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January 12-14, 2019 Storm Discussion STORM MODE


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  On 1/12/2019 at 3:56 AM, Bob Chill said:

It's always possible the transfer can throw a wrench but by the time the shortwave passes through it's pretty squashed. Much of the snow for many happens before the transfer. We probably won't clearly know how its going to work until this time tomorrow

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We probably won’t clearly know how it’s going to work until...two weeks from tomorrow. :lol:

 

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  On 1/12/2019 at 4:09 AM, Chris78 said:

All models have waffled  back and forth but the consensus has pretty much been some where between 2 and 6 inches for last 4 or 5 days. If we end up in that range that's impressive in imho. 

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Exactly. I liked seeing 18z bump things up because it gives more cushion to avoid a fail. I said 2 days ago that far NE zones look good for 1-3", all of central md 2-4", and south of the potomac 3-6". The progression has changed but the end result hasn't. We'll seen what the ukie and euro say later. Euro will prob trim a little imho

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  On 1/12/2019 at 4:09 AM, BristowWx said:

 

We do unless it shows something we don’t like.  We tend to endorse the best model output but know the worst output will likely verify. Can’t remember the last time the snowiest model was the one that won

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Enjoy your 3-5”. If some models were showing a shutout then I’d be concerned of a fail.  It seems 2” would be our low bar which considering where we were a week ago, I’ll happily take even that.  

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  On 1/12/2019 at 4:14 AM, nj2va said:

Enjoy your 3-5”. If the some models were showing a shutdown then I’d be concerned of a fail.  It seems 2” would be our low bar which considering where we were a week ago, I’ll happily take even that.  

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I will. Snow falling is better than snow accumulated.  To me anyway. Would take 3 inches over 6 hours vice 6 inches over 3 hours.  Sounds insane I know.  

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  On 1/12/2019 at 4:17 AM, BristowWx said:

I will. Snow falling is better than snow accumulated.  To me anyway. Would take 3 inches over 6 hours vice 6 inches over 3 hours.  Sounds insane I know.  

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If you really like snow falling than 2 inch per hour rates is as good as it gets....Just saying.

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  On 1/12/2019 at 4:14 AM, nj2va said:

Enjoy your 3-5”. If some models were showing a shutout then I’d be concerned of a fail.  It seems 2” would be our low bar which considering where we were a week ago, I’ll happily take even that.  

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I will happily take an inch. Or a half inch. Weather is gonna do what its gonna do regardless of what any particular model says, or what I would like to see. The hammer gets worse the further east you go in this set up. My expectations have remained on the modest side.

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  On 1/12/2019 at 4:21 AM, C.A.P.E. said:

I will happily take an inch. Or a half inch. Weather is gonna do what its gonna do regardless of what any particular model says, or what I would like to see. The hammer gets worse the further east you go in this set up. My expectations have remained on the modest side.

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I’m with you.  Hopefully everyone can cash in on something as we look ahead to the (likely) busy period ahead.  

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  On 1/12/2019 at 4:56 AM, C.A.P.E. said:

The 0z FV3 QPF distribution looks quite similar to the 18z Euro/EPS.

Noticed that just now for some reason(probably because TT is so effing slow). The 0z Euro shall be "telling". lol.

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Ha, I thought the same thing earlier when it first came out on NCEP.  Didn’t bother posting since I didn’t want to interrupt the panic.  Adding up the panels on the UKMET looks like about 0.4 or so for DC but I’ll wait for the ‘prettier’ maps for final confirmation.  I fully expect the Euro to hold steady honestly.  

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  On 1/12/2019 at 5:00 AM, nj2va said:

Ha, I thought the same thing earlier when it first came out on NCEP.  Didn’t bother posting since I didn’t want to interrupt the panic.  Adding up the panels on the UKMET looks like about 0.4 or so for DC but I’ll wait for the ‘prettier’ maps for final confirmation.  I fully expect the Euro to hold steady honestly.  

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I expect it will probably cut back some, but not appreciably. At least that's my hope. 

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  On 1/12/2019 at 5:06 AM, Bob Chill said:

That's good to hear. 2nd best model holds

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I know the uk verification scores are good, but it seems the QPF bounces around like a fish out of water without any consistency.  Maybe its highlighted more since it doens’t have ensembles that we analyze too but it seems that each run is up/down with QPF. 

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  On 1/12/2019 at 5:12 AM, nj2va said:

I know the uk verification scores are good, but it seems the QPF bounces around like a fish out of water without any consistency.  Maybe its highlighted more since it doens’t have ensembles that we analyze too but it seems that each run is up/down with QPF. 

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Agree in the mid range. It does well short range. Especially with midlevel temps. I've seen it throw a reg flag in the mids in the short range and we ignored it but it was right. Seeing back to back qpf panels look similar (and good) is a good sign

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RGEM ensemble continues the trend from 12z.  Slightly drier and more south, but overall still good.

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There's still a good amount of spread among the members.  The below maps are only for 24 hours, so they don't cover the whole storm. 

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  On 1/12/2019 at 5:59 AM, Maestrobjwa said:

Ops are probably better to look at at this point, accord to Bob...Seriously, it amazes me how obsessive we can get with this stuff! Down to the smallest tick?...

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That's a pretty sizable shift at this range for the ensembles.

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