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1/6 snowstorm - nuisance event or something bigger?


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10 minutes ago, yankeex777 said:

Does kuchera take into account cold temps aloft?

I came across this explanation: The Kuchera ratio can be especially useful when temperatures are close to freezing, as it can correctly reduce snowfall estimates below 10:1. However, the Kuchera ratio is not perfect, as the true snow-to-liquid ratio (SLR) depends on many factors, including cloud and precipitation physics.

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A reminder of the local Mount Holly CWA Winter Storm Warning criteria... Red requires 6 inches of snow and blue requires 5. Winter Weather Advisories are a little bit different, but most areas require 2 or 3 inches of snow. I would think most counties under a watch right now get upgraded to a warning by the morning, maybe not Burlington or Ocean in NJ but we'll see. I still believe the northern guidance (i.e. GFS and NAM's) meet in the middle with the southern guidance (RGEM, Euro, ICON). If that is the case, then just Delaware, Chester, and the southern NJ counties will be under a warning. Also... I am not a Mount Holly meteorologist so I am not speaking on their behalf, though I should hopefully (fingers crossed) be an NWS meteorologist at another office here in the west in a few months...

 

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9 minutes ago, Newman said:

A reminder of the local Mount Holly CWA Winter Storm Warning criteria... Red requires 6 inches of snow and blue requires 5. Winter Weather Advisories are a little bit different, but most areas require 2 or 3 inches of snow. I would think most counties under a watch right now get upgraded to a warning by the morning, maybe not Burlington or Ocean in NJ but we'll see. I still believe the northern guidance (i.e. GFS and NAM's) meet in the middle with the southern guidance (RGEM, Euro, ICON). If that is the case, then just Delaware, Chester, and the southern NJ counties will be under a warning. Also... I am not a Mount Holly meteorologist so I am not speaking on their behalf, though I should hopefully (fingers crossed) be an NWS meteorologist at another office here in the west in a few months...

 

 WWAThresholdsWS_W.png.b4565ab56016b1d58bff2006b6063e1a.png

 

Thought blue areas were requiring 4” T remembering from distant past off the top of my head?

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45 minutes ago, penndotguy said:

I’m still going with 2-4 imby, my head is spinning with all the N/S trends it’s going to interesting to see which camp scores. Tomorrow should be fun 

My final call remains from 2 days ago- 2-4" for the LV . Hoping for lollipops and higher ratios which would be nice.  Norlun trough? My real hopes starts on the 11th - a real plow buster of  snow events in the works for the next two weeks. The best thing happening in the models which absolutley nobody has dwelled on right now - at least 15- 30 days of continous snow cover is a good bet - a real winter in my book that I have not seen in a decade. 

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