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December 10-12 Potential Snow Event


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6 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

The 0z ECMWF continues to have a different solution.

 

Euro hasn't been too good so far this season.  Will be interesting to see which global wins out this time.  The new Euro is a little more robust with the lead wave this weekend compared to the past few runs, so maybe it's already starting to lean toward the GFS.

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Big dog on the 6z GFS. Looks like it is a little faster with onset of snow as well with snow arriving into northern Illinois by late Saturday afternoon/early evening. The previous 12z run had it still back across MN by 0z Saturday evening. 

Also continue to cherry pick some forecast soundings showing DGZ depths >200mb, more during the first half of the event in the initial band.

Ends up with an 8-14" swath from SD/MN on ESE into north central IL. 

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:weenie: alert. With the fairly flat, progressive flow and a 1034ish high sitting over SW Ontario when the system enters the subforum as depicted by the GFS, I wouldn't think that the northern solutions would pan out. I'm speculating that the mixing line will set up near/just north of I 70.

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1 hour ago, IWXwx said:

:weenie: alert. With the fairly flat, progressive flow and a 1034ish high sitting over SW Ontario when the system enters the subforum as depicted by the GFS, I wouldn't think that the northern solutions would pan out. I'm speculating that the mixing line will set up near/just north of I 70.

How far north is my concern for this storm.

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IWX putting more clout into the GFS/GEM for now

A period of fairly strong warm advection should ensue for Saturday
afternoon/Saturday night as next upper PV anomaly emerges in the lee
of the Rockies. Warm advection snow should develop particularly
across northern half of the forecast area by Saturday night with
some light to moderate accumulations possible. Consensus guidance
still suggests prolonged event into Sunday as next upstream short
wave progresses across the area, although medium range models still
exhibiting quite a bit of spread and volatility in the details
regarding strength/progression of this wave. Have kept precip all
snow for Saturday night/Sunday, although outlier 12Z ECMWF would
suggest rain/snow issues. ECMWF represents a stronger/slower outlier
at this time with more copious moisture transport ahead of this
wave, and have opted to put more weight into GEM/GFS blend. This
system will need to be watched for possible headlines over the
next few days, as several inches of snow accumulation appear to be
a strong possibility for at least portions of the forecast area.
Some lake effect is possible behind this system. Otherwise, very
cold conditions look to be in store middle of next week with
strong low level thermal troughing overspreading much of eastern
CONUS.
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