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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

256 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...STRONG COASTAL STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL AFFECT THE

AREA STARTING FRIDAY MORNING AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT.

THIS LOW WILL THEN MOVE NORTHEASTWARD... PASSING JUST SOUTHEAST

OF NANTUCKET LATE FRIDAY...THEN MOVE EAST FROM THERE ON SATURDAY.

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY

ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD TO THE MAINE COAST. THE

EVENTUAL TRACK AND SMALL SCALE FEATURES WITHIN THE STORM WILL

DETERMINE EXACT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...A LARGE PORTION OF THE

REGION WILL SEE A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS

APPROACHING TWO FEET OR MORE. IN ADDITION...THE RAPIDLY

STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ALONG THE

COAST...WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

MEZ023-NHZ014-080400-

/O.UPG.KGYX.WS.A.0002.130208T1700Z-130209T1700Z/

/O.NEW.KGYX.BZ.W.0001.130208T1900Z-130209T2100Z/

COASTAL YORK-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...

KITTERY...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON

256 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 4 PM EST

SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD

WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 4 PM EST

SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL

YORK COUNTY IN MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 24 INCHES.

* TIMING...A LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING EARLY FRIDAY

MORNING...BUT CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE FRIDAY

AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL

BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. BLOWING AND

DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS

AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT

CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF

YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET

STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

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NAM brings the southern stream further east before phasing...though the southern stream is definitely stronger. Stronger doesn't mean further west necesarily since the 12z run was sort os spuriously bringing up far north before it really had phased.

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Just incredible.........all snow and a beat down...........some of the best model porn I have ever seen in my life if not the best....H7 was a dead give away, come so close to the taint and then everything just crashes into dendritical magic albeit smashed dendrites. WOW WOW WOW

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Box to put Bliz warnings out soon..wonder if Gray will follow...I am in awe with the way this is unfolding for New England...A true Kocin Blizzard...

http://northeastweathereye.com

Augusta Maine

I think GYX will do BW for SE NH and Coastal ME, not CON or LEW as the winds aren't projected to be strong enough I don't think.  I'd prefer no blizz warning so my ratios are high and my crystals are intact.

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NAM should be SE I think.

 

Yep... this is exactly what I was alluding to before. Just because the southern stream shortwave is stronger than progged does not mean the storm will move further west. In fact, if it dominates the phase it will likely result in a further south and east track and a delayed phase since the northern stream doesn't capture the shortwave fast enough. 

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Yep... this is exactly what I was alluding to before. Just because the southern stream shortwave is stronger than progged does not mean the storm will move further west. In fact, if it dominates the phase it will likely result in a further south and east track and a delayed phase since the northern stream doesn't capture the shortwave fast enough. 

 

Yes this is absolutely true. 

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NAM brings the southern stream further east before phasing...though the southern stream is definitely stronger. Stronger doesn't mean further west necesarily since the 12z run was sort os spuriously bringing up far north before it really had phased.

 

Bingo. Its a huge hit for Boston and folks south and east of the Green Mountains, but folks further north and west won't probably like this trend seen in the modeling today. 

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