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Pittsburgh, Pa Winter 2023-24 Thread.


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Just going to enjoy this one. Still got a couple inch base. I think there is a high floor with this one as mix or tight cutoffs aren’t an issue. It will be hard not to get a couple inches.

On the other hand, hard to see it topping off at more than 4” or 5”, and it’s not like it’s a major storm elsewhere. Stress free. 

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5 minutes ago, TimB said:

NWS seems to agree with the sentiment that this won’t bust badly, with probabilities of 2” at 85%+ across the county.

I just think it's an easier forecast. It's mostly northern stream, no big phase, no crazy high movement, no temp issues, etc...

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3 minutes ago, Rd9108 said:

I just think it's an easier forecast. It's mostly northern stream, no big phase, no crazy high movement, no temp issues, etc...

Yeah. Definitely to be enjoyed. We don’t get these too often, let alone twice in the same week.

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7 minutes ago, Burghblizz said:

Smiley had a widespread 4”-6”. Fairly aggressive for our broadcast mets. Might be thinking fluff factor. 

Jeff V might even be predicting more than just some now showers!

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2-6" seems like the appropriate call.  If we pick up about 0.20" of precipitation, at 10:1 that's 2", but with temps in the low 20s we could go anywhere from 15-to-20:1 (loosely and disregarding dendrite growth analysis). 

Probably nothing higher than that.  There's no frontogenesis or dynamics associated with redevelopment.  This is a slightly juicier clipper.  More of a duration and shield-dependent event.

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It'll be nice to have an event where we don't have to worry about mixing or changeovers. Last weekend's storm kinda screwed us in the southern areas, but the early week event was a nice surprise with all snow. Looks like this will be more of the same with amounts maybe a little better than the last one.

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3 minutes ago, blackngoldrules said:

It'll be nice to have an event where we don't have to worry about mixing or changeovers. Last weekend's storm kinda screwed us in the southern areas, but the early week event was a nice surprise with all snow. Looks like this will be more of the same with amounts maybe a little better than the last one.

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Much like a clipper which gives us some of the nicest snowfalls. 

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10 minutes ago, TimB said:

Dewpoints are currently in the single digits. Does that mean we battle dry air at onset again?

HRRR shows that dry layer eroding away pretty rapidly. The good news is that it is a very thin layer of dry air. 

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Should be a nice event for us. Very cold so no mixing worries, should fall all day. Only problem is lack of QPF but 3-6 is a solid event. No reason to look at the models for totals anymore. It's nowcasting time. Hopefully we get some surprises.

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5 hours ago, jwilson said:

There's a bit of dry air in between the s/w's, but you can really see the separation of the jet steams in this shot.  Too bad because we would have quite the moisture pool to tap into down there.

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Thats a pretty cool visual. You can see that lead s/w in the ns exiting the coast. To bad it wasn't more consolidated with the second piece. Probably would have phased with the southern stream earlier and this would have been a whole different animal. 

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