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1/19 - The Roulette Wheel 29 Black Storm - OBS


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30 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Complete cave by the RGEM it appears

This run yes. But to be fair it (along with parent ggem) was the first to see this storm at all and while at the end it did cave to where the euro and gfs are now if you go back 72 hours they trended toward it like 80% of the way before it came the final 20%. Remember the gfs and euro were weak OTS waves when the ggem had the storm.  I’m not telling anyone how to grade and what to weight when doing it but I don’t only look at the final 24 hours in my analysis. 

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My point and click has added sleet to my total. Not surprised. I’ve def lucked out before where I’ve stayed cold enough at the mid levels to stay all snow, but have also definitely lost qpf to sleet while the column cooled. Every bit of elevation helps in that regard, which is why places to my NW, like New Freedom, Manchester, etc. will do 2” or so better than me. 

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2 minutes ago, mappy said:

My point and click has added sleet to my total. Not surprised. I’ve def lucked out before where I’ve stayed cold enough at the mid levels to stay all snow, but have also definitely lost qpf to sleet while the column cooled. Every bit of elevation helps in that regard, which is why places to my NW, like New Freedom, Manchester, etc. will do 2” or so better than me. 

I only think that’s for the very first hour or so. If you look at the hourly it has one hour period of slight chance sleet. 

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18 minutes ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said:

Love how far south that 2-4 zone goes.  Lotta wiggle room. 

It’s an analog based model at very low resolution that smooths the edges so be careful using it to define things like that. It’s a great look. Just saying. 

10 minutes ago, mappy said:

I’ve been down both sides before. It’s much better in the band than just outside lol

We are in the game for the NW band for sure. We’re not in danger of being in the rain screw zone our only possible disappointment is if we end to between the band that likely hits just NW if the rain snow boundary and the band further NW that’s often where the best moisture convergence hits where the mid levels are conducive for good snow growth and banding.  I think we get into that one but that kind of thing is a nowcast thing. 

7 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Darn it I'm closer to Towson, lol Is there something geographic that makes it hard for bands to set up over the city? Or is it literally random?

If you’re near Towson Mt Washington is south of you. Chill. 

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2 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

It’s an analog based model at very low resolution that smooths the edges so be careful using it to define things like that. It’s a great look. Just saying. 

We are in the game for the NW band for sure. We’re not in danger of being in the rain screw zone our only possible disappointment is if we end to between the band that likely hits just NW if the rain snow boundary and the band further NW that’s often where the best moisture convergence hits where the mid levels are conducive for good snow growth and banding.  I think we get into that one but that kind of thing is a nowcast thing. 

If you’re near Towson Mt Washington is south of you. Chill. 

I'm just south of Towson closer to Morgan State--guess I shoulda been more accurate about that. Mt. Washington is west of me.

Btw not panicking at all man. Just wondering, lol

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Just now, Ji said:


Yeah, because somebody else said it was much drier

It’s an IMBY sport, you know that better than anyone. Why people pretend they care wtf happens at CAPE’s house when they’re 100 miles west or NW in a completely different climo is funny to me. It’s nice when we all win but it’s tough. It’s hard to get snow these days. 

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1 hour ago, Terpeast said:

Mby station is reporting 47.5 as the high, now 47. Under sunny skies. Full two degrees warmer than other obs, so probably 45 is the real temperature. May need to calibrate my station temp…

After posting this, I’m down to 42

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