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December 29-30 storm.


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the NAM is garbage.,...I know it offends some of the govt guys when people say this and granted, I am not a met and only use it for limited purposes, but it sucks...it really does...it is rarely right about anything

it definitely has poor consistency tho i think it shows some signals here and there and it's usually not awful within 24 hours for many events.. winter storm forecasts are not its best attribute.

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Lol.. Just something hilarious about the thought of you, Ji, and Dave forming Leesburg Weather Gang. It would be entertaining as anything.

The street battles between them and CWG would be pretty awesome. I hear Wes fights dirty.

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I doubt I'd go for 50% or better odds of 1" at DCA until most of the area was in a WS warning.

Yeah, this is the type of event where DCA could get .5" and I could get 1.5". But he seemed to be downgrading things.. tho honestly I'm not sure what he's been saying prior.

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The street battles between them and CWG would be pretty awesome. I hear Wes fights dirty.

You gotta hand it to Wes.. Somehow he manages to post on topic about weather during your once a year epic hissy throwdowns with Matt and Randy, as if nothing was happening on the board. That's the laser focus necessary to win.

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I doubt I'd go for 50% or better odds of 1" at DCA until most of the area was in a WS warning.

I sure wouldn't go 50% for an inch at DCA. Even at 12Z the sounding look dicey. Look at 12Z tomorrow morning on the GFS. Note that the saturated layer only extends to where the temp is around minus 8 to 10. Even with a cold as ice surface temp, that's not a guaranteed snow sounding as there could be nucleation problem.

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From looking at the nowcast, the precipitation is both further north, heavier, and has moved a little faster than what the models have suggested. This would mean more QPF would fall before daytime has the chance to warm the air. If I were worried that the models are showing less snow and are warmer and are going to screw us over, I would calm down. They're wrong already. Now, we all need to just sit back, calm down, and wait for our 1"-3" in the western suburbs and 1" in the city. Because the time for models is over, and now the time for nowcast, radar, and observations has begun.

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DCA hit mid-40s today which was at least a few degrees warmer than guidance last night. 38/25 now isn't horrible but not sure how well we cool with clouds thickening.

My Kestrel is down to 38 now, pretty clear here, should be able to radiate off a few more degrees before a bit of natural cooling. Hoping for some evap and dynamical, then wishcast cooling haha.

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My Kestrel is down to 38 now, pretty clear here, should be able to radiate off a few more degrees before a bit of natural cooling. Hoping for some evap and dynamical, then wishcast cooling haha.

I'm certainly not banking on getting help once the event is underway. Hopefully dews don't climb too fast.

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DCA hit mid-40s today which was at least a few degrees warmer than guidance last night. 38/25 now isn't horrible but not sure how well we cool with clouds thickening.

We had clear skies all darn day long here and the clouds rolled in exactly at 4:30 as the sun was starting to set. Absolute horrible timing. Our high was 37. 36 now and the local wxbug says the dp is 23F. Winchester reports 29F dp, so I don't know what is accurate. Hopefully, the dp is lower than 29 and we may get some help from evaporational cooling later on tonight.

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I'm certainly not banking on getting help once the event is underway. Hopefully dews don't climb too fast.

is it me or am I correctly hallucinating a split in the precip on this loop between the northern section (snow) and southern rain

d@mn 18z NAM has me sucked in I guess

http://radar.weather...s/full_loop.php

I swear the snow looks headed for PA

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