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Late Weekend Storm Threat


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Are you sure you're looking at the same maps as I am? The GGEM shows the heaviest precip for that panel over NE MA/S NH, while the NAM has it over Quebec. Either way, the WPC literally said the NAM solution is implausible. I would not be worried about it.

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Are you sure you're looking at the same maps as I am? The GGEM shows the heaviest precip for that panel over NE MA/S NH, while the NAM has it over Quebec. Either way, the WPC literally said the NAM solution is implausible. I would not be worried about it.

I was referring to the position of the low itself..not the QPF shield...

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I was referring to the position of the low itself..not the QPF shield...

 

The position of the low isn't necessarily that important in these setups, it's about where the boundary sets up and where the overrunning is precip is oriented. The NAM is also much different than every other model at 500 mb, causing the precip shield to be significantly north of other guidance.

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If one looks carefully at the 6z NAM versus the 0z NAM...you can see that the southward trend that I guaranteed would happen (which will ultimately produce significant snows in this area...at least from NYC north) has begun....

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NDFD  precip type

Sunday 1:00 am--Tuesday 1:00 pm

 

 

http://preview.weather.gov/graphical/

 

..UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES/NORTHEAST DAY 3...

THE MODELS STILL SHOW A FAST MOVING WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG A
FRONTAL BNDRY WHICH STARTS OUT OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THEN
DROPS INTO THE OH VALLEY BY SUNDAY EVENING/MONDAY MORNING. WARM
AIR/MOISTURE ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE WAVE ALONG WITH LOW TO MID
LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS NORTH OF THE LOW TRACK SUPPORT A STRIPE OF
LIGHT-MODERATE SNOWS FROM NORTHERN MN THROUGH THE GREAT
LAKES...NEW YORK AND PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND AND SOME ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW ITSELF.

NORTH-SOUTH DIFFERENCES IN THE PLACEMENT OF THE FRONT...AND IN THE
TRACK OF THE LOW...PERSISTED IN THE 06/00Z MODEL RUN CYCLE. THE
NAM WAS ON A MUCH MORE NORTHERLY TRACK THAN OTHER GUIDANCE...IN
PART SINCE IT TRIED TO DEEPEN A SHORTWAVE SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE
WAVE TOPPED THE RIDGE IN CANADA WHICH LOOKED UNREALISTIC.
CONSEQUENTLY THE NAM WAS GIVEN LITTLE CONSIDERATION. NOTICED THAT
THE SNOWFALL OUTPUT FROM THE SREF WAS ALSO PULLED
NORTH...PRESUMABLY BY THE NAM MEMBERS. THE GFS WAS ON A MORE
SOUTHERLY PATH WHICH SEEMED MORE REASONABLE CONSIDERING THE COLD
AIR ALREADY IN PLACE AND WAS GIVEN MORE CONSIDERATION THAN THE
SREF.


THE PROBABILITY OF SIGNIFICANT ICING IS LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.

BANN

 

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=qpfhsd

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If one looks carefully at the 6z NAM versus the 0z NAM...you can see that the southward trend that I guaranteed would happen (which will ultimately produce significant snows in this area...at least from NYC north) has begun....

 

The southward trend, albeit gradual, is also reflected on the 6z GFS.

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A few reasons...

 

1) Those weenie WxBell maps assume a 10:1 ratio which is not always correct, in fact most of the time it's wrong.

 

2) The WxBell maps count sleet as snow.

 

3) In general snowfall amounts are nearly impossible to forecast more than a day in advance, and sometimes even hours in advance as slight changes in temperature profiles and mesoscale features can have large implications.

I like the snow maps.Not so much for the amounts they show ,but for trends

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To get the significant snow many of us dreaming of we need noticable ticks south starting with the Nam and continuing onwards through the new king ( GFS) and the old king ( Euro ). Im still hopeful because of lack sampling. Lets wait & see & above all hopeful we avoid Ice & freezing rain and snd sleet.

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