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Mid FEB through March Threats/Snow Storms


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GGEM clipper bomb was evident by hr 84..trailing vort consolidated more quickly as the trough axis swung into IA. Hopefully, the Euro follows suit.

All me need for a decent snowstorm from the clipper bomb is to get that 504dm low to track over central VA. Unfortunately, there is a better chance of Justin Beiber writing a good song, twice than that happening.

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well, not too many days ago one or both of the clippers on the gfs were to be Boston blizzards and now they get a modest amount out of the 2nd, so I do believe things have changed, if not in reality, in the modeling!

I do agree this upcoming period past the blizzards (eta: lol, just caught that in re-read...clippers) looks different than what we've seen. Though some of the same issues remain and whenever there's a storm about warmer air is not far off. I know no one logical is expecting we're going to run into a bunch of all snow events but my suspicion for now is that we'll end up battling more warm air at storm time than hoped down the line. By the time the -NAO saves us (in 65 years..) it may just help prolong mostly cold rain events.

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wild end of the gfs run with a -NAO showing up fwiw and several shots at snow

384 looks good in the blocking 'hood except for the southern stream shutting off. but we might snowmageddon that gulf blob first.

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Lol euro

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Euro ens mean is a tad south/ colder. Still tracks towards Pittsburgh. The overall set up for this storm is pretty crappy, and looks really familiar. I would be surprised if it tracks underneath. Some could do well if the cold hangs tough, but it has the earmarks of a mix/slop deal unless you are pretty far NW.

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if last night's model runs generally were to come to fruition, it's clear that not much has changed   

We need blocking, and we aren't likely to get it. Last year we got lucky, and the Pacific pattern was incredible. But we don't  do well with favorable storm tracks without cooperation from the AO/NAO unless timing is near perfect. This winter is a perfect illustration.

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That Great Lakes low has just been the kick in the nuts this winter. It has been perfectly timed with each event to screw us. 

Yeah and I think that is mostly a symptom of having a +NAO. The tendency is for lower pressure over the GL with high pressure too far east and on the move. With a west-based block, we can get a 50-50 low trapped underneath and higher pressure to our N/NW, instead of crappy lows all the time.

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WOW @ the 9-10 day range of the 6z GFS, Front end thump still in the cards for next Tuesday, but both the ensembles and the OP of the GFS have the threat for next Thursday, winter isn't dead yet. 

 

I was just looking at that now this morning.  The 06Z GFS, in  my opinion, looked almost worse than 00Z in that the low is inching even farther north and we lose the cold air even a bit faster (or so it appeared).  Just can't catch the slightest break it seems, and if this continues, it'll start looking very similar to what happened at the beginning of the month (already is, to some degree).  Hopefully not.

 

However, that trailing wave next Thursday that you allude to is a new wrinkle.  Not sure how realistic that is.  It ends up too far south for us, but kind of interesting.

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