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2022-2023 Fall/Winter Mountains Thread


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It's so borderline here it's honestly going to be a nowcast situation I think. If we get under the heavy deformation band we could get 3 to 5. If not its likely we get mostly slop and a dusting to an inch. 

 

Good thing is.. It's a pretty quick drive to the victor tract and 3k plus. 

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3 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

It's so borderline here it's honestly going to be a nowcast situation I think. If we get under the heavy deformation band we could get 3 to 5. If not its likely we get mostly slop and a dusting to an inch. 

 

Good thing is.. It's a pretty quick drive to the victor tract and 3k plus. 

Yeah I think the majority of this storm is going to be a nowcast situation with this ull really. 

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NAM was just a massive jump for a single run, similar to what the Euro did yesterday moving the jackpot zone all the way west of knoxville. Hopefully it's one of those windshield wiper over-corrections and it'll tick back east over its next few runs.

Trends have honestly been poor across most guidance since mid day yesterday. Which is not necessarily a bad thing as its rare to ride the jackpot zone all the way from 60+ hours out. I'd rather it do so now than a rug pull in the final 24 hours.

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Love the honesty in the Atlanta AFD this morning.

As of now, even on Day 3, there remains an abundance of questions
that we don`t quite have answers for, and frankly, may not fully
know until the event is underway. How deep and in what location will
the upper-level low set up? Cutoff upper lows are notoriously hard
to predict given the lack of steering flow aloft, yet the
positioning will determine where and when wintry precip begins. What
will temperatures be in the mid-levels of the atmosphere? Up until
this point, temperature profiles cooled continuously with elevation,
but now some models are showing temperatures above freezing between
the 700-850 hPa levels, right where the warm, moist conveyer belt
will set up which could turn wintry ptypes from snow to sleet. Will
the surface low drive a wedge front through the region and if so,
how far and how deep? This question could have significant impacts
for the I-20 corridor NE of Atlanta in terms of ptype duration late
Sunday morning and afternoon. How much snow will be able to
accumulate with temperatures in the mid 30s? How much will
temperatures drop if heavier snow does make it to the ground?

We have a lot of questions that will begin to slowly come into view,
but honestly, several wintry parameters are forecast to be on a
knife`s edge throughout this event and could easily go one way or
another. While we`re not anticipating any more impacts outside of
elevations over 1500 feet at this time, it`s still important to be
prepared, just in case, so please check back for future updates.
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So just looking at the 06z Euro, I start by looking at the upper level chart and see that it ticked noticeably stronger with the ULL with a nearly identical track. I assumed this would lead to a better pull of upper level cold to work with but instead it did the exact opposite and continued to reduce the extent and intensity of the 850 mbar cold pool. Is this unfortunately just the models playing catch up on the ULL being cutoff from any real cold source to pull from?

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