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The January 5/6 Thing


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53 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

 

That’s what it always does. North crew panics, newbs down here spike the ball and we end up with lesser amounts/mixing and hill folk get slammed.  That’s what it’s funny to me when both sides act surprised. 
 

I still think we got another day and a half of see-sawing. 

I look at it this way. Think of Star Wars when the targeting systems in the X-Wing fighter try to lock on to a target. It swings back and forth until it locks on. Both fighters are moving. Same with the models. A lot of things moving and the models are trying to lock onto a solution.

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I'm not sure why there's so much talk of the models shifting so horribly. The swath of decent snow for this system is what...maybe 150 miles wide? Excepting the crazy GFS run last night, most are shifting like 25 miles north/south from run to run (so 50-ish miles total) and have been for days. That's incredible accuracy. People on the fringes may think otherwise (and it's easy for me to say this because I'm squarely in the goalposts), but in reality the models have been pretty amazing on this.

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3 minutes ago, mattie g said:

I'm not sure why there's so much talk of the models shifting so horribly. The swath of decent snow for this system is what...maybe 150 miles wide? Excepting the crazy GFS run last night, most are shifting like 25 miles north/south from run to run (so 50-ish miles total) and have been for days. That's incredible accuracy. People on the fringes may think otherwise (and it's easy for me to say this because I'm squarely in the goalposts), but in reality the models have been pretty amazing on this.

100% this. Getting a 150 mile swath of snowfall correct from 3-4 days out is the equivalent of netting a basketball from half court. 

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5 minutes ago, mattie g said:

I'm not sure why there's so much talk of the models shifting so horribly. The swath of decent snow for this system is what...maybe 150 miles wide? Excepting the crazy GFS run last night, most are shifting like 25 miles north/south from run to run (so 50-ish miles total) and have been for days. That's incredible accuracy. People on the fringes may think otherwise (and it's easy for me to say this because I'm squarely in the goalposts), but in reality the models have been pretty amazing on this.

you new here? lol Its the mid-atlantic way! 

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Just now, Terpeast said:

100% this. Getting a 150 mile swath of snowfall correct from 3-4 days out is the equivalent of netting a basketball from half court. 

Hopefully the Euro is Steph Curry in this scenario and not *insert wizard player*

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Initial snow forecast for January 5-6 (late Sunday into Monday). Favoring the cluster of more northern solutions overall, with some mixing issues showing up from D.C. southward (but not before a decent amount of snow). Euro's more southern track is certainly something to keep an eye on. Main concerns are with potential mixing in the southern areas cutting into totals, and sharpening up the northern gradient once there's better confidence in the track.

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5 minutes ago, Ellinwood said:

Initial snow forecast for January 5-6 (late Sunday into Monday). Favoring the cluster of more northern solutions overall, with some mixing issues showing up from D.C. southward (but not before a decent amount of snow). Euro's more southern track is certainly something to keep an eye on. Main concerns are with potential mixing in the southern areas cutting into totals, and sharpening up the northern gradient once there's better confidence in the track.

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Approved.  You can stay.

Honestly surprised at the bullish call. 

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6 minutes ago, Ellinwood said:

Initial snow forecast for January 5-6 (late Sunday into Monday). Favoring the cluster of more northern solutions overall, with some mixing issues showing up from D.C. southward (but not before a decent amount of snow). Euro's more southern track is certainly something to keep an eye on. Main concerns are with potential mixing in the southern areas cutting into totals, and sharpening up the northern gradient once there's better confidence in the track.

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We need an "I Love You" emoji. 

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35 minutes ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said:

One thing about the 6z Euro being further south is it's quite cold.  Starts around 27 in DC and drops to 23/24 during the heaviest precip then only 26/27 for the high.  Very little snow would be wasted in that situation.  I love events like that.

What good is cold with out the snow lol

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1 minute ago, stormtracker said:

Approved.  You can stay.

Honestly surprised at the bullish call. 

The extent of the southern blue is new territory for this storm. Usually he has the dreaded grey over my house and up to Capitol Hill. It’s a wide swath and a good call given the model shifts. 
 

hold me. It might be a good one for us

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