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Significant Ocean Storm March 5-7 2013 Discussion Part II


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Based on that expect a beefed up NAM QPF wise in one of the next few suites

Theres always one 2 days out ...

The NAM is actually one of the drier models. The GGEM, GFS, SREF and JMA all agree on 0.75-1.00"+ area wide. The JMA has a massive blizzard and is an outlier. The Euro is the driest and the NAM is somewhat of a comprimise.

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SREF precip type maps show basically all snow north of I-80 and west of the city with the city and points just south still mostly snow.

How about for Stamford, CT? (KBDR and KHPN) Guessing we are all snow or close, but want to make sure.

Do you have a link to the maps? thanks!

-skisheep

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Put it this way, at hour 60, everyone is snow except Cape Cod. This includes all of southern NJ. By hour 75 TTN north is still all snow and south is rain. The rain snow line then continues to come slightly north but by this point precip is over anyway.

Thanks, better than I was expecting! :snowing:

-skisheep

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.PAIR OF DISTURBANCES INITIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND

SWRN U.S...

...EVENTUAL MERGER AND AMPLIFICATION OVER THE MIDWEST LEADING TO S

SIGNIFICANT UPPER LOW MOVING FROM THE LOWER OHIO/UPPER TENNESSEE

VALLEY TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY...TO

POSSIBLY OFF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST ON THURSDAY...

PREFERENCES: A MULTI BLEND OF THE 12Z ECMWF/12Z GFS/CANADIAN AND

UKMET WILL ARRIVE AT AN AVERAGED SOLUTION...EVEN FOR THURSDAY WHEN

THERE IS MORE UNCERTAINTY

CONFIDENCE: CONFIDENCE FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ARE NOW AVERAGE

TO ABOVE AVERAGE...CONFIDENCE FOR THURSDAY IS NO HIGHER THAN

AVERAGE

WITH THE 12Z OPERATIONAL RUNS...THE MODEL DIFFERENCES WITH THIS

COMPLEX SYSTEM HAVE DIMINISHED ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY AND

WEDNESDAY. THE SYSTEMATIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS/NAM CAMP

AND THE ECMWF/UKMET CAMP STILL EXIST BUT ARE MUCH SMALLER. ON

TUESDAY...THERE IS GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT EVEN THOUGH THE 12Z

UKMET/CANADIAN KEEP HEAVIEST SNOW ACROSS THE MIDWEST ABOUT 75

MILES FARTHER SOUTH THAN CONSENSUS. BY 18Z ON WEDNESDAY...THERE

IS ONLY 50 MILES SEPARATING THE 12Z SOLUTIONS FOR SURFACE LOW

POSITION JUST EAST OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA FROM ALL THE 12Z RUNS.

THOSE DIFFERENCES YESTERDAY WERE UP TO 200 MILES.

WHILE A CONSENSUS HAS EMERGED FOR THE LOCATION AND INTENSITY OF

THE CYCLONE ALONG THE VIRGINIA COAST ON WEDNESDAY...THERE IS STILL

CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY WITH WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE SYSTEM HEADS

OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC ON THURSDAY. THERE IS A TREND FOR THE

CYCLONE TO MOVE ON A MORE NORTHERLY DIRECTION THAN YESTERDAY...SO

IT LOOKS LIKE THE COASTLINE FROM NEW JERSEY INTO NEW ENGLAND WILL

MORE LIKELY THAN NOT TO SEE SOME SNOW...BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS

AS TO WHETHER IT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT OR NOT. THE 12Z RUNS HINT AT

A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS WITH NO MODEL RUN HAVING NO PRECIPITATION

AND THE 12Z GFS/GEFS HAVING VERY HIGH AMOUNTS IN EASTERN NEW

ENGLAND...WITH A GAMUT OF SOLUTIONS IN BETWEEN.

THE 12Z NAM HAS TRENDED NORTHWARD OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS AND

REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH THE 09Z SREFMEAN...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO

VIRGINIA/MARYLAND/WASHINGTON D.C PRIMARILY ON WEDNESDAY WITH A

SHARP NORTHERN EDGE TO THE PRECIP OVER SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...BUT

THEN SHIFTING THE STORM OFFSHORE ON A MORE NORTHERLY TRAJECTORY

BRINGING SNOW FROM NEW JERSEY TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...BUT

PRECIPITATION DOES NOT EXTEND FAR INLAND.

THE 12Z GFS IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH RECENT RUNS ACROSS THE

MIDWEST/OHIO VALLEY TO EAST COAST BUT HAS TRENDED SLIGHTLY SLOWER

AND FARTHER NORTH ONCE THE STORM IS OVER THE ATLANTIC RESULTING IN

THE MOST ROBUST SOLUTION FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW FROM NEW JERSEY TO

ESPECIALLY EASTERN NEW ENGLAND. THE 12Z GFS IS VERY CONSISTENT

WITH THE 12Z GEFS ENSEMBLE MEANS. WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE 12Z

ECMWF...THE GFS NOW IS A RELATIVE OUTLIER WITH HEAVIER SNOW OVER

EASTERN NEW ENGLAND...MOST OTHER MODELS HAVE CONSIDERABLY LESS.

THE 12Z UKMET IS NOW THE SECOND RUN TO CONTINUE BRINGING THE

SYSTEM FARTHER NORTH THAN IT DID 24 HOURS AGO. IT DOES

HOWEVER...KEEP HEAVIER SNOWFALL OVER THE MIDWEST SOUTH OF THE

CONSENSUS ON TUESDAY BUT ON WEDNESDAY BRINGS HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TO

CENTRAL VIRGINIA SOUTH OF DC WITH A SHARP NORTHERN EDGE ACROSS

SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. ON THURSDAY...THE UKMET DOES BRING SNOWFALL

FROM EASTERN NEW JERSEY TO EASTERN NEW ENGLAND...MORE SIMILAR TO

THE 12Z NAM THAN THE GFS BUT BRINGS HEAVY AMOUNTS TO SE NEW

ENGLAND.

THE 12Z CANADIAN LOOKS LIKE A COMBINATION OF MODELS IN THAT IT IS

INITIALLY LIKE THE UKMET...IT KEEPS HEAVIER SNOW SOUTH OF CHICAGO

ON WEDNESDAY. LATER... THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FOUND BETWEEN

WASHINGTON DC AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA ON WEDNESDAY...WITH LESS OF A

SHARP NORTHERN EDGE THAN THE UKMET/NAM. IT HAS A DIFFERENT

FORECAST FROM THE REST FOR THURSDAY IN THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW FALLS

UP THE ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM NEW JERSEY TO MASSACHUSETTS.

THEREFORE...MORE OF A CONSENSUS IS EMERGING ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE

MAIN PRECIPITATION SHIELD SEEMING TO BE ANYWHERE FROM NEAR

WASHINGTON DC TO RICHMOND...WITH THE UPPER LOW CROSSING NEAR THE

VIRGINIA/NORTH CAROLINA BORDER AND THE SURFACE LOW SEPARATED BY

ABOUT 50 MILES OFF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. THESE ARE NOT TREMENDOUS

DIFFERENCES BUT STILL COULD IMPACT WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW

ULTIMATELY OCCURS.

LAST NIGHT...THE 00Z UKMET TRENDED NORTH FROM EARLIER RUNS AND

APPEARED TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE 00Z ECMWF...WHEREAS EARLIER IT

WAS MORE OF A SOUTHERN OUTLIER. THE LAST FEW RUNS OF THE ECMWF

HAVE INDICATED A TENDENCY FOR THE UPPER LOW TO BE SLIGHTLY FARTHER

NORTH AND FASTER AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES AND CROSSES THE EAST

COAST. THE LAST 3 RUNS OF THE GFS THROUGH 12Z HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY

STABLE...WITH THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS/ECMWF ALSO

CONTINUING BUT SHRINKING ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW FAR NORTH AND INLAND THE SNOW

GETS FROM PHILADELPHIA NORTHWARD TO NYC AND NEW ENGLAND ON

THURSDAY. RIGHT NOW...MOST MODELS NOW HAVE SOME PRECIPITATION

REACHING THESE AREAS WHICH IS CERTAINLY A TREND...EXCEPT THAT THE

12Z GFS/GEFS BEING THE OUTLIERS ON THE HIGH END...BUT AT DAY

3...UNCERTAINTY IS UNDERSTANDABLE.

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The NAM is actually one of the drier models. The GGEM, GFS, SREF and JMA all agree on 0.75-1.00"+ area wide. The JMA has a massive blizzard and is an outlier. The Euro is the driest and the NAM is somewhat of a comprimise.

the JMA has temp issues for the Jersey Shore and LI

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