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Pittsburgh PA Winter 2016-2017


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2 hours ago, ChalkHillSnowNut said:

freaking fantastic!! guess the foreseen pattern change at the end of November was for naught!:ee:

Looks like the GFS is starting to catch on to the idea that the polar vortex is gonna visit Hudson Bay at the end of the run. first real sign that a winter pattern is starting to emerge.

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19 hours ago, Ryd10 said:

Looks like the GFS is starting to catch on to the idea that the polar vortex is gonna visit Hudson Bay at the end of the run. first real sign that a winter pattern is starting to emerge.

Looks like a stormy pattern may be setting up with one after another coming up from the SW.  Whether we have cold air over us waits to be seen.  The first one early next week looks warm, the next one may have some potential.  We'll see....

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23 hours ago, Ryd10 said:

Looks like the GFS is starting to catch on to the idea that the polar vortex is gonna visit Hudson Bay at the end of the run. first real sign that a winter pattern is starting to emerge.

Other longer range models are also starting to show a colder pattern taking hold in about 10 days. I'd rather have the cold set in and stick around for the Holidays than have it in November. Although its weak, Nina climo would favor a cold Dec so won't be surprised if it happens. There is a ton of cold air in Siberia, get a cross polar flow going and we will be in good shape.

Saw this Euro Ens on Twitter:

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On 11/28/2016 at 3:59 PM, TeaysValleyWV said:

Looks like a stormy pattern may be setting up with one after another coming up from the SW.  Whether we have cold air over us waits to be seen.  The first one early next week looks warm, the next one may have some potential.  We'll see....

Day 8 something is going to be in the works.  12Z GFS has cold air plunging in and precip is coming up from the south.

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The GFS is back and forth with the potential for next Thursday.  It disappears then comes back.  One thing it's solid on is the cold blast coming in early Thursday morning.  After that the next chance is Monday 12/12 and the cold should be in place, though it looks like the warm wedge comes up with it.  At least there is something to track now.

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Winter Skywarn training tomorrow, hopefully I'll have something to report sooner rather than later.  Not high confidence in early season storms down in my area, but elsewhere there may be something worth checking out.  If nothing else, it does appear we'll have the first winter air of the season.

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Looking pretty certain now we get a decent blast of cold air for the end of the week, then we probably moderate some and the GFS is showing the PV stopping by for a visit by day 10:

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Snow fall as always will be hit or miss, but at least one ingredient will be nearby, the cold. I think the pattern favors big storms probably cutting to the west but can't rule out a decent shortwave giving us some over running or doing a favorable miller B transfer.

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8 hours ago, olafminesaw said:

0z GFS has near freezing temps and 4-5" 10:1 for the Sunday event. I'll take that as my welcome home from college present please. 

Looks like the initial cold front won't have much fanfare precip wise. Friday should look a feel wintry though for us in the lowlands of SWPA as it will be cold and we should have some snow showers \ flurries throughout the day.

Sunday into Monday looks interesting, we will be flirting with slop though with the current track north of the area. Hopefully that can end up a bit further south so we can limit the WAA ahead of it. Either way, first legitimate threat of the season, hopefully we can get a couple inches out of it.

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2 hours ago, colonel717 said:

Canadian has back to back hits Sunday and Monday

Sunday

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That is a pretty good setup, we get an initial slug of WAA precip, but the low ends up tracking underneath us so we stay on the cold side. Right now the more reliable models have that low a north of us so we shall see how things play out.

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