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January 3-6th Winter Storm


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My forecast. Might be a little to high on the NW side or a little to low on the SE side but overall I feel pretty good about it.

 

I'd take 5"-8".  I would prefer 8"-12"+, but being on the far SE side of this is going to be iffy in terms of both total precip and p-types.  And 5"-8" would get us very close to our normal seasonal average.  Doing that by the 1st week of January is doing very well.

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I swear, it's like they wait until everyone else posts up their warnings and then decide "Well, maybe we should pay attention and get a watch up..."

 

I agree lol. Will be interesting to see exactly where they draw the line.  Some of us were thinking SE of the IL River and S of 74, but with some of the counties that LOT put in theirs, might have to expand that a little north.

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GRR UPDATE

ISSUED AT 1104 AM EST FRI JAN 3 2014

DOMINANT LAKE SNOW BAND IS CURRENTLY MOVING ONSHORE NEAR

MUSKEGON...BUT BOTH RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST THAT

THE INTENSITY IS WEAK.

REGARDING INCREASING WIND LATER TODAY...LATEST HRRR MODEL

GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT EXPOSED LAKESHORE AREAS TO THE NORTH

/I.E... THE SABLE POINTS/ COULD SEE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BEING

MET AT THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE. GIVEN A WIND DIRECTION GENERALLY

FROM THE SOUTH...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH INLAND EXTENT TO THE STRONGEST

WINDS SO DO NOT PLAN TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY.

AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE DETROIT AND NORTHERN INDIANA OFFICES...

WILL BE ISSUING A WINTER STORM WATCH OVER SOUTHEAST ZONES FOR SNOW

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS MODERATE CONFIDENCE

REGARDING ACCUMULATIONS. THE MAIN IMPACTS MAY BE TRAVEL RELATED AS

ALREADY ICY CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE AREA.

A BIT MORE CERTAIN IS DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

THEREFORE PLAN TO ISSUE A SEPARATE WATCH TO COVER THIS.

Really hitting hard on the wind-chills.

Lol pretty much saying that DTX and IWX is telling them to issue a watch and GRR is like "Yeah, yeah... but those Windchills Monday and Tuesday..." Lol

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I'd take 5"-8".  I would prefer 8"-12"+, but being on the far SE side of this is going to be iffy in terms of both total precip and p-types.  And 5"-8" would get us very close to our normal seasonal average.  Doing that by the 1st week of January is doing very well.

 

amazing that we are sitting around 6 degrees at noon and then could be potentially double digits below zero in 60 hours and yet in between we may be dealing with mixing issues/rain from a storm.

I'll give it until tonight, but I'm getting my banter complaint post ready  :weight_lift:  :gun_bandana:

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amazing that we are sitting around 6 degrees at noon and then could be potentially double digits below zero in 60 hours and yet in between we may be dealing with mixing issues/rain from a storm.

I'll give it until tonight, but I'm getting my banter complaint post ready  :weight_lift:  :gun_bandana:

 

Still have history on our side, but not much else.  I'm waiting through tomorrow.  We're sooo close that any small shifts could mean a big difference for us.

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amazing that we are sitting around 6 degrees at noon and then could be potentially double digits below zero in 60 hours and yet in between we may be dealing with mixing issues/rain from a storm.

I'll give it until tonight, but I'm getting my banter complaint post ready  :weight_lift:  :gun_bandana:

 

 

GFS showing 70knot southwesterly 850 winds over the lakes...timing is everything here.

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GRR UPDATE

ISSUED AT 1104 AM EST FRI JAN 3 2014

DOMINANT LAKE SNOW BAND IS CURRENTLY MOVING ONSHORE NEAR

MUSKEGON...BUT BOTH RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST THAT

THE INTENSITY IS WEAK.

REGARDING INCREASING WIND LATER TODAY...LATEST HRRR MODEL

GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT EXPOSED LAKESHORE AREAS TO THE NORTH

/I.E... THE SABLE POINTS/ COULD SEE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BEING

MET AT THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE. GIVEN A WIND DIRECTION GENERALLY

FROM THE SOUTH...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH INLAND EXTENT TO THE STRONGEST

WINDS SO DO NOT PLAN TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY.

AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE DETROIT AND NORTHERN INDIANA OFFICES...

WILL BE ISSUING A WINTER STORM WATCH OVER SOUTHEAST ZONES FOR SNOW

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS MODERATE CONFIDENCE

REGARDING ACCUMULATIONS. THE MAIN IMPACTS MAY BE TRAVEL RELATED AS

ALREADY ICY CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE AREA.

A BIT MORE CERTAIN IS DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

THEREFORE PLAN TO ISSUE A SEPARATE WATCH TO COVER THIS.

Really hitting hard on the wind-chills.

Lol pretty much saying that DTX and IWX is telling them to issue a watch and GRR is like "Yeah, yeah... but those Windchills Monday and Tuesday..." Lol

 

You know it's bad when DTX is considering going with a WSW and you haven't got one out yet... :lol:

 

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GRR UPDATE

ISSUED AT 1104 AM EST FRI JAN 3 2014

DOMINANT LAKE SNOW BAND IS CURRENTLY MOVING ONSHORE NEAR

MUSKEGON...BUT BOTH RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST THAT

THE INTENSITY IS WEAK.

REGARDING INCREASING WIND LATER TODAY...LATEST HRRR MODEL

GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT EXPOSED LAKESHORE AREAS TO THE NORTH

/I.E... THE SABLE POINTS/ COULD SEE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BEING

MET AT THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE. GIVEN A WIND DIRECTION GENERALLY

FROM THE SOUTH...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH INLAND EXTENT TO THE STRONGEST

WINDS SO DO NOT PLAN TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY.

AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE DETROIT AND NORTHERN INDIANA OFFICES...

WILL BE ISSUING A WINTER STORM WATCH OVER SOUTHEAST ZONES FOR SNOW

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS MODERATE CONFIDENCE

REGARDING ACCUMULATIONS. THE MAIN IMPACTS MAY BE TRAVEL RELATED AS

ALREADY ICY CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE AREA.

A BIT MORE CERTAIN IS DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

THEREFORE PLAN TO ISSUE A SEPARATE WATCH TO COVER THIS.

Really hitting hard on the wind-chills.

Lol pretty much saying that DTX and IWX is telling them to issue a watch and GRR is like "Yeah, yeah... but those Windchills Monday and Tuesday..." Lol

 

 

"THE MAIN IMPACTS MAY BE TRAVEL RELATED AS ALREADY ICY CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE AREA. "

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Overall i think a track is pretty close to being set however i do think there is a possibility models arent strengthening the low properly esp after seeing the dynamics in play. We saw this with the pre-xmas storm. Again like i said before a lot will depend on where that arctic front sits. Really eager to see euro

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UKIE and NAM don't bother me. NAM especially has been way too far north with these storms the last month in the 36-60 hour range. EURO goes SE even a bit and I take the 12z suite and run.

 

Here's my thoughts on what the euro will do:

Hold with low thru cmh = 50% chance

Stronger low further nw = 43% chance

southeast = 7% chance

 

over/under on southeast call?

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