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December 20 - 21 Coastal Storm Threat


jm1220

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12z Para ends up being a coastal hugger. Inland areas do really well. Rain for the coastal areas. What a difference from the 12z op run. Huge difference.

With the 50-50 low retreating fast, coastal hugger is definitely a possibility. I think our one chance is the progressive nature of the pattern-if a kicker can boot the developing low east enough to make it track near the BM. Otherwise, a flatter storm will be too weak to cool the column and there will be an easterly fetch to warm us up, and a coastal hugger brings warm air and rain for the coast. 

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Looking at 12z GFS chances of a rainstorm have went down with that look, either suppressed/no storm or mostly snowstorm. Oddly like the look of the GFS at this point for a storm. 

I don't know how anyone could like the look of the OP GFS. If you were referring to the PGFS, it still has a lot of work to do in order to produce something meaningful outside of the higher elevations.

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Any idea where the rain/snow line sets up?  Euro seems to have it running right along I-95.

It retreats into Upstate NY initially and then sinks southeast towards the city, never really making it until the low reaches LI and by that point it's probably dry slot. The BL is warm for just about everyone so it's probably a rain/snow mix until after the low reaches New England and we hope for the difficult to forecast backlash snows.

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the usually warm biased GGEM looks pretty cold right now. Euro as well, maybe their finer grid is picking up on some of the colder air being drawn in from NE and also collapsing from the west from high moving se from western lakes.

It's cold because the system passes hundreds of miles offshore.

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Saturday will look and feel like snow as part one of system distintergrates to our sw and reverse laterals to the nw lobe which might produce for us all day Sunday.  BTW check out that NYE's fantasy mess at end of run.

GFS shows a GLC for both Christmas and NYE. Weenie land though.

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   same as before ..  if its   GFS model and its  east coast winter storm  then the  GFS  had NO clue NONE  until 84 hrs out

 

 

 

 

12z gefs have the storm going off the Nc/Sc boarder with light snow here...temps are cold. Nothing is set yet

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 ABOUT THE   HUGE  SHIFT  IN THE 12Z  CMC   FROM THE 0Z  CMC


One of the really big rules that needs to be followed in the weather business ( especially we are forecasting in the medium range) is the **RULE OF 1 SOLUTION*** .

Let's say you have five different weather models and all 5 are showing something different. Model A is you a big snowstorm....Model B gives you small snowstorm...... Model C gives you rain... and Model D gives you no precip at all and MODEL E says sunny. For those who do not know the ways of science this can seem all too confusing. But when you have a situation where the other weather models begin to move towards ONE particular solution -- in this case MODEL A... it is often very significant that the original solution that has been showing up for last several model runs by MODEL A ....is far more likely to end up being correct.

In this particular case this is exactly was going on with the midday Canadian here. Typically there are some forecasters and weather hobbyists that will fight this trend and say well it doesn't mean much.. Or they will make the argument that that still does not prove the European solution is going to be correct. However those making such an argument are simply telling me that have no idea what they are doing .

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