November 30-December 2 *Potential* Winter Storm

[Hoosier]

Time to take the plunge.  I think a complete non-event everywhere is less likely than not (though still possible), and obviously it has some potential to be pretty good.

[Snownado]

Is it safe to say that it's a lock that most of Indiana will at least some some flakes in the air next week ?

[Kaner88]

2 minutes ago, Snownado said:

Is it safe to say that it's a lock that most of Indiana will at least some some flakes in the air next week ?

About as much of a lock as this

 

In seriousness the GFS & ensembles seem to be trending more favorably compared to earlier today

[Hoosier]

The cutoff, or more accurately what will become the cutoff, is onshore now.  At least there's that, but it's only part of the picture.

[CARDSWEATHER]

I don't see people discuss the UKIE much in here but the 0z FWIW. Complete whiff on phasing and other things. Unless you live in Western PA or the WV mountains or the smokies in East TN the UKIE says no snow for anyone(unless you count a dusting to 1 inch something) 

[StormfanaticInd]

Looking at the 0z models so far

[CARDSWEATHER]

CMC individual 0z members FWIW running through 8 PM next Wednesday. Few big hitters, lots of east solutions and a few non storms/non snow

[Indystorm]

This is the start of upcoming model wars, but man, what a gradient from Chicago westward on the GFS.

[Malacka11]

Just now, Indystorm said:

This is the start of upcoming model wars, but man, what a gradient from Chicago westward on the GFS.

I can handle not getting snow from this storm, but I cannot handle Chicago getting a foot while I get zip. :/

[Gino27]

Euro coming in west. Doesn't equate to a huger difference.

[CARDSWEATHER]

Some small scale changes at H5 on the Euro. Taken verbatim its a solid hit for about 3/4 of Indiana(excluding NW areas up by Chicago as well as extreme southern Indiana) as well as the western border area of Ohio from north to south. 

[Malacka11]

Snow totals a lot less wild this time around. 

[Gino27]

Still livin' in the pain zone. 

[CARDSWEATHER]

1 minute ago, Snownado said:

did you mean the western border of Illinois ?

No, it may be worded badly on my part but the far eastern edge of IL gets 1-2 from the Euro while Indiana and parts of Ohio get significantly more if you took that run verbatim. Not much snow in IL at all. 

[Snownado]

Just now, Gino27 said:

Still livin' in the pain zone. 

I think you could handle 5" of pain.

[Gino27]

3 minutes ago, Snownado said:

I think you could handle 5" of pain.

Yeah I think that's the model trying to factor in the Scioto valley which tends to be warmer. It's a lot more SE of what the model shows. Canadian does the same thing.

[Stebo]

The Euro whoo boy. It stalls the low east of here and just keeps dumping snow. This was probably one of the wilder runs I have ever seen.

[Jackstraw]

Euro looks a bit slower and weaker than it was 00Z last night.  It's cutting off from the northern jet much later this run.  A lot of those crazy totals on the previous runs were a perfect long lasting northerly fetch along almost the entire length of a warm Lake Michigan for upwards of 36 hours.  LES on steroids.  This run, still anaomolis for this time of year, makes a little more sense, to me anyways.  GFS is moving closer to this also.  I think in the end could see a foot in some places maybe a more wide spread 6-10.  Kuchera ratios are lower so a percentage could be sloppy.

 

[Jackstraw]

1 minute ago, Stebo said:

The Euro whoo boy. It stalls the low east of here and just keeps dumping snow. This was probably one of the wilder runs I have ever seen.

Definitely a tick up for you!

[SchaumburgStormer]

30 minutes ago, Malacka11 said:

Snow totals a lot less wild this time around. 

Baby stepping towards the inevitable strung out garbage 

[Chinook]

Just for kicks, I dare you to find a GEFS plume/map with over 20" for Columbus, OH

[RogueWaves]

Euro/GEM/GFS in the upper 980's tonight. It's a start

[NoDoppler4TnySandz]

Well, I guess the season is here....might as well start it off with a tease followed by a kick in the N@!S

Good to have something to watch...

Two things strike me so far:

Like Stebo referenced: it definitely looks like it could stop and spin for a couple of days (consistent signal)...could be a N-S strip of jack-pot zone (Ohio/Ind border in general as of right now with W-E variance from Indy-CMH).

I also could see this evolve like Schaumburg mentioned --- Stung Out POS 

Happy Turkey Day!

[Baum]

5 hours ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

Baby stepping towards the inevitable strung out garbage 

better chance you'll be able to smell the snow that's falling 60 miles to your east on a stiff north-northeast gale.

[Kitchener poster]

7 hours ago, Snownado said:

I think you could handle 5" of pain.

What kind of forum is this!!??

[NoDoppler4TnySandz]

9AM Forecast Discussion - ILN

LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Clearly the feature(s) and time period of interest during this
portion of the forecast will be the potential phasing of a southern
stream shortwave trough with a more progressive/dynamic northern
stream shortwave trough in the Monday/Tuesday timeframe, which could
lead to rapidly deepening/occluding low pressure tracking from the
southern Gulf Coast up the west side of the Appalachians. This would
bring a potential of cold sector precipitation /possibly the first
widespread accumulating snow of the winter/ and gusty winds. Outlier
/low probability/ solutions indicate that significant accumulating
snow could occur, but would take near ideal phasing for such an
event to occur.

What we feel somewhat confident in saying - is that ensembles means
have trended toward a wetter and colder overall solution for
Mon/Tue, so the chances of the first widespread accumulating snow
have risen over the last 24 hours. But overall probabilities of the
very heavy amounts seen in some recent deterministic runs of a few
models remain quite low - but something that has to be accounted
for. We will need to watch this closely as even a more conservative
snowfall forecast will bring travel impacts most likely Monday night
into Tuesday morning - but areas / amounts are still way too early
say with any measure of confidence.

Pre-storm mild temps - a key point about the quiet weather
Saturday/Sunday we need to mention is mild temperatures. Plenty of
sunshine both days should push temperatures well into the 40s on
Saturday, and 50s on Sunday. Cirrus thickens Sunday afternoon, and
mid clouds thicken Sunday night. The mild days Sat/Sun and clouds
Sunday night will keep soils/pavements quite warm, so snowfall will
need to overcome this to accumulate efficiently.

Phasing/low track -Timing of the potential phasing is key and
extremely low confidence at this time range, but some degree of
phasing is likely to occur between these systems - carving out a
deep longwave trough/closed low over the Ohio Valley by Tuesday
morning. Potential solutions run the gamut - from a rapidly
deepening low running from the Gulf Coast into western PA where it
slows to a stop and pivots, to a much weaker/progressive low riding
quickly through KY/WV/PA and into the northeast or off the Mid-
Atlantic coast.  The 26.00Z EPS and GEFS members /81 members in sum/
are all over the place with timing/track/precipitation coverage with
the various degrees of phasing which could occur. Still waiting to
see a clustering of surface low track/depth emerge from ensemble
systems. As of right now, the 31 members of the 26.00Z GEFS valid at
18Z Monday have surface lows scattered over thousands of square
miles from southeast Michigan, to upstate New York, to a number of
lows even down in the Carolinas. Each of these a viable solution -
and it is a representation of the sensitivity of phasing weather
systems separated /right now/ by thousands of miles. The 26.00Z
EPS/CMC ensembles also very similar - indicating surface low
pressure track/depth is variable and very low confidence at this
point in time.

Keys to remember about some of the extreme snowfall amounts being
seen on a few deterministic/ensemble members:  1) these static ratio
amounts do not account for the very warm ground temperatures
(remember Sunday`s temps in the 50s) 2) these do not take into
account the degree of compaction that would occur with a long
duration wet snow event that is leading to some of the very high
totals 3) boundary layer temperatures will remain 30-35 during any
snow that falls which means slower accumulation rates and more
compaction especially during daylight hours and 4) this storm has no
bitter arctic air in place or available to tap - unlike a very
similar setup 70 years ago when the Snow Bowl storm produced in
excess of 12-15" in the ILN CWA. That storm had surface temps in the
single digits and teens. Also pointing against the extreme solutions
is a very narrow dendritic growth zone - less than 100mb on forecast
soundings.  So we will need to watch ensembles closely in the next
couple of days to see if a trend emerges on a number of fronts.
Definitely a forecast to stay tuned to through the holiday weekend.

After the system pulls out on Wednesday, cold temperatures remain
with highs generally in the 30s.

[ILSNOW]

[sbnwx85]

Heaviest axis of snow trending east. 

[weatherbo]

It's been an awesome Fall up here after a snowy October but it's time!
Could be looking at a very prolonged north wind snow off the lake, with 2-3 feet possible.  If 2' falls, that will put the season total here at 60".

 

[Gino27]

Note on the AFD from Wilmington above. They are admittedly conservative on snowfall events. It's pretty significant to see them mentioning the potential for substantial this far out.