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December 26-27 Storm Threat


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Definitely a tough one here...but not sure why everyone is giving up. Not sure I completely buy HPC throwing out the GFS because of initialization problems. GFS will always initialize worse than the ECMWF because of the technique used...yet usually the GFS does pretty well this time frame. A bit suprised that HPC is yet again going with an extreme solution...except this time an eastern one...while a couple days ago they followed the far western solution. NAM has been pretty useless lately..and thus I only look at it because its the first model out...I would not put much of any stock in its solution. The fact that 10 of the 16 15Z SREF eta/nmm/arw runs are west of the 12z NAM leads me to believe with high confidence the 12z NAM is too far west. Now the ECMWF is the problem model....as I cant rally explain its huge shift east. However given its bouncing around...while the EC ensemble mean has been nearly steady...makes me have some doubt on its solution. So at this time im leaning towards a 0z/6Z GFS compromise...meaning significant snows still probable eastern New England. Obviously still not very high confidence...but I would be surprised if areas Bos to PVD and southeast didn’t get a good 6-10"

Just took a look at 18z NAM...and it does indeed go much further west. However as I said above...I wouldnt put too much into that solution. Other than maybe increasing my confidence of significant coastal snows a very small amount.

I don't think anyone in far eastern New England should be giving up at all. I think they stand a fairly decent chance of seeing warning criteria snow out that way, it's just a question of whether it's low end warning criteria or if the potential for heavier accumulations (8''+) will occur or not, and if so, how far back west.

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Definitely a tough one here...but not sure why everyone is giving up. Not sure I completely buy HPC throwing out the GFS because of initialization problems. GFS will always initialize worse than the ECMWF because of the technique used...yet usually the GFS does pretty well this time frame. A bit suprised that HPC is yet again going with an extreme solution...except this time an eastern one...while a couple days ago they followed the far western solution. NAM has been pretty useless lately..and thus I only look at it because its the first model out...I would not put much of any stock in its solution. The fact that 10 of the 16 15Z SREF eta/nmm/arw runs are west of the 12z NAM leads me to believe with high confidence the 12z NAM is too far west. Now the ECMWF is the problem model....as I cant rally explain its huge shift east. However given its bouncing around...while the EC ensemble mean has been nearly steady...makes me have some doubt on its solution. So at this time im leaning towards a 0z/6Z GFS compromise...meaning significant snows still probable eastern New England. Obviously still not very high confidence...but I would be surprised if areas Bos to PVD and southeast didn’t get a good 6-10"

Just took a look at 18z NAM...and it does indeed go much further west. However as I said above...I wouldnt put too much into that solution. Other than maybe increasing my confidence of significant coastal snows a very small amount.

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Definitely a tough one here...but not sure why everyone is giving up. Not sure I completely buy HPC throwing out the GFS because of initialization problems. GFS will always initialize worse than the ECMWF because of the technique used...yet usually the GFS does pretty well this time frame. A bit suprised that HPC is yet again going with an extreme solution...except this time an eastern one...while a couple days ago they followed the far western solution. NAM has been pretty useless lately..and thus I only look at it because its the first model out...I would not put much of any stock in its solution. The fact that 10 of the 16 15Z SREF eta/nmm/arw runs are west of the 12z NAM leads me to believe with high confidence the 12z NAM is too far west. Now the ECMWF is the problem model....as I cant rally explain its huge shift east. However given its bouncing around...while the EC ensemble mean has been nearly steady...makes me have some doubt on its solution. So at this time im leaning towards a 0z/6Z GFS compromise...meaning significant snows still probable eastern New England. Obviously still not very high confidence...but I would be surprised if areas Bos to PVD and southeast didn’t get a good 6-10"

Just took a look at 18z NAM...and it does indeed go much further west. However as I said above...I wouldnt put too much into that solution. Other than maybe increasing my confidence of significant coastal snows a very small amount.

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Notice at hr60, the convective maximum in the Gulf of Maine is in the same location as the 12z NAM hr66. And ultimately, not any enormous changes with the overall H5 pattern except with the location of the H5 vort and surface low in the Gulf of Maine (shifted SW), with the appropriate changes to the QPF shield.

Nothing surprising -- the convective issues on the 12z NAM were clear as day. Just thought it was interesting to see.

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