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Jan 11-12 Model/Forecasting Discussion


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not a md winter. This is verifying. Better get used to it. Always next year!!!

This is dramatically different than 6Z...what makes you think THIS is the final solution? It could get better, and it could get worse for that matter. I would take this right now though...this is 4 inches+ in Baltimore I would suspect.

Man...the difference at 500 mb between 78h @ 6Z and 72h @ 12Z is vast. One more move of that magnitude in our favor and we're in warning criteria snows.

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Gah! Transfer a little earlier and this would be looking mighty fine. Just not looking like it will happen in time for us though.

4-6 hrs faster is all we need, or for the southern vort to hold together a little better (which is what I think it did this run actually)

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4-6 hrs faster is all we need, or for the southern vort to hold together a little better (which is what I think it did this run actually)

Agreed. However, not to bring up a negative subject again, but this sounds like a similar thing to what we were relegated to hoping for on Dec. 26 this close to the event. But I know what you're saying. It sucks relying on subtleties to pull us through like this.

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4-6 hrs faster is all we need, or for the southern vort to hold together a little better (which is what I think it did this run actually)

The increased speed is realistic, and the NAM was able to correct itself from its 06z phase shift problem where the height field aloft is too far W (too slow). It is closer on timing wrt the GFS in the height field with this run.

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.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...

AGAIN...THE INTERACTION OF THESE TWO AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE WILL

ULTIMATELY DETERMINE THE IMPACT AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE CWA.

ONE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS PROGGED TO BE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC

COAST AND ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN OHIO

VALLEY/NORTHERN APPALACHIANS ON TUESDAY IN A NON-PHASED

FASHION...EVENTUALLY COMBINING INTO ONE INTENSIFIED STORM AS LOW

PRESSURE MOVES UP THE NORTHEAST COAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

IF THIS PHASING OCCURS PAST THE MID ATLANTIC...THIS WILL LIKELY PREVENT

A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT ACROSS THE CWA AND THIS WOULD LIKELY BE

MAINLY AN ADVISORY SITUATION TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

HOWEVER...IF THE PHASING OCCURS SOONER...THEN PORTIONS OF THE CWA

COULD SEE A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SNOWFALL /ASSUMING NO MIXING...WHICH

COULD OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN MD/. RIGHT NOW WE ARE LEANING TOWARD

THE FORMER IDEA OF PHASING OCCURRING NORTHEAST OF THE MID ATLANTIC

COAST...BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT WRITTEN IN STONE GIVEN THE

COMPLEXITY OF THE SYNOPTIC SITUATION SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.

SNOW TAPERS OFF TUESDAY NIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR THE

REST OF THE WEEK. THERE WILL BE SOME UPSLOPE SNOW TO CONTEND WITH

ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE HIGHLANDS OTHERWISE THE REST OF THE

WEEK LOOKS DRY AND CONTINUED COLDER THAN NORMAL. HIGH PRESSURE MAY

ALSO HOLD INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEKEND.

At least LWX is mentioning both possibilities and not just one or the other.

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At least LWX is mentioning both possibilities and not just one or the other.

I would have to imagine that timing and placement is pretty tricky to pinpoint and 100 miles in either direction is not an impossible task. Certainly we have a top end to this for us down here but I don't think that top end has been completely determined yet.

I shall remain vigilant

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