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The only storm that comes to mind delivering anything close to this outcome is the February 12-13, 2014 storm. That's why when you don't have a bona fide high up north and you're relying on just an antecedent airmass, you're bound to have precipitation issues in an EPO-driven pattern. This airmass is colder than that storm, so we may get more snow, but mixing may be inevitable even with a track like this, especially along and east of US 15.

Obviously, things will change. There is no need to go into too much detail over one run. The Euro just brought back the storm after taking it away.

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23 minutes ago, RIC Airport said:

Bombarded with ZR with a primary low coming up the coast while our surface temperatures are only around 20 degrees?

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Not worried too much with ZR or precip types. still plenty of time for adjustments. I’m just glad Euro showed a storm. Will  be interesting to see how many ensemble members are showing the different tracks.  

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24 minutes ago, RIC Airport said:

Quite a few more southern solutions on the EPS. ORF had bigger hits.

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The NAO is neutral/slightly negative.  There isn’t a true block in place. That could help or hurt us if the low  trends more NW like the operational run. We need the low off coast of OBX. 

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6 minutes ago, Conway7305 said:

The NAO is neutral/slightly negative.  There isn’t a true block in place. That could help or hurt us if the low  trends more NW like the operational run. We need the low off coast of OBX. 

Right, just like the 2/13/2014 storm, the NAO was positive, but we had a cold antecedent airmass ahead of a Miller A low, but nothing to keep the cold fully locked in despite a good track. So eastern areas mixed, and even turned over to rain for a few hours as far west as RIC before another 2-3" on the back side saved us. The 2013-14 was another winter largely diven by the -EPO. 

Here is the AKQ map from that event. RIC did slightly worse recording only 5.8".

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15 minutes ago, RIC Airport said:

Right, just like the 2/13/2014 storm, the NAO was positive, but we had a cold antecedent airmass ahead of a Miller A low, but nothing to keep the cold fully locked in despite a good track. So eastern areas mixed, and even turned over to rain for a few hours as far west as RIC before another 2-3" on the back side saved us. The 2013-14 was another winter largely diven by the -EPO. 

Here is the AKQ map from that event. RIC did slightly worse recording only 5.8".

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I remember that storm back in the day.  We found a big open parking lot and took the trucks out to spin around.  I think Short Pump did a little better on accumulations than the city if I can remember correctly. 

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2 hours ago, RIC Airport said:

Bombarded with ZR with a primary low coming up the coast while our surface temperatures are only around 20 degrees?

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We simply  dont get freezing rain here luckily. It always warms  up to 35. 

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27 minutes ago, Conway7305 said:

I remember that storm back in the day.  We found a big open parking lot and took the trucks out to spin around.  I think Short Pump did a little better on accumulations than the city if I can remember correctly. 

25 minutes ago, wasnow215 said:

I remember it was VERY VERY cold. Powdery snow.

It was the biggest snowstorm since 2/6/2010. Temps started in the mid-20s, and 3-6" fell initially, followed by warmer temps where RIC peaked at 37°F under +RA. Temps dropped and there was another 2-4" on the back side of the storm, but eastern areas did better on the back end. As you can see from below, the storm started in the south. Even Charlotte recorded 8.4" before eventually flipping.

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18z GFS  1/ 20 energy gives us a nice 3” but suppresses the 23rd storm.  It’s really isn’t  that much off track as Low still climbs the coast.  Will see what ensembles say.  Prob some decent hits still. 

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