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Winter Pattern Discussion 2014-2015 (December/January)


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Euro is a nice little hit of snow (per the clown maps) for northeastern Arkansas (5-6 inches), northwestern TN 2-4.5 inch amounts, and 1-3 inch amounts for northern central TN.  The main band of 2-4 inch snows is aimed from northeastern AR into most of KY.

All from a very weak Miller A that forms around southern LA, before weakening as it moves east to east northeast off the coast.

 

So the Euro is firing off the first warning shots of January, interesting.

 

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Hopefully this isn't turning into a winter 2007 or 08. One of those it would get really cold, be very dry, then warm up enough for rain, rinse and repeat. With the current forecast of a frigid but dry arctic front (we can occasionally squeeze out an inch or two with these fronts) followed by it warming up just enough for rain through the weekend it's looking like a reloading pattern.

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Well the Para comes in with a snow even for a good portion of the Valley from Northern Miss and NW ward. Nashville is on the edge. Points east are around 2-4 inches. Northern Louisiana gets buried in 10-15 inches.

 

The main GFS has snowfall in the same areas, but much less due to sleet/zr issues.

 

I looked at the meteograms and the model average is about a third of an inch (if that) for TYS.

 

I don't know if the Para is better and handling these types of things or not, but I sure would like a better consensus on this.

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Text output shows probably .3 ice in Crossville. About the same in Nashville with frigid temps in the 20s. Memphis also gets an icy mess. Much warmer in the far Eastern sections with Knox maybe getting a little bit of zr before switching to rain and temps in the mid 30s. Looks like plateau and west and far NE TN get frozen and the central valley of East Tennessee does just enough to get rain. As mentioned, the Para is colder, has snow north of 40 and zr even down to Chattanooga. 

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Text output shows probably .3 ice in Crossville. About the same in Nashville with frigid temps in the 20s. Memphis also gets an icy mess. Much warmer in the far Eastern sections with Knox maybe getting a little bit of zr before switching to rain and temps in the mid 30s. Looks like plateau and west and far NE TN get frozen and the central valley of East Tennessee does just enough to get rain. As mentioned, the Para is colder, has snow north of 40 and zr even down to Chattanooga. 

Hard to tell which one is right the GFS vs the Euro two total differemt looks at the H5 and the Euro looks much slower

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The 12z Canadian is really wet for parts of middle TN and icy for parts of western TN.  Probably too wet, but with the GFS backing off precip amounts, I wanted to show there is still a lot of uncertainty.  

 

FWIW, the para GFS is a big QPF maker for parts of the Carolinas, showing an icy solution there.  Next up, the Euro.

 

These kinds of maps come from the model suite at American. If you do not subscribe (9.95 a month.... I think), I highly recommend for you to join!

 

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attachicon.gifCanadian 72 hr QPF valid hr 180 01062015.png

 

The 12z Canadian is really wet for parts of middle TN and icy for parts of western TN.  Probably too wet, but with the GFS backing off precip amounts, I wanted to show there is still a lot of uncertainty.  

 

FWIW, the para GFS is a big QPF maker for parts of the Carolinas, showing an icy solution there.  Next up, the Euro.

 

These kinds of maps come from the model suite at American. If you do not subscribe (9.95 a month.... I think), I highly recommend for you to join!

Seeing an inverted trough,should be more over running in the Valley than what the GFS is showing

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attachicon.gifCanadian 72 hr QPF valid hr 180 01062015.png

 

The 12z Canadian is really wet for parts of middle TN and icy for parts of western TN.  Probably too wet, but with the GFS backing off precip amounts, I wanted to show there is still a lot of uncertainty.  

 

FWIW, the para GFS is a big QPF maker for parts of the Carolinas, showing an icy solution there.  Next up, the Euro.

 

These kinds of maps come from the model suite at American. If you do not subscribe (9.95 a month.... I think), I highly recommend for you to join!

Gotta say the GGEM is staying consistent as the cold biased,it's not backing off is it?

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Euro is still slower and warmer,nothing much for anyone right now,other than cold rain

A lot of differences in timing and strength with what comes down the pipeline through the southern branch days 6-10, and IMO all the models will continue to struggle with a lot of the details.  Timing will be critical (when is it not) when it comes to any winter threat for the southeast, but it's not a zero possibility type of situation.  We have several large highs showing with some sort of jet underneath.  

 

I would add that occasionally we can get into a pattern where we see a surprise that pops up in the 3-4 day time frame.  This might be one of those time periods moving forward. 

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EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1233 AM EST WED JAN 07 2015

VALID 12Z SAT JAN 10 2015 - 12Z WED JAN 14 2015

...UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT/MODEL PREFERENCES...
CONTINUE TO LIKE THE ECENS/ECMWF SOLUTION AND ITS SOUTHERN STREAM
SOLUTION FOR THE GRADUAL SOUTH TO NORTH EROSION OF THE
MODIFIED-ARCTIC SURFACE RIDGE---EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
LIKEWISE...WITH THE EMERGENCE OF MID-LEVEL ENERGY MIGRATION ACROSS
THE RIO GRANDE AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THERE IS SOME DEGREE OF
VARIABILITY WITH TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL SHORTWAVES TRANSITING THE
GULF OF MEXICO---BUT ESSENTIALLY---THE ECENS COULD BE FOLLOWED FOR
THE ENTIRE DAY 4-7 PERIOD...FROM WEST COAST TO EAST COAST.

THOUGHT THE MAIN REASON FOR THE VARIABILITY IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM
WAS THE CURRENT NATURE/MOMENTUM OF THE WEAK/BENIGN UPPER-LEVEL LOW
LOCATED INVOF 27N 120W. ITS PRESENCE...EVENTUAL BREAKDOWN...AND
MIGRATION INTO THE DOWNSTREAM FLOW OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...RIO
GRANDE...SOUTHERNMOST DIVIDE AND WEST TEXAS REGION HAS PROVIDED
THE RUN-TO-RUN P-TYPE FORECAST CHALLENGE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.

IN GENERAL...THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS THE ONE REGION WHERE A
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND NORTHERN STREAM 'SHEARING' INFLUENCE IS
ABSENT. AND THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THE DETERMINISTIC
GUIDANCE---THE 7/00Z DETERMINISTIC GFS INCLUDED---OFFER THE BEST
PROSPECTS FOR LOW-LEVEL ORGANIZATION OF SOUTHERN STREAM ENERGY
THIS FORECAST PERIOD. AND ALTHOUGH...SOME RUNS LIKE THE IDEA OF
TAKING SOUTHERN MID-LEVEL ENERGY NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE
LOWER-TO-MIDDLE MISSOURI VALLEY...THERE IS TOO MUCH NORTHWESTERLY
SHEAR ALOFT AND DRY/MODIFIED-ARCTIC AIR TO GENERATE AND/OR
MAINTAIN EVEN WEAK LOW-LEVEL CYCLOGENESIS. WITH THIS IN MIND---A
DAY 4-5 FRONTAL PASSAGE (WPC GRAPHICS) WILL BE FOR THE MOST PART
DRY---BUT WILL ALLOW SOME COOLER AIR TO REINFORCE THE SURFACE
RIDGE DOWNSTREAM OVER THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NATION...THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND REJUVENATE A LOCALIZED LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWER
PATTERN.

THE MEDIUM RANGE FOCUS SHOULD REMAIN CENTERED IN THE WESTERN GULF
OF MEXICO...AND FOR MORE THAN ONE MID-LEVEL IMPULSE TO BEGIN
MIGRATING NORTHWARD INTO THE COLD AIR. AND BEING A MEDIUM RANGE
FORECAST...IT LEAVES SOME LEE-WAY FOR ADJUSTMENT FOR SOME WEAKER
ENERGY TO EJECT ATOP THE COLD AIRMASS AND SPREAD ACROSS THE OZARKS
AND MID-MS AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS. THE PRECIPITATION MIGHT BE ON
THE LIGHT SIDE...BUT COULD CAUSE TRAVEL ISSUES. OVERALL...THOUGHT
THE SCENARIO---A SLOWER 'FLUSH OUT' OF THE ARCTIC HIGH...WAS BEST
SERVED BY THE ECENS/ECMWF IDEA.

...SENSIBLE WEATHER...
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND COLD HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES ACROSS
THE NORTHEAST AND GREAT LAKES---WITH SNOWFALL POTENTIAL IN THE
LAKES AND FAVORED UPSLOPE TERRAIN.

A BROAD-SCALE OVER-RUNNING PRECIPITATION PATTERN FOR PORTIONS OF
TEXAS...SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND A LARGE EXPANSE OF THE GULF COAST
AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST BEGINS TO EMERGE DURING THIS MEDIUM RANGE
PERIOD.

VOJTESAK

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EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1105 AM EST WED JAN 07 2015

VALID 12Z SAT JAN 10 2015 - 12Z WED JAN 14 2015

...PATTERN/SENSIBLE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS AND GUIDANCE/UNCERTAINTY
ASSESSMENT...

WPC MEDIUM RANGE SURFACE FRONTS/PRESSURES AND 500 MB PROGS ALONG
WITH HPCGUIDE GRIDS HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY DERIVED FROM A COMPOSITE
BLEND OF REASONABLY COMPATABLE GUIDANCE FROM THE 06 UTC GFS
PARELLEL/GEFS MEAN AND THE 00 UTC ECMWF/ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEAN DAYS
3-5 FRI-SUN ALONG WITH WPC CONTINUITY. INCREASING DETERMINISTIC
MODEL FORECAST SPREAD PROMPTED A QUICK TRANSITION TO AN ENSEMBLE
MEAN SOLUTION TUE/NEXT WED USING A 50-50 BLEND OF THE 06 UTC GEFS
AND 00 UTC ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEANS.

THE LARGER SCALE PATTERN FEATURES A LESS DEFINED SRN STREAM
RUNNING UNDERNEATH AND INTERACTING WITH A DOMINANT AND AMPLIFIED
NRN STREAM FLOW WITH A MEAN RIDGE BUILDING ALOFT NEAR THE NW
US/WRN CANADIAN COASTS AND A COLD DOWNSTREAM MID-UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH DUG SOUTHWARD INTO THE US FROM EAST-CENTRAL CANADA...ALL
OVERTOP A
MEAN SERN US RIDGE ALOFT. FORECAST PREDICTABILLITY SEEMS TO HOLD
AT NEAR AVERAGE TO ABOVE AVERAGE LEVELS FOR THE NEXT WEEK IN THIS
OVERALL PATTERN WITH MOST UNCERTAINTY WITH UNRESOLVED
AMPLITUDE/TIMING ISSUES WITH EMBEDDED SMALLER SCALE IMPULSES AND
ASSOCIATED SURFACE SYSTEM REFLECTIONS AND SENSIBLE WEATHER FOCUS.

WHILE EMBEDDED IMPULSES WILL LEAD TO SEVERAL SWATHS OF LIGHT-SIDE
PCPN IN BOTH STREAMS ACROSS THE LOWER 48 IN LIMITED
MOISTURE...FORECAST SPREAD REMAINS MOST PROBLEMATIC WITH POTENTIAL
SRN AND NRN STREAM IMPULSE INTERACTION WITH A LOWER ATMOSPHERIC
COLD DOME SUNK FAR SOUTHWARD DOWN THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND ERN US.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE A THREAT FOR ENHANCED LEAD MOISTURE INFLOW/QPF
AND OVERRUNNING WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL FOCUSING ALONG AND TO THE
NORTH OF THE TRACK OF ANY ORGANIZED FRONTAL/COASTAL WAVES.
HEAVIEST RAINFALL POTENTIAL SEEMS ACROSS THE GULF COAST
STATES/SERN US. THE NORTHWARD EXTENT OF THE OVERALL PCPN SHIELD IS
A TOUGH CALL. THE STRENGTH OF THE HIGH MAY FAVOR RECENT GFS/GEFS
RUNS THAT HAVE BEEN MORE SOUTHWARD SUPPRESSED WITH QPF THAN RECENT
ECMWF/ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEANS THAT MAY BE FAVORED BY UPSTREAM FLOW
AMPLITUDE...LEADING TO THE 50-50 WPC BLEND.  EITHER WOULD PLACE A
POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT BAND OF SLEET/ICE THEN SNOW OVERTOP ON THE
MORE NRN EDGES OF THE OVERALL PRECIPITATION SHIELD...ALL PERHAPS
MAINLY IN THIS PERIOD WITH A THREAT NORTHWARD FROM THE S-CENTRAL
PLAINS AND LOWER-MID MS/TN VALLEYS ENEWD THROUGH OH VALLEY AND THE
APPALACHIANS/MID-ATLANTIC.

SCHICHTEL

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I'd use the word "Caution" what the models show in Mid Tn for mid week today.You got a banana high up above and convection being shown towards the Gulf states with an inverted trough pulling moisture up on the models today.I don't buy it and seen it to many times.Convection kills moisture from transporting here with gulf lows

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I guess I'm the only one that checks in here daily

Nah, I am in here quite often during the winter. Like tnwxnut said...just not much going on. 0z Euro has a few marginal events this evening. CPC ensembles today show promise. I still think we are on track for the end of January and February. Honestly, need a break from these single digits. Yikes!

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Nah, I am in here quite often during the winter. Like tnwxnut said...just not much going on. 0z Euro has a few marginal events this evening. CPC ensembles today show promise. I still think we are on track for the end of January and February. Honestly, need a break from these single digits. Yikes!

Yeah I hear year. I feel like all weather boards need a break. Hopefully some people take a break before we get into a better pattern. Boards have been testy lately

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