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The December to Remember 7th-8th blue turd winter threat thread.


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4 minutes ago, CaryWx said:

The only reason I asked is because Salem and Apex are wicked far from each other in terms of winter climo

When is not a good spot for Salem,Va in SE winter snow forecasting?  July??  :) 

Lolllllllllllll... for some god unknown reason, I had high point in my head. That’s great. Sorry on the confusion! 

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I was happy with the Euro run. It was a good average between all the 12z data. I personally believe the best case scenario is Allen's first guess map. 1-4" would be a big win anywhere in NC before the Winter Solstice. Perspective, it's not even Winter yet.

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1 minute ago, Suncat said:

RAH continues to mention rain in the forecast with a light dusting or a few flakes of snow. No mention of any accumulation. <_<

That's a very reasonable forecast too. A lot of people are going to end up surprised when the warm nose makes its way well inland past Raleigh and sits there. The amped solution is not good for most and favors the mountains into extreme western/nw NC. The 3km NAM shows the warm nose very well too. Models usually underestimate the warm nose too with the NAM closest to what occurs.

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2 minutes ago, Suncat said:

RAH continues to mention rain in the forecast with a light dusting or a few flakes of snow. No mention of any accumulation. <_<

I'm nor sure they updated their long range (which includes Friday onwards).

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT/...
As of 110 PM Wednesday...

Forecast remains nearly unchanged with a persistent southwesterly
flow aloft, deep moisture, and multiple disturbances riding
northeast over a baroclinic zone off the southeast coast.

Light rain is expected on Thursday and Thursday night across the
Coastal Plain and Sandhills, mainly south and east of Raleigh. With
colder air working into the region, there is a chance that some of
the precipitation will mix with or change to snow. It`s important to
note that the pattern suggests an active period with widespread
precipitation across coastal NC and decreasing amounts and coverage
to the north and west in the more climatologically colder region of
the northwest Piedmont. In addition, there is no well defined
surface high to support the delivery of cold and dry air into
central NC to support more than a low end event. Still, partial
thickness values and forecast BUFR soundings support some wet snow
across the northwest and northern Piedmont including the Triad area
Thursday night with surface temperatures dropping into the 32 to 36
range. But given these areas are on the northwest fringe of the
precipitation shield and PoPs are in only the chance range, no snow
accumulation is expected.

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.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
As of 430 AM Wednesday...

...Potential continues for some wet snow Friday night and very early
Saturday although the potential for accumulating snow is limited...

As disturbances aloft move up the coast Friday, the precipitation
shield will buckle northwest across most of the central NC including
the Piedmont on Friday and Friday night with the most widespread
precipitation and greatest precipitation amounts to the south and
east of Raleigh. The precipitation will shift east late Friday night
and Saturday morning with just some lingering, light spotty
precipitation across the Coastal Plain expected early Saturday.

A better chance for wet snow is expected Friday night and early
Saturday morning across much of the Piedmont including the Triad and
Triangle areas when the air mass will be a little colder. Air
temperatures will fall into the lower 30s in these areas by Saturday
morning which could support some light accumulations, on the order
of a dusting, mainly across elevated and grassy locations in the
general region of the I-85 corridor from Burlington northeast to the
VA border. The warm boundary layer and ground temperatures combined
with the limited precipitation amounts in the cold enough for snow
areas should limit the amount, extent, and impact of snow
accumulations. Highs on Thursday will range in the mid 40s with lows
Thursday night in the 31 to 38 range. Highs on Friday will only in
the lower 40s (may stay in the upper 30s in a few spots) with lows
Friday night reaching 28 to 35 by Saturday morning. Cully on
Saturday with highs in the lower to mid 40s.

Another potent short wave trough and potent lobe of vorticity
will swing through the mid-Atlantic late Saturday and early
Sunday. This feature will bring some enhanced cloud cover
although moisture appears limited enough to preclude any
precipitation. A northwest flow develops behind the trough on
Sunday and continues into late Monday with dry and below normal
temperatures. Another impressive trough approaches on Tuesday
with a southwesterly flow ahead of the system that should allow
temperatures to moderate and could bring some spotty
precipitation before temperatures crash behind the trough on Tuesday
night into Wednesday. -Blaes

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1 minute ago, SnowGoose69 said:

The new SREF definitely sort of hints what the Euro showed.  Things looked better thru 54-57 then it wasn’t as good as the previous run after that especially more north 

I am just slightly confused by this. So it is not as amped as last run? Or is the precip coverage better this go around?

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Just now, Buddy1987 said:

I am just slightly confused by this. So it is not as amped as last run? Or is the precip coverage better this go around?

Through late Friday afternoon it appeared like it was going to possibly came way west but then thereafter that it appeared to be flatter and more east.  It was definitely more west for AL/GA on the precip but areas further up the MA region it was more east and drier 

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Just now, SnowGoose69 said:

Through late Friday afternoon it appeared like it was going to possibly came way west but then thereafter that it appeared to be flatter and more east.  It was definitely more west for AL/GA on the precip but areas further up the MA region it was more east and drier 

Hmm thats interesting. Thanks for the clarification.

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