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Central PA and the fringes - Feb. 2014 Part IV


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You can tell where the CCB love is for LNS

THU 06Z 13-FEB  -7.0    -6.9    1024      88      98    0.05     552     533    
THU 12Z 13-FEB  -3.9    -2.3    1016      91      92    0.25     550     537    
THU 18Z 13-FEB  -1.0     0.0    1005      89      99    0.22     546     542    
FRI 00Z 14-FEB   0.5    -4.3     995      88      91    0.26     537     542    
FRI 06Z 14-FEB  -0.2    -4.7     992      90      99    0.49     528     534    
FRI 12Z 14-FEB  -0.6    -4.6     996      82      32    0.22     530     533   
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the NAM CIPS analogs argue that this may still trend west further.  The list is pretty impressive. 

of the top 15 some notable central PA hits show up

 

top analog is  3-3-1994

also showing up

1-13-96

3-14-93 (yea I know)

1-4-2003

3-14-1980

2-7-1983

1-23-1987

1-25-2000

1-4-1994

1-13-1996

 

a few like feb 12 2006 were misses to our southeast but by far most of the analogs in the list today got good snows at least west of MDT and many got it into UNV and a few points west.  This argues to me that if there is a shift to be had at the last minute watch for the ccb to end up further northwest then guidance has it right now.  The mean and median snowfall for all the analogs is below. 

 

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that is a pretty impressive list

12z Euro QPF

 

MDT - 1.31"

LNS - 1.49"

AVP - 1.38"

IPT - .60"

UNV - .52"

 

I would gladly take 2/3rds of that and run with it

look at Uni now, .52 is that the best run for up there so far, i was thinking it was like .25

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Hard to believe the GFS with it showing the storm losing all this moisture. 

 

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I did a storm chase into the CT blizzard last Feb with my GF and I remember even just 12 hours before that event the GFS was showing like .75 qpf for places that ended up with 35".  There is something seriously flawed about how the GFS handles STJ systems, phasing, and convective issues along the east coast.  I don't have the physics skills to pinpoint the problem but it happens way too often to pretend its not severely flawed in those situations.  The GFS is useful for pattern recognition and in northern stream dominant situations though, I am not a GFS hater in every situation.  Euro has its issues too, most notably getting troughs stuck in the southwest, but when it comes to STJ induced east coast systems...you cant beat it.

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