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The Weekend Rule? Saturday 2/17 - The Icon Storm


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6 minutes ago, yoda said:

Oh... yes the favored areas to get the most and the such... but a bit of a surprise to see

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
946 AM EST Thu Feb 15 2024

MDZ001-501-VAZ503-504-507-WVZ050-055-501>506-152300-
/O.NEW.KLWX.WS.A.0005.240217T0000Z-240217T1200Z/
Garrett-Extreme Western Allegany-Western Highland-
Eastern Highland-Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Hampshire-Hardy-
Western Grant-Eastern Grant-Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-
Western Pendleton-Eastern Pendleton-
946 AM EST Thu Feb 15 2024

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 6
  inches are possible with localized amounts up to 8 inches
  possible along the higher western facing slopes of the Allegheny
  Front.

* WHERE...Portions of western Maryland, northwest and western
  Virginia and eastern West Virginia.

* WHEN...From Friday evening through Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
  conditions could impact the evening commute.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
 

I'm skiing this weekend, hopefully it will cover up the brown mud from the melted 5" on Monday and the rain we are gonna get tomorrow.

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1 minute ago, Interstate said:

But like I said yesterday... you can see how the mountains kills the organized QPF.

LWX in their updated morning AFD disagrees (10am update)

SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
Brief high pressure builds in early Friday behind the exiting
clipper before a second clipper system approaches and passes to
the south and brings snow to the region.

Most of the guidance has the surface low tracking near the I-64
corridor toward the lower Chesapeake Bay, though there is still
some ensemble members that take a more northern track. The
latest 06Z guidance, and the early 12Z guidance is indicating an
uptick of QPF, particularly from Pendleton/Highland east toward
the Blue Ridge. Even though surface temps will be marginal,
around 29F-32F during the peak of the event, snow rates will be
high and there is a good signal for banding somewhere in the
area. As a result, have increased snow totals this morning to
4-6" in the Alleghenies, 3-5" in the Shenandoah Valley from
Rockingham County northward, 2-4" north of I-66 and east of
Blue Ridge, and 1-2"south of I-66 and east of Blue Ridge.
Winter Storm Watches have been issued for the Alleghenies and
portions of the Potomac Highlands. Additional Watches, Warnings,
and Advisories are likely to be issued later this afternoon.
Stay tuned for additional updates on snow totals as the latest
guidance comes in.
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4 minutes ago, yoda said:

LWX in their updated morning AFD disagrees (10am update)

SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
Brief high pressure builds in early Friday behind the exiting
clipper before a second clipper system approaches and passes to
the south and brings snow to the region.

Most of the guidance has the surface low tracking near the I-64
corridor toward the lower Chesapeake Bay, though there is still
some ensemble members that take a more northern track. The
latest 06Z guidance, and the early 12Z guidance is indicating an
uptick of QPF, particularly from Pendleton/Highland east toward
the Blue Ridge. Even though surface temps will be marginal,
around 29F-32F during the peak of the event, snow rates will be
high and there is a good signal for banding somewhere in the
area. As a result, have increased snow totals this morning to
4-6" in the Alleghenies, 3-5" in the Shenandoah Valley from
Rockingham County northward, 2-4" north of I-66 and east of
Blue Ridge, and 1-2"south of I-66 and east of Blue Ridge.
Winter Storm Watches have been issued for the Alleghenies and
portions of the Potomac Highlands. Additional Watches, Warnings,
and Advisories are likely to be issued later this afternoon.
Stay tuned for additional updates on snow totals as the latest
guidance comes in.

This proves my point... as the QPF move from west to east... the snowfall becomes less.  It goes from 4-6 to 1-2/2-4

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4 minutes ago, Interstate said:

Why so hostile?  I am just pointing it out. Expecting it to really juice up will be hard with the orientation of the precipitation field. 

Not necessarily, trying to be hostile, but most of your posts aren’t positive. This threat looks pretty solid, compared to where we started.

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36 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

btw be careful using that website, only do it for personal use as its non operational rn and only for testing

if too many people use it and share it it might be taken down which would be a shame since its an amazing resource

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