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March 25-27 2014 potential storm...


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I know people love to bash others for talking about the LR, and yes it is stupid to get caught up in the specifics, however for the most part the models are generally pretty good at nailing the idea of a storm at this range. The last two storms were showing up on the data 9-10 days out. Just because they missed to the south didn't mean there wasn't a storm. 

 

This one is a long way out, but the models that do develop a storm show an absolute beast. Look at the QPF output on the 6z GFS in the Atlantic, that is insane!

 

You can bet your ass that if this storm ends up slamming SNE like the 12z EURO from yesterday I will def. give chase, and if anyone wants to join me, let me know we'll split a room. 

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Mt Holly NWS discussion put the Kabash on it in

Their discussion

 

Huh?

 

TUE AND TUE NIGHT... THE MODELS ARE SHOWING THAT LOW PRESSURE

WILL TRY TO DEVELOP OFF THE EAST COAST AND THEN STRENGTHEN. IT

APPEARS (AT THIS POINT) THAT THE LOW WILL NOT STRENGTHEN FAST

ENOUGH TO BECOME A BIG COASTAL STORM. IT WILL STILL PROBABLY

PRODUCE SOME PCPN ACROSS THE AREA HOWEVER...SO WE WILL CONTINUE

WITH THE CHC POPS THAT WERE IN THERE EARLIER.

 

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Mt Holly NWS discussion put the Kabash on it in

Their discussion

 

I don't know that they've totally tossed it.  They acknowledge the threat and stated that at least some precipitation is likely from it so that is something.  As you note, at this time, they are not thinking the storm will be MECS or greater, and I think most of us, weenie or not, would agree with that assessment.  Still, it is something to track and something with real potential and, really, we can't ask for much more than that for late March.      

 

As far as the storm goes, I think the lateness of the season helps as much as it hurts.  Yes, obviously, any late March storm in the mid-Atlantic coastal plain WILL come with major temperature concerns and, if this threat does come to something, we will be watching our thermometers from well before the storm is even in radar range and continue doing so right up until the last flake (and/or raindrop) has fallen.  On the plus side, the changing of the seasons, replete with plenty of cold air still hanging tough up north and rapidly warming air to the south, increases the likelihood that this storm (if it actually "reaches the playing field") will eventually deepen rapidly if not explosively somewhere along the east coast. 

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More commonly than PHL's lattitude, yes.  But extremely hard to predict, so its just a fantasy at this point.

Yeah I gathered that from some brief reading I did on that subject. If i'm correct in my understanding accumulations really depend on how stationary the heavy band(s) are? Specifically what factors dictate how much movement happens to the trough over time? 

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Yeah I gathered that from some brief reading I did on that subject. If i'm correct in my understanding accumulations really depend on how stationary the heavy band(s) are? Specifically what factors dictate how much movement happens to the trough over time? 

 

I think it has to do with the path of the vort max aloft as compared to the surface trough.  If the vort max moves along the trough axis, it should stay relatively stationary.  But I'm no expert on Norluns. 

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Seems like all of the models are fairly close in  their outcomes in the 6 day range.  I guess it would suggest that there aren't as  many confusing pieces in the evolution of the pattern so maybe it comes down to timing of the shortwaves.

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