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January Pattern and Storm Discussion


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The black and white 0Z Sun CMC indicates that it is further north than the prior run, which actually gave major S to much of N GA and areas east and west of there. Therefore, I'm guessing this run will be too warm to show most of that big N GA S..we'll see when the 850's are released. So, both the GFS and CMC went downhill for at least N GA. Onto the Euro to save us lol? May very well be a very good run for far N GA and parts of TN/NC, however.

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UKMet looks a little better to me than the GFS. At hr144, there's a decent neutral tilt trough there just east of the Miss River, with weak sfc low off Savannah. The trough and sfc low are little better coupled on the UKMet compared to the GFS - that is, the GFS had the sfc low off Norfolk when the upper trough was in the same locale as seen here on the UKMet. Who knows what the temps are like though

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Yep.

This system has many ways to it could go and I would not rule out this as one of them.

All it takes is a late phase an up the coast it goes. All though this set-up is al little different because back in 2000 snow was already laying on the ground in parts of NC outside the mountains. So cold air was already here, right now we are marginal on the cold. It's hard to always be in the battle ground area but that what makes us ALL weather weenies.

Was that the one in Jan. 2000?

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The black and white 0Z Sun CMC indicates that it is further north than the prior run, which actually gave major S to much of N GA and areas east and west of there. Therefore, I'm guessing this run will be too warm to show most of that big N GA S..we'll see when the 850's are released. So, both the GFS and CMC went downhill for at least N GA. Onto the Euro to save us lol? May very well be a very good run for far N GA and parts of TN/NC, however.

looks suppressed to me

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looks suppressed to me

If you look at this link, you can see it is further north vs. the prior run (i.e., less suppressed not more supressed) (prior run had it in the far northern GOM to over N FL..this one gets up to S GA..a good 100 or so miles further north):

http://www.weatherof...cast/492_50.gif

This is going to be warmer and, therefore, further north with the snow...this may benefit far N GA/AL and TN/NC at BHM/ATL corridor's expense.

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I think GaWx posted the first storm at hr72 (unless I'm blind)

You're not blind. By 120 hours it is long gone. The posted link to the 72 hour CMC has a weak (1015) low over far SW GA...i.e., ~100 miles further north than the prior CMC run..so warmer but still pretty wet. It may be a better run for TN and perhaps better for parts of NC (probably not better for far south though)/far N GA/far N AL as far as S is concerned? Maybe not but I'm definitely expecting it to be too warm for BHM-ATL-AHN corridor unlike prior run. Waiting for the 850's to confirm.

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You're not blind. By 120 hours it is long gone. The posted link to the 72 hour CMC has a weak (1015) low over far SW GA...i.e., ~100 miles further north than the prior CMC run..so warmer but still pretty wet. It may be a better run for TN and perhaps better for parts of NC (probably not better for far south though)/far N GA/far N AL as far as S is concerned? Maybe not but I'm definitely expecting it to be too warm for BHM-ATL-AHN corridor unlike prior run. Waiting for the 850's to confirm.

Don't think you will like them. Storm thread delayed.

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You're not blind. By 120 hours it is long gone. The posted link to the 72 hour CMC has a weak (1015) low over far SW GA...i.e., ~100 miles further north than the prior CMC run..so warmer but still pretty wet. It may be a better run for TN and perhaps better for parts of NC (probably not better for far south though)/far N GA/far N AL as far as S is concerned? Maybe not but I'm definitely expecting it to be too warm for BHM-ATL-AHN corridor unlike prior run. Waiting for the 850's to confirm.

Upon further review, I need to correct the above post. My description for the location for 72 is right but it is for the 1st low, not the 2nd one that produced major S for the BHM-AHN corridor and other areas ENE and WSW of there. So, I'm assuming it will again be too warm. I got them mixed up. The 2nd one, which would be the key low and potential S producer, is indeed supressed/very weak and likely does nothing meaning the run won't be a good one as jburns suggests. My error on mixing up the two lows.

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When did Virginia join the SE?To much wishcasting going on here as well.Even if the NAM shows this phasing to the EC what does this do?This is wrong and most mets should tell you the SJ is going to rip that look away.This is going OTS.

Sometime around 1860ish? I don't think anyone is taking the NAM that serious.

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@96, the Euro is much stronger on the northern vort coming in from MN/WI and the positive tilt looks like squash city... strangely, the stronger looking vort. - a trend toward the GFS here

plus, the looks of that "west-based" SE ridge and resulting confluence north of it isn't an ideal upstream setup for a subtrop wave (what setup is ideal though? ... hardly any)

edit: out to 120, the 0z Euro look at 500mb is VERY similar to the 0z GFS in keeping the northern stream dominant and not letting the subtropical energy eject or remain bundled while ejecting... instead the positive tilt on the northern energy lays the smack down on it

we are going to need a much stronger trend on the subtropical wave (would also help if this new look to the northern stream ULL would either displace to the west in a better position for interaction with the SJ energy or the northern vort trend much weaker and less positively tilted... some of those changes have to happen in future runs for any sort of storm in the SE or this may be a flizzard fest OTS... good news is that we have seen sub-tropical waves trend stronger as we get closer to an event

optimism should remain that both the GFS and Euro are having trouble diagnosing the northern stream energy and the timing of that energy coming across the Canadian border... it is also well-known that both models have a real tough time diagnosing a sub-tropical wave (especially true when that wave hasn't even landed on the west coast yet)

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@96, the Euro is much stronger on the northern vort coming in from MN/WI and the positive tilt looks like squash city...

plus, the looks of that hybrid SE ridge positioned in the Mediterranean isn't ideal for a subtrop wave with all the confluence above it (what setup is ideal though? ... hardly any)

edit: out to 120, the Euro look is VERY similar to the 0z GFS in keeping the northern stream dominant and not letting the subtropical energy eject or remain bundled while ejecting... instead the positive tilt on the northern energy lays the smack down on it

we are going to need a much stronger trend on the subtropical wave in future runs for any sort of storm in the SE or this may be a flizzard fest OTS... good news is that we have seen sub-tropical waves trend stronger as we get closer to an event

Yep for the weenies out there this one didn't cut the mustard. I'm off to bed folks! Thanks for the explanation Andy let's hope we can pull this one out.

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Yep for the weenies out there this one didn't cut the mustard. I'm off to bed folks! Thanks for the explanation Andy let's hope we can pull this one out.

yep, keep optimism alive... good upper level pattern that some folks need to cash in on... it would be bad luck if THIS is the sub-tropical wave, in a number of recent stalwarts, to underperform

edit: out at 144hrs, the 500mb look is whacked out with a piece of our subtrop. energy that's been cutoff in Texas with another, stronger cutoff trying to barge into the middle of the west coast ridge as it's positioned in Washington... lollypops abound

odd look to an odd looking run... FWIW, 0z GFS looked too strong/too bundled with the vorticity coming down into the midwest on the 2nd as well

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Good discussion by Frank Strait http://www.accuweath...is-week/3354729

I would be careful everyone while we are this far away from the storm to not automatically assume non-mtn locations will get winter precip.

got it :whistle:

I can count on one finger the amount of times I have assumed my non-mountain locations of Manchester Tennessee (grew up there and had some doozies), Macon GA or Greenville SC were a lock for wintry precipitation... who does zero-in or expect a specific model solution of frz rain/sleet/snow 5-7 days away?

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