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March 6th Storm Banter Thread


Bob Chill

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This is a weenism from this winter: we have trended colder rather than warmer wrt events. We just did not have any precip to make it happen.

Just call me the farmer's almanac. I respect dtk's remark regarding data, but all we have now is to watch it all play out.

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This is a weenism from this winter: we have trended colder rather than warmer wrt events. We just did not have any precip to make it happen.

Just call me the farmer's almanac. I respect dtk's remark regarding data, but all we have now is to watch it all play out.

This too. Anybody remember about two weeks ago on a Friday when parts of the DC-BALT area got accum snow when it was about 50 that afternoon?

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Right now I think something would have to significantly change to go with widespread <6" for the northern DC burbs. Spotty 4-5" reports in MontCo and HoCo? Maybe...but I think most people 6"+ for our area.

Solid. We would need to whiff on the deform band to go way low. I have yet to even consider that option. Scrape to the north and its colder. Scraping to the south of it isn't even on the cras.

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Right now I think something would have to significantly change to go with widespread <6" for the northern DC burbs.  Spotty 4-5" reports in MontCo and HoCo?  Maybe...but I think most people 6"+ for our area. 

I'd take 6" of snow in a heartbeat right now

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the GFS initializes at 10:30....unless you are 80 years old or you have to be at work at 3am and you operate heavy machinery, you should stay up

Or if you have a 2 month old and you get sleep whenever you can

I have a 16 month old and she certainly helped me stay up for the Euro the past two nights. I plan on sleeping through tonight's run.

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If the soundings from the GFS during Sandy would have been correct we would have received a lot of rain out here. NAM nailed it and we got all snow. I have a feeling its going to be more snow for you borderline-folks than you think.

I'm in the I think it's going to be more snow than rain camp. I'm going by pure instincts and understand there isn't a ton of cold air around but look at the storm a few weeks ago. Dynamics won over and it snowed for a little while in central moco. Last few days have been brisk and its brisk outside right now as well. Just my one cent.

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Huh? It's not a matter of debate. The extra hour of DST sun comes later in the day, when the sun is hotter and the air is warmer. This offsets any diabetes process cooling that the other guy mentioned with extra darkness in the morning. Since the darkness is later in the morning, it's warmer darkness. This effect is even more intense in PA, given your extra lattitude.

Wow, amazing that people actually believe that....

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<weenie>

On the Feb 13 storm last month, I started out as rain, then some graupel... temps were pretty warm at the surface during the start (38-40), but temps quickly dropped as the heavier precip fell into the atmosphere.  Eventually changed over to all snow and even had some accumulation.  What makes that storm different than this one, wrt, dynamic cooling?  Can the same thing happen with this?  Or was it because the Feb 13th storm had a much drier airmass in place prior to the storm?

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000 

WWUS41 KLWX 050148 

WSWLWX 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 

848 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 

VAZ025>027-029-503-504-WVZ055-501-502-505-506-051000- 

/O.UPG.KLWX.WS.A.0004.130305T1700Z-130307T0500Z/ 

/O.NEW.KLWX.WS.W.0005.130305T2300Z-130307T0500Z/ 

AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WESTERN HIGHLAND- 

EASTERN HIGHLAND-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- 

WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- 

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG... 

HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY...MOOREFIELD...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM... 

PETERSBURG...CIRCLEVILLE...FRANKLIN 

848 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT 

EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS 

ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM 

TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WITH THE INCREASING 

CERTAINTY OF HEAVY SNOW...THE WARNING HAS NOW REPLACED THE WINTER 

STORM WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT. 

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...HEAVY SNOW. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE 

ABOVE 3000 FEET. 

* TIMING...RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CHANGING TO 

ALL SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT 

THROUGH MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES 

ON WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO POWER 

OUTAGES WITH DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 

IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY 

NIGHT...TAKE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 

ENSURE YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY KIT IN YOUR TRUNK. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS 

ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 

&&

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Any thoughts on how Staunton, VA is looking? We seem to be on the border of very heavy snow but it seems like a close call. The models seem to keep us on the edge. I know its best to not ask for IMBY questions but it is my son's 1st birthday on Wednesday.

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Any thoughts on how Staunton, VA is looking? We seem to be on the border of very heavy snow but it seems like a close call. The models seem to keep us on the edge. I know its best to not ask for IMBY questions but it is my son's 1st birthday on Wednesday.

you just got upgraded to a winter storm warning. 8-12" 

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Any thoughts on how Staunton, VA is looking? We seem to be on the border of very heavy snow but it seems like a close call. The models seem to keep us on the edge. I know its best to not ask for IMBY questions but it is my son's 1st birthday on Wednesday.

 

Looks like the best chances for breaking a foot are Harrisonburg/US-33 and north.  Afternoon runs had a little more moisture down your way in Augusta county, so this evenings runs will be interesting to see what they do.

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