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00z Model Discussion | January 2-3 Winter storm


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Looks like 4-6" of snow is a very good bet for NYC.

as per the NWS, from their AFD..ALTHOUGH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH

REGARD TO THE EXACT TRACK...TIMING AND INTENSITY OF THE

SYSTEM...PROB OF A 4-8 INCH SNOWFALL IS AROUND 50 PCT...THEREFORE A

WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

Fifty fifty probabilty! We really love this stuff to be following the models for all these days when it can be all for naught. Let's hope not and the coastal storm tracks closer to NYC rather than out to sea.

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If you live NW of I-95 I would expect a high end advisory total. Eastern areas will do better.

This I can agree with.... with that said it's kind of unreal that there is this much uncertainty this close in.

Everything at H5 has looked a bit better tonight. That's all I can say for certain.

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This I can agree with.... with that said it's kind of unreal that there is this much uncertainty this close in.

Everything at H5 has looked a bit better tonight. That's all I can say for certain.

if you hang around these boards long enough you'll realize that this model waffling is par for the course. Rarely do models get locked in more than a day or two before the event.
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L EVALUATION AND PREFERENCES

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NAM/GFS INITIALIZATION ERRORS DO NOT APPEAR TO

SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THEIR LARGE SCALE OUTPUT.

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...STRONG COLD FRONT AND COASTAL LOW AFFECTING THE EASTERN U.S...

PREFERENCE: BLEND OF 00Z GFS/ECMWF/UKMET

CONFIDENCE: ABOVE AVERAGE ON THE LARGE SCALE

WITH THE SHORTWAVE NOW IN THE UPPER AIR NETWORK THE MODELS HAD

CONVERGED TOWARD A COMMON SOLUTION BEGINNING WITH THE 31/12Z

CYCLE. A STRONG MAJORITY OF 12Z ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEMBERS AND 00Z

GEFS MEMBERS SUPPORTED THE GROWING OPERATIONAL MODEL CONSENSUS

WHICH CENTERS AROUND THE GFS/ECMWF/UKMET. THE 00Z GFS TRENDED JUST

VERY SLIGHTLY DEEPER...AND BOTH THE NAM/GFS INTRODUCE A CLOSED 700

MB CONTOUR OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST AT 03/12Z. ON THE LARGE SCALE

THE 00Z NAM MATCHED CONSENSUS THROUGH 03/12Z...DURING THE PERIOD

OF MOST IMPACTFUL WEATHER RELATED TO THIS SYSTEM. IT THEN BEGINS

TO MOVE OUT OF PHASE WITH THE GFS/ECMWF...AND APPEARS MUCH LESS

RELIABLE BY 04/00Z. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE NAM SOLUTION THAT IS

MORE QUESTIONABLE...IS THE LOW PRESSURE IT INDUCES OVER VIRGINIA

AROUND 03/00Z TO 03/06Z...BEHIND THE INITIAL COLD FRONT BUT AHEAD

OF STRONG HEIGHT FALLS. THIS IDEA IS PLAUSIBLE...BUT MAY BE OVERLY

EMPHASIZED BY THE NAM. A FIVE MEMBER CLUSTER OF SREF SOLUTIONS

SUPPORTS THE IDEA...BUT WITH LESSER DEPTH TO THE SURFACE LOW. ON

DAY 3 THE NAM PREDICTS VERY RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE WEAK SHORTWAVE

DISCUSSED IN THE NEXT SECTION. THIS LEADS TO FLATTENING AND RAPID

PROGRESSION OF THE FLOW ALONG THE EAST COAST

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