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February 16-17 Storm Threat


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Wow.  I shut everything down yesterday evening and called it a night after the power cut out a few times.  Just spent the last while catching up in here, along with 2 cups of coffee (time for decaf!).  Nice changes, and I like how there's some growing consensus for at least an advisory-level snow or low end warning at this point.  So...looks like it's the first wave that's become our shot if I read the past 6 or so pages correctly?  I was going kind of fast to catch up.  At any rate, from what I saw the Euro is perhaps the high end (whoda thunk that  just yesterday?), followed by the Ukie, then the GFS and NAM (I guess the RGEM and Canadian are in there too).

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These snowmaps might actually be applicable in this rare case where we are all snow...and it's plenty cold upstairs. 

 

I love the setup. It's the non-worrying and radar extrapolation kind with a great column. Tomorrow is going to be fun. Everyone will be thinking "incoming!" at the same time. lol

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Lol. Totally different storm, but that snow map reminds me of the models for the 3/3/14 event. You know what happened then.

 

The thought crossed my mind when I saw that map, but it is a different situation.  I think someone earlier remarked that last year, we had an Arctic front move in along with the precip, and it dried out more quickly to the north.  Here, we've got a system moving from the southeast into an existing air mass.

 

On that same subject, I've heard anecdotally that the NAM has sharp cut-offs on precip a lot of times.  I have no idea if that's necessarily true in general, or if it's correct in that regard.  Anyone have input?  Obviously it was right last year, but I don't know about other situations.

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These snowmaps might actually be applicable in this rare case where we are all snow...and it's plenty cold upstairs.

Prob go above 10:1 as is. 12:1-15:1 maybe. Going higher is a little weenie but not impossible.
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see my edited post....i think you're fine...you'll probably end up in a secondary un-modeled QPF max and beat people 50-100 miles to your south

Thanks. I am not too worried from a MBY perspective since you know I always talk about the northern and western fringe bands. I was more feeling that the rug could still pull out entirely on the whole area with some crazy bad Euro run today or tonight. Just normal worrying.

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Any guesses as to why the NWS is siding with the southern camp at this point? 

 

THIS KEEPS THE LOW WELL S OF THE FCST AREA. IN THIS CASE
SUCH A TRACK REMOVES QUSTN OF P-TYPE - IT WOULD ONLY BE SNOW. BUT
ALSO THE TRACK MAY BE SO FAR S THAT MID ATLC WL BE ON THE RLTV
FRINGES OF THE STORM....

 

HV LOW CONFIDENCE IN SNOW TOTALS
BUT BLV THESE WOULD BE LGT.

 

Snow map also has everyone in <1 except for the far southern portion of the CWA.

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