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Late March snow blitz! March 24-25th


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Better than previous runs for CLE:

 

MON 06Z 25-MAR   0.0    -4.7    1002      78     100    0.03     537     535    MON 12Z 25-MAR  -0.6    -5.8    1001      92      98    0.25     533     531    MON 18Z 25-MAR   1.2    -5.9    1005      83      98    0.10     534     530    TUE 00Z 26-MAR   0.1    -6.0    1010      93      98    0.04     537     529    TUE 06Z 26-MAR  -2.4    -6.2    1013      93      93    0.02     538     528    

 

euro actually looked pretty good for cmh on the wxunderground site.  Looked like a pretty solid hit across central OH.  Not sure how good those graphics are.

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Looks like the GFS is transferring to 2 lows.

 

one hell of a cluster, although it finally consolidates a coastal off the delmarva by 72 hrs.   With the slp evolution being this much of a cluster, I have zero confidence in how the precip field is being forecasted on these models.  Probably gonna be some big surprises and big disappointments ahead.

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one hell of a cluster, although it finally consolidates a coastal off the delmarva by 72 hrs. With the slp evolution being this much of a cluster, I have zero confidence in how the precip field is being forecasted on these models. Probably gonna be some big surprises and big disappointments ahead.

IWX mentioned that the transfer could be modeled too quickly.

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Wintry storm bearing down on Midwest Sunday and Sunday night. Storm watches hoisted downstate. Storm track critical in deciding how much snow will fall in Chicago. Our in-house average of all models and other snow forecast techniques yields an average of 4.8" centered on Chicago with amounts tapering off as one heads north north and increasing south. This is a very early read on this system and the accumulation numbers shouldn't be read as carved in stone at this point and ar...e subject to adjustment between now and the storm's onset Sunday when scattered morning flurries are expected to build into steadier snowfall. Lake effect snow showers may well linger into Monday and Monday night lakeside counties--so this is a system to watch. A more southerly track could yet divert snowfall to the south of Chicago--but there's enough evidence supporting sticking snow in the city and surrounding areas that it can't, at this point, be ignored. Storm probability figures out of WPC (the Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center in Maryland put odds of this snow reaching winter storm criteria in Chicago at between 50 and 60%--a fairly high assessment of risk this far ahead of the event. Low-level wind trajectories and a destabilizing 18-deg temp drop through the lowest mile of the atmosphere support lake enhancement of the storm's "system" snow. The March sun went to work on the cold air mass Friday sending highs to 40 O'Hare, 41 Midway & 33 Lakefront. The normal March 22 high: 49-deg.
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Can't speak for Tim but I remember saying that it transitions into hoping for a fluke. To put in perspective how rare this is, Chad Evans came up with a list of late season snowstorms for LAF since 1821 (the early years are from newspaper/diary accounts). There have only been 4 storms to drop 6+ inches after March 20 (3/23/1836, 3/26/1913, 4/18/1926, 3/25-26/2002).

 

Just catching up and saw this post. Mike Ryan pointed out in his disco yesterday that it will be REALLY rare for IND:

 

THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN TWO DAYS AFTER MARCH 24 IN HISTORY WHERE INDY HAS RECEIVED 4 INCHES OR GREATER. THOSE TWO DAYS ARE 4/9/1897 AND 3/24/1912. STEPPING BACK TO 3 INCHES OR GREATER...THE NUMBER OF DAYS INCREASE ONLY TO 4. POTENTIALLY A REMARKABLE CONCLUSION TO A WINTER THAT DOES NOT YET WANT TO LEAVE.
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