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most likely a wee bit east of the past 2 epic runs.

No reason on my end. 

 

The last 2 runs have painted 24-36" for the area from W-E. I doubt it will show that again. That was just nuts. I can see it showing 12+ areawide though. 

 

Remember... When the coast stays all snow we rarely if at all jackpot.

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I have no idea what to expect from the Euro. Given that model's tendency to make adjustments in small increments this close to go-time, any eastward correction leaves the door open for increased levels of "meh". Seems like a good time to grab a cigar, admire my existing snow, and try not to think about the models until 1 pm...

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I swear the New England weenies are worse than the NYC ones. The whole region gets at least 18" on every single model, yet they want it to move east.

Yeah, I closed that tab a few minutes ago... lol. I thought this might finally be one storm where everybody's interests are shared, but the rift between regions appears to be growing.

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Yeah, I closed that tab a few minutes ago... lol. I thought this might finally be one storm where everybody's interests are shared, but the rift between regions appears to be growing.

IMO, it's because people are insecure and have this need to get the most because it makes them feel better. There's a lot of nutjobs in this hobby.

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I swear the New England weenies are worse than the NYC ones. The whole region gets at least 18" on every single model, yet they want it to move east.

I believe that the track the euro has been showing gives rise to some concern of taint/dryslot issues for the se portions up there. Dont know if the concern is warranted, just sayin what they're worried about.

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Seems to be a trend east on the models this morning.

Check out the main thread. Weenie going crazy

Yeah, that main thread is something else. Id have to call the "trend" east more of a wobble tho. Thing is a wobble east could be an issue out here, but we'll see. I heard the ukie came west. If the euro holds serve, we have no worries, att.

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Yeah, that main thread is something else. Id have to call the "trend" east more of a wobble tho. Thing is a wobble east could be an issue out here, but we'll see. I heard the ukie came west. If the euro holds serve, we have no worries, att.

It's maddening. I think if people actually read models on their own it'd be so much better. Instead someone reads "GEM is east" and it starts a chain reaction of events, when in reality, as you said, a lot of it is model noise at this point.

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Yeah, that main thread is something else. Id have to call the "trend" east more of a wobble tho. Thing is a wobble east could be an issue out here, but we'll see. I heard the ukie came west. If the euro holds serve, we have no worries, att.

 

Typical modle chaos. Glad to see the UK bending back west.

It will snow, chances are I am not ground zero(I  am okay with that).

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It's maddening. I think if people actually read models on their own it'd be so much better. Instead someone reads "GEM is east" and it starts a chain reaction of events, when in reality, as you said, a lot of it is model noise at this point.

Yep, if can drive you nuts. It's the main reason I took a step back a few years ago.
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Typical modle chaos. Glad to see the UK bending back west.

It will snow, chances are I am not ground zero(I am okay with that).

We will get a very nice storm out here. we never were forecasted to be bulls eyed. We are on the western side of the good snows, but should be ok. If i was in philadelphia area & west from there, id be a lot more concerned att.

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MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1120 AM EST SUN JAN 25 2015

VALID JAN 25/1200 UTC THRU JAN 29/0000 UTC

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

12Z NAM/GFS EVALUATION WITH PRELIMINARY MODEL PREFERENCES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NAM/GFS INITIALIZATION ERRORS DO NOT SEEM TO DEGRADE THEIR SHORT
RANGE FORECASTS.


MERGING SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PREFERENCE: TOWARDS THE ECMWF
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE

THE DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE SHOWS MUCH LESS SPREAD THAN THE 00Z
GLOBAL ENSEMBLE SPREAD WITH THIS SYSTEM. DUE TO THIS, PREFER A
COMPROMISE OF THE GUIDANCE, WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE 00Z ECMWF, WITH
THE LINGERING SPREAD IN THE GUIDANCE KEEPING CONFIDENCE AVERAGE.


CLOSED LOW MOVING INTO THE WEST EARLY TUESDAY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL COMPROMISE
CONFIDENCE: ABOVE AVERAGE

THE GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT HERE.


CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVING BY WISCONSIN MONDAY/TUESDAY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PREFERENCE: TOWARD THE GFS
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE

THE GUIDANCE SHOWS SOME SPREAD HERE, WITH THE 12Z GFS SPLITTING
THE DIFFERENCE IN THE DETERMINISTIC AND GLOBAL ENSEMBLE SPREAD. A
SOLUTION TOWARDS THE 12Z GFS IS PREFERRED WITH AVERAGE CONFIDENCE
CONSIDERING ITS QUICK PROGRESSION AND LINGERING MODEL SPREAD.


CLIPPER-TYPE SYSTEM EVOLVING INTO A NOR'EASTER MON/TUE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL COMPROMISE
CONFIDENCE: BELOW AVERAGE

THERE REMAIN SOME SLIGHT EAST-WEST AND SLIGHT PROGRESSION ISSUES
WITH THIS SYSTEM WHICH PLAY HAVOC WITH THE
QPF/PRECIPITATION/WINTER WEATHER FORECAST. IN REVIEWING THE 00Z
ECMWF, 12Z NAM, AND 12Z GFS, ALL THREE HAVE WHAT APPEAR TO BE
CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK BULL'S EYES CONTAMINATING THEIR SOLUTIONS. 
THE ECMWF'S SLOWS DOWN THE OVERALL CYCLONE MORE THAN THE OTHER
GUIDANCE STARTING TUESDAY NIGHT. THE NAM'S BULL'S EYES OVER THE
GULF STREAM OFFSHORE THE SOUTHEAST APPEAR TO CAUSE AN EASTWARD
SHIFT IN ITS 12Z SOLUTION AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. THE GFS'S
BULL'S EYE/QPF BOMB DRAGS ITS BOUNDARY LAYER WIND CIRCULATION
ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS ON ITS 12Z RUN, MORE TO THE WEST
OF THE OTHER GUIDANCE DESPITE ITS SURFACE PRESSURE PATTERN. THERE
IS A CHANCE OF SOME WOBBLING OF THE OVERALL SYSTEM DUE TO AN
INVADING SHORTWAVE ROUNDING ITS SOUTHWEST SIDE ON TUESDAY, WHICH
WOULD LEAD TO A LESS EVEN FORWARD PROGRESSION. THE 00Z GLOBAL
ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE ENVELOPE OF SOLUTIONS MIRRORS THE ENVELOPE OF
DETERMINISTIC SOLUTIONS AMONGST THE GFS, NAM, ECMWF, CANADIAN, AND
UKMET. THERE IS NO OVERARCHING TREND SINCE THIS TIME YESTERDAY
TOWARDS A QUICKER OR SLOWER SOLUTION, THOUGH THE
NAM/GFS/ECMWF/UKMET HAVE TRENDED WESTWARD -- IN THE DIRECTION OF
THE 12Z GFS. THE OCCASIONALLY SLOW/PLODDING 09Z SREF MEAN LIES IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE DETERMINISTIC MODEL SPREAD, QUICKER THAN THE 12Z
NAM/00Z ECMWF SOLUTIONS. SINCE NO SOLUTION CAN BE COMPLETELY
DISCOUNTED WHEN USING THE SURFACE PRESSURE FIELD, 700 HPA HEIGHT
FIELD, AND 500 HPA HEIGHT FIELD, FAVOR A COMPROMISE OF THE 00Z
ECMWF/00Z UKMET/00Z CANADIAN/12Z GFS/12Z NAM, WHICH ROUGHLY
RESEMBLES THE 09Z SREF MEAN AT 500 HPA AND THE SURFACE. FOR QPF
AND WINTER WEATHER CHOICES, SEE OUR QPF AND WINTER WEATHER
DISCUSSIONS AND 

 

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This forum I love most because we are relatively sane. Ill be happy with a foot considering this winter so far. Anything more is bonus. Anything less I will take, as long as more than 8. :D

I'm with you! Less than 6" and I'm running a giant tarp out over my yard... such pitiful snow isn't deserving of my grass and driveway. lol

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Funny you mention tarps. More than once I've covered the driveway and then just grab the corners and drag it out to the street right before a plow comes by. This strategy works up to a couple of inches when wet and a lot more when the snow is dry. Start by pulling the most uphill tarp first and as soon as it gets moving it sides right over the next one with almost no effort. The hard one is the last one, sometimes all I can do is roll it over and then push the last out with a shovel.

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