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New England Storm Dicussion - January 11-12


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I disagree, but at least is in consideration -

WILL THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS?

POSSIBLY...HEAVY SNOW WILL BRING 1/4 MILE VSBYS AT TIMES AND WINDS

ALONG THE COAST SHOULD AT LEAST GUST NEAR 35 MPH...STRONGER ON THE

CAPE AND ISLANDS. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BE NEAR BLIZZARD ESPECIALLY

IN PARTS OF RI AND EASTERN MASS. BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT

SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO MOVE TO A BLIZZARD WATCH.

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First time poster, long time fan of the site. Pete Bouchard on Channel 7 just went with 12-16 through SE Mass, with a 16+ jackpot in the 495/95 corridor.

Hi welcome to the party, Did you bring beer? We will need a keg, gosh this party is cranking, Jerry spinning right now cranking some Biggie mix.

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Added to this thread. Snippet from BOX AFD

TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

GULF OF MEXICO STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN USA

MOVES UP THE EAST COAST TUESDAY. MODEL CONSENSUS CONTINUES TO

SUPPORT A STORM PATH THAT TAKES THE CENTER OVER OR CLOSE TO THE

40N/70W BENCHMARK AROUND 12Z WEDNESDAY. THE NAM THEN DIVERGES LEFT

WITH A PATH TOWARD THE MAINE COAST WHILE THE REMAINING MODELS

TRACK THE CENTER SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA. THE CONSENSUS

TRACK...TRENDING TOWARD NOVA SCOTIA...IS CONSISTENT WITH PAST

MODEL RUNS AND IS FAVORED.

THE TRACK FAVORS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ACROSS MOST OF OUR AREA.

THE MAIN REMAINING UNCERTAINTY IS THE DEGREE OF MIXING OR CHANGE

TO RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. MELTED QPF WILL RANGE

FROM 0.8 INCHES OVER CHESHIRE/FRANKLIN COUNTIES TO 1.25 TO 1.5

INCHES OVER THE SOUTH COAST. RAPID DEEPENING WITH THE CENTRAL

PRESSURE FORECAST TO FALL FROM 1002 MB TO 982 MB IN 12 HOURS

CENTERED ON 12Z WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL SUPPORT STRONG WINDS...WITH

THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOWING 50-55 KNOTS AT 2000-3000 FEET.

EXCELLANT DENDRITIC GROWTH IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF STRONG LIFT...20

MICROBARS PER SECOND OR ROUGHLY 70 MB PER HOUR...OVER CT-RI-

SOUTHEAST MASS. TEMPS ON THE OUTER CAPE AND NANTUCKET LOOK

MARGINAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION. QPF/TEMPS/LIFT SUPPORT SNOW ACCUMS

OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN CT-

RI AND ADJACENT MASS. HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD BE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT

THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY.

WILL THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS?

POSSIBLY...HEAVY SNOW WILL BRING 1/4 MILE VSBYS AT TIMES AND WINDS

ALONG THE COAST SHOULD AT LEAST GUST NEAR 35 MPH...STRONGER ON THE

CAPE AND ISLANDS. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BE NEAR BLIZZARD ESPECIALLY

IN PARTS OF RI AND EASTERN MASS. BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT

SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO MOVE TO A BLIZZARD WATCH.

NANTUCKET IS NOT IN THE CURRENT WINTER STORM WATCH BUT WILL HAVE

THE STRONG WINDS. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ISLAND.

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I disagree, but at least is in consideration -

WILL THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS?

POSSIBLY...HEAVY SNOW WILL BRING 1/4 MILE VSBYS AT TIMES AND WINDS

ALONG THE COAST SHOULD AT LEAST GUST NEAR 35 MPH...STRONGER ON THE

CAPE AND ISLANDS. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BE NEAR BLIZZARD ESPECIALLY

IN PARTS OF RI AND EASTERN MASS. BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT

SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO MOVE TO A BLIZZARD WATCH.

John, the HPC Winter Graphics based off the SREF's don't show much in the way of Blizzard Criteria for the majority of us right now. That could change in the next 24h though.

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wwd/impactgraphics/

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I disagree, but at least is in consideration -

WILL THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS?

POSSIBLY...HEAVY SNOW WILL BRING 1/4 MILE VSBYS AT TIMES AND WINDS

ALONG THE COAST SHOULD AT LEAST GUST NEAR 35 MPH...STRONGER ON THE

CAPE AND ISLANDS. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BE NEAR BLIZZARD ESPECIALLY

IN PARTS OF RI AND EASTERN MASS. BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT

SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO MOVE TO A BLIZZARD WATCH.

I agree with Kevin here, I think the winds could certainly be underforecasted. Within the heaviest bands of snow there should be some embedded convection with such great lift and some instability I think the chances are pretty good someone gets thunder/lightning. With such great downward motion too that should help transfer down some of the stronger winds.

Not sure what bufkit has though, having issues with bufkit so it's not running.

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If I had to guess an area to feel "comfortable" in..(not necessarily the max), I'd say near BOS up to Ray and wsw through ORH into CT. I'm concerned with a track close to the Cape for places in se mass, but they could still get the jackpot...I'm just talking about the areas that should do well, taking everything into account.

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