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December 20-22 Winter Storm (Blizzard?) Potential


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FWIW...

MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION

NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD

1059 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2012

VALID DEC 17/0000 UTC THRU DEC 20/1200 UTC

...UPR TROF CROSSING THE WEST TUE-WED...MOVING INTO THE

PLAINS/MIDWEST BY THURS...

PREFERENCE: 18Z GFS/12Z ECMWF BLEND

CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE

THE 00Z NAM CONTINUES TO TEND TO BE A BIT STRONGER THAN THE

CONSENSUS WITH THE HT FALLS CROSSING INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST

AND WITH THE SRN STREAM SEPARATION OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AS

COMPARED TO THE GLOBAL MDL CONSENSUS THROUGH WED. JUST AFTER THIS

PD...THE 00Z NAM BECOMES A STRONG OUTLIER ALOFT WITH THE CLSD LOW

DEVELOPMENT OVER THE MID MS VLY...

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NAM not the correct model to use this far out it is best from 0 -54 hrs. The GFS has trended a little further NW, but now grinds out a lot more QPF showing a blizzard for most of Wisconsin except the NW and extreme SE part of the state. The ECMWF has been the most consistent and has hinted at blizzard conditions too. This New Yorker thinks a good part of Wisconsin is going to get a blizzard. I will be in arriving on Tuesday in Milwaukee for the holiday's. In MKE part of the storm may be rain, but I still see a good chance for a blizzard there too, at least after the 850 low goes east of MKE.

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NAM not the correct model to use this far out it is best from 0 -54 hrs. The GFS has trended a little further NW, but now grinds out a lot more QPF showing a blizzard for most of Wisconsin except the NW and extreme SE part of the state. The ECMWF has been the most consistent and has hinted at blizzard conditions too. This New Yorker thinks a good part of Wisconsin is going to get a blizzard. I will be in arriving on Tuesday in Milwaukee for the holiday's. In MKE part of the storm may be rain, but I still see a good chance for a blizzard there too, at least after the 850 low goes east of MKE.

Yeah, that is what I think overall. I give it a good chance for a Madison to Green Bay blizzard, but further SE is definitely possible as well. Major national sources are catching on to the big potential of this storm.

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NAM not the correct model to use this far out it is best from 0 -54 hrs. The GFS has trended a little further NW, but now grinds out a lot more QPF showing a blizzard for most of Wisconsin except the NW and extreme SE part of the state. The ECMWF has been the most consistent and has hinted at blizzard conditions too. This New Yorker thinks a good part of Wisconsin is going to get a blizzard. I will be in arriving on Tuesday in Milwaukee for the holiday's. In MKE part of the storm may be rain, but I still see a good chance for a blizzard there too, at least after the 850 low goes east of MKE.

Early winter when does the GFS not trend NW? Wouldn't bet on this thing coming easterly on future runs

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NAM not the correct model to use this far out it is best from 0 -54 hrs. The GFS has trended a little further NW, but now grinds out a lot more QPF showing a blizzard for most of Wisconsin except the NW and extreme SE part of the state. The ECMWF has been the most consistent and has hinted at blizzard conditions too. This New Yorker thinks a good part of Wisconsin is going to get a blizzard. I will be in arriving on Tuesday in Milwaukee for the holiday's. In MKE part of the storm may be rain, but I still see a good chance for a blizzard there too, at least after the 850 low goes east of MKE.

00z GFS gust potential. Pretty impressive considering the rate of snowfall in the midst of those winds...

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I'd be a little concerned about power outages in the rapid deepening scenarios. A good chunk of the snow is probably going to be wet before trending powdery later. High winds and wet snow don't go well.

Most definitely, because it looks like a heavy wet snow will be the general consistency. You're right, it could be a nightmare near and anywhere a bit NW of the low pressure track if this thing deepens like the GFS.

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I'd be a little concerned about power outages in the rapid deepening scenarios. A good chunk of the snow is probably going to be wet before trending powdery later. High winds and wet snow don't go well.

Now THAT is something I don't want. Not as bad as freezing rain and high winds like on February 24, 2007.

EDIT: Come to think of it, much of the snow from the early December 2009 storm was wet in nature but I never lost power.

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