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The March 25-March 32 HECS potential


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I dunno, everything is speculative still. Getting a proper handoff in primetime is tricky. We basically need everything near perfect here. Until the euro is more aboard hard to be too convinced. GFS and nam play tricks in this range often. Further west probably closer to locking in something worthwhile. Either way I almost never assume things will trend right for me.

 

That is usually a wise course for DC and in late March it is especially true. 

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Several years ago there was a ~March 30/31 snow storm that dumped ~8 inches of snow at New Germany State Park, where I was staying in a cabin.  It was 70 degrees on Saturday and by Sunday morning it was 25 with 8 inches on the ground. 

 

The NWS downplayed the storm all week due to the time of year despite the model's being bullish.  Heading east I saw snow on the ground until I reached Frederick. 

 

Anyone who believes it is too warm for snow on the coastal plain show step outside this evening.

 

Hopefully, the transfer will occur before we are flooded with warm air in advance of the primary. 

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Several years ago there was a ~March 30/31 snow storm that dumped ~8 inches of snow at New Germany State Park, where I was staying in a cabin.  It was 70 degrees on Saturday and by Sunday morning it was 25 with 8 inches on the ground. 

 

The NWS downplayed the storm all week due to the time of year despite the model's being bullish.  Heading east I saw snow on the ground until I reached Frederick. 

 

Anyone who believes it is too warm for snow on the coastal plain show step outside this evening.

 

Hopefully, the transfer will occur before we are flooded with warm air in advance of the primary. 

Must be partly because of Snowquester. Forecasting 4-6" of snow a couple of hours before the storm wrapped up was definitely a blow to their credibility.

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It can snow but that's an entirely different tale than it will snow. LWX is perfectly reasonable at this point. No one legit will forecast a snow event of any size around 95 till at least Saturday if not later.  Climo is a huge problem for this one around DC... way huger than normal. It might happen. We're probably due in some ways. But it can also not happen very very very easily.

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It can snow but that's an entirely different tale than it will snow. LWX is perfectly reasonable at this point. No one legit will forecast a snow event of any size around 95 till at least Saturday if not later.  Climo is a huge problem for this one around DC... way huger than normal. It might happen. We're probably due in some ways. But it can also not happen very very very easily.

 

Its about going against all odds...it must happen..odds say no..but sure seems it wants to be..

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It can snow but that's an entirely different tale than it will snow. LWX is perfectly reasonable at this point. No one legit will forecast a snow event of any size around 95 till at least Saturday if not later. Climo is a huge problem for this one around DC... way huger than normal. It might happen. We're probably due in some ways. But it can also not happen very very very easily.

Nobody can argue that logic. But I think you'd even agree that this is a pretty anomalous pattern we find ourselves in. It's almost 3 weeks later, but in some ways this is a better setup than March 6. To me the temp forecasts are probably pretty solid on the models. Even if they are a degree or two off, timing and good precip probably overcomes the calendar on this one. The Euro being much drier gives me reason to be skeptical though.

The only problem I had with the LWX statement is that it was very definitive. I don't think anybody can be that set on this even if the odds are against snow at this time of year.

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Its about going against all odds...it must happen..odds say no..but sure seems it wants to be..

 

It's only a hundred+ years but that's a solid enough record to know it's almost impossible to get anything more than that t-1" range in DC from here out. Would be interesting if somehow we did get a big one as 1942 only had 2.2" winter to date before the late Mar event.  If hoping could get us snow we'd have a whole lot of snow. 

 

I started to sort of believe in the chance a bit more today but I should probably just slap myself silly ... tho the 0z runs could work there. ;) 

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It's only a hundred+ years but that's a solid enough record to know it's almost impossible to get anything more than that t-1" range in DC from here out. Would be interesting if somehow we did get a big one as 1942 only had 2.2" winter to date before the late Mar event.  If hoping could get us snow we'd have a whole lot of snow. 

 

I started to sort of believe in the chance a bit more today but I should probably just slap myself silly ... tho the 0z runs could work there. ;)

The early 0Z runs will be great, it's Dr. No that will screw us and I am tempted to wait up until 2:15 tonight to get shafted.

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i havent really looked at prior nam runs but for mby... 500 low super north and that ov low is super strong. all we need is the waa thump to start falling apart and we're in business.

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