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January 17th-18th Winter Storm Discussion


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RDU...hr 27

 

 

Date: 27 hour Eta valid 3Z FRI 18 JAN 13Station: KRDULatitude:   35.87Longitude: -78.78-------------------------------------------------------------------------------LEV PRES  HGHT  TEMP  DEWP  RH  DD   WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E   W     mb     m     C     C    %   C     C  deg knt   K     K     K     K    g/kg-------------------------------------------------------------------------------SFC 1003   104   2.6   1.0  89  1.6   1.9  15  15 275.5 276.2 274.9 286.7  4.10  1 1000   125   2.0                       18  16 275.2                          2  950   537  -0.8  -0.8 100  0.0  -0.8  26  40 276.4 277.0 274.9 286.7  3.78  3  900   968  -1.5  -1.7  99  0.1  -1.6  32  54 279.9 280.6 276.9 290.4  3.76  4  850  1423  -2.4  -2.5  99  0.1  -2.4  36  48 283.7 284.3 278.7 294.3  3.74  5  800  1905  -0.1  -0.1 100  0.0  -0.2  66  27 291.0 291.8 283.2 304.7  4.73  6  750  2425   1.9   1.9 100  0.0   1.9 145  29 298.6 299.7 287.4 315.9  5.85  7  700  2979  -0.8  -0.8 100  0.0  -0.9 167  40 301.6 302.5 287.8 317.1  5.14  8  650  3568  -3.8  -3.9  99  0.1  -3.9 178  44 304.6 305.4 288.1 318.1  4.40  9  600  4197  -6.5  -7.0  96  0.5  -6.7 182  48 308.6 309.3 288.9 320.4  3.77 10  550  4874  -9.6 -10.4  94  0.8  -9.9 183  66 312.7 313.3 289.6 322.9  3.16 11  500  5603 -14.9 -16.1  90  1.2 -15.3 186  77 314.8 315.3 289.3 322.0  2.17 12  450  6389 -22.1 -24.6  80  2.5 -22.7 188  83 315.4 315.6 288.5 319.3  1.16 13  400  7244 -27.1 -39.5  30 12.4 -28.6 195  99 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.9  0.31 14  350  8198 -31.4 -57.6   6 26.2 -33.0 202 110 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.6  0.05 15  300  9270 -39.8 -66.6   4 26.8 -40.7 206 112 329.3 329.3 291.5 329.4  0.02 16  250 10489 -49.6                      212 112 332.4                         17  200 11923 -56.2                      216 109 343.8                         18  150 13745 -58.0                      224  99 370.1                         19  100 16257 -64.7                      233  80 402.7    
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I'm liking the trends for the triangle today. Based on soundings from 17/00z nam, the triangle would be snow from about 11pm through 4am, give or take an hour. I like Allan's idea of 1-3 for the triangle. I think the lower end is more likely, but I could see more if the switchover occurs earlier and we get under some heavier echoes in the deform area.

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RDU...hr 30

 

 

Date: 30 hour Eta valid 6Z FRI 18 JAN 13Station: KRDULatitude:   35.87Longitude: -78.78-------------------------------------------------------------------------------LEV PRES  HGHT  TEMP  DEWP  RH  DD   WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E   W     mb     m     C     C    %   C     C  deg knt   K     K     K     K    g/kg-------------------------------------------------------------------------------SFC 1006   105   0.3  -0.1  98  0.3   0.1   4  15 273.0 273.6 273.0 283.2  3.78  1 1000   150   0.0  -0.1  99  0.1  -0.0   6  18 273.2 273.8 273.1 283.4  3.80  2  950   560  -1.3  -1.5  99  0.2  -1.4  19  44 275.8 276.4 274.4 285.7  3.59  3  900   989  -2.8  -3.1  97  0.4  -2.9  18  49 278.7 279.2 275.6 288.1  3.38  4  850  1442  -3.0  -3.4  97  0.4  -3.1  11  46 283.0 283.6 278.1 292.9  3.51  5  800  1923  -2.9  -3.3  98  0.3  -3.1   8  38 288.0 288.7 280.8 298.8  3.75  6  750  2433  -4.1  -4.4  98  0.3  -4.3  28  25 292.1 292.7 282.5 302.8  3.66  7  700  2976  -4.8  -5.1  98  0.3  -4.9 222   1 297.2 297.9 284.7 308.4  3.74  8  650  3557  -7.6  -8.2  96  0.6  -7.8 238  16 300.3 300.9 285.3 310.0  3.17  9  600  4175 -11.8 -12.9  91  1.1 -12.2 230  15 302.5 302.9 285.2 309.8  2.35 10  550  4836 -16.0 -18.7  80  2.7 -16.7 206  16 305.1 305.4 285.4 310.2  1.59 11  500  5547 -20.7 -25.0  68  4.3 -21.6 185  21 307.8 308.0 285.7 311.2  1.01 12  450  6319 -24.9 -32.3  51  7.3 -26.1 191  29 311.9 312.0 286.7 313.9  0.57 13  400  7169 -27.4 -46.7  14 19.3 -29.3 207  49 319.3 319.3 288.7 319.9  0.14 14  350  8123 -31.4 -59.8   4 28.5 -33.1 209  73 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.6  0.03 15  300  9200 -38.1 -67.1   3 29.0 -39.2 208  87 331.6 331.7 292.2 331.7  0.02 16  250 10432 -46.5 -74.5   3 27.9 -47.1 213  89 336.9 336.9 293.6 336.9  0.01 17  200 11884 -53.9 -73.5   7 19.6 -54.2 223  91 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4  0.01 18  150 13707 -56.9 -73.2  11 16.3 -57.2 237  88 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0  0.01 19  100 16225 -63.9 -83.9   5 20.1 -64.1 237  83 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3  0.00
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For my NE Tennessee friends, this is clipped from MRX's 9:20pm AFD:

 

 

HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES REMAINS A GOOD BET FOR THU. UPPER LOW TRACKSACROSS SOUTHERN APPS BY THU AFTERNOON. GOOD DEFORMATION ZONE SETSUP ACROSS MRX CWA. TROWAL FEATURE ALSO DEPICTED NICELY BY MODELS.SURFACE LOW SHIFTS EAST THROUGH SC. 1000-H85 FLOW SHIFTS RAPIDLY TOTHE NE WITH STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION. 17/18Z SOUNDINGS REMAINNEARLY ISOTHERMAL AT 0C BUT SHOULD SNAP QUICKLY TO BELOW ZERO. WETSNOWFALL RATES NEAR TWO INCHES PER HOUR VERY POSSIBLE. SURFACETEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT OR ABOVE FREEZING DURING MOST OFEVENT BUT RATES SHOULD OVERCOME MELTING ALLOWING FORACCUMULATION...ESPECIALLY ON GRASSY AREAS AND TREE BRANCHES.
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Soundings look pretty lame for RDU. Most of the precip is over by the time temperatures get anywhere near freezing in the lower levels of the atmosphere. Even if it is snowing, it won't stick until the very end.

 

 

That's the reason for the 1" to 3" forecast.

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The 21Z SREF has shifted south. I have a feeling a lot of weenies in DC will be bridge jumping- the NWS up there may have some "splainin" to do...... I think the NC/SC border is the place to be with this one, but down to RDU should do well. Even here in the GA screw zone if this thing takes the track right overhead or slightly south we may luck out with a burst of S+ for an hour or so.....

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Hard to tell due to the 20 shades of blue the SV snow depth map uses for the hi-res but looks like wide spread 3-6...of course it keeps that little snow hole right over CLT. WTF.

i wouldnt worry about it...CLT is in a quite favorable spot being just on the NW side as it passes underneath, regardless what the snow maps show. but i am starting to understand this snow triangle thing though lol...unfortunately.

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The 21Z SREF has shifted south. I have a feeling a lot of weenies in DC will be bridge jumping- the NWS up there may have some "splainin" to do...... I think the NC/SC border is the place to be with this one, but down to RDU should do well. Even here in the GA screw zone if this thing takes the track right overhead or slightly south we may luck out with a burst of S+ for an hour or so.....

 

RIC could be in some trouble too, just my past history of seeing they can sometimes take longer to change over, add in the fact the system is opening and ejecting by the time it gets there more so....I think they'll do alright but it wouldn't surprise me if they only saw 2-3 inches while RDU saw 6 or more.  ATL is tough, I could see them getting 3 or 4 inches if the H5 low ends up a bit south.  The snow maps probably are not capturing anything down that way because they're missing the dynamic cooling factor more so.

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Back to where it all started with Unisys...one thing of note is that there has been a lot of mention about the upper low opening up as it heads east, but if you look at the vorticity numbers, they are increasing as the upper low tracks east, with the max occurring in the Carolinas...always good to see that value increasing.

 

2nd image is the 700mb vertical motion, with bullseye at hr24 near Burger's house.

 

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