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Feb 13: The little storm that could (for some)


Ian

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Ratios in the January 2011 storm were about that.  We (BWI) had about as much QPF that day as Feb 5-6, 2010 (over 2" if I recall) and I had about 1/3rd the snow.  

 

Sounds about right.  I think we had 8" or so, but it was incredibly heavy stuff that brought down limbs all over my local area and led to 12-hour power outages.

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I am done with this one. I will still root for it passively. I am kind of over rooting for MRB/HGR/JYO though I hope they get something out of it. I dont really see how DC/Immedite burbs get anything other than some paste at the end that doesnt do too much. Maybe 1-2". I dont expect the euro to show anything great. Good luck to the exburbs.

 

I'm not sure we get much either, Matt.  Surface temps looks iffy, although usually they trend down toward the event.  Euro not on board, heck, we might not even get much precip.  Hard to say at this point.  Timing on the GFS isn't great either.  NAM timing would be better as most of the heavier precip would be from sundown on.

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GFS has barely changed much for days except for 1 run (18z yesterday). Even if this is a rain storm I'm going to bump this thread every time someone says the euro is greatest thing on the planet and the gfs is awful. 

 

Well, it may come on board this afternoon.  Still, there's plent of bump material to support what you said already posted in this seasons winter threads.

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GFS has barely changed much for days except for 1 run (18z yesterday). Even if this is a rain storm I'm going to bump this thread every time someone says the euro is greatest thing on the planet and the gfs is awful. 

 

Bob, you remember the other day when I said the american models tend to bring those vorts north in time?  It was modeled in SC at the time?  Now its modeled in Bluefield, WV.  Seems to always do this.

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When do you feel that swings over to the op vs. the ens?

About 72 hours.  Probably one of our stats guru's can quote it to the specific hour, but I think 72 hours is a good ROT.  This doesn't apply to the SREFs, just GEFS.  Have no idea about the Euro ensembles.  

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Still not ready to fold on this one. Gonna wait for the Euro and still wait for 0z Tuesday (tonight) to determine how I feel about the situation. I am become more interested in the weekend though.

 

You can never fold a vort pass through va. You will get burned and have egg eventually. This one is far from optimal though because of lack of cold air source but still. If there is a band crankin on the nw side it's going to be snow somewhere. Maybe really close by or overhead.  

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It has quickly morphed into another thread the needle storm where we need everything to go right. The comparisons to 1/26/11 are pretty much futile at this point. That had a paste bomb coming from the southwest. The orientation of the storm was 100 times better. I wish those still invested the best of luck and I hope I am wrong and surprised.

 

was always kinda thread the needle in this craptastic air mass. 

 

at least it'll be cold this weekend while new england gets bombed .. hopefully we get a squall out of it. :P

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