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February Forecast Discussion


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Sorry paul shouldve said it would be nice to get a kahuna like those but the comparison you gave bought like to the situation we'll be in next week most likely

All good brother , one op run , not gona rule 8 days out . Im still working on my possible  2 tonite . 

will worry about tomorrow tomorrow 

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I don't remember one time the models showed a cutter only to trend to an east coast storm. If they show a cutter, we're screwed just like for the SB storm. The Euro showed it cutting and the gfs followed and it makes sense with the NAO getting up to +1 and beyond really strengthening that SE ridge. 

 

The one shot we have is if we see a wave develop after the weekend storm cuts. 

Your reasoning makes no sense. The GEFS are coming out now and will show what they've been showing for days, a track well to the south.

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1/27/11

We had a blocking pattern. If I saw the gfs cutting storm in the long range and we had a nice -NAO and block, then I would think that run is suspect. In this case, we don't have that so the chance of a storm cutting is much, much greater. I'm curious to see what the response will be if the Euro follows the gfs.

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We had a blocking pattern. If I saw the gfs cutting storm in the long range and we had a nice -NAO and block, then I would think that run is suspect. In this case, we don't have that so the chance of a storm cutting is much, much greater. I'm curious to see what the response will be if the Euro follows the gfs.

If you take a look at the ensemble guidance, and the rest of the guidance for that matter, omitting today's 12z op run, you'll see that a cutter is an outlier solution at this time.

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We had a blocking pattern. If I saw the gfs cutting storm in the long range and we had a nice -NAO and block, then I would think that run is suspect. In this case, we don't have that so the chance of a storm cutting is much, much greater. I'm curious to see what the response will be if the Euro follows the gfs.

It's impossible for a blocking pattern, even if it is transient, to still develop in time for the storm we're discussing? That seems to be quite closed-minded. It is also not necessary to have blocking for this storm to avoid cutting.

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That's one of hundreds of examples if not thousands. I've been watching these models for 13+ years and lost count on how many times something like that happened years ago lol.

 

Yeah, and this is 180 hours out +. Don't know why people are in the state of mind, "Once a cutter, always a cutter".

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If you take a look at the ensemble guidance, and the rest of the guidance for that matter, omitting today's 12z op run, you'll see that a cutter is an outlier solution at this time.

But it's an outcome that can happen, and I suspect will happen if we have a strong trough and a SE ridge, with no blocking even with a good EPO. That would probably save interior areas from going to plain rain because of the amount of low level cold air, but for big snow that's a pattern that favors the Midwest and NNE. If we have a weaker trough or more blocking, we will all have a better outcome.

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Yeah, and this is 180 hours out +. Don't know why people are in the state of mind, "Once a cutter, always a cutter".

There's such a huge range to where a storm can cut, it can cut through the lakes, it can go up to Albany, it can even go right over us and the outcome will still be the same, mostly rain. The storm has to be fully S&E of us for it to be snow, and there is very little room for error when you're playing with fire. 

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I really would not start trusting one GFS run of this storm cutting, right now. Keep in mind that over the past few WEEKS even, the GFS has altered it's course DAILY....not just 50 mile shifts west and east with storms, but entire changes of patterns! Meaning that the GFS has literally shifted west and east over 500 miles from one run to the next! It has showed cold pattern, then warm pattern, cold pattern, warm pattern, yesterday cold pattern, and now.....Also keep in mind where we have ended up for the most part. What type of pattern? I would not worry yet....I'm sure the next run it'll show a snow storm again

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We probably shouldn't get too worked up either way on storm details especially after 120 hrs. So

many of our events shape up under 120 or even 72 to make guessing a low probability exercise.

The best we can ask for long range is an interesting looking pattern with potential if things break

in our favor.

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There's such a huge range to where a storm can cut, it can cut through the lakes, it can go up to Albany, it can even go right over us and the outcome will still be the same, mostly rain. The storm has to be fully S&E of us for it to be snow, and there is very little room for error when you're playing with fire. 

 

Right, but if it cuts more east we'll at least get more overrunning snows. The pattern over the next week or so supports overrunning events then change to rain, but not full-time cutters unless we had a decent +NAO and a major SE ridge, which the GFS, for one run, shows. GFS as 6z was snowstorm. Heck, even with this weeks storm, the models were shifting up to 300-400 miles on individual runs inside 72 hours! What I'm saying is you shouldn't be 100% confident that the storm ends up being a big time cutter the GFS says.

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To me the pattern after the storm at Day 7-8 gets better, there are indications we may go back more to the trof being further east.

I read Don S. post and I agree that the February 8-15 period is probably our best chance at a significant snow event but it's way out there and a lot can change. I still feel good for us getting at least one more widespread 6"+ storm before the winter is over.

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Now for the second system, the GEFS mean doesn't delay the northern stream from dropping in like the op did and the result is the low developing much further south.

Surprised how many are taking the GFS post 150 hrs seriously or atleast giving it credit. Its known to waver with drastically different solutions randomly outside of 92 hours. Although in a period where there is +NAO and SE ridge that is in play a cutter should always be considered a possibility, albeit next week not a lakes cutter more like it passing just to north or over us with the PV orientation. Patience should be a main stay until SB sunday or monday when we get closer

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We probably shouldn't get too worked up either way on storm details especially after 120 hrs. So

many of our events shape up under 120 or even 72 to make guessing a low probability exercise.

The best we can ask for long range is an interesting looking pattern with potential if things break

in our favor.

the way this winter has been going id go with hr 72. 

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I read Don S. post and I agree that the February 8-15 period is probably our best chance at a significant snow event but it's way out there and a lot can change. I still feel good for us getting at least one more widespread 6"+ storm before the winter is over.

What people too young to remember don't know is the 2/8 event was supposed to be 2-4" at best and anyone in that heavy band got 8-12". Friday 2/11 looked like 4-8" of snow followed by freezing rain and instead 12-18" fell over a relatively small area. The chances of a widespread HECS might be low but some areas can do quite nicely.

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