa etc. for this range i suppose it's fine since it's going to change at least 20 times..

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yeah initially at least. elevation gets some snow on this run.. sw va, w nc, sw pa etc. for this range i suppose it's fine since it's going to change at least 20 times..

yes...at least it is something to keep us occupied even though it will probably be rain...the ULL is still in western KY when the run ends....at least it looks like a monster complex...which makes it interesting...plus cold air in place

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Yeah, I don't know what the surface temps are, but there's certainly a good CAD signal as Matt said with a banana high to the north. Just sort of bowling ball's to the east...850 0C line is right along the Mason-Dixon by 240hr (farther north at 216hr). Without seeing surface temps (and doing some quasi-futile extrapolation), maybe an ice-to-rain-ending-as-snow event? Maybe we'd get in on snow after 240hr if that transfers to the coast.

One good sign on the Euro is it brings the arctic air back into the picture over the weekend into Christmas Eve/Christmas morning. So, we should have a good cold/dry antecedent air mass if that happens. With the high placement, definitely an icing scenario on the table.

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yes...at least it is something to keep us occupied even though it will probably be rain...the ULL is still in western KY when the run ends....at least it looks like a monster complex...which makes it interesting...plus cold air in place

i didnt look at last night's run so maybe not a "disaster" but it's all rain here at least.

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12/26...CAD has it below 32 just to the NC/SC border...(in the western parts of the state of course..in the typical CAD regions)...it is silly because it is 10 days away, but this could be a decent ice event for SW VA

It's interesting anyway, to me the 500 being such a big massive bowling ball so far south is kind of weird looking. I don't like weird.

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12/26...CAD has it below 32 just to the NC/SC border...(in the western parts of the state of course..in the typical CAD regions)...it is silly because it is 10 days away, but this could be a decent ice event for SW VA

ok maybe misinterpreted the first post. i do see the sub 32 hugging the mtns down to about the border. sw va does stay quite cold thru the day. and yeah.. sorta silly.

It's interesting anyway, to me the 500 being such a big massive bowling ball so far south is kind of weird looking. I don't like weird.

it is weird.. initially tracks pretty hard NE from TX to KY then just starts going east.

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Yeah, I don't know what the surface temps are, but there's certainly a good CAD signal as Matt said with a banana high to the north. Just sort of bowling ball's to the east...850 0C line is right along the Mason-Dixon by 240hr (farther north at 216hr). Without seeing surface temps (and doing some quasi-futile extrapolation), maybe an ice-to-rain-ending-as-snow event? Maybe we'd get in on snow after 240hr if that transfers to the coast.

One good sign on the Euro is it brings the arctic air back into the picture over the weekend into Christmas Eve/Christmas morning. So, we should have a good cold/dry antecedent air mass if that happens. With the high placement, definitely an icing scenario on the table.

I was thinking that some of you down there who want to see snow could probably take a trip to Garrett County - it's a pretty decent lake effect/upslope scenario, correct?

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It's interesting anyway, to me the 500 being such a big massive bowling ball so far south is kind of weird looking. I don't like weird.

I thought the same thing, I can't remember seeing anything like that before. A 528dm cutoff low with -15°C @ 850mb over Alabama? Not likely. Chalk one up one to the looney bin.

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