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Snow Event 1/15-1/16


Mr Torchey

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He's doing better. Hopefully through the night in a month or so.

My oldest started sleeping through the night when he was about 2......made us crazy and I was only 31 then so pretty volatiile.

Bryce will do fine. Winter pattern en route, he'll get the indoctrination shortly. Down one for me my friend.

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what does that mean?  The MAUL means moist adiabatic unstable layer or something doesn't it?  I know it has something to do with thunder snow but what does the omega being under the den. growth zone mean?  Don't we want it in that?

yup, it points to instability in the atmosphere, with the potential fort thunder, enhanced precip.

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what does that mean?  The MAUL means moist adiabatic unstable layer or something doesn't it?  I know it has something to do with thunder snow but what does the omega being under the den. growth zone mean?  Don't we want it in that?

moist absolutely unstable layer...basically the saturated environmental lapse rate is greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate...i.e. instability. A little added lift to that omega could tap BDL into that max dendritic growth zone.
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Will we have an over-performer usher in a more wintry period the next few weeks?

Nice little event, been following from a distance...

 

Along eastern MA, seems like a good case study for forecasting boundary layer soundings and locating a coastal front.

 

Any tips from the pros on:

1) forecasting boundary layer at various times: I usually get soundings off twisterdata and vortex.plymouth... models seem to have run too cold this winter, eg. 12/29/12

2) forecasting location of coastal front: I usually look for wind changes at the lowest levels, but meso-scale features obviously will be critical in this too

3) typical model biases on the above 2

 

TIA

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Will we have an over-performer usher in a more wintry period the next few weeks?

Nice little event, been following from a distance...

 

Along eastern MA, seems like a good case study for forecasting boundary layer soundings and locating a coastal front.

 

Any tips from the pros on:

1) forecasting boundary layer at various times: I usually get soundings off twisterdata and vortex.plymouth... models seem to have run too cold this winter, eg. 12/29/12

2) forecasting location of coastal front: I usually look for wind changes at the lowest levels, but meso-scale features obviously will be critical in this too

3) typical model biases on the above 2

 

TIA

 location and orientation of high pressure or lack there of would be one thing to look

 

i recall boxing day 2010 had the Low pressure over part of capecod but n drainage flow was lock'd in and scooter stayed all snow.  i believe the low-pressure field being oriented (sw-ne) in the gulf of maine to the north east of the low was a key to locking that in.

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My oldest started sleeping through the night when he was about 2......made us crazy and I was only 31 then so pretty volatiile.

Bryce will do fine. Winter pattern en route, he'll get the indoctrination shortly. Down one for me my friend.

Thanks Jerry. You actually look like a good spot right now lol. Let's hope any taint is at the end.

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location and orientation of high pressure or lack there of would be one thing to look

i recall boxing day 2010 had the Low pressure over part of capecod but n drainage flow was lock'd in and scooter stayed all snow. i believe the low-pressure field being oriented (sw-ne) in the gulf of maine to the north east of the low was a key to locking that in.

I got absolutely crushed.
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Pickles, we had a decent high and a bombing low. That helped lock in nrly winds. Pretty sure Jay and I were the jackpot actually.

For us, the classic CF to the east is a good high north of Maine and a cold antecedent airmass. It doesn't have to work that way...but that is textbook. Also, there is a vector pointiing from cold air to warm air...like a seabreeze in the summer. That helps push a CF past the coast.

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