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Potential major winter storm - Feb 24-27


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I'm having a very difficult time determining whether or not this rather dynamic system will bring some portion of eastern Michigan (possibly the thumb area) prospective blizzard or near-blizzard conditions Wednesday night into Thursday, with snowfall totals reaching 12"?

There are still too many questions regarding the thermals and the exact track...which is most important given the somewhat marginal temperatures and rather tight gradient with the heaviest snowfall axis.

I have to make a final decision no later than 1 pm EST tomorrow in order to get there during the day on Wednesday. Current very tentative intercept location would be between Port Austin and Port Huron in the thumb of Michigan.

Regardless of whether or not I make the trip, I am genuinely hoping as many of you as possible get a significant event!

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Through hr 45...Nice STL special

Thanks! I know IWM's load faster, but I usually use TT due to better resolution when viewing from my phone. That aside, the center of the low is virtually in the same location at 48 hours as it was at 54 hours on the 00z run. The main difference is that it's slightly less intense at 984 mb compared to 981 mb.

Like you, I suspect, I'm hoping the respective 12z runs will provide far more clarity and a greater consensus wrt both track and intensity.

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KIND updated

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

353 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

...STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT WINTER

STORM TO PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA WEDNESDAY...

INZ021-028>030-035-036-043-044-231700-

/O.NEW.KIND.WS.A.0001.160224T1500Z-160225T1800Z/

CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-VERMILLION-

PARKE-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...CRAWFORDSVILLE

353 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH

THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER

STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH

THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH RAIN

WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE

MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 5-7 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 MPH COMBINED WITH SNOW

WILL PRODUCE DRASTIC REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY. THIS IN

CONJUNCTION WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL

DIFFICULTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT

SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

CP

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GFS and SREF now in agreement with just over 5" IMBY, so call looking good and Hi-res NAM continues to be further nw than 12k. General idea seems pretty locked and loaded but looking at 700, I can see amount being a bit higher over the nw. Biggest concern remains temps. 2m temps are terrible and surfaces are warm so areas just outside the heaviest band (especially se) could struggle.

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06z GEFS more NW with QPF. Same with the LP in regards to the 00z suite. :) OT: Off to bed so I can be awake for the rainwrapped tornadoes in the S tomorrow.

 

it was a rather large shift over chicagoland, especially for a mean this close to an event and certainly supports the OP

 

0z GEFS

 

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6z GEFS

 

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it was a rather large shift over chicagoland, especially for a mean this close to an event and certainly supports the OP

 

0z GEFS

 

 

 

6z GEFS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just an expansion really.  The heaviest snow axis hasn't shifted but the western edge has expanded.

 

the sharp cutoff is still there.  I remember something similar happening around mid-winter of last year....

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