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February 13-14th Potential Winter Storm Threat Discussion


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I don't know...the vertical velocities are still pretty impressive. We'll see.

Earthlight, due to the fast mid level flow being so progressive and forcing the precipitation field to be more consolidated, couldn't this be what's helping to keep the vertical velocities on the high end and this is what the NAM is picking up on, especially being a mesoscale model?
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Not true at all from C NJ and north. Especially considering this precipitation is going to fall after 5 p.m. 

oh ok I will believe you since you are a MET - all frozen then - so if those amounts are correct on the NAM - any guesses on accumulations ?

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Yea, wow I think its picking up how well the storm looks on radars, ad well as all the meso activity.

The radar presentation down south can be quite deceiving. I very clearly remember how great the radar looked on 2/6/10 even into PA just for most of us to see flurries. If the pattern up here doesn't support a snow event, we won't get one.

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oh ok I will believe you since you are a MET - all frozen then - so if those amounts are correct on the NAM - any guesses on accumulations ?

 

 

There might be a brief period of rain to start, but the upper level temperatures are quite chilly so we'll wet bulb very quickly. I'm still leaning towards all snow. 

 

And if the NAM were to be right, it's probably 4-7", with maybe a local weenie area of 8" from C NJ through NYC and LI. 

 

I don't think ratios will be great, but once we get into the banding, there should be plenty of lift in the snow growth region, which should bump up our ratios during the peak of the event. 

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The radar presentation down south can be quite deceiving. I very clearly remember how great the radar looked on 2/6/10 even into PA just for most of us to see flurries. If the pattern up here doesn't support a snow event, we won't get one.

lol Don't remind me of that storm. I'm looking at totals as well, and some place are close to 1.5" of rain, most of the models even this morning didn't have such amounts.

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Upton currently has RASN in their JFK TAF from 23Z onward, pretty surprising to me, cannot see the BL being warm enough for any RA, especially with dewpoints in the 20s

 

 

Yeah, nothing supports rain, really, except perhaps at the very immediate onset. Mid and upper level temperatures are certainly chilly enough as well for a snowflake to survive to the ground even when initially above freezing at the surface. Our wet bulb temperatures will be quite low as you alluded to with the low dewpoints. 

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Upton currently has RASN in their JFK TAF from 23Z onward, pretty surprising to me, cannot see the BL being warm enough for any RA, especially with dewpoints in the 20s

 

 

Upton currently has RASN in their JFK TAF from 23Z onward, pretty surprising to me, cannot see the BL being warm enough for any RA, especially with dewpoints in the 20s

Its amazing they hung onto rain Fri longer than anyone  there were 10 -12 s  were reported to there east west , south east and north , yet they came in at 6 . The banding went thru there like everyone else .   850s are fine throughout the area and lapse rates will cool the column  " if the NAM is right " .

Without heavier precip BL is an issue , but the dewpoints are low and you have to imagine that gets to the surface kind of quick .

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People are acting shocked by the NWS snowfall graphics. Why? One run of the NAM (which has been overamped, too far west, and too wet recently 24 hrs prior to precip events) is meaningless. SREF's are rather unimpressive for 4+ in. amounts. People have to stop cherry picking models. This is not a buffet.

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People are acting shocked by the NWS snowfall graphics. Why? One run of the NAM (which has been overamped, too far west, and too wet recently 24 hrs prior to precip events) is meaningless. SREF's are rather unimpressive for 4+ in. amounts. People have to stop cherry picking models. This is not a buffet.

 

I agree to an extent , I hate to see the NAM crush everyone for 5 straight days only to spit out an 1 inch of liquid 24 hrs out and ruin there whole  forecast if .25 falls  . But UPTON and MT HOLLY  going against  NCEPs  4 inch probabilities .

The only thing is that maybe NCEP takes those percentages down .  i just see a little disconnect there .

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I don't understand one thing that you wrote.

I agree to an extent , I hate to see the NAM crush everyone for 5 straight days only to spit out an 1 inch of liquid 24 hrs out and ruin there whole  forecast if .25 falls  . But UPTON and MT HOLLY  going against  NCEPs  4 inch probabilities .

The only thing is that maybe NCEP takes those percentages down .  i just see a little disconnect there .

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