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East Coast winter storm, February 13th-14th, imminent (Part II)


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What really helps is just out ahead of the warming layers there is some pretty potent lift and high QPF.  Also once precipitation begins it's going to transition to moderate/heavy rather quickly and for at least a several hour period before any worries of precipitation transitions.  Could be looking at widespread 1''+ hour rates for a solid 5-7 hours

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The backlash scenario seems quite plausible.  As the system advances up to the northeast you can actually see RH begins to vastly increase again over SNE.  Not too often you really see that...normally you see drier air being dragged in but not in this case...rather interesting.  

 

 

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VV"s also increase too

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I can see where there is going to be some real disappointment for some on here if backlash snows don't come to fruition

 

If anyone is foolish enough to count on backlash snows for any substantial portion of their "take home" from this system, they simply haven't been paying much attention.

 

The potential is nice, it looks best at the moment for E NY, N CT, W/C MA, S VT/NH, swinging NE from there if it blossoms as it well might... but it has to go just right.

 

That said, if it does, could be fun. I think somebody gets clubbed by it but if it's not my backyard, then it simply isn't interesting.

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What a hit for ME though on the GGEM.

Lack of consistency is concerning and there is a natural pull to discount the Canadian. This storm is so bizarre though have to keep all possibilities in mind as we near. Clearly far right outlier for time being. A forecasters worst fear is late trend either way leading to huge bust as models get better hang on the pieces coming together.

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Most of the snow in this is on the front end. Even if the backlash verifies for central/eastern areas, it won't match the front end totals. It would probably be something like 3-5" to end it. Maybe if it goes nuclear it could be more than that, but the chances of that are low.

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I realize that the storm evolution is very different, but from a sensible weather perspective, it sounds like this storm could be pretty similar to last Wednesday's storm (6-8 inch front end, light mix in the middle, another 1-2 inches on the tail end).  The main difference could be a bit less intense with the front end thump, maybe a bit more after the change back to snow, and longer duration overall?

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Most of the snow in this is on the front end. Even if the backlash verifies for central/eastern areas, it won't match the front end totals. It would probably be something like 3-5" to end it. Maybe if it goes nuclear it could be more than that, but the chances of that are low.

Yeah, expected 12/9/05 is like expecting the blizzard of 78 of backlashes.

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If anyone is foolish enough to count on backlash snows for any substantial portion of their "take home" from this system, they simply haven't been paying much attention.

 

The potential is nice, it looks best at the moment for E NY, N CT, W/C MA, S VT/NH, swinging NE from there if it blossoms as it well might... but it has to go just right.

 

That said, if it does, could be fun. I think somebody gets clubbed by it but if it's not my backyard, then it simply isn't interesting.

 

Yeah, I would not hang my hat on it, Any WSW wind here is a down slope dandy special, Some areas could benefit, But i would want to be in some higher elevations and NW if it was just me

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Most of the snow in this is on the front end. Even if the backlash verifies for central/eastern areas, it won't match the front end totals. It would probably be something like 3-5" to end it. Maybe if it goes nuclear it could be more than that, but the chances of that are low.

Yeah but if we get 6-10 on the front another 3-5 on the fanny side. That's over a foot potentially
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