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FORECAST DISCUSSION: "The Storm They Couldn't Punt" 2/7-2/9


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Before I shower and head to bed, I would say give the HPC a read. Seems to be a warm initialization error with the NAM tonight and they are basically going with the 12z ECMWF overall for the storm's evolution.

Obviously, the SREF / ECMWF guidance together will be the best bet and the 00z ECMWF will be the way to hedge in amounts. This will come down to the last minute because subtle details in the waves' partial phasing will make a huge difference for our area. If ECMWF heads east toward the GFS, I would take their compromised amounts and hope they are around the SREF guidance.

I forgot to say that if it holds or even increases on the 00z run to just run with the ECMWF/SREF.

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The gradient with this storm is going to be insane....around here there will be some pretty massive weepings and gnashing of teeth. Keep your expectations low and disregard the NAM...and be pleasantly surprised if by chance it ended up being the blind squirrel.

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Here's the QPF breakdown from the EC:

 

MPO:  ~0.71" frozen, 0.71" total

ABE:  ~0.67" frozen, 0.67" total

RDG:  ~0.34" frozen, 0.46" total

TTN:  ~0.60" frozen, 1.12" total

PHL:  ~0.35" frozen, 0.88" total

ILG:  ~0.19" frozen, 0.66" total

ACY:  ~0.25" frozen, 1.52" total

GED:  ~0.03" frozen, 1.32" total

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no big deal for new york but a big deal for us riding the sw quadrant

 

.68 abe vs the 12z 1.0

 

dr freaking no

 

.88 philly something like .30 that mix and rain

 

lets say that converts to 5" philly 6" quakertown and 7" allentown

Well if the NAM gave NY'ers dreams of 30" then yeah it makes a diff ;)

NYC still looks good for 10-12" on the EC.  Of course that's a big difference from the 18-20" that the old run had.  I'm sure the NYC threads are raging and depressed right now.

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NAM at 6z shifts low about 20-30 miles east...and thus the western edge of the heavy precip is shifted 20-30 miles east.  

 

A bit less snow in the city too...Trenton north/east still do pretty well but the 30-40" BS is out of the picture.

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NAM at 6z shifts low about 20-30 miles east...and thus the western edge of the heavy precip is shifted 20-30 miles east.  

 

A bit less snow in the city too...Trenton north/east still do pretty well but the 30-40" BS is out of the picture.

The Nam? I know we are under the Nam's 12 hr. jackpot zone, but consider it's performance all Winter long.

 

The American models have one thing in common, they have been the worst at verifying position and strength, they have been terrible, period. The Euro ensembles have them beat by a mile this Winter.

 

Anyway, this will turn out to be a nowcast with warnings and advisories changing as the storm goes as unpredictably as I believe it will.

 

Here is an irony. I think Philly does better than 6"based on the pressure falls in the northern stream.

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The Nam? I know we are under the Nam's 12 hr. jackpot zone, but consider it's performance all Winter long.

 

The American models have one thing in common, they have been the worst at verifying position and strength, they have been terrible, period. The Euro ensembles have them beat by a mile this Winter.

 

Anyway, this will turn out to be a nowcast with warnings and advisories changing as the storm goes as unpredictably as I believe it will.

 

Here is an irony. I think Philly does better than 6"based on the pressure falls in the northern stream.

I think the main point is that pretty much all guidance has had an eastward shift since the 0Z NAM drunk run.

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I keep seeing pressure falls in the northern energy. If that holds, the whole game changes, and this gets more interesting for points south.

 

I'm no model hugger. They are only as good as the information they are fed. My point is, this is such a complicated "Rube Goldberg" type storm with a million convoluted moving pieces, the end result will never reflect what was modeled. We watch the model change every six hours. Doesn't someone realize that is exactly how it is initialized, NOT its prediction?

 

How many model runs to date? Our good friends at NOAA in Mt. Holly, are calling this based on what they are seeing, a nowcast, with current real-time information.

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