Mrs.J Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 From my very basic understanding, QPF is basically the liquid that falls out of the cloud -- that is, if you take whatever drops (be it rain, snow, or sleet) and melt it down, your QPF is the amount of liquid you end up with. If you're looking for an estimate of snowfall from QPF, you need to adjust for rain-to-snow rates. What does the acronym QPF stand for. And thank you for your explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fodie77 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 DT Response: **** 12z MONDAY EUROPEAN ..STAYS SOUTH...*** keep dreaming NYC and CT Haha, I want snow as much as the next guy down here, but that is blatantly misleading and the people commenting are calling him out for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Ok being the novice that I am what exactly does the term QPF mean? I am still learning as I go along and have seen this used here. Tried looking it up online but not sure what I am looking for. Thanks. Quantitative precipitation forecast. As a fellow novice, when I'm up against a mystery acronym I find googling the acronym plus the word weather often leads me to the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 What does the acronym QPF stand for. And thank you for your explanation. Ah, I guess that would have been useful for me to include, eh? Quantitative precipitation forecast, I believe. Edit: Kay, you have fingers of lightning. I yield to your superior response times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 He'll say the Euro held and then call everyone FOOKING STOOPID who says otherwise Told ya. Nevermind that the GFS and Euro low positioning at 18z Wednesday is IDENTICAL and he said how far north the GFS was at that time (apparently 100 miles north of ORF). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Cherry's Jacket Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Haha, I want snow as much as the next guy down here, but that is blatantly misleading and the people commenting are calling him out for it. Admittedly, I don't follow this guy much, but too a look at his FB page. I think all of his followers are just people there to troll him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Haha, I want snow as much as the next guy down here, but that is blatantly misleading and the people commenting are calling him out for it. What a terrible immature and misleading thing to post by DT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casualbrain Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 What does the acronym QPF stand for. And thank you for your explanation. QPF is Met speak for Quantitative Precipitation Forecast. NOAA puts out QPF forecasts on a regular basis. You can see the latest here: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Told ya. Nevermind that the GFS and Euro low positioning at 18z Wednesday is IDENTICAL and he said how far north the GFS was at that time (apparently 100 miles north of ORF). he's about to get trolled to epic porportions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fodie77 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 The thing about DT is that I would follow him all the time as he was outstanding at giving us central VA people false hope. After a year or so I realized that he would simply hug whatever model gave RIC the most snow and roll with it. I can think of at least 2 or 3 occasions where he had an epic bust because of that mentality. Funny thing is, people always tend to qualify their criticism of DT with something along the lines of "don't get me wrong, I think DT is really smart..." My response to that would be that in my 3 years of lurking around these forums, the analysis here is light years ahead of what I could find on his FB page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 DT fan You are a big ass egotistical jackass who needs to grow the hell up! All you do is use this page posturing like an immature little kid! People USED to come to this page to get a different view of the weather, but any self respecting professional would not enter into these foolish games! You must be an insecure nerd or something, or those PEDs and Steroids you are on you must have OD'd on them or something! Forecast the weather and STFU with all of this stupid childishish banter!! PLEASE GROW THE HELL UP!!!! HAVE AT LEAST A LITTLE SELF RESPECT!!!! SMH... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symblized Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I am genuinely impressed by the lack of "imagine if this was January 15th" posts on the banter thread today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Quantitative precipitation forecast. As a fellow novice, when I'm up against a mystery acronym I find googling the acronym plus the word weather often leads me to the answer. Ah, I guess that would have been useful for me to include, eh? Quantitative precipitation forecast, I believe. Edit: Kay, you have fingers of lightning. I yield to your superior response times. QPF is Met speak for Quantitative Precipitation Forecast. NOAA puts out QPF forecasts on a regular basis. You can see the latest here: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml Thank you all for being so helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpsnation Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Imagine if this was here in the middle of January... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Quantitative precipitation forecast. As a fellow novice, when I'm up against a mystery acronym I find googling the acronym plus the word weather often leads me to the answer. This is useful http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraff Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Based on todays EURO caving to the GFS, we're not looking historical top 5 storm are we? Might there still be a jog far enough north to get DCA/BWI closer to jackpot range? Either way, I'm happy to see 2 inches let alone 8! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurojosh Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Taken from Accuwx HM (why even bother, I know...) Can anyone explain why there's an arrow pointing to the middle of Georgia saying 12-18" locally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMU2004 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 DT fan You are a big ass egotistical jackass who needs to grow the hell up! All you do is use this page posturing like an immature little kid! People USED to come to this page to get a different view of the weather, but any self respecting professional would not enter into these foolish games! You must be an insecure nerd or something, or those PEDs and Steroids you are on you must have OD'd on them or something! Forecast the weather and STFU with all of this stupid childishish banter!! PLEASE GROW THE HELL UP!!!! HAVE AT LEAST A LITTLE SELF RESPECT!!!! SMH... There are about 6 accounts created within the last 12 hours that are trolling him hard. I'm pretty sure all of those are accounted for on this board. The one you quoted is another shell account. You in on it Jay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feloniousq Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 natives are getting restless over there...DT is probably going to wish he hadn't posted Baghdad Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feloniousq Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Just to be sure, I will be in Reston Tues-Thurs for work, IAD is the correct airport code? Yes. Go Pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Taken from Accuwx HM (why even bother, I know...) Can anyone explain why there's an arrow pointing to the middle of Georgia saying 12-18" locally? because whoever in graphics was told to insert that arrow into western VA forgot to look at a map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMU2004 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 The thing about DT is that I would follow him all the time as he was outstanding at giving us central VA people false hope. After a year or so I realized that he would simply hug whatever model gave RIC the most snow and roll with it. I can think of at least 2 or 3 occasions where he had an epic bust because of that mentality. Funny thing is, people always tend to qualify their criticism of DT with something along the lines of "don't get me wrong, I think DT is really smart..." My response to that would be that in my 3 years of lurking around these forums, the analysis here is light years ahead of what I could find on his FB page. He is good at sniffing out future threats. However, he holds on to ideas WAY too long, and is an ***hole in doing so. It gets old fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 The euro sux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feloniousq Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 because whoever in graphics was told to insert that arrow into western VA forgot to look at a map ...or did they *ducks* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 The euro sux it hasn't been real great on our area this year if this ends up playing out as currently proged, I say the NAM wins for leading the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 lol boston https://twitter.com/islivingston/status/308648521173700608 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Starting to feel good that forecast amounts in DC could still creep up even farther later tonight or tomorrow. Anyone have any guesses on what LWX will forecast for city of DC/Arlington? Still, a very tough call with major bust potential in either direction but things trending good today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanInMd Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 How do the models actually report temps in the output? Are they using the value at the end of the time period or is it an average over the time period? Or something else all together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 The euro sux I'm hugging the NAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldereagle Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 the rain and snain falls mainly on the plain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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