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Feb 16th/17th/18th Winter Wx


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I think a possible scenario is a hybrid miller a/b. Where the SLP moves towards s-central ga and redevelops off of savannah. I agree w/ the potential for very cold sfc temps, the SLP can only get so far inland before it pops offshore.

 

 That sounds plausible. Imo based on decades of history, there won't be a sfc low tracking eastward through C AL/GA as per the 12Z Euro or eastward through N AL/N GA as per the most recent NAVGEM and there also still end up being a major NC winter storm since I can't find even one instance of this.

 

OTOH, a Miller B low could track NE west of the Apps and still allow for the possibility of a major NC winter storm (mainly ZR).

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Something to notice about the SREF plumes:

 

The ARW members of the SREF show a mean at GSO of just 0.38".  Looks like that's driving the mean down a lot.

 

There's definitely a lot of spread here so there is not a lot of agreement among the individual members.

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One thing I should ask:
 

Normally, we tend to think that the NAM tends to overamp things.  The SREF is closely related to the NAM, from what I understand.  Could the SREF be falling into a potential bias at this range?  I guess we'll see what happens to the other models at 00z.

 

I'm not a regular user of the SREF, so I'm not positive of its biases.

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Good disco from RNK earlier today .... specific mention of the I-40 corridor ...

 

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 400 PM SATURDAY...

WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY BE A RESIDUAL PROBLEM SUNDAY NIGHT. IN
SPITE OF DIMINISHING WINDS...THE BITTER COLD WILL STILL COMBINE
WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE VALUES BELOW ZERO...JUST NOT AS EXTREME
AS SUNDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE ITS
WAY...PASSING OVERHEAD LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...WINDS COMPLETELY
DIMINISHING FOR MONDAY. MODELS SHOW A 1035 MB SURFACE HIGH PARKED
OVER THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC EARLY MONDAY...SO SINGLE DIGIT
TEMPERATURES A GOOD POSSIBILITY FOR YOUR WAKE-UP HOUR ON MONDAY.

ONCE WE GET PAST THE BITTER COLD OUR ATTENTION WILL QUICKLY TURN
TOWARD A WEATHER SYSTEM THAT WILL BE EVOLVING ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EAST
TEXAS MONDAY...THEN MOVE EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST BEFORE TURNING
NORTHWARD ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TUESDAY. MODELS HAVE BEEN
VERY FIDGETY ABOUT THE EXACT TRACK AND POLEWARD DEPTH OF
MOISTURE. THIS INCONSISTENCY HAS LED TO LOWER THAN AVERAGE
CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO WHAT MAY HAPPEN HERE IN THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS DURING THE MONDAY-WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME... I.E. WILL
IT SNOW OR DO NOTHING AT ALL.

BASED ON THE MODEL CONSENSUS TODAY...IT LOOKS LIKE THERE
WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT PUSH OF WARM AIR ADVECTION THAT WILL TRY TO
MOVE NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON
MONDAY. THIS MOISTURE IS PROGGED TO FALL AS SNOW FROM TENNESSEE
INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE QUESTION IS HOW FAR
NORTH THE MOISTURE WILL INTRUDE INTO THE BITTER COLD AIRMASS
BEFORE SUCCOMING TO EVAPORATION BEFORE REACHING THE GROUND.

ATTM...MODELS INSIST AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 WILL
HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR MEASURABLE  PRECIPITATION. AS YOU GET
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND ESPECIALLY INTO VA/WV...THE CONFIDENCE
GOES DOWN. AS SUCH...OUR CURRENT FORECAST WILL REFLECT THESE
UNCERTAINTIES...WITH PROBABILITIES OF 50 PERCENT OR GREATER
RESERVED FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE VA/NC BORDER...THEN
GRADUALLY DECREASING AS YOU HEAD NORTH INTO VA/WV. RUNNING THE QPF
PROVIDED BY HPC USING A 10:1 FOR SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO YEILDED SOME
MODEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN CWA.... SUGGESTING 2
TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER...GOING UP AS
YOU HEAD SOUTH TOWARD I-40...AND GOING DOWN AS YOU HEAD NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 58. THESE NUMBERS CAN EASILY GO UP OR DOWN PENDING THE
TRACK OF THE STORM...BUT THIS IS THE BEST PROBABILISTIC FORECAST
BASED ON THE DATA AVAILABLE. AS A RULE OF THUMB...THE HIGHEST
SNOWFALL WILL GENERALLY OCCUR WHERE 850MB TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM
M2 TO M5 DEG C. ATTM...THIS CORRIDOR IS PROGGED ALONG THE I-40.

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The 21Z 3 hour temps look really funky for RDU

 

Some of the members have temps jumping into the 50s and 60s on the 17th...  

 

Yeah if it pulls the storm west of you, you're going to get warm unless there is CAD in place which there will be very little.

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