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It's definitely not Apps Running, so put that fantasy to rest.  It's basically identical at hr 21.  Maybe a hair colder... as in by like 5 miles, so not really. :lol:

 

Definitely not. Reiteration from GFS, SREF, and NAM put that to rest. This run seems very similar to the 18z, which means a lot of ice most likely. By the way, the 00z GEM ensemble was almost all snow. Probably not particularly meaningful at this point in time though.

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It is a little colder across the board, looking at skew-Ts for GSO, anyways.  The surface is a degree or two Celsius colder and the warm nose is a little less prevalent, though ultimately still there.  Probably an inch or two of snow, then over to heavy sleet (maybe 1-2" of that).

 

Looks like this run has a little more precip for CLT and RDU.

 

 

00z Euro .55qpf for GSO what did it have at 12z for GSO?

 

About the same.  Maybe 0.6" at 12z.  A wash, really.  The Euro seems to be the low outlier on precip.

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000

FXUS62 KGSP 160851

AFDGSP

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

351 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015

.SYNOPSIS...

A MOIST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST STATES

TODAY SPREADING WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA INTO

EARLY TUESDAY. IN ITS WAKE...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH

FROM THE NORTH WEDNESDAY. COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN AND

PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY...BEFORE A MOIST SURFACE BOUNDARY MOVES INTO

THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...

AS OF 330 AM...IR AND W/V SATELLITE PRODUCTS INDICATED A FIELD OF

COOLING CLOUD TOPS AND DEEPENING MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTHERN PLAINS

EAST TO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. COMPOSITE RADAR SHOWS A VERY

LARGE PRECIP SHIELD ACROSS MOST OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER

BASIN. IN FACT...A BAND OF IC LIGHTNING NRN TX AND OK WAS LOCATED

AHEAD OF MID LEVEL VORT MAX. RECENT RADAR COMPOSITE INDICATED AREAS

OF LIGHT RETURNS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...WELL AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING

STORM. HOWEVER...6Z SOUNDING AT FFC INDICATED VERY CONDITIONS BELOW

H85...EXPECTED LIGHT RETURNS ARE NOT REACHING THE GROUND.

NEAR TERM MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE PLACEMENT AND

TIMING OF THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURES. I WILL USE A BLEND OF THE NAM

AND GFS...WITH FAVOR GIVEN TO THE NAM FOR THERMAL PROFILE DETAILS.

DURING THE MORNING DAYLIGHT HOURS...THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE WILL

SLIDE EAST ACROSS LA/MS...AS 1027 MB HIGH SETTLES OVER THE MID

ATLANTIC STATES. LIGHT PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH LLVL FRONTOGENESIS AND

JET DIVERGENCE ACROSS TN/KY...SHOULD SLIDE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN

APPALACHIANS BY MID DAY. PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE

MTNS UNTIL STRONG 290K ISENTROPIC LIFT DEVELOPS DURING THE LATE

AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE NAM...AND TO SOME EXTENT THE 4 KM WRF...

INDICATES THAT WELL STRUCTURED BAND WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE CWA

BETWEEN 0Z TO 6Z...YIELDING THE PEAK PRECIP RATES FOR THIS EVENT.

AFTER 6Z...ALL GUIDANCE INDICATES A QUICK LOSS OF FORCING AND

MOISTURE...WITH CONDITIONS DRY EAST OF THE TN BORDER COUNTIES BY

DAYBREAK.

P-TYPE FORECAST WILL BE DETERMINED FROM A BLEND OF NAM/GFS...WITH

MAJORITY CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO THE NAM. BASED ON THE SFC TEMP

FORECAST AND THERMAL PROFILES...MTN PRECIP SHOULD BEGIN AS SN/IP.

DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...SLEET WILL BECOME THE DOMINATE P-TYPE

ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MTNS...WITH SN ACROSS THE NRN MTNS

AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. PIEDMONT AREAS DURING PRECIP ONSET SHOULD

SEE SN AND IP...WITH RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY.

THE LLVL WARM NOSE WILL GAIN GROUND FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE

REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RESULTING IN FZRA OCCURRING

ALONG AND NORTH OF I-85...WITH SNOW LINGERING THE LONGEST ACROSS THE

UNIFOUR AREA OF NC. BY LATE EVENING...PRECIP SHOULD FALL AS EITHER

FZRA OR RA DEPENDING OF SFC TEMPS. THEN CAA WILL OCCUR FROM WEST TO

EAST AS THE SFC LOW DEPARTS...CHANGING PRECIP TO FROZEN ACROSS THE

MTNS.

BASED ON WPC QPF GUIDANCE AND P-TYPE FORECAST...IT APPEARS THAT

WARNING CRITERIA ICE WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF I-85...NRN MTNS

WILL RECEIVE LITTLE TO NO ICE. WARNING SNOWFALL SHOULD REMAIN

LIMITED TO THE NRN NC MTNS AND THE UNIFOUR AREA. BASED ON THE

CURRENT FORECAST I WILL GENERALLY KEEP THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS IN

THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION AND TIMING. HOWEVER...I WILL UPGRADE UNION

COUNTY NC TO A WARNING AND REMOVE FRANKLIN COUNTY GA FROM THE

ADVISORY GROUP. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW

NORMAL TODAY.

&&

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RGEM keeps trending better snowfall wise for Va-NC border. It also keeps moving the heavier snow axis further South with each run. On the other hand, it keeps tightening the gradient on the southern edge especially in western and eastern areas.

 

From model site here...

EDIT: On Goose's recommendation, I am 100% invested in this model.  :weenie:

 

 

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Some of GSP area didn't even get within 5-8 degrees of our forecast low this morning (Clemson already above freezing). This will be a rain event for everyone in SC, despite the continued WSW.

you are correct. Chris justice just had an update on fb and said ice for northern Greenville. Only thing I am worried about is dynamic cooling with few points at -4.
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Your wet bulbs are still well down in the 20s. Evaparational cooling will help temps cool

Good morning Alan. Do you have any changes to what you posted yesterday based on the latest modeling? I'm hoping that the local schools are letting out early enough today in the Triad. The school I teach at is getting out at 1:45, with buses on the road for a couple of hours after that. Keeping my fingers crossed that no renegade moisture gets in here until after 4:00 when the wsw officially begins.

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Rgem was a little colder at 6z. In fact I think it would be a big bust snow wise for the VA crowd with not a lot of QPF falling up there.

 

It's all in the ratios toward the northern half of the state. AKQ has been mentioning 15:1 - 18:1 ratios in northern areas.

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