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Dec 16-20 Snow/Mix events - Going over like a fart in church


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NAM backin goff on the qpf bomb idea is pretty reasonable considering other guidance isn't trying to lay down an inch of qpf over a chunk of New England in event #1.

NAM looks like it would be a torch in event #2. At least in the mid-levels initially. Miserable cold rain with the sfc low redevelopiong east of ACY. The hope is that the storm rapidly bombs and gets to occlusion point so it would at least give a period of snow during the late stages. Definitely for the ski resorts.

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Haha I'm pretty even and have mastered a decent ability to detach emotions from weather. It just is what it is. Skiing has still been pretty darn good lately as far as I'm concerned, all things considered.

Looks like winter, too. Hard to have a melt down staring at this every single day (photo from today). Its always winter in the highest elevations, lol.

Wish that extended down to Valley floor -- Stick season on the other side of the mountains from you PF

Dont recall seeing so much of that in December - start of winter not talking Jan thaw previous torches just start --

hate to do the hit and run - gotta go.

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Since nobody has touched on this, the EURO ens of Allan's site have wave 2's secondary over LI...thoughts?

Still not bad verbatim for NNE, but its trending quickly in the wrong direction. Having a flatter more insignificant first wave definitely hurts. If this first event was like it had been shown a couple days ago with a pretty potent mid-level center developing as it moves SE of New England, then this second event could have had something to work with...a lowered height field and subsequent better airmass. But with "storm" 1 sort of just weakening as it heads ENE and no real height fall behind it...we are left with this really nice shortwave and low with plenty of moisture to work with but also no resistance to being an ugly rainstorm.

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THERE IS MODERATE PROBABILITY FOR A FEW INCHES OF SNOW TO THE

NORTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE

COAST SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY THAT SNOWFALL

AMOUNTS EXCEED 4 INCHES...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF THAT ACROSS

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO

ALL RAIN. HOWEVER THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCRETION ACROSS

THE BERKSHIRES/WORCESTER HILLS AND INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE

DURING THE TRANSITION.

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Wish that extended down to Valley floor -- Stick season on the other side of the mountains from you PF

Dont recall seeing so much of that in December - start of winter not talking Jan thaw previous torches just start --

hate to do the hit and run - gotta go.

Well there's nothing on the ground in town here on the other side of the Worcester Range ridgeline...think most are in the same boat. We haven't even really had any strong FROPAs or CAA for upslope snow except for that arctic front/upslope combo two weeks ago that laid down 4-7" in the valleys and up to a foot on the Spine.

We can't even nickel and dime in this pattern with no real energy moving overhead and no various advection processes with wind. Its just stale air and high pressure, followed by warm-ups and rain. Then repeat. I wish we could even get some solid CAA to get the upslope machine kicking... very similar to Lake Effect where those areas haven't seen anything either.

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Still not bad verbatim for NNE, but its trending quickly in the wrong direction. Having a flatter more insignificant first wave definitely hurts. If this first event was like it had been shown a couple days ago with a pretty potent mid-level center developing as it moves SE of New England, then this second event could have had something to work with...a lowered height field and subsequent better airmass. But with "storm" 1 sort of just weakening as it heads ENE and no real height fall behind it...we are left with this really nice shortwave and low with plenty of moisture to work with but also no resistance to being an ugly rainstorm.

Yeah there is absolutely zero CAA after the first storm with such a weak secondary response. A couple days ago when that was stronger (as you said), it at least bled some cold air down behind that first wave, giving New England at least a shot at a significant snowfall. Instead, behind that first system we are left with a stationary front that quickly goes to a warm front as the next system approaches.

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So the general vibe I'm getting after today's runs is that for most of SNE --- event 1 and event 2 will be mostly if not all rain (except maybe a brief period of light snow, some accum in ORH on SUN)

Maybe we can get a more favorable setup next weekend.

Yes that's the general consensus. There's very little hope now barring a miracle for the first two in SNE especially south of the Pike. AIT ;)

Remember forky getting slammed for lack of dynamics this weekend/early next week?

Anyway, next weekend has far more potential. It should save a white xmas for many.

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Yes that's the general consensus. There's very little hope now barring a miracle for the first two in SNE especially south of the Pike. AIT ;)

Remember forky getting slammed for lack of dynamics this weekend/early next week?

Anyway, next weekend has far more potential. It should save a white xmas for many.

Wow... that's disgustingly awesome. Too bad its another day 7-8 threat, lol.

18z GFS... that first primary low just keeps going further west. Its like over Lake Michigan now instead of Lake Ontario.

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Wow... that's disgustingly awesome. Too bad its another day 7-8 threat, lol.

18z GFS... that first primary low just keeps going further west. Its like over Lake Michigan now instead of Lake Ontario.

It's so far west it takes the energy forever to cross the coast and by then the precip and mid level warmth have done their things.

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It's possible wave 2 could at least begin as elevated icing in the typical prone areas.

This is a look away I'm hideous type of disaster this last 12 hours. Low develops over Cleveland. We went from wondering how much snow Kevin was going to get to how much snow southern Canada may get. This pattern sucks, it just sucks differently than last year.
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This should not be surprising unless you were swept up in a weenie state of love by the euro the other day. Remember when I said it loves to give exotic solutions sometimes beyond day 7. The second and third lows we're highly questionable in terms of how they develop.

Yup...it's fun to look at and weenie fodder, but when we're in regular season or postseason mode in the subforum we don't obsess as much about threats past d4-5.

Looks like a lot of the snow I get will wash away. Let's get some legit cold in here.

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Yayyyy! Minor ice before rain

:axe:

But what are you gonna do. Bad Decembers happen to good weenies

Yeah well we had been spoiled absolutely rotten for Decembers recently...so not a shocker if we end up with two duds in a row. This one is far from over however. We'll prob get a bit of snow Sunday and then who knows after that toward Christmas.

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This is actually quite a lot like Dec 1996 right now...except the marginal snow bomb isn't happening...at least yet. We had two more bombs that month...one was a sickening 37F rainstorm and the other was a torching cutter. Maybe we'll get those first this time and the snow bomb after.

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Yup...it's fun to look at and weenie fodder, but when we're in regular season or postseason mode in the subforum we don't obsess as much about threats past d4-5.

Looks like a lot of the snow I get will wash away. Let's get some legit cold in here.

We say this everytime, but it falls on deaf ears for some. We all love winter and sometimes we let our desires get in the way, but boy is 7 days an eternity in the weather world. It's important to remember that.

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