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MO/KS/AR/OK 2020-2021 "Winter" Discussion


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3 minutes ago, StormChazer said:

We officially have all the major players set on this solution. Now we start refining the amounts and exact locations.image.thumb.png.be7dbdd36f3208d0e18ebf3d0eaa2f6f.png

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I wouldn’t count it as locked in yet. It looks like we may not get fully sampled data until tomorrow (someone correct me if I’m wrong). Still several days out, good to see agreement, but I’m not fully on board yet. 

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12 minutes ago, MUWX said:

I wouldn’t count it as locked in yet. It looks like we may not get fully sampled data until tomorrow (someone correct me if I’m wrong). Still several days out, good to see agreement, but I’m not fully on board yet. 

The northern piece of energy is currently over NW Canada and the southern piece of energy is still off the west coast and won't be over land until tomorrow. 

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Tulsa NWS thoughts. It's a good read.

"The late week system has changed greatly in the past 24 hours
with even more agreement between the GFS and ECMWF runs. With this
agreement comes a very messy forecast. Both the GFS and ECMWF are
now showing a closed low developing over TX before wrapping up
and moving sharply to the north either along the OK/AR border
(ECMWF) or through eastern AR (GFS). The 12Z ECMWF is pretty
similar to its 00Z counterpart but shifts the heavier snow band a
tad west while the GFS saw a more noticeable shift to the west
which suggests higher snow totals across NE OK and NW AR. One
other thing to note with this system  and has been a headache
to forecast for - will be the potential of a warm layer between
925 and 850mb which will play significant role in precipitation
type and amounts starting Wednesday evening and continuing through
Friday morning. Both models wobble the 850mb freezing line along
the I-44 corridor Thursday morning before retreating westward
briefly Thursday afternoon (as the upper low approaches and wraps
warm air around). This wobbling of 850mb line with temps below
freezing at the surface will allow for mixed precipitation with
sleet and freezing rain possible. Snow amounts will obviously be
impacted based on the amount of sleet and freezing rain (or even
just rain) that falls. 850Mb temps then fall quickly through the
overnight hours as the upper low passes somewhere between W AR and
E AR. This would be the best opportunity for accumulating snow
across the area with NE OK and NW AR likely seeing the best
chances for accumulating snow. With this update and long story
short, opted to enhance ice totals across SE OK and NW AR closer
to the track of the upper low and upped snowfall totals across the
area with the most notable increase in snow totals across NE OK
mainly Thursday evening and overnight as the atmospheric column
cools below freezing.

There are still many uncertainties with this forecast such as
where ice could fall/accumulate and how much snow we could
ultimately see across the area thus this forecast will be refined
over the next couple of days."

-TSA

 

TLDR: There will be a lot of snow where the sleet and freezing rain don't limit amounts.

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