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The gfs is now worlds apart from the Euro. One of these models is going to go down in flames.

Wana bet which one. ? I will give u a hint. It's the one that always does on the EC .

I read above the euro stinks. Stuff like this is crap .We know snow is not bombing away on the coast at 40 N.

It's not suppose to without blocking and a marginal air mass . So temper your expectations on the coast.

This looks to be a great interior snowstorm. This look could be a powerhouse in terms of accumulations In central New England.

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Wana bet which one. ? I will give u a hint. It's the one that always does on the EC .

I read above the euro stinks. Stuff like this is crap .We know snow is not bombing away on the coast at 40 N.

It's not suppose to without blocking and a marginal air mass . So temper your expectations on the coast.

This looks to be a great interior snowstorm. This look could be a powerhouse in terms of accumulations In central New England.

Agree 100% paul. The EURO is damn good in storms like these. Furthermore, your assessment of the crappy stale air mass for the coastal plain is true as well and couple that with the poor location of the antecendent HP system EAST of maine it is a cold rain for coastal areas. Only way i see snow at the coast and snowgoose agreed with me on this is IF the 500mb LP closes off east of LI (a la 12/25/02) and we get legit backend snows and not brief light flurries

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Agree 100% paul. The EURO is damn good in storms like these. Furthermore, your assessment of the crappy stale air mass for the coastal plain is true as well and couple that with the poor location of the antecendent HP system EAST of maine it is a cold rain for coastal areas. Only way i see snow at the coast and snowgoose agreed with me on this is IF the 500mb LP closes off east of LI (a la 12/25/02) and we get legit backend snows and not brief light flurries

WPC is showing the backend precip - if there is any frozen involved its  a rain to snow event for the metro agreed we need that LP to close off and create its own dynamic cold air - BUT that is a less then a 50/50 chance right now IMO- thank you NAO a negative NAO might have prevented the strong cold HP from flying east out of Quebec -  it also lingers precip here through mid week as shown in the 6 -7 day map more then likely I will continue to cross out contestants names through next week in the CONTEST :raining:

 

day 4-5 precip

 

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/95ep48iwbg_fill.gif?1417780564

 

day 6 - 7 precip

 

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/97ep48iwbg_fill.gif?1417780684

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WPC is showing the backend precip - if anything this is a rain to snow event for the metro - it also lingers precip here through mid week as shown in the 6 -7 day map - 12/25/02 is a good analog - I have to find the analogs website to see if it is on it

day 4-5 precip

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/95ep48iwbg_fill.gif?1417780564

day 6 - 7 precip

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/97ep48iwbg_fill.gif?1417780684

12/25/02 was probably as perfect of a setup from NYC-east from true and notable backend snows. the key with that setup was a vertically stacked system pulling away EAST of LI. that is really our only hope with this storm. WELL inland into CNY- NNE this can be a yard stick storm in some of the higher elevations

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12/25/02 was probably as perfect of a setup from NYC-east from true and notable backend snows. the key with that setup was a vertically stacked system pulling away EAST of LI. that is really our only hope with this storm. WELL inland into CNY- NNE this can be a yard stick storm in some of the higher elevations

 

It just goes to show how hard it is to get decent backlash snows here . More can usually go wrong than we need to

go right when the teleconnections are very poor. The 0z Euro closes off too far west so the front end WWA overcomes

any chance of even a light backend accum at coast. The interesting thing about Christmas 02 is that we had

solid blocking much of the month prior to the storm which helped us out. The 50/50 let the storm close off

in the perfect location.

 

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It just goes to show how hard it is to get decent backlash snows here . More can usually go wrong than we need to

go right when the teleconnections are very poor. The 0z Euro closes off too far west so the front end WWA overcomes

any chance of even a light backend accum at coast. The interesting thing about Christmas 02 is that we had

solid blocking much of the month prior to the storm which helped us out. The 50/50 let the storm close off

in the perfect location.

ecmwf_z500_mslp_us_6.png

If i were to give some kind of preliminary forecast for NYC/LI it would be rain with a little snow with little or no accumulations at this time. This is far from an ideal setup no matter how its split for this area.

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If i were to give some kind of preliminary forecast for NYC/LI it would be rain with a little snow with little or no accumulations at this time. This is far from an ideal setup no matter how its split for this area.

need a blocking mechanism to slow down or hold that strong enough 1040 + Quebec HP in place- doesn't show right now on any models - too early in the season for a less then ideal HP location to the north - later in the season you may be able to get away with it when water temps are down  closer to freezing and also like last year there is a huge amount of cold enough air involved in the pattern - there is one way to get some frozen out of this in the metro - impressive dynamics from the storm in a thread the needle location - good luck with that scenario !

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need a blocking mechanism to slow down or hold that strong enough 1040 + Quebec HP in place- doesn't show right now on any models - too early in the season for a less then ideal HP location to the north - later in the season you may be able to get away with it when water temps are down closer to freezing and also like last year there is a huge amount of cold enough air involved in the pattern - there is one way to get some frozen out of this in the metro - impressive dynamics from the storm in a thread the needle location - good luck with that !

Agreed and already this season we've seen some misinterpretation on how dynamic cooling happens. You MUST have a cold source to tap into and the storm still cant be close to land since you'll have a fetch off the torched atlantic. Its been used pretty loosely around here and one must understand that dynamic cooling happens profiently in storms that are vertically stacked/closed off at most or all levels.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
302 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2014

PAZ054-055-060600-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0022.141205T2100Z-141206T0600Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
302 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
SATURDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...AREAS OF SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...A COATING OF SLEET, AND LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF
AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SOME AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE, ALLOWING FOR
PLAIN RAIN.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAN CREATE
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY FOR
UNTREATED SURFACES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S, THEN RISING TO
THE MID 30S THROUGH TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. USE
EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AS THESE
SURFACES TEND TO BE COLDER.

&&

$

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
302 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2014

NJZ001-060600-
/O.EXA.KPHI.WW.Y.0022.141205T2100Z-141206T0600Z/
SUSSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWTON
302 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY.

* HAZARD TYPES...AREAS OF SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...A COATING OF SLEET, AND LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF
AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SOME AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE, ALLOWING FOR
PLAIN RAIN.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAN CREATE
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY FOR
UNTREATED SURFACES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* TEMPERATURES...NEAR FREEZING, THEN RISING TO THE MID 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. USE
EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AS THESE
SURFACES TEND TO BE COLDER.

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I know its not getting a lot of attention, but look at all the warm air in the high plains in about a weeks time. 80's possible?

No, not with the December sun angle, and remember 2-3 days ago the Euro thought that was going to happen at Day 10 and now Day 7-8 are nowhere near that warm. I went through and glanced at Omaha's records for 12/12-12/20 and the highest daily record I found was 69 from 1976 on 12/16...even +10 850s under full sunshine probably only get you to about 70. Years back Atlanta only made it to 87 with an 850 temp of 20C in early February, that gets you to at least 96 most summer days

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Today's (12/06) 18Z GFS is a real snoozer!    Keeps 850mb's @ 0deg. and above for 216 hours [168-384] straight and shows not a bit of precip. for 273 hours  [111-384] straight!    Shake me---Wake me>>>When It's Over, When It's Over!

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Today's (12/06) 18Z GFS is a real snoozer!    Keeps 850mb's @ 0deg. and above for 216 hours [168-384] straight and shows not a bit of precip. for 273 hours  [111-384] straight!    Shake me---Wake me>>>When It's Over, When It's Over!

Don't get too worried - recent runs have had a cooldown before Christmas.

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The wind is pretty nasty this morning. Woke me up.

Yea wind was quite intense this morning driving to work and this morning when i woke up similar to you. Pretty odd this storm that has passed didnt garner any attention. Given that this storm and next weeks storm will still be rain and the backlash snow thread IMO being north again and not in our area

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