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Discussion-OBS snow event sometime between 06z Thu 2/20-12z Fri 2/21?


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At the very least we probably do not have to watch DC/VA get pounded this time, the setup overall is not really conducive for that to happen.   Certainly Cape May/Delmarva the MA Islands could get hit while everyone misses but this one is more of a classic we all get hit in the major metros or we all miss

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WPB 16 %6-7 qpf attached  Their 1/4" frozen probs were not available yet as 1144AM/14.

I just want to caution... the headline said nothing about a big snow storm.  It just said snow event and the initial thread body cautioned.  Far too early to know and I'm a little worried the EC weeklies were too dry and negative about an event here from yesterdays 00z/13 cycle. If the modeled 5H closed low ends up positive tilted, this system could easily be mostly a miss.  

Can't put all our eggs in one basket except imo, to respect that there are different interests herein and not all will be satisfied with the thread, wishing for their own outcome.

My goal on these threads is to alert us for more snow acc into CP and a potential hazardous wintry event for NYC-LI,  not outlook a snowstorm 6 days in advance---just hard to do.  We do know we have something significant on the horizon but the axes of max snowfall can easily be far different than what we see D6-7.  Hope yes, but reality in advance is not confidently known, as yet. 

IF the EC suddenly loses the current predicted 500MB pattern,  then its a se fade more for NC-Delmarva. 

 

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The warmest SSTs on record for February in the Gulf can work to our advantage with set up. Stronger convection and cyclogenesis early on can help to boost the 500 mb heights along the East Coast. Leading to a closer storm track to the benchmark. 
 

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The GEFS mean reflects some timing variability that is spreading out the QPF mean. There are a couple of different very minor h5 shortwaves that some individuals are keying on. Lots of spread on the GEFS even compared to the EPS and GEPS. There are a couple of good hits on the individuals, but not a ton.

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15 minutes ago, wdrag said:

WPB 16 %6-7 qpf attached  Their 1/4" frozen probs were not available yet as 1144AM/14.

I just want to caution... the headline said nothing about a big snow storm.  It just said snow event and the initial thread body cautioned.  Far too early to know and I'm a little worried the EC weeklies were too dry and negative about an event here from yesterdays 00z/13 cycle. If the modeled 5H closed low ends up positive tilted, this system could easily be mostly a miss.  

Can't put all our eggs in one basket except imo, to respect that there are different interests herein and not all will be satisfied with the thread, wishing for their own outcome.

My goal on these threads is to alert us for more snow acc into CP and a potential hazardous wintry event for NYC-LI,  not outlook a snowstorm 6 days in advance---just hard to do.  We do know we have something significant on the horizon but the axes of max snowfall can easily be far different than what we see D6-7.  Hope yes, but reality in advance is not confidently known, as yet. 

IF the EC suddenly loses the current predicted 500MB pattern,  then its a se fade more for NC-Delmarva. 

 

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Don't worry Walt we won't blame you if things go wrong ! LOL

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3 minutes ago, eduggs said:

The GEFS mean reflects some timing variability that is spreading out the QPF mean. There are a couple of different very minor h5 shortwaves that some individuals are keying on. Lots of spread on the GEFS even compared to the EPS and GEPS. There are a couple of good hits on the individuals, but not a ton.

plus isn't the GFS OP just considered another ensemble member ?

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1 minute ago, NEG NAO said:

plus isn't the GFS OP just considered another ensemble member ?

I've heard that. But I don't believe it's true. The GFS OP is run at a higher vertical and horizontal resolution and also uses the observed initial state and boundary conditions. The individual ensemble members are run at a lower resolution with perturbed (adjusted) initial conditions.

If you move far enough out in time horizon such that the resolution and data advantage of the OP run is minimized, I suppose the accuracy of any single individual member might approach the accuracy of the OP run. I'm thinking probably out beyond day 10. But at closer ranges the superior resolution and more accurate initial time steps of the OP should make it superior.

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3 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

Don't worry Walt we won't blame you if things go wrong ! LOL

 

1 minute ago, NEG NAO said:

plus isn't the GFS OP just considered another ensemble member ?

I just respond to critics.  This is the bigs so to speak... (DC-BOS) it all works both ways.  What we get on here are some insights and maintaining situational awareness-reality checks. 

Adding the 12z GEFS which is snowier than the op... telling me a primary snowfall Va-Delmarva, but also their must be a cluster of members trying to send something up the coast, with quite a wide area of 1".  12z/14 GEFS, despite its 12z/14 op, says to keep monitoring until the EPS/CMCE say no snow up here.  I think this fits the just released D6 probs as posted. a bit above in this thread. 

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2 minutes ago, eduggs said:

I've heard that. But I don't believe it's true. The GFS OP is run at a higher vertical and horizontal resolution and also uses the observed initial state and boundary conditions. The individual ensemble members are run at a lower resolution with perturbed (adjusted) initial conditions.

If you move far enough out in time horizon such that the resolution and data advantage of the OP run is minimized, I suppose the accuracy of any single individual member might approach the accuracy of the OP run. I'm thinking probably out beyond day 10. But at closer ranges the superior resolution and more accurate initial time steps of the OP should make it superior.

also see the above, not all OP runs are the same, the 0z and 12z runs have higher verification scores because they use new upper air data

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