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on wxbell the ggem snowline is a bit south of the 00z.   Basically the axis of heaviest (6-8") is west to east along I-70 but about 60 miles north of I-70 on the north edge and 10 miles south of I-70 on the south edge.

 

Also the GEFS have the low in WV closer to VA than to OH...so basically the ens match the OP pretty well with that southeast solution.

 

on the northern edge it's more west to ne...so it does hit CLE

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euro locked in...same as 00z.  850 0 line gets to about Fayette county.  Axis of heaviest, (disclaimer wxbell), is pretty much I-71 cincy to Cle.  8-10" amounts       Hard to imagine this track won't hold but being this close, I'm sure it'll come down to nowcasting.  

 

Overall we dodged the nw bullet today and now inside of 48hrs.   Think it's safe to say we are getting a winterstorm, big question is if, and how much sleet and freezing rain mix and where that happens...

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some local reports out of the Charleston West Virginny office that probably annoy you guys.

 

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  1211 PM EST MON FEB 03 2014     .TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON     .DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.                ..REMARKS..    0500 AM     SNOW             1 WNW AMESVILLE         39.41N  81.97W  02/03/2014  M5.0 INCH        ATHENS             OH   COCORAHS                        24 HOUR SNOWFALL.     0656 AM     SNOW             3 NW JACKSON            39.08N  82.71W  02/03/2014  M7.8 INCH        JACKSON            OH   CO-OP OBSERVER                  24 HOUR SNOWFALL. CO-OP OBSERVER         0700 AM     SNOW             2 SSE ATHENS            39.29N  82.08W  02/03/2014  M7.5 INCH        ATHENS             OH   COCORAHS                        24 HOUR SNOWFALL.          
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looking at everything today, I would say you take gfs and euro and nam and mix 'em up and weight them each 1/3rd.    For Columbus I'd go with 2-4" of snow changing over to a period of sleet and freezing rain with moderate ice accums possible ending as snow with an additional inch or less.   Low end warning.

 

The nam is being stubborn and that's definitely a red flag for the mixing issue.

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looking at everything today, I would say you take gfs and euro and nam and mix 'em up and weight them each 1/3rd.    For Columbus I'd go with 2-4" of snow changing over to a period of sleet and freezing rain with moderate ice accums possible ending as snow with an additional inch or less.   Low end warning.

 

The nam is being stubborn and that's definitely a red flag for the mixing issue.

Thought NAM baby stepped again, no?

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Thought NAM baby stepped again, no?

 

it did...baby mouse steps....but it's hellbent on not joining the other models.....I would change my forecast to snowier if the nam caves more at 00z...but never discount the nam when it's in the shortrange and is the furthest nw.

 

no matter what I do think we don't ever go to plain rain.

 

Will be interesting to see what ILN does.  I suspect they'll put us all to a warning and include the next tier south of counties.

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I'm more or less taking a mix of every model but the NAM. model guidance between the others are close and that throws up a red flag for me with regards to the NAM. with that said, I may make a final adjustment tomorrow, but as for now this is my call on it.

I like it. I think it is smart to at least include mixing like you have.

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Ummm scratch that. Just updated us, ALL snow 4"-8".

 

Must be tossing the NAM?

:yikes: hmmm, I 'don't know bout that.  My experience is every winterstorm where the nam was flirting with us, it seems to win out.   Granted we have another run, maybe two where it could trend se with the others, but it could also go the other way. 

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And ILN produces the kiss of death again, WSWarnings now issued for 8 to 10 inches IMBY of Greene Co.!  The last two times they did this we got 5.5" (my biggest so far so not bad, but still big bust before xmas) and the last time was the Jan 5 debacle when we got low 40s & rain while IND got crushed!

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And ILN produces the kiss of death again, WSWarnings now issued for 8 to 10 inches IMBY of Greene Co.!  The last two times they did this we got 5.5" (my biggest so far so not bad, but still big bust before xmas) and the last time was the Jan 5 debacle when we got low 40s & rain while IND got crushed!

I think rain is out of the question this time. :whistle:

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And ILN produces the kiss of death again, WSWarnings now issued for 8 to 10 inches IMBY of Greene Co.!  The last two times they did this we got 5.5" (my biggest so far so not bad, but still big bust before xmas) and the last time was the Jan 5 debacle when we got low 40s & rain while IND got crushed!

 

being west you're in better shape of escaping the tongue...  I'm just really surprised they've got 8-10" in Franklin.  I hope they're right.  I guess there is model support for it....  but apparently they decided to go big or go home.

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Cool about falls in line with my thinking. Their issue is they don't give enough leeWay in their map. Should say 6-10 not 8-10.. or if they're confident in 8" do 8-12"

Also, notice that the 8"-10" area hits a brick wall in the NE? I doubt the cutoff will be that sharp if the this forecast pans out.

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