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January 5-6 Thing II: STORM MODE


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18 minutes ago, Stormchaserchuck1 said:

6z GFS remains dry and south.. gets DC to 6". Seems to snow quite a bit in Richmond. Big differences between GFS and NAM :o

A LOT of that qpf in Richmond is sleet and freezing rain on the GFS.  They do get about 4" of snow and sleet.  This isn't as crazy as the CAM models but it doesn't look as bad as you are making it out...

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3 minutes ago, peribonca said:

Idk if you guys checked the other thread for later in the week.... Never thought I would live through something to rival 2010 but it's getting close.

The -NAO isn't holding like 09-10 and the Pacific pattern is kind of breaking down.. I wouldn't hold too high hopes for this next one, there is a chance it could be rain

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24 minutes ago, Stormchaserchuck1 said:

The -NAO isn't holding like 09-10 and the Pacific pattern is kind of breaking down.. I wouldn't hold too high hopes for this next one, there is a chance it could be rain

What are you looking at?  This is the setup for the day 7 threat. 

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Monster 50/50 with a decaying -NAO over the top as the storm ejects from the rockies.  Thats pretty classic.  How good a pattern do you think we need to get snow?

After that around day 10 the pattern reloads one more time with a monster 50/50 under a -NAO one last time before the pacific shifts by day 15.  But we have 2 legit threat windows after the current storm before that happens. 

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6 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

Looks like the GFS shifted the axis about 50 miles south and the Euro 30 miles north.  That's a pretty common compromise between the two when they diverge by that much at that range. 

The axis of heavy precip to our West was as far North as Cinncinnati into SWPA on the GFS. It's now moved that into central KY and Southern WV. More like a 100 mile shift imo

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9 minutes ago, TSG said:

The axis of heavy precip to our West was as far North as Cinncinnati into SWPA on the GFS. It's now moved that into central KY and Southern WV. More like a 100 mile shift imo

You're looking at the northern edge of "heavy" precip, I think, not sure if you're using .5 as the basis for that...but the GFS always tightens up the gradient on the northern edge.  It is always, and I mean ALWAYS too expansive and not nearly tight enough with the sharp cutoff on the edges and tightens that up the final 24-48 hours.  Instead of it taking 60 miles to go from .5 to .1 in reality it will happen in 25 miles and the GFS tends to smooth that out too much at range.  That tightening accounts for a lot of that deterioration, it didn't actually shift south...draw a line across the middle of the axis of the heaviest  qpf, and compare where it is from the start to the end...it only moved it a little...it just tightened up the northern edge a lot, which was to be expected. 

 

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Damn is the euro refreshing to see as a wake up. Assuming no major 12z changes, hard not to just roll with a euro/3k NAM blend. Crazy uncle remains crazy. Euro showing  tight gradient on the north side, but mostly in PA/NJ is what we thought would happen and now it’s there on guidance. 

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Looked at 6z 3k NAM soundings. DC definitely stays all snow verbatim. Close at 12-13z, but it seems that may partially be due to lighter precip. Column cools again at 14-15z when things get a little heavier. Soundings tomorrow evening are beautiful for 12-15:1 fluff. Plan your @Jebman Jebwalks accordingly.

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This is just fascinating stuff. I have been up nearly all NIGHT! And I am in south central Texas lmao!

What's more, I was out trying to do deliveries BUT I got slightly engrossed in this thread lol.

I hope with all my heart, that the Mid Atlantic gets so demolished tomorrow night into Tuesday night by this.

 

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50 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

What are you looking at?  This is the setup for the day 7 threat. 

Monster 50/50 with a decaying -NAO over the top as the storm ejects from the rockies.  Thats pretty classic.  How good a pattern do you think we need to get snow?

After that around day 10 the pattern reloads one more time with a monster 50/50 under a -NAO one last time before the pacific shifts by day 15.  But we have 2 legit threat windows after the current storm before that happens. 

It evolves different when the storm moves east. I don't like that Pacific look with a flat ridge under +WPO. It's not a real strong pattern, but the pattern does de-evolve as you go forward from when the 500mb low is in Mexico lol several days earlier. 

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Right in the middle of it out here in SE Missouri.

So far a touch colder than the original forecast. FRZA totals are likely gonna come in lighter for us. Which is great. Pretty heavy sleet this early AM which is less great but I prefer that over ice.

Anyway, she’s definitely juicy and right now doing OK on temps if you’re a borderline area.

When she shows up tomorrow in your backyard I wish you luck old friends!

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