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Potential major winter storm - Feb 24-27


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Have to keep an eye on it but I'd be more concerned later in the season. Heavy rates usually can compensate for marginal temps.

 

The marginal boundary layer is almost not even there. It is very shallow. Wouldn't worry too much about it expect for maybe during the middle of the day.

 

GYY sounding at 75 hours.

 

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Have to keep an eye on it but I'd be more concerned later in the season. Heavy rates usually can compensate for marginal temps.

 

If the low can close off, that will also aid in dynamic cooling (as the falling precip will be mixing down the extremely cold air aloft with it)

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I would worry, surface temps are warm. 18z NAM BUFKIT shows 32-33 degree surface temps for most of the event.

 

It's really shallow though. Models like to overdo the marine influence and at least near the lake that's what it is picking up on.

I'd worry if it was showing 34-35°.

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I will say this, I do like that this is coming at night vs daytime here, we are getting closer to the point where sun angle is going to start to be a factor. You just need to go back to yesterday to know that things are getting warm in the sun and the thermals aren't great with this one to begin with.

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
306 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2016

.LONG TERM...(Monday through Sunday)
ISSUED AT 306 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2016

High pressure will move across the Great Lakes region on Monday with
dry weather and temps lower than what we have had the past few days.
However, above normal temps are still expected Mon and Tue with
easterly winds and partly sunny skies.

Models all look in much better agreement, than with previous runs,
with the developing weather system in the southern plains and its
resulting track northeast. However, ECMWF has trended a little
further northwest with the low track and resulting pcpn. NAM appears
too quick with onset of pcpn in CWA and general thinking is pcpn
will not start until Tue evening in the southern half of the CWA.
Pcpn will then spread northeast across the CWA overnight and
continue through Wed, and then just be in eastern parts of the CWA
Wed night. Most of the pcpn looks to be east of the IL river, with
areas just northwest of the river being only in a chance category
for now. Highest pops will be in the eastern and southeastern parts
of the CWA late Tue night and Wed. Biggest question now is with p-
type. All model soundings look pretty consistent that pcpn will
begin as light rain north of the system and before the cold air
arrives in the area. Temps will not be that warm to start with but
colder air appears to arrive in western IL late Tue night and then
progress to the east through the CWA during the day Wed. Worded
forecast will read rain and snow, but with the influx of colder air,
pcpn will change from rain to snow and there will likely be very
little mix. First idea of snowfall amounts look to be 2-3 inches
east of the IL river and north of I-70. Amounts will be less
northwest of the river and thinking 1-1.5 inches south of I-70. Snow
will continue into Wed night and then should end by Thur morning.
Temps Wed will be just below normal for the end of Feb.

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

National Weather Service Lincoln IL

306 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2016

.LONG TERM...(Monday through Sunday)

ISSUED AT 306 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2016

High pressure will move across the Great Lakes region on Monday with

dry weather and temps lower than what we have had the past few days.

However, above normal temps are still expected Mon and Tue with

easterly winds and partly sunny skies.

Models all look in much better agreement, than with previous runs,

with the developing weather system in the southern plains and its

resulting track northeast. However, ECMWF has trended a little

further northwest with the low track and resulting pcpn. NAM appears

too quick with onset of pcpn in CWA and general thinking is pcpn

will not start until Tue evening in the southern half of the CWA.

Pcpn will then spread northeast across the CWA overnight and

continue through Wed, and then just be in eastern parts of the CWA

Wed night. Most of the pcpn looks to be east of the IL river, with

areas just northwest of the river being only in a chance category

for now. Highest pops will be in the eastern and southeastern parts

of the CWA late Tue night and Wed. Biggest question now is with p-

type. All model soundings look pretty consistent that pcpn will

begin as light rain north of the system and before the cold air

arrives in the area. Temps will not be that warm to start with but

colder air appears to arrive in western IL late Tue night and then

progress to the east through the CWA during the day Wed. Worded

forecast will read rain and snow, but with the influx of colder air,

pcpn will change from rain to snow and there will likely be very

little mix. First idea of snowfall amounts look to be 2-3 inches

east of the IL river and north of I-70. Amounts will be less

northwest of the river and thinking 1-1.5 inches south of I-70. Snow

will continue into Wed night and then should end by Thur morning.

Temps Wed will be just below normal for the end of Feb.

 

Nice and that means it will be well into the evening before it gets here.

 

At 10:1

 

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