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Refresher snow & obs between ~midnight and Noon Sat Feb 17 2024


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Ensembles (10-1 SLR) will be attached for the anticipated results of a western Canadian short wave digging into the northeast USA Saturday morning.

Latitude of the leading low pressure system will assist determining the axis of best snowfall which for the most part on 2/14 is near PHL.  The SREF of 15z/ 14 is closest to I80-LI. Amounts with subfreezing surface temps and accumulation on all untreated surfaces could range roughly anywhere 1/2 to 4". 

 A conservative approach right now from the modeling, is to expect less than 2 inches I80-LI northward and a bit more to the south of I80. 

There will be modest lift in the DGZ (GFS/NAM not shown)  and what seems to be a nice 3 hour period of decent snowfall near sunrise as seen in the NAM Banding tool (not shown). 

A sample of the GFS model SLR for 12z Saturday leads the imagery and reflect higher ratios north of I80 and about 9 to 1 for LI. 

Hopefully we can enjoy more snow. Added the 12z/14 GEFS snowfall chart at 441PM.  This weekend we can look back at reality vs modeling.

 

Corrected date 18th to 17th at 828PM Thu the 15th. No other changes needed at this time. Max snowfall axis continues near the Mason Dixon line where watches and/or advisories are already posted for NJ/PA/MD.  Some modeling have the max axis a little further north near I78. 18z/15 GFS op has increased snowfall ratio for LI 11 to 1 for early Saturday. 

Title simplified 704PM Fri Feb 16. 

Verification added at 1PM/18 via NOHRSC and CoCoRaHS with the infamous banding near I78 that dumped 6-13" from s LI beaches west to Allentown. 

DCA 0.1, BWI 2.2, PHL 2.6, ABE 5.7, NYC CP 2.0, BDL 0.7, ORH 0.5w, and BOS T.   looks to me like GEFS did best using the initial ensembles within this thread. 

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21 minutes ago, psv88 said:

It’s a mid Atlantic winter. Funny we go from a winter of cutters last winter to suppression this winter. 

The nam can easily shift back north. Rgem is and it's consistent with its previous run

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1 hour ago, SBUWX23 said:

The nam can easily shift back north. Rgem is and it's consistent with its previous run

RGEM came slightly (about 20 miles north) at 0Z and 2M temps are in the 20's in most of metro so higher then normal ratio's - 2 -4 inches region wide possible on RGEM

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13 minutes ago, Brasiluvsnow said:

Bump North baby Bump North and if you care to gain some moisture and strength along the way please feel free :ski:

This is a lower then normal impact event since it is happening on a Friday night into Saturday morning and traffic is much lighter with closed school and many business'. Potential of 2-4 and 3-5 IMO especially  south of I-78 in NJ ...

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