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2/13-2/14/2014 2nd Half Major Coastal Storm Discusson/Observations


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Between the radar blossoming down south and listening to some of the obs in the Mid-Atlantic Forum, it sounds like this evening is going to be interesting for most in the Delaware Valley:  Several reports of hearing/seeing thunder and/or lightning with light rain/drizzle quickly changing over to heavy sleet then snow.  Apparently Roanoke VA... which got an extreme pounding from the ULL... reported an additional 8" AFTER the lull.   

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Ordinarily i scoff at the HRRR and RAP but they did well with round 1. Broke clock is right twice a day thing or onto this second round who the heck knows.

 

I would say convection and some crazy amounts with that energetic upper low will strike some lucky weenies in SEPA

 

i wouldn't scoff at them at this timeframe, they are valuable tools.  that being said, of course this is a situation that is subject to change.

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Tony "Rainshadow"'s AFD is a must-read:

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...UNNECESSARY TRAVEL NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT BECAUSE OF HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES DURING THE SECOND AND FINAL PHASE OF THIS WINTER STORM.THE COASTAL LOW ITSELF AT 3 PM WAS VERY NEAR THE DELAWARE BAY BUOY. PROPS TO THE ECMWF SOLUTION THAT PEGGED THE TRACK THE BEST THROUGHOUT. WHILE WE ARE HANDING OUT PROPS, THE WRF-NMMB FGEN FIELDS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF PREDICTING THIS FRONT END BURST YESTERDAY, THEIR QPF THRU 12Z WAS MUCH CLOSER THAN ANY OTHER MODEL.THE SECOND PHASE OF THE WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO OUR CWA THIS EVENING. WE CAN SEE THE CONVECTION BUBBLING IN VIRGINIA. THE CORE OF THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR (700MB-500MB LAPSE RATES) IS FORECAST TO PASS OFF OUR COAST UNDER THE CLOSED LOW AND WE FOLLOWED THIS FEATURE TO ADD A CHANCE OF THUNDER.ELSEWHERE THE NEGATIVE TILT OF THE CLOSED LOW IS GOING TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT DIFFLUENCE ALOFT. THIS WILL HELP PROVIDE THE NECESSARY EXHAUST FOR ANOTHER BURST OF HEAVY PCPN AS THIS FEATURE MOVES THROUGH MAINLY DURING THIS EVENING. MODEL TIMING HAS COME CLOSER AS THE ECMWF IS NOW FASTER THAN YESTERDAY. THERE ARE STILL DIFFERENCES AS TO THE HEAVIEST HIT AXIS FROM THIS SNOW (GENERALLY AFTER 7PM AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES) WITH THE ECMWF FURTHEST EAST. WE TOOK A MODEL BLEND CONSENSUS WITH THE QPF. THERMALLY, SOMEHOW WE HAVE MANAGED WITH EVEN ALL THIS SNOW TO BE WARMER THAT ALL MODEL 2M FCST TEMPS AS THE FREEZING MARK IS FAR NORTHWEST AS ABE AND RDG. THE FCST SOUNDINGS ALOFT ARE STILL SHOWING THE COLDER/LOWER 925MB TEMPS BYPASSING THE 850MB TEMPS HEADING TOWARD THE COAST. WE ARE EXPECTING SLEET TO INCREASE AS A PTYPE THIS EVENING AND THEN AS THE SNOWFALL RATES/INTENSITY INCREASE PTYPE CHANGES BACK TO SNOW IN MOST AREAS. THE SWEET SPOT FOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS (LOWER SFC TEMPERATURES, COLDER THERMAL FIELDS PLUS HEAVIER PCPN) SHOULD BE FROM THE PHL NW SUBURBS NEWD INTO THE PASSAIC BASIN OF NJ. PLACES TO THE WEST MAY BE TOO REMOVED AND PLACES FARTHER TO THE EAST, NON SNOW PTYPES WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THE ACCUMS. BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED THUMPING SNOWFALL RATES (1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR), WE DID NOT CHANGE ANY OF OUR WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.      WITH THE BETTER MODELING CONSENSUS, WE ARE EXPECTING THIS EVENT TO GO INTO THE BOOKS BY THE END OF THE NIGHT.
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