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Thanksgiving Eve Coastal


Coach McGuirk

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6z gfs is most likely a blip imho. Euro ensemble mean precip is around 1.1" qpf for most of us. Almost unanimous with ind member output as well. 4k nam sim radar @ hr 60 is pretty sweet. Temps 33-35 all over. 

 

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IMO its still showing a cold bias.  Most other storms of this nature have the R/S line right over DC along 95.  That darker color(deform band) will be up in the usual spots

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Thought this bit was interesting from HPC, particularly the last para laying out why the Euro/UKMet are snowier, and where thye get their cold from.

 

DAYS 2 TO 3...

...SOUTHERN TO CENTRAL APPALACHIANS/MID ATLANTIC/NEW ENGLAND....

GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR TRAVEL DISRUPTION DURING THE PEAK
PRE THANKSGIVING TRAVEL PERIOD ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE
FORECAST FOR THIS STORM IS QUITE CRUCIAL. A SIGNIFICANT CYCLONE IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ON TUESDAY
EVENING AND THEN RIDE UP ALONG THE EAST COAST ON WEDNESDAY. A BAND
OF SIGNIFICANT QPF IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE ENTRANCE
REGION OF A 200 KT 250 MB JET OVER THE NORTHEAST. NOT
UNEXPECTEDLY...THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS
WITH VERY DIFFERENT IMPACTS. RIGHT NOW...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCES INVOLVE WHETHER THE STORM BECOMES RATHER INTENSE ON A
SLIGHTLY MORE WESTERLY TRACK VERSUS A SLIGHTLY WEAKER MORE
EASTERLY TRACK...THOUGH THERE MAY ME A TREND TOWARD SOME MIDDLE
GROUND BETWEEN THESE FORECASTS. IN EITHER EVENT...SIGNIFICANT
SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE I95 CORRIDOR..WHETHER OR NOT IT IS
ALONG THE CORRIDOR OR SLIGHTLY WESTWARD. THE DETERMINISTIC
FORECAST MADE SHOWED THE HEAVIEST SNOW JUST INLAND WITH SOME
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE BIG CITIES REFLECTING A COMBINATION OF RAIN
CHANGING TO SNOW.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INITIALLY DEVELOP ALONG THE APPALACHIANS ON
TUESDAY EVENING/NIGHT...POSSIBLY AS FAR SOUTH AS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA ACROSS NW SOUTH CAROLINA/WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN VIRGINIA AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
SNOW AND COASTAL RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE REST OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON WEDNESDAY/DAY 3...THE
PEAK OF THE PRE HOLIDAY TRAVEL AND THEN END ACROSS EASTERN MAINE
ON THANKSGIVING MORNING.

HOWEVER...THIS SCENARIO IS MERELY ONE OF MANY THAT TYPIFY
POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST. TO
GENERATE THE FORECAST...THERE SEEMED TO BE MORE SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN THE 00Z ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEAN/THE 00Z GFS/THE 21Z SREF THAN
WITH THE 12Z/00Z ECMWF AND UKMET. THAT SAID...THE ECMWF/UKMET
CANNOT BE IGNORED AND PRESENTS SOME INTERESTING ALTERNATIVES.
THESE RUNS HAVE A CYCLONE SLIGHTLY MORE INTENSE AND CLOSER TO THE
COAST WITH A 1000/500 THICKNESS PATTERN THAT FIRST APPEARS TOO
HIGH FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN THE BIG CITIES. HOWEVER...THE
MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE
LOW FOR THOSE THICKNESSES WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION IN THE LOW
LEVELS AS THE STORM MOVES NORTH. THIS IS NOT A CLASSIC SET UP IN
THAT RELATIVELY COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD NORTHEASTWARD FROM
THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY TO THE NORTH OF NEW YORK WITHIN A
PRONOUNCED AREA OF UPPER LEVEL CONFLUENCE. THIS SUGGESTS A FLOW
OF NORTHERLY TO NORTHEASTERLY AIRFLOW RATHER THAN A MORE EASTERLY
SURFACE COMPONENT. HOWEVER...THE KEY TO QPF TYPE WILL NOT LIE AT
THE SURFACE BUT MORE LIKELY ALOFT AND THAT SCENARIO REFLECTS THE
INTERACTION OF A SHORT WAVE DROPPING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
MIDWEST WITH THE LIFTING TROUGH ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. SUBTLE
CHANGES IN THAT INTERACTION COULD SPELL THE DIFFERENCES ALREADY
DISCUSSED. 

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