griteater Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Here's my forecast map... Thoughts: 1. I feel that the progressive nature of the trough will prevent heavy totals over a wide area, though I think the snow will come down heavily in the targeted locales on the map...just not a super long duration storm like some of the blockbusters. 2. I feel there will be a warm nose surging aloft from Myrtle Beach to Wilmington to the Outer Banks, limiting totals there. 3. The area I feel could be the biggest surprise is from Savannah to Beaufort, SC, and W / NW of those areas where a highly anomalous snowfall could occur. These areas are similar to the NW side of Atlanta in the early Dec storm where they are a bit west and southwest of where the warm surge aloft will want to work in with the strengthening 850mb low. 4. I don't think the QPF is quite right in E NC. As the 850 mb low develops, a solid band of snow should develop a little NW of the 850 0 deg line in the area of max convergence, as seen in the image below between Raleigh and Greenville, NC. The band would slowly work east thereafter. 5. The Flake Stickage Index is at an all time high with all of this cold air the past few days and low sun angle. Good luck down east, and enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tar Heel Snow Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, griteater said: Here's my forecast map... Thoughts: 1. I feel that the progressive nature of the trough will prevent heavy totals over a wide area, though I think the snow will come down heavily in the targeted locales on the map...just not a super long duration storm like some of the blockbusters. 2. I feel there will be a warm nose surging aloft from Myrtle Beach to Wilmington to the Outer Banks, limiting totals there. 3. The area I feel could be the biggest surprise is from Savannah to Beaufort, SC, and W / NW of those areas where a highly anomalous snowfall could occur. These areas are similar to the NW side of Atlanta in the early Dec storm where they are a bit west and southwest of where the warm surge aloft will want to work in with the strengthening 850mb low. 4. I don't think the QPF is quite right in E NC. As the 850 mb low develops, a solid band of snow should develop a little NW of the 850 0 deg line in the area of max convergence, as seen in the image below between Raleigh and Greenville, NC. The band would slowly work east thereafter. 5. The Flake Stickage Index is at an all time high with all of this cold air the past few days and low sun angle. Good luck down east, and enjoy. I hate the result, but greatly appreciate the work!! Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SENC Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 From our local NWS/AFD,, looks we *Might* see some T-SN? Later Wed night the GFS shows enhanced positive vorticity advection and 850 frontogenesis producing a period of enhanced snow across portions of southeast NC. Should this verify, current snowfall totals for these areas would be too low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SENC Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 32K Nam Is this a "phase" or Partial phase? I noticed the closed Isobar off FL, is that our low? (18Z Wed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco-lemonade Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 it has taken until hour 18 for the gefs ensembles to stop taking the low through the eastern bahamas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SENC Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Is our low starting to "pop"? ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketch Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 1 hour ago, SENC said: Afternoon folks,Just got back from a SHORT road trip inland,, PLENTY of Salt trucks out, going from Wilm up to I-95.. WEST of I-95,, not so much, (salt trucks).. So My "other" comrade, here in Wilm.. is fretting.. We'll see cold rain & Ice,, Well I think not.. PM Me directly @TARHEELPROGRAMMER.. LOL I think We just might Jackpot.. Dynamics & rates will keep us in SN, I think.. (I've a vested interest as Huge Live Oaks surround the house here..), though at first I think we'll see some ice accretion, then rates overcome we'll be ALL SN.. Here's the KILM AFD.. Take it for what it is worth.. Near term /through Wednesday/... as of 300 PM Tuesday...Arctic air is expected to continue overnight as high pressure over the mid-Atlantic states feeds more cold, dry air southward. Excellent radiational cooling conditions this evening should allow temperatures to plummet through the 20s and into the teens in some outlying spots by midnight. A strong upper level disturbance moving through Oklahoma this afternoon will move across the deep south tonight, spreading a slowly thickening layer of mid and high clouds eastward. These should become dense enough to impede radiational cooling between 2-3 am Wednesday morning. For this reason my forecast temperatures are generally 16-20 degrees for most areas away from ocean influence, a little warmer than GFS/NAM MOS numbers. As the upper disturbance reaches Florida around noon on Wednesday, surface low pressure will develop across the northern Bahamas. Large- scale ascent ahead of the trough will weaken/dissipate the subsidence inversion that has covered the western Atlantic since this Arctic outbreak began a few days ago. What has been widespread shallow convection/cold air stratocumulus will Blossom into deeper convection focused near and east of the Gulf Stream off the Florida and Georgia coast. This should pull the developing surface low northward about 200 miles east of Jacksonville, FL, then northeastward by late Wednesday afternoon well east of Savannah and Charleston. (It's been interesting watching many of the models show explosive deepening of this system Wednesday night and Thursday as convection feeds back into excellent dynamics aloft. Not all feedback is model fakery!) We believe the NAM is displaying a westward and warm bias, and are following more of a GFS/Canadian/ECMWF blend for precip amounts and type. Precipitation should begin several hours later than was thought at this time yesterday, and will take the form of light sleet developing during the mid-morning hours around Georgetown, SC. Sleet and freezing rain should then spread northward toward Cape Fear by early afternoon. A narrow nose of warm air spreading back onshore between 1500-4000 feet above ground level should be responsible for creating this mixed bag of precip types. It will take several hours for a layer of very dry air between 4000- 10000 feet above ground level to moisten up, but once that happens expect precip rates to increase substantially during the late afternoon hours. Areas west of Elizabethtown, Whiteville, and Conway should be west of the westernmost extent of the coastal warm nose aloft,and any precipitation should take the form of snow for these inland areas. Clouds and low-level evaporational cooling should keep temperatures cooler than virtually any MOS guidance is indicating, and we're forecasting highs ranging from 31-32 to maybe some mid 30s in spots. The western edge of the precip shield should line up fairly closely with Interstate 95. Even though we are upgrading to a Winter Storm Warning for Florence, Dillon, and Lumberton counties, warning-level snowfall is not expected for those entire areas. As of 3 PM Tuesday...shortwave crossing the northeast Gulf of Mexico will induce surface low off the eastern Florida coast Wed. The low will deepen as it lifts northeast later Wed into Wed night, spreading wintry precip across the area. If thermodynamic profiles are correct, precip would be snow across much the area by the time the period begins. The only exception would be along the NC coast where freezing rain/sleet cannot be ruled out during the first hour or two of the period. Still a lot of uncertainty with respect to the storm's ultimate track and its strength (both of which will play a role in how far inland precip spreads and how much precip falls). At first isentropic lift will be generating light precip, which will be falling into a cool and dry airmass. Isentropic lift gives way to frontogenesis at 850 and 700 mb with enhancement from increasing positive vorticity advection overnight. The biggest forecast concern remains the strength of the low level warm nose and how much sleet/freezing rain will fall before the transition to all snow takes place. Feel confident that measurable precip will fall across the eastern third of the forecast area and will go ahead and raise pop for these area with gradually decreasing pop farther west. Later Wed night the GFS shows enhanced positive vorticity advection and 850 frontogenesis producing a period of enhanced snow across portions of southeast NC. Should this verify, current snowfall totals for these areas would be too low. Bulk of the precip Wed night ends around midnight with deep dry air wrapping around the backside of the exiting low. Strong cold advection will commence as the low exits. The cold advection coupled with snow on the ground will likely result in lows several degrees below guidance and well below climo. Strong cold advection continues Thu with highs struggling to reach mid 30s despite mostly sunny skies. Partial thickness values point to lows in the mid teens Thu night with continued cold advection, although in a much weaker state, clear skies and at least some form of snow pack across portions of the area.......................... && I'm holding out hope for at least a few inches of snow (I'm up just north of Snows Cut) for sure. It does look like a sloppy icy mix when it gets going in the afternoon, just hoping for an early changeover to snow around dusk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fountainguy97 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 15 minutes ago, SENC said: Is our low starting to "pop"? ... It sure is! On this image you can see the isobars bending off the coast. Our low will eventually develop here over night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Mike Dross @MikeWDross 13m13 minutes ago For several runs now the NAM-3km has been indicating wind gusts over 130 mph around the center of the low pressure bombing off the Carolina coast. Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan63 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 One can still hold out hope I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormsfury Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, sctvman said: Local channels in Charleston are calling for 1-4” (ABC), 2-3” (CBS), and NBC doesn’t have a call yet. 6pm run of WCSC RPM model generally 4 to 5" for the Tri County area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WakeCountyWX Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Tar Heel Snow said: This is good....major shift West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaryWx Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Wait, is that a projection for .8 tenths of an inch of precip from the EPS he is referring to??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WakeCountyWX Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Wall is a great follow on Twitter, BTW. Great info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaryWx Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 So we have Web and now Wall gusto thumping a potential decent Wake county hit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary_Snow95 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 7 minutes ago, CaryWx said: Wait, is that a projection for .8 tenths of an inch of precip from the EPS he is referring to??? No that's snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan63 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, CaryWx said: So we have Web and now Wall gusto thumping a potential decent Wake county hit? Appears so, and Raleigh NWS hinted at it with their 'As high as' potential map. Will be interesting to see trends overnight and radar watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tar Heel Snow Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Cary_Snow95 said: No that's snow I guess you just have to take the trend toward the high res as a positive. we're running out of time for trends though. if anything, take it as a sign that the high res models may have been on to something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankin5150 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I know we all are hung up on Models and such, but eyes need to really focus on what is taking place REAL TIME down in the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic side of Florida. Looks like there is action taking place in the Gulf ATTM. This is BOUND to affect the area(s) of LP Development, hence, overall dynamics. Some interesting Radar returns from those areas. I wonder what is going on with pressures down that way?? Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaryWx Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, Cary_Snow95 said: No that's snow ok, I know I'm from the south but anything less than an inch of snow is a dusting to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco-lemonade Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, Rankin5150 said: I know we all are hung up on Models and such, but eyes need to really focus on what is taking place REAL TIME down in the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic side of Florida. Looks like there is action taking place in the Gulf ATTM. This is BOUND to affect the area(s) of LP Development, hence, overall dynamics. Some interesting Radar returns from those areas. I wonder what is going on with pressures down that way?? Thoughts? was thinking the same thing, radar returns beginning to light up in places the models never showed precip this is going to be fun to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankin5150 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, SENC said: 32K Nam Is this a "phase" or Partial phase? I noticed the closed Isobar off FL, is that our low? (18Z Wed) This is what I was eluding to earlier. Looking at real time radar, there is something going down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 The latest RAP and HRRR look pretty east to me... RAP especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncskywarn Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 29 minutes ago, WakeCountyWX said: Wall is a great follow on Twitter, BTW. Great info This was said off of what the models are showing. I've been watching the GOES-16 satellite, but I wish there was a really good way to see what was actually happening in the 500 lvl in real time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillT Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 for real time i use radars and water vapor loops....and right now they show snow in the air in many locations not on any models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Kinda ominous ... Mike Dross @MikeWDross 9m9 minutes ago I've never seen a model simulate 153kt (176 mph) 850mb winds outside of a tropical cyclone before. This should be interesting to watch unfold on satellite tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazdaddy Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 11 minutes ago, Rankin5150 said: This is what I was eluding to earlier. Looking at real time radar, there is something going down! I saw that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 9” for Raleigh. Final call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaryWx Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, Cold Rain said: 9” for Raleigh. Final call. 9 inches of what? Actually, nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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