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December 29-30 storm.


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The GFS is NOT snow for DC metro...not sure if it is sleet or rain

Yeah, the east southeast winds and wv low are still a problem. it still may start as snow but it is still not what we want. I think even the Euro is marginal for you and I, better but it still has some esely surface winds which make the boundary layer tricky.

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I wish you would evolve your way back out of this region. But why don't you remind us all how much better NYC is one more time before you go just in case anyone missed it.

I feel like this is going to evolve into a major storm for areas further north, but DC will still see a 3-5" event. The EURO has looked close to something big for some time, and I think the same trend with this past storm seems to be occurring with the new one (further N&W, which in this case is a good thing). Will be the first white New Years in quite a while, I think?

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Yeah, the east southeast winds and wv low are still a problem. it still may start as snow but it is still not what we want. I think even the Euro is marginal for you and I, better but it still has some esely surface winds which make the boundary layer tricky.

If the column goes above freezing around 950mb, is that usually sleet or rain?

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Wundermap question. On the 2m agl map below what does the red line stand for? the color coding fo the 3m temp zero line is much different than the red line. I find having both there confusing. Thanks to anyone who can answer the question.

Wes, I believe the lines are dewpoint contours.

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9z SREFs:

Mean of 0.23" snow for Baltimore, 0.21" for DC. Pretty big range though as most of the members that actually have snow, have quite a bit more. Mean is low because a few members are all/nearly-all rain. DC, of course, has more members start as rain than Baltimore.

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Hoffman, what are your thoughts on the Saturday event?

I think it's very borderline for dc and Balt but I think the usual nw burbs could do well with a 2-3" type event. The h5 isn't really amplified enough for me to buy the euro solution and it has a bias of overamplification. I think it's a good setup for a decent shot of waa snow. Only problem for dc is the air mass is just blah not really cold. Even if it was more amped it might also bring precip type problems unless the deepening took place at the perfect timing like the euro shows. I'd hedge towards a modest snow. Our area might be a good place to be. I will be in nc so you all enjoy this one.

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