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NYC/PHL Potential Jan 11-14 Event Discussion Part Two


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Whilst perhaps not the same a smaller but somewhat similar synoptic set-up occured over NW Europe, esp S.UK in Early December, generally the models went for a 4-6 inch max in general but when the system actually developed the models rather badly underestimated the actual snowfall, ended up with widespread 8-12 inches.

Now I wouldn't be surprised if it evolves in a similar way for you guys, providing it doesn't end up getting adjusted too far east of course!

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I think there are a few general takeaways from the 12z suite so far:

1) The Tuesday evening commute should be clear for most folks...perhaps light snow breaking out in the philly area toward the end of the commute. This looks to be really cranking up between 60 -66... Wednesday will be the highest impact day across the metro area, especially NY.

2) See Wxoutlooks quote above about the GOM/Atlantic moisture feed/duration. Even without the CCB cranking, a general 8" + thumping is becoming more likely.

3) The west trends we saw last night on the models were likely overdone, and the greater risk continues to be a sharp cutoff of the heaviest precip just offshore, perhaps impacting long island and the far N/E suburbs of NY the most.

GFS .5"-.75" for most of the Metro. Not too bad...

If one model gives 6-9" and the other is 12"+...Ill be happy with either...

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NAM is out of its range at this point for the storm. NAM was designed to be up to 48 hours out, maybe 60. Can't really trust it at this range. Some meteorologists have said that the NAM at 84 hours is equivalent to the GFS at 180 hrs.

I'm not sure if anyone would know this: at this range, does the NAM outperform the GFS in general? Does it fluctuate based on pattern, winter, etc.?

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Well as stated earlier by a few people the moisture inflow from the atlantic and subtropical jet are gonna enhance the qpf on future model runs maybe not as much as the nam but the gfs was a step in the right direction in comparison to the nam. The euro should be the key model that shows if the nam is onto something or having a hiccup. Anyone agree?

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Well as stated earlier by a few people the moisture inflow from the atlantic and subtropical jet are gonna enhance the qpf on future model runs maybe not as much as the nam but the gfs was a step in the right direction in comparison to the nam. The euro should be the key model that shows if the nam is onto something or having a hiccup. Anyone agree?

I'll probably be proved wrong simply because I am saying this, but I'm not expecting much change in the 12z Euro compared to 0z last night, at least for our area. There's hardly any spread in the 0z members.

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Were the EC 0z members closer to the coast? By the way, the NOGAPS is pretty much out to sea.

I'll probably be proved wrong simply because I am saying this, but I'm not expecting much change in the 12z Euro compared to 0z last night, at least for our area. There's hardly any spread in the 0z members.

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