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December 19-20 Talking Points - Part 3


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I wake up from my Nyquil induced coma to see this disaster of the EURO ... i was thinking "not as great as 12z, but maybe somewhat closer"... But that solution was putrid that it spit out..

Thanks all for everyone's insight on this "storm".. ALways great info being passed along here...

Seems like we're starting to narrow in on a solution. Just offshore, maybe a southern NE hit? that's what i've seen on the 12z, 0z, and 6z runs combined(MInus the 12z euro)

ON the 0z EURO, how was the pacific looking for that christmas day solution?

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Breaking down the 06Z RGEM made me realize one of the problems with this system, there may be quite a bit of convection on the south and east side of this system once it gets going, which may rob the northwestern side of the cyclone some of its moisture which makes the cut-off extremely sharp. Extrapolating the 06Z RGEM would make the KOKX CWA nearly dry for this system. Unless there is a nearly 100 mile forecasted shift of this cyclone, it is hard to see how this system would be significant for the KOKX CWA.

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Ehhhh, I wake up to a disappointing euro run.. I've seen these storms come in west within 24 hours and the TV mets are upgrading the forecasts as the storm starts to happen. I got mush for brains so I can't remember much but I believe the 96' Blizzard was just this.. the initial call was low and then as the storm started to roll in.. the call went 6-12 and then to 12+ and then to 18-24 with locally higher amounts... and finally ended up with a whopper 36 incher ! lol Keep the faith in the 12z today...:scooter:

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Ehhhh, I wake up to a disappointing euro run.. I've seen these storms come in west within 24 hours and the TV mets are upgrading the forecasts as the storm starts to happen. I got mush for brains so I can't remember much but I believe the 96' Blizzard was just this.. the initial call was low and then as the storm started to roll in.. the call went 6-12 and then to 12+ and then to 18-24 with locally higher amounts... and finally ended up with a whopper 36 incher ! lol Keep the faith in the 12z today...:scooter:

That's how I remember it as well. Actually, that is how I remember most MECS/HECS for our area. We'll see what happens today.

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The difference is that during the Blizzard of 1996, the low pressure was well developed while in the S.E. U.S. with a well established and large moisture inflow, meaning that a small track deviation had relatively little change on the overall forecast. This is going to be one of these 'thread the needle' storms.

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Game over. I knew the 12z euro was too good to be true and now we're back to cold and dry. Once again, the lack of a ridge out west is not allowing the storm to amplify fast enough to get going up here, but what else would you expect in a Nina (this is why we rarely see Miller A systems or any strongly amplified systems in a Nina of this strength). Amazingly enough, Cape May already has over an inch of snow and parts of N.C. and VA, after getting anywhere from 2-6+", could get more snow from another clipper.

I looked at the 06 gfs and its long range and amazingly, it only spits out about .25" of QPF from now until 300 hours and then of course we get another Lake Cutter beyond that time frame.

Oh well, these things happen and there's nothing you can do about them except to move on and accept reality. Maybe we'll get some snow on Christmas, the 06z gfs actually shows that possibility on Day 8 just like the Euro did.

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Game over. I knew the 12z euro was too good to be true and now we're back to cold and dry. Once again, the lack of a ridge out west is not allowing the storm to amplify fast enough to get going up here, but what else would you expect in a Nina (this is why we rarely see Miller A systems or any strongly amplified systems in a Nina of this strength). Amazingly enough, Cape May already has over an inch of snow and parts of N.C. and VA, after getting anywhere from 2-6+", could get more snow from another clipper.

I looked at the 06 gfs and its long range and amazingly, it only spits out about .25" of QPF from now until 300 hours and then of course we get another Lake Cutter beyond that time frame.

Oh well, these things happen and there's nothing you can do about them except to move on and accept reality. Maybe we'll get some snow on Christmas, the 06z gfs actually shows that possibility on Day 8 just like the Euro did.

Stil a little too early to say we won't get any snow.

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you might be completely right dude, but it is too soon to say this with any certainty.

we are looking at a pretty intense system with a E/W gradient, not a N/S gradient, that still has the potential to give quite a few people at least a couple inches of snow.

Game over. I knew the 12z euro was too good to be true and now we're back to cold and dry. Once again, the lack of a ridge out west is not allowing the storm to amplify fast enough to get going up here, but what else would you expect in a Nina (this is why we rarely see Miller A systems or any strongly amplified systems in a Nina of this strength). Amazingly enough, Cape May already has over an inch of snow and parts of N.C. and VA, after getting anywhere from 2-6+", could get more snow from another clipper.

I looked at the 06 gfs and its long range and amazingly, it only spits out about .25" of QPF from now until 300 hours and then of course we get another Lake Cutter beyond that time frame.

Oh well, these things happen and there's nothing you can do about them except to move on and accept reality. Maybe we'll get some snow on Christmas, the 06z gfs actually shows that possibility on Day 8 just like the Euro did.

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This is what happens in La Nina:

http://www.hpc.ncep....qpf/p120i12.gif

more off the charts now

bomb set to drop on Central Sierra (bullseye on Mammoth)

5 day precip totals = 14.7 .. 12-14 ft snow

forecasters stepping up the language telling ppl to b safe and

stay home , prepare for power outages.

That 14+ inches of QPF is ALL SNOW.

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This is what happens in El Nino:

http://www.hpc.ncep....qpf/p120i12.gif

more off the charts now

bomb set to drop on Central Sierra (bullseye on Mammoth)

5 day precip totals = 14.7 .. 12-14 ft snow

forecasters stepping up the language telling ppl to b safe and

stay home , prepare for power outages.

That 14+ inches of QPF is ALL SNOW.

Did you mean La Nina?

Could you image a 5-day snowstorm in the mid-Atlantic dropping that much snow, burying the DC-BOS corridor? I wonder how that would rate on the NESIS scale. :lol::weight_lift::thumbsup:

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Where did you hear that?

haha my head...a hit though? does one model have it? NAM -no, GFS- no, SREF- no, GGEM- no, Euro - No, UK - no, Canadian - No...

I also had a dream last night the storm went OTS...no joke...i feel relaxed and comfortable this morning...

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