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Wednesday 12/11 SNE Snow Threat


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31 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

That jet streak though is pretty damn impressive..180+ knots. Imagine those dynamics involved in a different type of set-up lol. Don't really see a jet streak that intense just to our west too often...usually moreso just to our north and east. 

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That looks like the old color bars that would show up on TV stations back in the day...

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1 minute ago, Snow88 said:

Good call for 1-3 for NYC. I doubt they are making a forecasted based off the Nam.

Watch it come back tonight.

Never said or impied they were. The last forecast was 7:15AM so they didn't get a chance to see any of the 12Z runs yet. The PM shift, this map, would be based off the entire 12Z suite probably not taking into account the 18Z NAM at all.

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1 hour ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Those are the best ones.

? They have 2-3 and 3-4 ranges though. If they wanted to do 2-4 for SNE they could do a wide area of 2-3 and 3-4. What Scott's saying is that 4-6 aint happening on that wide of scale like they are painting it to be. 

Agreed.  I thought maybe they were limited  in ranges somehow

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BOX PM UPDATE:

Both ensemble data sets from the EC and GFS including deterministic
guidance from the NAM/HREF/GFS/EC suggest heaviest qpf will be
confined to the south coast of MA/RI/CT. Ensembles offering 0.25 to
0.33 in this area and obviously deterministic guidance higher with
12z NAM showing a stripe of 0.75+ inches from Cape Cod to MVY. 12z
HREF ends 12z Wed but also has some members supporting higher qpf
06z-12z Wed. In fact the 12z ECENS has over 30 of its 50 members
supporting at least 2 inches of snow for much CT/RI and MA!

At this model time range (42+ hrs) typical model error for a frontal
boundary is probably in the +/- 50-100 miles range. Thus this
heavier qpf band could shift and verify offshore but also could
shift inland to perhaps HFD-ORH-BOS. So there remains a range of
possibilities. Tracing back the short wave that will enter the Great
Lakes early Wed that will back the mid level flow across southern
New England and impact our forecast, this feature traces back to the
Arctic circle this afternoon. Obviously this is a data sparse area
so expecting models to initialize this feature differently/better
once it reaches lower latitudes with more data. Typically these
arctic short waves verify stronger/more robust given poor model
initialization at higher latitudes in data sparse regions. In
addition this approaching arctic short wave will be accompanied by
an anomalous upper level jet streak across northern New England into
southern Quebec Tue ngt/Wed with speeds of 180+ kts! Thus a lot of
jet dynamics to watch unfold.

So at this early stage our preliminary snowfall forecast could range
as little as a coating to an inch (our 10% percentile snow forecast)
to possibly 2-4 inches (50% percentile snow forecast) if arctic
short wave verifies stronger with mid level flow backing more to the
SSW and with longer duration yielding higher qpf. Also can`t
completely dismiss the more extreme NAM/HREF solution with 4+
inches, albeit a low prob but within the envelope of solutions.
Nevertheless will need to watch this portion of the forecast given
its potential impact to the Wed morning commute.

 

@weatherwiz ha!

Not sure why they are talking about NAM as the extreme solution when it appears to be on the lighter side of the envelope atm, at least comparing it to GEM/RGEM/UKMET. 

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21 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Is still wait through 00z tonight. We’ve seen stranger  things with these. But I think Rays map overall has had the idea. Maybe a 4 bagger somewhere. 

He’s going to be too low .. 3-6 is perfect for this as Will alluded to. Everything jacked up today. If you’re basing it off a  model that is being discontinued like the NAM then we salute you 

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8 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

He’s going to be too low .. 3-6 is perfect for this as Will alluded to. Everything jacked up today. If you’re basing it off a  model that is being discontinued like the NAM then we salute you 

I think you’re putting words in his mouth 

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11 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I think you’re putting words in his mouth 

He knows that.

If I were hugging the NAM, then I would have been forecasting several inches in the first call. The 18z NAM is a mere illustration of the instability and unreliability of that particular piece of guidance. I think that is the point. I already agreed that the 18z maybe overtrended...still think general 1-3".

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