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The January 5/6 Thing


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42 minutes ago, jayyy said:


That was me for sure. It’s my go to but I’m certainly not a red tagger or as knowledgeable as CAPE PSU and others

I don’t ever weight the GFS over the euro at any lead. And the NAM is pretty useless for Synoptics because it’s way too jumpy and inconsistent.  No way to know when it’s off on a tangent.  It’s good for getting an idea what the thermals  could be, especially the mids, but only if it matches the more reliable globals with the general Synoptics. 
 

Other than that have to use gut feel and historical precedent. The euro can be wrong and if it’s off alone on a tangent there are times to take a gfs solution over it but never straight up head to head. 

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3 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

Reston is typically on the dividing line, so I feel you there. I'm going to be in Edgewater, another area that walks the line. It will be pretty close in our hoods. I do feel we see some sleet in this at both our locations, but it will not be long and we'll get thumped with the WAA pattern, then flip back for some CCB fun to round things out. We'll be okay (Famous last words :lol:)

Thanks for the clarification, I just always see north of I-66 and go “well I’m technically part of that group” when in reality it’s always more of a battle. Glad to know it’ll mostly be snow (for the parts that matter most anyways), either way I’m mainly in it to make sure I get Monday off school and my forecast of 40% chance of 4-8 30% chance 8+ and 20% 1-4 isn’t horribly off. 

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1 minute ago, SnowenOutThere said:

Thanks for the clarification, I just always see north of I-66 and go “well I’m technically part of that group” when in reality it’s always more of a battle. Glad to know it’ll mostly be snow (for the parts that matter most anyways), either way I’m mainly in it to make sure I get Monday off school and my forecast of 40% chance of 4-8 30% chance 8+ and 20% 1-4 isn’t horribly off. 

The kids liked my forecasts back in the days of school because I gave them a real forecast. Shed those %’s by Saturday and make a real call. 

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1 minute ago, DDweatherman said:

The kids liked my forecasts back in the days of school because I gave them a real forecast. Shed those %’s by Saturday and make a real call. 

Sorry man next time when I make a forecast a week out for an exact amount of snow I’ll make sure they know I did it so they would think I’m a “real forecaster”. Guess those people over at the NWS are also just posers with their fancy percentage based maps till a storms inside day 3. 

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Just now, SnowenOutThere said:

Sorry man next time when I make a forecast a week out for an exact amount of snow I’ll make sure they know I did it so they would think I’m a “real forecaster”. Guess those people over at the NWS are also just posers with their fancy percentage based maps till a storms inside day 3. 

The storm is 3 days away now, Saturday is 2 days? I’m confused why you’re not allowed to make a real call 2 days out.

That’s when the NWS will issue their forecast and headlines for the storm will likely be in place…

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I wonder if Eric Webb will make hay with the NAM sleet fest.  He's been very downish on this threat for the MA.  Today he hurt my feelings by raising the specter of Jan 2017 when central-eastern NC had a solid event forecast and at the last minute the NAM sniffed out a warm nose that reduced our 6 - 9" to maybe 1" of sleet and freezing drizzle.

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1 minute ago, NorthArlington101 said:

can see it both ways. Shows a sharp southern cutoff. Also shows an absolutely juiced WAA thump. Choose your own adventure

i think why a lot of people in the forum would be scared is because even though that shows a foot, a slightly warmer warm nose (as is the case for these types of storms) would absolutely cook everyone here. though, idt the southern cutoff is really that sharp.

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Just now, cbmclean said:

I wonder if Eric Webb will make hay with the NAM sleet fest.  He's been very downish on this threat for the MA.  Today he hurt my feelings by raising the specter of Jan 2017 when central-eastern NC had a solid event forecast and at the last minute the NAM sniffed out a warm nose that reduced our 6 - 9" to maybe 1" of sleet and freezing drizzle.

I truly feel for snow lovers south of I-64. You've been gipped far too often.

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4 minutes ago, DDweatherman said:

The storm is 3 days away now, Saturday is 2 days? I’m confused why you’re not allowed to make a real call 2 days out.

That’s when the NWS will issue their forecast and headlines for the storm will likely be in place…

Well yeah, I make one forecast when a storm is 6 days out at the start of the medium range with a general overview that goes over potential setups. Then I made one today for 4 days out at the end of the medium range that goes over distinct possibilities from the setup that the models agreed upon and then I’ll make one Sunday morning with accumulation maps and stuff as itll be in the short range then. 

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2 minutes ago, AACOUNTYMD said:

I can count on one hand the number of times I have been in the bullseye for snow. . . ok, I can count on one finger.  But as a long time lurker and rare post-er, i know that being in the bullseye three days out isn't all that it might seem to be.   B)  Keep the good news coming, everyone. . . 

Imagine being in Winchester where we are the bullseye with just about every single storm and fail way more than we win. It's infuriating. 

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