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February 13-14 potential snow storm


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This thread has become unbearable to read again. Too much fussing over track and temps and the NAM at hr 84. Some of the analysis, and I use that term loosely, is god awful. You would have to be in Suffolk County to have any chance of a changeover.

if you take todays runs in general the only locations that would have mixing/changeover issues with a track from OBX-BM and wrapping up almost closing off/closing off @ H5 would be S. NJ and E. LI. its going to have a boatload of moisture and when it deepens rapidly it will also be forming a CCB as well. MECS signal is there yanks

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The NAM looks great at the surface and H5. If you don't think so you need to look again.

 

IMO, it shows a risk of a changeover case, especially if the trough goes negative. This run seems to be a candidate for the storm's tracking near or across eastern Long Island and then across eastern New England.

 

Fortunately, there's still time to work out the details and we're not at the NAM's better verification range. The general idea of a possible moderate/high qpf event with at least some accumulation of snow is increasing in support.

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Now to me, the NAM may actually be suffering from convective feedback. The batch of "overrunning " precip that it has on the northern edge of the SFC low (the correct SFC low looking at the H5 charts) becomes strong enough that the NAM thinks it should develop a coastal SFC low in response to that. You can see this error ensuing between 66-72 hours. Looking at other guidance this is incorrect and even looking at the NAM H5 charts itself this is incorrect. The NAM in turn has a double barreled coastal low which makes for a "warmer" solution for the NErn corridor. This run is flawed and I would not put much if any stock into its SFC depictions.

 

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/Image.php?fhr=072ℑ=data%2Fnam%2F18%2Fnam_namer_072_500_vort_ht.gif&model=nam&area=namer&param=500_vort_ht&group=Model+Guidance&imageSize=M

 

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/Image.php?fhr=069ℑ=data%2Fnam%2F18%2Fnam_namer_069_10m_wnd_precip.gif&model=nam&area=namer&param=10m_wnd_precip&group=Model+Guidance&imageSize=M

 

The ONLY SFC low that should be there is the one correctly along the FL panhandle. There is no energy to support an E coast SFC low yet.

 

With THAT said, the H5 charts are looking beautiful between 81 and 84  hours. As JM said the amount of energy rounding that trough screams for a coastal bomb.

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Now to me, the NAM may actually be suffering from convective feedback. The batch of "overrunning " precip that it has on the northern edge of the SFC low (the correct SFC low looking at the H5 charts) becomes strong enough that the NAM thinks it should develop a coastal SFC low in response to that. You can see this error ensuing between 66-72 hours. Looking at other guidance this is incorrect and even looking at the NAM H5 charts itself this is incorrect. The NAM in turn has a double barreled coastal low which makes for a "warmer" solution for the NErn corridor. This run is flawed and I would not put much if any stock into its SFC depictions.

 

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/Image.php?fhr=072ℑ=data%2Fnam%2F18%2Fnam_namer_072_500_vort_ht.gif&model=nam&area=namer&param=500_vort_ht&group=Model+Guidance&imageSize=M

 

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/Image.php?fhr=069ℑ=data%2Fnam%2F18%2Fnam_namer_069_10m_wnd_precip.gif&model=nam&area=namer&param=10m_wnd_precip&group=Model+Guidance&imageSize=M

 

The ONLY SFC low that should be there is the one correctly along the FL panhandle. There is no energy to support an E coast SFC low yet.

 

With THAT said, the H5 charts are looking beautiful between 81 and 84  hours. As JM said the amount of energy rounding that trough screams for a coastal bomb.

NAM's not close to reliable range yet. The Euro and ensembles in lockstep is a good sign, but it's too soon to lock anything in.

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Now to me, the NAM may actually be suffering from convective feedback. The batch of "overrunning " precip that it has on the northern edge of the SFC low (the correct SFC low looking at the H5 charts) becomes strong enough that the NAM thinks it should develop a coastal SFC low in response to that. You can see this error ensuing between 66-72 hours. Looking at other guidance this is incorrect and even looking at the NAM H5 charts itself this is incorrect. The NAM in turn has a double barreled coastal low which makes for a "warmer" solution for the NErn corridor. This run is flawed and I would not put much if any stock into its SFC depictions.

 

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/Image.php?fhr=072ℑ=data%2Fnam%2F18%2Fnam_namer_072_500_vort_ht.gif&model=nam&area=namer&param=500_vort_ht&group=Model+Guidance&imageSize=M

 

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/Image.php?fhr=069ℑ=data%2Fnam%2F18%2Fnam_namer_069_10m_wnd_precip.gif&model=nam&area=namer&param=10m_wnd_precip&group=Model+Guidance&imageSize=M

 

The ONLY SFC low that should be there is the one correctly along the FL panhandle. There is no energy to support an E coast SFC low yet.

 

With THAT said, the H5 charts are looking beautiful between 81 and 84  hours. As JM said the amount of energy rounding that trough screams for a coastal bomb.

 

The NAM also separate robust looking H5 vort near Delmarva, that might causing the first low to intensify as well. I don't see anything that strong, on other models. I do agree though, everything else H5 looks good for coastal bomb:

 

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As expected the SREF still show a tremendous amount of variance at this range. I think we really need to be aware of the potential for major shifts in model guidance in regards to this storm even as we get inside 72 hours.

 

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~fxg1/SREF21500US_15z/f87.gif

 

Agreed, though the SREF 500 mean does look pretty nice there and actually falls in line nicely with other guidance at this point in time.

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As expected the SREF still show a tremendous amount of variance at this range. I think we really need to be aware of the potential for major shifts in model guidance in regards to this storm even as we get inside 72 hours.

 

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~fxg1/SREF21500US_15z/f87.gif

 

this is really starting to look like a phased coastal bomb I have to say but with no ideally placed HP its going to come down to timing of the phase to make as many people happy on this board as possible. I totally agree that they're may still be some sizeable shifts in strength/track till even inside 72 hours

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The GFS looks a little better so far in every aspect surrounding the system, but nothing too extreme. We'll have to see if it has an effect on the eventual outcome of the storm system.

Doesn't the GFS has an issue with southern stream systems? Which is why the GFS has done better this year with the northern stream clipper storms

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Yeah.  The kicker (thanks earthlight/JetsPen) is weaker and is centered in Southern MN as opposed to Northern Wisconsin (which the GGEM had).

 

Is there also a N/S component to track of the kicker out in the midwest?  It seems weaker and West on the GFS, but the result is still OTS...

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Doesn't the GFS has an issue with southern stream systems? Which is why the GFS has done better this year with the northern stream clipper storms

 

The GFS is usually too weak and far east with southern stream systems. It took forever for it to pick up on the 

storm last February while the euro had it run after run.

 

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-us-weather-prediction-computer-gap.html

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