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Feb 8-9th Miller Boom or Bust Disco


Bob Chill

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Can we now root for the second storm to slow down?

why would you want the second storm to slow down. U want it to merge with the first coastal. For that to happen you need the first storm to track a little more west like the nam 4K depicts. This can definitely happen and if that happens, we can have a monster storm meaning 1-2 feet from DC to Boston.
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Looking at the 00Z Euro op and comparing to the previous run I found to be somewhat encouraging. Just a 50 mile shift of the Atlantic low east as it progresses off of the VA/MD did wonders to the developing coastal low and suggests that maybe we are riding the knifes edge and do not need the degree of separation that I had originally thought. With just that 50 mile shift the influence of that Atlantic low on the developing low was evident with the pressure fields on the models as well as with the corresponding response by the coastal low. The response we saw was a more westerly initial development as well as a track that more so ran up the coast vs a more seaward track. We also had a somewhat quicker deepening of the low as well. Now maybe this is just wish casting on my part and all we are seeing is noise but I would be curious as to what another 50 mile shift would do.

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Interesting take from Mount Holly this morning regarding the "lead" low:

 

SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS IS FORECAST TO
OCCUR OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST SATURDAY NIGHT AS SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT
FALLS AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW REACH THE WARM WATERS OF THE GULF
STREAM. THE EXACT TRACK THE LOW TAKES AND HOW QUICKLY IT DEEPENS
WILL DETERMINE THE IMPACTS TO OUR AREA, IF ANY, LATE SUNDAY INTO
EARLY MONDAY. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF MODEL
DISAGREEMENT THAT HAS MADE IT CHALLENGING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE
OUTCOME WILL BE. ONE GENERAL CAMP OF MODELS HAS THE LOW BOMBING OUT
AND TRACKING CLOSER TO THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THE OTHER CAMP IS MORE
PROGRESSIVE/LESS AMPLIFIED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH, RESULTING IN A
TRACK THAT IS HARMLESSLY OUT TO SEA. REGARDLESS OF THE DIFFERENCES,
JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE GUIDANCE KEEPS THE LOW FAR ENOUGH OFFSHORE TO
SPARE OUR AREA FROM DIRECT IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM (E.G., HEAVY SNOW
AND STRONG WINDS). WITH THAT SAID, THIS STORM STILL BARES WATCHING.
MANY OF THE MODELS FOR DAYS LEADING UP TO THE PAST TWO STORMS (THE
LATE JANUARY BLIZZARD AND THE ONE YESTERDAY) HAD A DISTINCT
EASTWARD BIAS IN THE TRACK. BOTH OF THESE STORMS WOUND UP TAKING
VERY SIMILAR TRACKS CLOSER TO THE COAST AND FOLLOWED THE STRONG
SST GRADIENT THAT HAS BEEN PRESENT JUST TO THE WEST OF THE
ANOMALOUSLY WARM GULF STREAM CURRENT. ACCORDINGLY, WE FAVOR THESE
WESTERN SOLUTIONS AND HAVE INTRODUCED LOW CHANCES FOR RA/SN IN DE
AND NJ. FORECAST UNCERTAINTY STILL TOO HIGH TO INCLUDE SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT RULE OUT THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS.

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