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February Medium/Long Range Thread


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20 minutes ago, winter_warlock said:

Ohh ok I did not know that. Ok I take back my bashing ;)

These are the most recent verification scores I found for day 5 H5 verification.  

ECMWF: .946

UKMET: .928

GGEM: .924

GFS: .919

The euro and UK have been 1 and 2 since about 2006 consistently.  The GFS used to run 3rd but was overtaken by the GGEM after its major upgrade in 2022 and since the GGEM has been running consistently ahead (if only by a small margin) the GFS.  

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Since I brought up 1996 I think I should point something out, which most of you know, but we have some in here who maybe do not....

Yes we have the potential for a BIG 12"+ event here...potential though.  The reason I said a few days ago I would bet against a 12"+ event was simply playing the odds...they are very rare and require everything to come together perfectly.  I think its good to root for the HECS or MECS+ (depending on what your bar for HECS is) type solutions...but don't but your bar at some crazy we need everything to go perfectly result just to be happy.  

1996 could have ended up a 8-12" storm had it not phased perfectly and the arctic wave and STJ wave had stayed more disconnected which is what models showed all week leading in.  That can happen.  Messy phase, front runner escapes, dry slot... a 18" snowstorm takes more than just a perfect pattern (which I do think we have here) but it also takes all the details and variables to go absolutely perfect.  That just doesn't happen often.

All that to say...if we end up with a 6-10" snowstorm because all the 10 million things that need to come together to get a 20" snow didn't I am not going to let it ruin my enjoyment of this storm.  When I dreamed up this period the analogs I was looking at had a lot of very nice snowstorms, but almost all of them were 6-12" type deals...not a lot of HECS, that was never actually on my mind.  The fact maybe we have the upside of something like that if all goes well is awesome but I'm not raising my bar just to be let down.   

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19 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

These are the most recent verification scores I found for day 5 H5 verification.  

ECMWF: .946

UKMET: .928

GGEM: .924

GFS: .919

The euro and UK have been 1 and 2 since about 2006 consistently.  The GFS used to run 3rd but was overtaken by the GGEM after its major upgrade in 2022 and since the GGEM has been running consistently ahead (if only by a small margin) the GFS.  

but that's total right

 

has anyone checked just for snowstorm verification numbers

 

I'm mostly kidding here

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3 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

NOVA is the the only place in the Mid Atlantic and NE without at least 6 inches on this GFS run. Cant make this stuff up. 

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sure but if so far the GFS showed a big snowstorm and then the GGEM and UKMET came in with a miss and the last euro was a miss...we would be feeling pretty bad right now.  As long as the euro holds I feel good tossing the GFS.  

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21 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

These are the most recent verification scores I found for day 5 H5 verification.  
 

HRRR: .998

ECMWF: .946

UKMET: .928

GGEM: .924

GFS: .919

The euro and UK have been 1 and 2 since about 2006 consistently.  The GFS used to run 3rd but was overtaken by the GGEM after its major upgrade in 2022 and since the GGEM has been running consistently ahead (if only by a small margin) the GFS.  

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1 minute ago, midatlanticweather said:

We cannot afford any downward trends. We have got to HOLD on Euro or improve.. GFS and other models bounce a lot. Euro needs to lock. 

I would expect the Euro to be leaning right with its snowfall like the Canadian and Ukie.

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2 minutes ago, Miss Pixee said:

Okay I need to understand some terms here

correct me if I'm wrong

MECS   Major
SECS    Severe
HECS    Historical
BECS    Biblical

what is the 'considered' amount of snowfall for each?

More importantly what the flook is FOLKS? Y'all tossing that aound like everyone knows what it is.

FOLKS just means big hit incoming on the models for us

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3 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

sure but if so far the GFS showed a big snowstorm and then the GGEM and UKMET came in with a miss and the last euro was a miss...we would be feeling pretty bad right now.  As long as the euro holds I feel good tossing the GFS.  

Gfs snowfall map looks very wonky in SE Pennsylvania I’ve never seen a solution like that toss! 

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