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Significant Ocean Storm March 6-8 2013 Discussion Part III


earthlight

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The consistency of the NAM and SREF data is creating a significant headache for short term forecasters as we begin to transition towards a period where mesoscale modeling tends to be more accurate. That being said, the ECMWF and GFS both have relative lighter events (despite the ECMWF bringing nearly 6" of snow to the NYC area). It remains to be seen how the storm will behave exactly but some form of significant impact --including snow, wind, rain and potentially coastal flooding -- seems likely in what could be the last "cold" storm of the season heading into March.

 

We'll use this new topic for the 00z model guidance suite tonight and then open up an OBS Thread tomorrow morning. Wish you all luck with whatever you're hoping for from this system.

 

 

With such high bust potential, it's best to err on the side of caution with this one. When are we starting an observation thread?

See above from Earthlight's first post of this thread.

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They actually might arguably be wetter through 60 hrs

This is (hopefully) the range where they start to become useful and don't just pick up where the 18z left off. Starting to become cautiously optimistic that the front end will be worth something at least and the GFS was suffering from its usual feedback error routine.

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NM in my book, always seems fishy and weenieish when it comes to potential snows.

 

It has had it's coups.. like with Jan 27 2011.. I wouldn't base a forecast off of it, but it's really interesting to see the higher resolution short range guidance so wet, and the SREFs now even wetter.

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