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Potential major winter storm - Feb 24-27


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Not trying to take shots at you man, if it came off that way then I apologize. Just simply saying that no one gets excited at advisory events. If it doesn't close schools, it's not worth having.

 

Disagree. Plenty of people get excited about advisory events. They may not be as "exciting" to talk about, but they can often have surprises, replenish snowpacks, and be fun if we get many of them in a row. Not everybody is looking for JUST a big dog.

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Disagree. Plenty of people get excited about advisory events. They may not be as "exciting" to talk about, but they can often have surprises, replenish snowpacks, and be fun if we get many of them in a row. Not everybody is looking for JUST a big dog.

That is correct but in this sorta setup I think you wanna expierence something more then a few inches. That's what I think a lot people is getting at here.

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Re:  15z SREF, not sure how much of the decrease has to do with a southward shift and how much has to do with losing some super juiced/north members.  For instance, the mean snowfall actually went down at LAF compared to the last run.  Checking some other sites near the eastern edge of the better snow, looks like some modest increases compared to the last run.

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Gonna be right on the border for thermal issues for me at this point.  Averaging out most of the 12Z models looks like potential 3-5 with another GFS 6 inch kicker a week later in fantasy land lol.  Any movement NW and I'm back into slop mudfest, which of course I just love... NOT!   :weenie:

 

I feel your pain being right on the edge as well.  It really is a shame to see so much precipitation with this event and the cold air lacking.  

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With much respect for the models, not too much in the way of extreme track differences which is refreshingly nice.. Probably why APX posted the watch 48 hours out. Wouldn't be surprised if GRR and DTX posted them too or waited til the night shift.

dtx just issued winter storm watches. 6 to 10 inches

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GRR doing it as well

 

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 330 PM EST MON FEB 22 2016

WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERAL HOURS OF WET HEAVY SNOW
COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH. THIS COMBINATION COULD
LEAD TO TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS... SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND SCHOOL
CLOSURES ON THURSDAY.

BASED ON LATEST GUIDANCE...CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO GROW THAT A BAND
OF HEAVY WET SNOW OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL IMPACT AT LEAST A PORTION
OF LOWER MICHIGAN... BUT CONFIDENCE IS STILL SOMEWHAT LOW ON EXACT
PLACEMENT OF THAT HEAVY SNOW AXIS. CURRENT CONSENSUS IS FROM SOUTH
CENTRAL LWR MI INTO THE THUMB AREA ALTHOUGH SOME SOLUTIONS/ENSEMBLE
MEMBERS HAVE WIGGLED EITHER SIDE OF THIS AXIS OVER THE LAST FEW
RUNS.

ANOTHER MAJOR CONCERN WITH THIS SYSTEM IS THE WARM SURFACE TEMPS ON
WEDNESDAY WITH SEVERAL GUIDANCE SOURCES SUGGESTING HIGHS AROUND 40.
THIS WOULD LIKELY RESULT IS PRECIPITATION REMAINING A MIX OF RAIN
AND SNOW... AND PERHAPS EVEN ALL RAIN... MUCH OF WEDNESDAY BEFORE
FINALLY CHANGING COMPLETELY OVER TO SNOW ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.
PRECIPITATION RATES WILL PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN P-TYPE ON WEDNESDAY AND
THE HEAVIEST RATES MAY NOT ARRIVE UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE
UPPER LOW APPROACHES. IF RATES ARE TOO LIGHT... WE MAY HAVE LITTLE
TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION UNTIL AFTER 00Z THUR. THIS POSSIBILITY...
COMBINED WITH LIKELIHOOD OF COMPACTION... MAY HOLD STORM TOTALS DOWN
BELOW THE HIGHER NUMBERS NEAR A FOOT THAT SOME OF THE GUIDANCE IS
SUGGESTING.


.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 PM EST MON FEB 22 2016

THE WINTER STORM PASSING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WILL BE NEAR
BUFFALO BY 12 THURSDAY. THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW SHIELD SHOULD BE
OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND SLOWLY MOVE EAST THROUGH THE DAY. AT THIS
POINT AN ADDITIONAL 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW LOOKS REASONABLE THURSDAY AS
THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL HAVE FALLEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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dtx just issued winter storm watches. 6 to 10 inches

 

Wondering what LOT will do.  Earlier RC mentioned that if it were him, he would hold off.  Besides marginal temps, LOT has the added complication of the precip gradient.

 

If it were me, I'd go with a watch in the southeastern most Illinois counties in their cwa as well as the northwest Indiana counties. 

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