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Midwest Thanksgiving Storm...


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Those maps are always WAY overdone on SV and I never look at them but sense snow maps were being posted I'd thought I'd look for ****s and giggles.. It really did give LAF nothing but a stones throw away was the 2-4" band. Nothing for Toronto either :(

Bah, I wasn't expecting much. Maybe I can get a little ZR early on Thursday, but that's it.

Dec 5 is my threshold date. If by Dec 5 that pattern is still crappy with no signs of improvement, at that point I'll start to get worried. Real worried.

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12z NAM with a pretty brief changeover here at the end. But the beginning looks kind of interesting. Surface temps are just a shade over freezing with dewpoints below 32º...of course WAA is rushing in at 900 so if there is any chance of non-rain at the start, it looks like it could be a short shot of pl before the deluge.

After looking it over, I would not be surprised if we started as snow or a mix tomorrow. Wetbulbs are below freezing basically through the entire column at 18z and precip comes around then on average (NAM a tad slower, GFS a tad faster).

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I'll probably check this out in BUFKIT later, but for now, here is the 12z NAM forecast sounding valid 18z Wednesday. There is some low level warmth but notice the dry layer in the low levels which may be enough to support some wintry precip especially near the onset.

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I'll probably check this out in BUFKIT later, but for now, here is the 12z NAM forecast sounding valid 18z Wednesday. There is some low level warmth but notice the dry layer in the low levels which may be enough to support some wintry precip especially near the onset.

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I agree it would likely web bulb down to maybe upper 20s.....somewhere in the 27-31 range which should give you some PL or FZRA.:thumbsup:

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After looking it over, I would not be surprised if we started as snow or a mix tomorrow. Wetbulbs are below freezing basically through the entire column at 18z and precip comes around then on average (NAM a tad slower, GFS a tad faster).

18z NAM still putting out that vibe. No mention at all of the possibility in today's IND AFD though.

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18z NAM still putting out that vibe. No mention at all of the possibility in today's IND AFD though.

Well they did say this at least..

QUESTION ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT BECOMES DOES THE COLD AIR ARRIVE

BEFORE OR AFTER PRECIPITATION SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY. WITH

AFOREMENTIONED SIGNIFICANT TIMING DIFFERENCES...FAVORED A BLEND

AND A RAIN OR SNOW FORECAST FOR NOW.

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18z GFS is coming around to the idea of a mix before the precip shuts off for some areas as well.

18z GFS really came in line with the 18z NAM. Now shows a very significant anafrontal signature. Am inclined to believe it given the sharp positive tilt trough and very sharp mT/cA boundary that will accompany it. While I'm never really excited about post-frontal events, this may turn out to be an exception.

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18z GFS really came in line with the 18z NAM. Now shows a very significant anafrontal signature. Am inclined to believe it given the sharp positive tilt trough and very sharp mT/cA boundary that will accompany it. While I'm never really excited about post-frontal events, this may turn out to be an exception.

Excuse my ignorance but what does that exactly mean for us up here in NE IL?

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18z GFS really came in line with the 18z NAM. Now shows a very significant anafrontal signature. Am inclined to believe it given the sharp positive tilt trough and very sharp mT/cA boundary that will accompany it. While I'm never really excited about post-frontal events, this may turn out to be an exception.

Go check out the IWX afternoon discussion if you haven't. They mention that the NAM may be onto something.

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Must be taking a wait and see approach. But like you said, if anything happens at all, it should be pretty short-lived.

I'm curious to see what our surface temps will actually be when precip gets here. We struggled to get out of the 30's during the day with a lot of sun so it makes you wonder. Low level trajectories will be E/SE and gradually becoming more southerly so it will only be a matter of time, but I could see a period of several hours where it's sort of borderline in the low/mid 30's. Gut feeling is that we will be just cold enough to start out with something wintry...we'll see.

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