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March 11-12th Winter Storm


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WPC Thoughts

 

 

 

MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
230 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2014

VALID MAR 10/1200 UTC THRU MAR 14/0000 UTC

...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMNFD) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR
INGEST...


12Z MODEL EVALUATION...INCLUDING THE NAM/GFS/UKMET/GEM GLOBAL AND
THE ECMWF




...DEEP LOW CENTER/NEG-TILTED TROUGH IMPACTING THE EASTERN U.S.
THROUGH THURS...

PREFERENCE: BLEND OF THE 12Z GFS/12Z ECMWF...THROUGH WED
BLEND OF THE 12Z ECMWF/12Z UKMET...FOR THURS
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE

OVERALL...THE MODEL SPREAD REMAINS REASONABLY LOW REGARDING THIS
EVOLVING STORM SYS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ALL OF THE MODELS SHOW
A DEEP TROUGH AMPLIFYING OVER THE EASTERN U.S. OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS...WHICH WILL DRIVE A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING SFC LOW CENTER EAST
OUT OF THE CNTRL PLAINS TUES AND THEN RAPIDLY NEWD INTO SRN NEW
ENGLAND BY WED NIGHT. THE STORM SYS SHOULD EXIT INTO SERN CANADA
ON THURS. A WIDESPREAD AND RATHER HIGH IMPACT PCPN
EVENT...INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT WINTER WX CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOC
WITH THE EVOLVING DEEP LOW CENTER. PLS CONSULT THE LATEST QPFPFD
AND QPFHSD FOR DETAILS CONCERNING THE PCPN IMPACTS.

THE 12Z GEM GLOBAL AND 12Z NAM ARE FASTER AND RELATIVELY WEAKER
COMPARED TO THE GLOBAL MODEL CONSENSUS WITH RESPECT TO THE
EVOLVING SFC LOW. THE 12Z ECMWF/12Z UKMET AND NOW THE 12Z GFS ARE
A BIT SLOWER. THE 12Z UKMET AND ESP THE 12Z GFS NOT ONLY TRENDED
SLOWER...BUT ARE ALSO NOTABLY STRONGER AT THE SFC AND ALOFT. THE
12Z GFS AND 12Z ECMWF SHOW REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT TUES AND
WED...BUT THEREAFTER THE GFS BECOMES VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH ITS
AMPLIFICATION OF THE NEG-TILTING TROUGH...AND SUGGESTS A STRONG
CLOSED LOW CENTER CROSSING THE INTERIOR OF NEW ENGLAND. THE GFS
WOULD APPEAR TO BE A BIT TOO STRONG BY THURS AND TOO SLOW. BY
THURS...THE ECMWF/UKMET CAMP SPLITS THE DIFF BETWEEN THE
STRONGER/SLOW GFS AND THE FASTER/RELATIVELY WEAKER NAM/GEM GLOBAL.
BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL TRENDS AND SPREAD...WILL FAVOR A
GFS/ECMWF BLEND THROUGH WED...AND THEN LEAN TWD A ECMWF/UKMET
BLEND FOR THURS.
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IWX has hoisted a Watch. 4-8" with gusty winds.

 

LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...
CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...
MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...
JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...
SWANTON
331 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2014 /231 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2014/

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS FORECAST
TO TAPER OFF BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OR EARLY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A INCH PER
HOUR...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WILL LIKELY MAKE FOR
DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY.

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WSW in effect:

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM WEDNESDAY TO 2 AM EDTTHURSDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORMWARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM2 AM WEDNESDAY TO 2 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOLONGER IN EFFECT.* LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...ERIE...GENESEE...AND WYOMING  COUNTIES.* TIMING...LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.* HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.* ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES.* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH.* VISIBILITIES...BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES.
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15z SREF mean up to 13.7" for YYZ. The number of loco (20"+) ARN members has increased. Even the NMM members which were essentially whiffs show about 3-4".

 

I'd be careful with the SREF at this range. They like to run north, sometimes way...

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doesn't look like the SREF are ready to back down, still ~6" at ORD

 

will be interesting to see if it's a tighter cluster or still a feast/famine scenario

 

 

got the answer

 

mean up to 7" but highly skewed by the wet ARW which when removed drops to 4" which is in line with the GFS and my thinking

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Agreed. Max swath north of DTW per 15z SREFS is not on the table.

 

:unsure:

 

I'd be pretty shocked if that happened. For the early March storm, they were an abomination for IND with temp forecasting. 48-60 hours out, SREF mean ended up 20 degrees too warm for the storm. But, that was a different storm...

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