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Flaking Our Way Into MLK Weekend 1/17-1/18


Clinch Leatherwood

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it's really cold. ongoing CAA through basically the whole day...850s dip to -18C by the afternoon.

 

Euro whipped the GFS on that mini-cold shot. For several runs a few days ago, the GFS had like -12 to -14C 850 temps while the Euro was in that -18 to -20C range.

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I see what Tim is talking about - verbatim the NAM/GFS are not far from a major blowup.  But.

 

Here's a caution flag, UK didn't budge really at all. I don't take much from that yet because the data is limited, but is there maybe a gremlin in the INIT on the HPC side?  Sure it develops a nice southern system which is not in doubt at all, but it doesn't get it all that far north - real big glance here.

We'll see what the CMC and Euro do.

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I see what Tim is talking about - verbatim the NAM/GFS are not far from a major blowup.  But.

 

Here's a caution flag, UK didn't budge really at all. I don't take much from that yet because the data is limited, but is there maybe a gremlin in the INIT on the HPC side?  Sure it develops a nice southern system which is not in doubt at all, but it doesn't get it all that far north - real big glance here.

We'll see what the CMC and Euro do.

i'd be thrilled to even get scraped by this thing. not saying it can't happen - literally saying i'd be thrilled. lol.

i only see so much room in this flow and also think anything that does manage to get its act together will be racing along. we'll see what the rest of the runs have.

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i'd be thrilled to even get scraped by this thing. not saying it can't happen - literally saying i'd be thrilled. lol.

i only see so much room in this flow and also think anything that does manage to get its act together will be racing along. we'll see what the rest of the runs have.

 

I'm curious to see the Euro....but to be honest regardless of what it shows I think it's 6z or 12z before we get the final picture.  For one we will then have the southern s/w solidly in the US and out of Mexico where for whatever reason we seem to struggle handling them, and also because the AK s/w will be easy to verify as real/ghost, stronger/weaker.

 

The only way this turns into something bigger IMO is tied to that northern feature.  It simply cannot get any further north than it is right now without a stronger s/w which would dig a bit more, further sw, interact faster and create a situation where you and perhaps I can get a good snowstorm.

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Saki sniffed this one out... agree this is extremely close to a much bigger impact on eastern SNE.

 

It's clear a well-timed and more energetic shortwave in the northern stream could catch this potent southern system. A better phase and boom.

 

Short of just waiting for model output:

1) can we say what could make the northern stream more involved?

2) what is influencing timing of the pulses coming out of Canada? 

3) what could be the model blind spots right now? and can we identify these in verification over the next 24 hours?

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94 and Birving and Snowjob can kiss my arse. May not be anything here but I told Matt Zwyts the other day, in 94 things blew up out of nowhere, tonight being one fr us, and this next one probably being one for them and even a CC couple unexpected.

i posted in the wrong thread and self-moderated...wtf??

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94 and Birving and Snowjob can kiss my arse. May not be anything here but I told Matt Zwyts the other day, in 94 things blew up out of nowhere, tonight being one fr us, and this next one probably being one for them and even a CC couple unexpected.

 

This one isn't there yet though.  The spectre of a NCEP init problem is there.  GGEM/UK/NOGAPS are all more intense to some degree with the southern system, but a couple are actually more unfavorable than earlier runs up north.

The GGEM specifically comes in at a wave smashing angle.  GGEM/NOGAPS really aren't close at all.  UK based on the RH is a glance, will wait on the Euro.  The CMC/NOGAPS did come north through 48 vs earlier runs, but after that gone.

 

Euro will tip it one way or the other, if it's a legit deal the Euro will come way north and probably be somewhere towards the NCEP stuff, if this is a phantom, we'll see that too. 

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This one isn't there yet though. The spectre of a NCEP init problem is there. GGEM/UK/NOGAPS are all more intense to some degree with the southern system, but a couple are actually more unfavorable than earlier runs up north.

The GGEM specifically comes in at a wave smashing angle. GGEM/NOGAPS really aren't close at all. UK based on the RH is a glance, will wait on the Euro. The CMC/NOGAPS did come north through 48 vs earlier runs, but after that gone.

Euro will tip it one way or the other, if it's a legit deal the Euro will come way north and probably be somewhere towards the NCEP stuff, if this is a phantom, we'll see that too.

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CMC is still pretty far SE but it looks north from 12z.

 

UK came pretty far NW at 48 and 60 vs its 12z.  The thing is there's clearly no real interaction with the northern system.  GEFS being even more on the bus than the OP GFS would usually signal more potential, but the fact that all foreign models/non HPC have strengthened the southern system but not really had any bump north after DE.

 

We will see what the Euro does, if the Euro didn't bump north 48-72, I'd be really skeptical of the NCEP stuff until the 6z run.

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In basketball we call this a garbage point.   It's when the play that should have worked, didn't, and the big guys down low put in the rebound.  That SW low gets forcibly injected into the meat grinder and it becomes a race between it damping out vs still having enough might to give activity.   

 

As is, this should bring some wintry action to lower Appalachia to lower MA regions, which they will certainly rejoice if they are winter weather enthusiasts.  But this is a synoptic afterthought. Actually, the "event" up here tomorrow is, as well.  But it's a not bomb as far affecting the EC above much above the VA Capes.  It should quickly escape seaward and curl up to impact eastern NS perhaps.  

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I'd take snow over arctic cold any day...

 

What is Tim Kelley doing on twitter??  Completely irresponsible. lol

 

 

He'd be better off talking about 1/22 and not this pipe dream. Cape can still get scraped, but for most of New England, its nothing.

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Yeah I'm not far from the bridge in Plymouth.

A day or two ago everyone ripped Kevin over his north trend. It's not wise to assume a north trend in this current system mean it'll happen again but the same principles would apply.

I'd have said 12 hours ago the euro with all the support was right a flat wave. 12 hours ago it had a wave dying off the Carolina's at 12z Thursday. The nearest precip was 600-700 miles from here. 12 hours later it nips the cape. That's enormous for the euro.

Doesn't mean squat though unless it continues for another run. It's close. Not there yet. But flip between the old 60/72 and the current run to see there's a small window there in se areas. If I had to bet it'd be on accumulating snow in se areas.

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