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January 17th-18th Winter Storm Observations


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Truth talk no hype foster !

I plan to watch this damn at light until the rain stops or I see some snow !

Just a rain event in Shelby as back side of precip draws near. Maybe another hour or so of precip -- but temps stuck around 37 (just like the GFS said they would be EVERY SINGLE RUN in the past few days).

Three lessons (re)learned: 1) Cold chasing precip rarely works 2) The models are not oblivious to the effects of dynamic cooling -- if a powerhouse upper low is moving through and the models still don't show your location getting below freezing, they are probably right. 3) The RAP is a great tool within 12 hours of the event, if used properly -- two trends emerged this morning into this afternoon a) the 500 low tracked slightly farther north B) it weakened. Those two factors definitely affected the result of this storm.

Congrats to all who saw snow -- about to be 25 months and counting in Shelby.

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Hang in there!

Two more lessons:

1)I'm not going to let people call me a "negative nancy" just because I'm calling it like I see it.

2) If the RPM says you're not getting snow 3 hours before the event -- PACK IT IN!!!!

 

 

Truth talk no hype foster !
I plan to watch this damn at light until the rain stops or I see some snow !
 

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