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2-1-15 to 2-2-15 Snow and Mix to Snow Storm


Clinch Leatherwood

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I feel like sometimes in these patterns though when its that cold you end up with that arctic sand.  Maybe the growth is really good, but then it dries out into small flakes in the low level arctic air?  I just feel like more often than not, when its snowing with ambient temps in the single digits or lower, you really need some hefty mid-level forcing to get decent ratios and not that like arctic small needle flake snow. 

 

I like the RT 2 area in Mass up into SVT and SNH for the best combo of moisture and mid level lift in that DGZ.

Not necessarily in the cold overrunning setups. I mean...the crystal growth isn't going to decrease falling into cold low-level air unless it's dry.

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I feel like sometimes in these patterns though when its that cold you end up with that arctic sand.  Maybe the growth is really good, but then it dries out into small flakes in the low level arctic air?  I just feel like more often than not, when its snowing with ambient temps in the single digits or lower, you really need some hefty mid-level forcing to get decent ratios and not that like arctic small needle flake snow. 

 

I like the RT 2 area in Mass up into SVT and SNH for the best combo of moisture and mid level lift in that DGZ.

 

That's why we try and emphasize not to put too much stock into ratios versus surface temps. You can easily have a sounding that is in the single digits at the surface and well below the optimal DGZ aloft. Or (like this event) you can have some WAA aloft that puts the surface in the single digits and aloft in the prime DGZ.

 

Like for Brian, at CON near 00z Tuesday the sounding in nearly completely DGZ from surface to 600 mb. With lift more or less throughout that column you could easily pull off lake effect type ratios.

 

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Euro seems like a 8-12 deal for much of the interior.

That's usually how these go. I'd be hesitant to go more. We'd need a more robust CCB parting gift to get more widespread 12"+ amounts. If that is going to happen, then we will see more signs of it in the next 24 hours.

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That's usually how these go. I'd be hesitant to go more. We'd need a more robust CCB parting gift to get more widespread 12"+ amounts. If that is going to happen, then we will see more signs of it in the next 24 hours.

6-12/8-14. Even the 14 may be above the ceiling but someone with fluff could pull it off.

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I think there was a period of official advisory in the matter ...if perhaps buried out of notice by the specter of the current headline... It was single digits out here in Ayer just before dawn, and the house was rattling then too, so it probably verified with pretty deep values.

Wind tunnel downtown was unbearable at 2am. I actually got so cold I ended up jogging the 5 blocks to the car in dress shoes.
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