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January 11-13 Winter Storm


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1 minute ago, Hoosier said:

The original question by the other poster was not very specific.  When there's not a storm (especially a modeled huge one like this), what model had which solution at which time tends to not be remembered as well.  There's been plenty of times when the Euro has shifted to the GFS... certainly the case if you include patterns in the long range, etc. 

As far as what you're saying, the February 09 phantom bomb may be a candidate?  That one started unraveling right around 4 days out iirc.

 

I was away when that happened i do believe?  Near the start of the month correct? My brother passed on.. sigh So yeah i kinda forgot about that. Don't even recall what any of the models showed? Did they all show a bomb?

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I don't know if anybody really cares about this, but here's something about the 1st wave of the storm.  The 00z NAM has 9" of snow just east of Minneapolis/St. Paul, with an area of sleet near this axis also. Currently the NWS offices are not calling for any areas of 9"+ near Minneapolis. The 00z GFS also has 10-11" max (Kuchera ratio) near the MN/IA border.

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2 hours ago, Harry said:

 

I never recall this model showing a storm hitting like it did two nights in a row inside of day 5 and just about lose it! We have been doing this alot of years and i cannot recall it? Feel free to point out whatever i may have forgotten.

 

Oh well! Pretty wild to say the least. :lol:

February 2009 phantom bomb (another apps runner I might add)?

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GRR has punted

Confidence has become much stronger that we will miss out on much
of, if not the entire snowstorm that will be ongoing Fri night into
Saturday. Good model consensus now exists in taking the heavier
swath of snow now through Ohio. This is the result of the developing
upper low digging a little further south, and the sfc front/upper
jet being a tad farther east when the wave lifts NE. This will
result in our area being cold once again, with some lake effect
closer to the lakeshore with an almost due N low level flow.
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However DTX is not giving up on a western track yet

By the time the upper level energy comes out of the Rockies and
boots the Gulf Coast Storm System to the northeast, 6 HR max 500 MB height
fall center forecasted to track through central/western PA Saturday
morning, a bit too far East. Thus, NAM and GFS advertising a complete
miss to southeast Michigan with respect to deformation snow, with
00z Canadian advertising just a glancing blow across far eastern
areas as low tracks up the spine of the Appalachians. Bulk of GFS
ensemble members even farther east than operational run. With such
an amplified upper level ridge over the Atlantic and Pacific energy
not moving onshore to the Pacific Northwest until Thursday morning,
still not totally willing to give up on a stronger/farther west
solution just yet, although the 00z EURO and UKMET have given up
ground as well and shifted farther east. Also, don`t like that
strongly positive tilted trough axis swing tracking through
Quebec/Ontario, which will factor into the equation as well, and
could force the system to the East coast quicker. If synoptic snow
does not materialize, still could see some lake effect off of Lake
Huron on Saturday, be mainly confined to Thumb region.
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KIND update as of 0400

Short term focus is a potential high impact winter storm Friday
into Saturday.

The responsible upper level trough has only now come
onshore to be sampled by the RAOB network, and significant spread
in model solutions continues to create a lower confidence
forecast.

The GFS in recent runs has been somewhat of an outlier with a far
more progressive and easterly solution than the bulk of the
remaining model suite, with the Euro (at least until the latest
run) and the Canadian among the more consistent solutions,
clustering around a more developed, slower, and thus further west
solution, which would generally be expected with a system that
looks to take on a fairly strong negative tilt. Per national and
regional coordination discussions, continue to favor a somewhat
more westerly consensus track. Thanks to WPC for the coordination
call tonight.

At this time, thoughts are to expect high potential for rain
Thursday into Thursday evening, with transition to a wintry mix
beginning from the northwest late Thursday night and overspreading
the area into Friday morning, with colder air continuing the
transition to snow by Friday evening. This would likely mean some
sleet and perhaps some light icing from freezing rain prior to the
changeover to snow. A general model consensus places the axis of
highest snowfall amounts over the eastern half of the forecast
area and into ILN and LMK`s Indiana counties as well. Interestingly,
this aligns fairly well with some of the stronger analogs for
this event, including late December 2004 and early January 1996,
which were both significant snowfall producers for the region.

While it remains somewhat soon to start nailing down specific
ranges given the model uncertainty, the eastern half or so of
central Indiana looks at this time to be in a region favorable for
warning criteria or higher snowfall amounts, although again,
small changes in model solutions could significantly shift this
axis.

Main message at this point remains that there is strong potential
for a significant high impact winter storm somewhere in the
region Friday into Saturday, and residents of central Indiana
should be prepared for this potential as details hopefully become
clearer over the next 24 to 48 hours.
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10 minutes ago, snowstormcanuck said:

RGEM at 48 looks like it would play ball if extrapolated. Wouldn't be as/any further east of the 0z GFS.

Last night's 0z runs only furthered my skepticism, so until I see some consistency, I fail to remain optimistic. 

Haven't ever been a fan of these secondary waves riding along the initial front as they're extremely volatile.

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6 hours ago, UMB WX said:

 

good luck with the les - baum;)

Ha. Literally just finished reading the whole thread starting when the 00Z NAM came in. Pure unadulterated entertainment. If nothing else this storm has revived my faith in the board. Great analysis, model hugging, sniping, IMBY, meltdowns, AND A BOARD OUTAGE...etc. All remeniscent of the glory days. Here's hoping Buckeye, and Cincy area get a nice storm. IMHO they've gone the longest without a decent storm. Me, I don't put much faith in a lake induced event, and probably stings a little less if it's 350 miles to the SE versus 100 miles.:lol: And Chicago Storm did win the thread as he usually does.

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So I live in Western Kentucky and it is showing that we are dead center of the worst part right now.  All the local meteorologist are predicting 1-2 inches of snow even though I've seen ALOT higher amounts from this site as well as others.   They are saying they believe it's going to be ALOT of sleet for us.  What do you all think? 

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How does the Euro go from a sub 1000mb LP over Detroit to a 1000mb LP over Manhattan in a matter of a few runs at the most. That's easily a 500 mile shift. That's terrible! The progressive northern stream continues through this winter with the exception of the east coast, who have gotten there regular blizzard. 

I've completely lost faith in the models. 

**** this winter! <_<:( 

 

 

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Just now, zinski1990 said:

I have more confidence in the short term sref and rpm than the crappy gfs euro and nam right now. At least they are more consistent even being high res models. Still not giving up here in Indy. Wouldnt shock me to see the models go back west later lol

Just make sure you look at the distribution of members to assess and not simply the mean, where a few wackjobs can skew the mean.

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1 minute ago, zinski1990 said:

I have more confidence in the short term sref and rpm than the crappy gfs euro and nam right now. At least they are more consistent even being high res models. Still not giving up here in Indy. Wouldnt shock me to see the models go back west later lol

If there was going to be anything more than a bump west I think the euro would have shown it at 12z.  Instead it went the other way and you can barely make out a closed low on the surface map at 72 hrs.    Honestly I was rooting for a stronger system even with the risks that comes with.  I'd rather take my chances with a more dynamic system.

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6 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

Just make sure you look at the distribution of members to assess and not simply the mean, where a few wackjobs can skew the mean.

dont get me started lol at least the mean for indy on the latest sref was like 6 inches but I saw some over a foot and one 20 inches lol never know i guess

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