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NYC/PHL Dec 26-27 Potential - Part 5


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Thanks. I believe that is a good sign for places to the north and east that the watch area in North Carolina was expanded to their west (significantly)

While not relevant to this specific area, this was just issued by the NWS down south.

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

927 PM EST FRI DEC 24 2010

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL

AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING...

SNOW... OR A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY

AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT... THEN QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW

AS IT SPREADS EAST ACROSS OUR REGION SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW IS

EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS CONTINUES TO BE

AN SITUATION IN WHICH THE FORECAST MODELS ARE HAVING A MORE

DIFFICULT TIME THAN USUAL IN THE FORECAST EVOLUTION OF THIS

POTENTIAL STORM. AT THE CURRENT TIME... GIVEN THE MODEL

UNCERTAINTY... ODDS ARE SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN 50 PERCENT THAT A

SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT A PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH

CAROLINA.

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Do you think the end-result with be biased towards the American models or compromised in the middle?

Riptide, I believe the GFS has been leading the trend back west and we have now seen other important short term models like the NAM, RGEM, MM5, SREFs, catch onto this as well. I expect the Euro to trend west from its 12z position; it may not be as impressive as I think tonight's 00z GFS will look, but we'll see. The Euro dropped its bomb idea a couple days ago, but it wouldn't take much for a reversal back to where it was (monster intensification offshore to sub 970mb, like the current GFS).

Overall I'm very impressed w/ the trends since yesterday. Improving H5 set up w/ more trough sharpness, a more consolidated phase further to the SW, which in turn pumps higher heights on the east coast and directs the sfc low nwd. Let's see what the 00z GFS has to say - I expect big things!

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Very tough to extrapolate totals given models are still trending.

Not even sure the WRF is showing full potential.

SREF showing near a 50% chance of 1.00 liquid just east of PHL.

Given the situation, many forecasters (Including Myself) will be playing catch up.

Very impressive wind enery also as the storm phases Wind Soundings are scary. Could see gusts close to 50 MPH even inland.

ERIC

Like you mentioned, still trending. Playing catch up. Have to watch out for more trending west in the next few runs.

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