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Winter 2024/2025 February Thread


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1 hour ago, Matthew70 said:

So the CMC has a cold bias.  Plus is it ever right? 

The Euro went right to it last night and again at lunch.  I think E TN has the best shot at this but still a ways to go.   Western NC and the Research Triangle are sitting pretty.   We need this to back flow some…not sure if that happens.

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1 minute ago, Holston_River_Rambler said:

18z ICON isn’t a bad pass of the assorted shortwaves. 

I really want a boomer.  I hate being flirted with by models.  By all rights climatology doesn’t really support monster snows IMBY(most years), but I am standing at the plate looking for a hanging fastball on this one.

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4 minutes ago, Carvers Gap said:

I really want a boomer.  I hate being flirted with by models.  By all rights climatology doesn’t really support monster snows IMBY(most years), but I am standing at the plate looking for a hanging fastball on this one.

I agree and if ever there's a chance at a big dog, this is it. Also, climatology is on our side as far as big dog's; February/March.. We'll look at it from a more positive Standpoint Buddy.:thumbsup:

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3 hours ago, John1122 said:

It's hard to ask for a better track than the GFS throws out at 18z. That track should have a bigger and better precip shield. I assume it transfers or something and falls apart like the January system kept getting modeled to do. 

With systems like these, JB noted that the GFS has a tendency/bias to try to hand off northern stream energy westward.  He thinks that is why the GFS is weaker.  

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MRX afternoon disco...

We`ll get a break from the rain and snow chances for the first half
of the week with drier air and more zonal flow in place. Certainty
in the forecast begins to wane once we get to our next event with
another round of more widespread and heavier snow looking possible.
Another trough will be moving through the northern states around
this time and really start to drop temperatures for the second half
of the week. Increasing confidence that we`ll see some abnormally
cold temperatures starting Thursday morning and continuing into the
weekend. If the current forecast verifies we`ll likely see the
return of teens or single digit temperatures on the coldest morning,
likely Friday morning. Depending on the track of the trough/low we
could see incoming precipitation at the same time that temperatures
are falling leading to snowfall accumulations across the entire
region, and possibly down into GA. Being this far out snowfall
amounts are extremely uncertain, but seeing over 1 inch of snow
across the central and northern valley is definitely not out of the
question.
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On the 500 vort maps, you can see the 0z GFS is right in line with other models(and it was faster to a point this run) up until  it just holds the northern stream over the Plains in a way that doesn't make sense to me.  The Canadian feeds the northern stream right in.  BIG differences.  IF the northern stream feeds in, this could be a really big storm.  It will likely pull the storm back northwest just due to the strength of the storm alone.  To me, I cautiously side with JB in saying the GFS might be holding back the northern stream a bit much...but I am not sold that it is wrong yet.  But the CMC sure looks more sensible. 

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The other interesting thing is the CMC has trended northwest with each of its last four runs.  The GFS and CMC aren't far apart in terms of clown maps.   The GFS is trending southeast and the CMC is moving northwest.  The ICON trended south.  Looks to me like modeling is almost ready to cook....

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The 0z Euro looks pretty similar to other runs - kind of ICON-ish.  I do like the theme of the UKMET being more juiced as that fits Februarys where systems are often under modeled.  A major them is a pretty big jet streak over the forum area as the system begins to churn.  That should produce orographic lift for 48-72 hours after the storm passes on favored northwest slopes.   Ratios would be high as temps will likely be frigid.  

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The 0z CMC would be awesome.  Here are the four major global runs for 0z.  It seems like we might be reaching some agreement.  As the storm comes on shore, I suspect we see it get stronger, but I could be wrong.  That is only a hunch.  Please not the UKMET is 10:1 and not kuchera.  I do pay a bit of attention to it as it caught the last system decaying more quickly than other models had it.  This time...a bit stronger on this run.  Snow could fall in eastern areas from Wednesday to Saturday morning.   I think westslope folks score on the upslope which follows with that maxed out jet.

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