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Jan 4th 2018 Fish Bomb


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4 minutes ago, brooklynwx99 said:

I think this is the factor. The SS wave initialized stronger and farther west than 00z. This might have allowed the storm to buckle sooner and amplify. The better positioning and enlargement of the 250mb jet only poured fuel on the fire. 

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Which is actually a possibility based on current obs... I would discount the crazy QPF but not track 

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The Nam showed this has tremendous upside if everything comes together perfectly. 

NWS expectations are low though, it's like the reverse of that epic miss east a couple years back. Globals won't matter going forward, they're pretty much set. 

It's all about the mesos and short term models now. 

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Hurricane Hunters are going to check this one out.  A snip from OKX:

Operational models have already shifted about 50 miles closer
to
LI with track of low pressure by late Thursday than 24 hrs
ago, with consensus track of a 955 to 960 mb low pressure
system tracking over or just se of the 40/70
lat/lon benchmark.
The exact phasing evolution will determine any additional
forecast track adjustment, with GEFS/
ECMWF/SREF still showing at
least 150 miles of spread in members within 24-36
hrs. This
range of potential shift would have significant implication on
westward expanse of frontogenetically forced
heavy snow banding,
and strong to damaging wind fields with this intense low. In
fact 06z
NAM, has taken a significant shift westward from 00z
with its frontogenetic forcing, showing potential for 1
ft+ snow
across the entire area. For this reason,
NHC will be doing a
reconnaissance flight and several dropsondes this
afternoon/evening off the Fl/SE US coast to better capture this
phasing and
convection latent heat release in the models.

For now, based on above and consensus 00z operational/
ensemble
track and uncertainty, expectation for snow to develop from S/SE
to N/NW tonight as polar and southern stream
jet energy phase.
This will place the region under deep lift of right rear of 150

kt jet streak, with subtropical moisture being fed by cold
conveyor into the region. Then as phasing
shortwave energy and
rapidly
deepening low pressure move up the coast tonight, LI
and SE/SC CT are expected to fall under strong low- mid level
forcing late tonight into Thu afternoon.
Heavy snow banding is
typically under and just to the NW of that. Also potential for
enhanced
updraft/convection through CSI as indicated by negative
epv above the frontogenetic forcing. SPC SREF/SPC HREF
corroborate this through indicating a moderate to high potential
for 1 per hour snowfall rates during this time, and possibly 2
inch per hour. Once again though, this banding could
expand/shift westward by 50 or more miles, which is in the realm
of
QPF spread seen in GEFS and SREF, which have a reasonable
range of 1/10 to 1 inch across NYC!

 

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2 hours ago, Ace said:

Very impressive shift in one run. Btw the 3km Nam just started coming out as well and looks like it might even be more amped that 0z.

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With the Jan 2016 the NAM caught onto the trend first.

I wonder if it's these highly intense systems that the NAM does the best.

 

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..suffolk county now has a winter storm warning..and ,not that far away,Block
Island has a blizzard warning.
NWS write up mentions the possibility of hoisting a blizzard warning for Suffolk County.... If trends continue...

They appeared to be floored by the 6z NAM.... and don't appear to be dismissing it given the spread of other meso models...

They are taking a cautious approach....

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