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Feb 12-13 Sleet/Snow/ZR Event


JoshM

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Brad P just had a great blog post on the upcoming storm.  This is the best quote that a lot of people should take to heart:

 

Also, there will be lots of rumors and hype about 1 foot of snow, or a crippling ice storm etc… I can tell you just today one model had 13″ of snow over Charlotte, but the likely hood of 0″ is just as likely. So don’t believe the hype of mega storm or the doubters of no storm. The most likely outcome is always somewhere in between.

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12z Canadian overall a little less wintry at RDU than the 0z run. 00z run had around 6-7 inches of snow, a lot of sleet and a little freezin grain, no regular rain.

 

12z has around 4 inches of snow, around 0.5 inch of freezing rain, a little sleet, and probably 0.6 inches of so of rain per the meteograms from the UQAM site.

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Actually, looking back, you're right.  The Euro definitely got really close for the Triad area, for example, at hr 138, but by hr 144 (on last night's run), it was easily cold enough again (same thing for CLT).  Interesting.

 

That's due to the increase in precip rates I'd bet.  850 temps are very marginal over most of the I-85 corridor and when the big slug of precip pushes in, the 850 temps cool a bit to pull it below freezing.

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The 12z Euro is colder and further south with the day 4 overrunning event (compared to the 00z run) and presumably drops some snow across the northern half of NC from it.  It's nowhere near as prolific as the GGEM, though.

 

The high might be a little weaker (at least it's 2 mb weaker at hr 96, though the maps aren't out past there for me yet), but we don't need a 1037 mb HP to get it done, at least in the upper CAD regions.

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More icy than snow this run for NC, mountains may still get a good deal of snow, but looks like in general from looking at 850s, 2mT, and QPF some snow to ice event for many.

 

Wedge is locked in at hour 126 although not as strong as 00z run. Still significant frozen/freezing precip for CLT/RDU through hour 126.

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More icy than snow this run for NC, mountains may still get a good deal of snow, but looks like in general from looking at 850s, 2mT, and QPF some snow to ice event for many.

 

Wedge is locked in at hour 126 although not as strong as 00z run. Still significant frozen/freezing precip for CLT/RDU through hour 126.

 

It looks to be very close for RDU.  Wouldn't a track a little more east help us out or would it still be a zr situation?

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Looks like Charlotte stays at or below freezing whole event. RDU goes above at hour 132, but not sure how much of QPF between 126-132 falls at or below freezing. RDU back to freezing at 132 as low pulls away.

 

Again, right now,dont get lost in details of rain/ice/snow line 120-144 hours out.

 

Bottom line Canadian/ECMWF still have event, more GFS ENS members then not have the event, when compared to odd 12z op GFS run. Trend today in 12z guidance has been for the parent high to be a little weaker and move out a little faster. However, the wedge is locked in very nicely with diabatic processes (hybrid CAD) and while the eastern fringes of the wedge may changeover at some point (RDU) even they would still get a significant winter storm.

 

Plenty more cycles and oscillations to come!

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Looks like Charlotte stays at or below freezing whole event. RDU goes above at hour 132, but not sure how much of QPF between 126-132 falls at or below freezing. RDU back to freezing at 132 as low pulls away.

 

Again, right now,dont get lost in details of rain/ice/snow line 120-144 hours out.

 

Bottom line Canadian/ECMWF still have event, more GFS ENS members then not have the event, when compared to odd 12z op GFS run. Trend today in 12z guidance has been for the parent high to be a little weaker and move out a little faster. However, the wedge is locked in very nicely with diabatic processes (hybrid CAD) and while the eastern fringes of the wedge may changeover at some point (RDU) even they would still get a significant winter storm.

 

Plenty more cycles and oscillations to come!

 

Thanks for the time & the pbp Allen!

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