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January 3 CAPE Storm


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1 minute ago, mappy said:

 

 

Thanks all, those were the replies I was expecting. Enjoy y’all’s snow. 

I usually get rain when not under an advisory.  But you are to the north and that rain changes to snow.  It will snow.  If you don't get snow I will light myself on fire.

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Forecasters are in a tough spot. If it verifies, it will be easy in hindsight to say "The trend was clearly visible and the GFS had it all along, and the NAM proved to have struggles with it. They should have given everyone a couple more inches on the forecast and moved the warnings north!" But back to the present, got to remember that the GFS is still juicing this more than any other model. So far, that admittedly looks like a decent bet, and it has got all the other models beginning to bend the knee. But it could be wrong in its own way too, and blending still rules, so no one is itching to jump out ahead of the trend. If the trend doesn't continue and follow that leap of faith to catch you, suddenly you're falling.

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4 minutes ago, Vice-Regent said:

Nobody posted the ICON.

Such a smol storm. I feel blessed that it ever happened a real thread the needle type situation. If we go by according to the ICON this will generate incredible frustration.

I don't think this is storm mode material but considering the drought of good winter events it should be.

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6 minutes ago, Quasievil said:

Honestly, I can buy into the conservative view here. You either A) go with what a progressive/la Nina 2021 pattern would produce or a B) major snowstorm.

I can see not going with 10+ totals on the GFS because of possible mixing issues at the start.

2-4" is really low balling it though. Factor in a probable flash freeze and it's almost 100% chance of a high impact event that deserves a WSW.

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Just now, H2O said:

I usually get rain when not under an advisory.  But you are to the north and that rain changes to snow.  It will snow.  If you don't get snow I will light myself on fire.

lol no need to light yourself on fire. I’m sure I’ll see flakes at least, even if it doesn’t amount to much. It’s 60° imby on Jan 2, I’ll happily take a wintry day even if short lived. 

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Just now, Amped said:

I can see not going with 10+ totals on the GFS because of possible mixing issues at the start.

2-4" is really low balling it though. Factor in a possible flash freeze and it's almost 100% chance of a high impact event that deserves a WSW.

Agree. I was surprised by how low they went. 12z EURO run is huge

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3 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Tommy T ain’t having it

(much like a covid vaccine):whistle:

 

What is he seeing, exactly? I'm baffled by the hesitation. If you want to talk about sharp cutoffs, fine. But the GFS/CMC/Euro blended are nowhere remotely close to what he is saying. Good luck pinning your hopes to the Icon.

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15 minutes ago, Amped said:

NWS actually gives us a good chance for an over-performer.

Add it to the list:

1/30/2010

1/6/2015

1/12/2019

Pending: 1/3/2022

 

3/17/2014 as well. The environment leading into the event is pretty similar to this, as temps peaked in the 60s the day before with precip onset after nightfall. Fairly different setup overall but that definitely surprised some. 

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