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3/11-3/12 Winter Storm


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6 minutes ago, CoolBreeze said:

 

I'm wondering what the ground temps will be during this time frame. It's been warm for a long time. It would take some good rates to cool things down for a significant accumulation I would think...

Soil temps in NC are currently in the upper 50's/lower 60's, outside the mountains.

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RAH's Long Term Discussion: 

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
As of 245 PM Wednesday...

Split flow will prevail through the period, with a couple of
potential precipitation events late Sat night-early Sun and again
late Mon-Tue, with the former likely to be a nrn stream-dominated
quick-hitting system and the latter a potentially more wound
up/phased one.

A lead cold front, propelled by a strong shortwave trough forecast
to migrate across the Great Lakes and Northeast, will cross central
NC during the day Fri - late morning to midday NW Piedmont to mid-
afternoon over the Sandhills and srn Coastal Plain. A preceding mid
level moist axis accompanying the aforementioned shortwave trough,
and associated weakening band of showers with time and Ewd extent as
it moves into an increasingly dry and stable regime E of the
Appalachians, may support a few sprinkles or light showers over the
Piedmont early Fri. Then, very weak instability on the order of a
couple of hundred J/kg or less, but with weak moisture convergence
along the surface front, may prove sufficient for a couple of
shallow/light showers along the passing frontal zone as it settles
through the Coastal Plain and Sandhills coincident with (near) peak
diurnal heating. It will otherwise be warm --mid 60s to mid 70s with
NW downslope flow likely to help offset CAA-- and breezy both ahead
of and behind the front. The noticeably colder air will arrive Fri
night, with temperatures expected to fall into the 30s by Fri
morning.

***And that's it... I think they forgot the next paragraph, which is the most important.

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GSP Disco

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
As of 255 PM EST Wednesday: All eyes are turning to Saturday night
and Sunday as guidance is in good agreement that a Miller A type low
pressure system will affect the Southeastern US. The 12Z operational
GFS and ensemble mean have come in colder than the previous run. Its
temp and thickness profiles are now similar to the 12z ECMWF despite
the low being farther north. Both models are also similar with their
QPF with the highest values near and south to the I-85 corridor.
Both models have some frontogenesis over the area but little in the
way of EPV. The GFS also shows a cross hair signature, but the snow
growth level is around 15k feet and the omega is relatively weak.
This is also a quick moving system, so the cold air moving in about
the same time as the precip. Factoring all these features into the
forecast means PoP has been increased to likely with a colder temp
forecast. However, given the questions in the timing of the cold
air, uncertainty remains high regarding p-type and how much snow if
any fall. Not ready yet to get on board with the GEFS mean snowfall
amounts given the track record earlier this winter. However,
advisory to warning snow is possible across the NC mountains, with
advisory level snow possible across the I-40 corridor. Some snow may
fall south of these locations, but no accumulations look likely for
now. Either way, lows look to be a little below normal with highs
well below normal.

Precip tapers off quickly ending Sunday night. Monday looks to be
dry as well as high pressure remains over the area. Temps remain
below normal

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19 minutes ago, MillerA said:

GSP Disco

 

Pretty dismissive and just about right in my opinion.  This has got north of 40 written all over it for anything accumulating. I think the para has it right in principle.  Maybe a bit more north for the rain/snow line IMO. 

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3 minutes ago, Cary_Snow95 said:

I'm not sure that on the next frame we wouldn't be all snow though. GFS has same temps at that time and then drops them right after

Could be. 850s are below freezing right down to the SC boarder and dew points are still in the upper teens and low 20s over NC and SC.

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2 minutes ago, Cold Rain said:

Isn't it usually overamped at the end of the run?  I think that's a bias.

I'd take Nam more seriously inside 60 hours, where I'd give more credence to it's thermal profile trends and track trends.  Right now, we have a usual over-amped Nam situation.

Normally yes. This year I put a little more stock in it after the January storm. The NAM and German model were the only ones that showed a stronger system consistently even if the track wasn't consistent. 

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