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1 hour ago, AlexD1990 said:

I wouldn't worry too much unless you're south of Salisbury. Everyone looks to have the best snowfall since 2022, even if there is mixing. Fun times ahead!

I agree, I’m usually a deb with north trends but this cold air push seems legit. Busting colder and windier today, still not even above freezing yet IMBY.

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NAM came closer to globals. We all know the biggest fight will be sleet/fzra. Whoever is just north of that will cash in. Still probably too far out to narrow where that sets up exactly.  Mt Holly basically has 4 to 12" forcasted for Easton if that is any indication of their uncertainty... Have not checked Wakefield.  @CAPE or @csnavywx, any deeper insights? 

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14 minutes ago, SnowtoRain said:

NAM came closer to globals. We all know the biggest fight will be sleet/fzra. Whoever is just north of that will cash in. Still probably too far out to narrow where that sets up exactly.  Mt Holly basically has 4 to 12" forcasted for Easton if that is any indication of their uncertainty... Have not checked Wakefield.  @CAPE or @csnavywx, any deeper insights? 

Yeah I mentioned this in the storm thread- the wide min to max range for forecast snowfall totals is an indication of the unusual uncertainty across the guidance at this range.

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41 minutes ago, AlexD1990 said:

It would be nice to have more model agreement, especially for the Salisbury area. Still should be a warning criteria for everyone, which is nice. Early indication is the next storm might be a more typical rainer for some of us...

Monday could be a nice wintry day around here!

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We always have issues with mixing in WAA/WCB setups and I don't expect this time to be different.

The two things we have going for us is that the precip arrives before the surface high/ridge even leaves, so that cold air won't get shoved out immediately. The second is that the wave has a nice flat track so the WCB will be more elevated in the column initially. This gives us a couple of chances to cash in on decent accumulations before thermals become prohibitive. Once with the initial shove of elevated WAA (around 700mb) this evening and then initially with surge of moisture and warm advection in the main WCB early in the morning. I've been watching upstream stations and the transition zone has been fairly narrow, so the southern cutoff with decent snow accumulations to an overabundance of sleet is going to be pretty sharp. Easton may do fairly well here while places like here in Lexington Park to Salisbury mix significantly with sleet.

This is also a scenario where dynamics around melting can enhance an east-west band for a few hours.

Regardless of the WAA driven stuff, I do expect the favorable track of the 500/700mb vort will provide an inch or two of snow on the backside to those of us who get skunked by a sleet-fest.

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7 minutes ago, AlexD1990 said:

Cs, apologies for the IMBY question, but would you be willing to post a estimate for Sussex County/midshore Delmarva? Always love hearing your thoughts, and am curious how much the mixing will affect us.

Prob not as much as just further south. I'd have to break out the soundings but my first guess there would be 6-8" with sleet mixing in around 10am-noon tomorrow.

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5 hours ago, Lowershoresadness said:

Yea,  CSN will fill us in. I'm wondering how much ice/sleet I will see. That could cripple the bury

High chance there's some mixing as we get towards mid-morning. Saving grace is if we somehow get a decent E-W mesoscale band to set up around the mixing line and feed off the melting-induced gradient. Thinking 5-7" for you and me.

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