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1/28-2/1: Multiple winter storm threats per models


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Interesting Greg Fishel on the 11 o'clock news just said that the latest American model run the GFS shows no way for snow mid week but he also said on a side note that he trusts the American model about as far as you can throw it lol

During the 6 o'clock segment Greg Fishel drew comparisons to the Dec 89 storm that wallopped the coastal plain.  Models forecasted the cold being so strong it pushed the moisture straight out into the Atlantic, but the warm Gulf Stream proved the models wrong and spit moisture back inland.

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http://www.erh.noaa.gov/mhx/EventReviews/19891223/19891223.php

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How so?

I agree with weatherNC after looking at the CMC. The low should be deeper and be more NW than modeled The loop current should deepen the core. The low is in the right entrance region of the jet streak that should deepen the core also. And the low should move more northward along the area of greatest PVA. This storm could well over-preform! 

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I agree with weatherNC after looking at the CMC. The low should be deeper and be more NW than modeled The loop current should deepen the core. The low is in the right entrance region of the jet streak that should deepen the core also. And the low should move more northward along the area of greatest PVA. This storm could well over-preform! 

 

Thanks!   I was just catching up reading the exchange between you 2 on that.

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I wish I had more experience with ratios since this would be a very cold storm. I'd be happy with 20:1 though.

 

But still. Many of you have seen over a foot of snow before. I never have so It would be a bit disappointing and frustrating seeing a foot and half plus that far south. I mean if the canadian was right, you are talking about the difference between a really good snow and an epic snow that will be remembered a hundred years from now.

 

It would sure beat nothing though that's for sure.

 

All the images tonight are showing an incredible storm for sure. 73 storm was before my time but I remember the 89 storm. I am all for our coastal friends seeing a good snow but I would hate to get skipped as we did in those two. If these maps verify, even closely, I  (and many of us inland peeps) am going to have a very difficult time dealing with the reality of it. 

 

What appears to be keeping the storm track so suppressed; the cold dome, the jet stream, something else? 

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This is getting really REALLY close to a possible 73 solution in SC.

 

This looks too good.  Wish the GFS would get on board.

I know, man, and if it does something like that a lot of hearts will break :)  Macon gets 16 or more, and Atl got partly sunny.  One of my most painful weather misses.  So much snow, like we'd never seen up here.  It was such a narrow swath though.  I'd like to see a loop of that event.  I remember is was cold like this, and we were still recovering from the ice storm.  And like this... something was moving across the gulf most days.  We were watching just like this for something to come out, and what a duzy, but such a knife turned in your heart, lol.  It was only for the special folks...the worthy, lol.

  I think Goofy is getting there, from watching intently.   I want to see what it does with the first bit it's been playing with Sun/Mon.  The small fry interest me about what may be coming as the Gfs sees it.  Last night surely out performed what it's runs were showing, but seems to me to be what Goofy does.  It's tell.  If something is stiring it will push it way down, but bring it up in the end.  And give you hints along the way.  Like stacking tiny waves, and letting them out slow as slightly bigger  unit :)  It's been like a pack rat for days, puffing out bits of under running.  These setups kill you because there is the moisture, and finally you've got the cold, but, dang it, they are a state apart :)  T

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Wow, I'm shocked at the CMC score.  Thanks for posting.

 

The pattern has definitely switched to one that favors the CMC or Euro vs. the GFS...we did not see an overly cold or suppressed pattern during the wave of storms in December into very early January but we now are seeing that, I still believe the Euro tends to do best when the NAO is strongly negative or we have significant blocking somewhere in the NATL which we do not currently have but no doubt the pattern now would likely lead to it doing better than it did in December

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I was about to say this. WTF is that? Really? Ughhh....that just hurts my heart. Hopefully that's just something trivial...would be terrible if that came to fruition.

 

Much to early for dry slot type words etc.  It's just quite odd looking.  I would guess a model glitch; but these smarter guys here may be able to see something that's causing it.

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The pattern has definitely switched to one that favors the CMC or Euro vs. the GFS...we did not see an overly cold or suppressed pattern during the wave of storms in December into very early January but we now are seeing that, I still believe the Euro tends to do best when the NAO is strongly negative or we have significant blocking somewhere in the NATL which we do not currently have but no doubt the pattern now would likely lead to it doing better than it did in December

 

Thanks again for the info SnowGoose!

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I'm already colder tonight that I got last night.  Those clouds kept me in the upper teens for a good while, but I made 13.7.  This is some serious cold air this year.  If we can't make hay with this, it'll hurt, but not like getting just missed by a big one, lol.  I got that dry slot in the Xmas storm, and the later storm, both, so I know that hole.  I'm glad it's move north..sorry but you had your fun on 2010 while we just ground our teeth away down south of you :)  Looks like the frozen down south never made it to MetalMan, but it was close.  Such is this pattern.  Folks down south of us really need to make hay with this cold air.

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Only time will tell. I wouldn't base it off one run of the Euro though; after all, is it really realistic for the model to maintain a significant snowstorm in every single one of its runs?

 

It sucked for interior areas since 00z last night imo.

 

The EPS is going to be quite ugly for many.

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The Oscar in me says wait until the system in the sw is fully sampled on Sunday before throwing in the towel. If the GFS does verify which is plausible, it would be unfortunate with this kind of air in place and a bunch folks in the SE will be sick. I'm pretty sure this is the time period that the Doc lost the Boxing Day storm a bit in 2010 after being modeled so well for days so still think it could go either way. This cold air is the real deal. Enjoy the ups and downs this weekend with hopefully stronger sw energy that ejects and links with the northern stream.

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It'll probably end up a lower half ice storm anyway :)  No one wants that, do they, lol.   I think the gfs will go back to the holding bits back in Texas and bringing it out slowly into early next week gambit...maybe by 12z.   T

 

I was upset about the GFS earlier.  Now the Euro doing this.. it's just icing on the cake...  I guess we should toss this in banter though.  Wish more users were posting. ;/

 

Some say the canadian handles this pattern better.. but man.. thats a huge hit for us losing the Euro totally to the GFS for tonights run.

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