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Mid-Winter Crisis or Start of Something Big?


mitchnick

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Our best hope is to have the northern energy phase with the s/w moving out of the rockies, even if it means we have to grin and bear some sleet.... if everything is unphased and stretched out we're toast.

The good news is that this is a day 4 event and not a day 7 event.. .so not long to go to get an idea of what's going to happen.

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Precip much?

ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

303 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

VAZ053-171200-

FAIRFAX-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFAX

303 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

.REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.

NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.TODAY...CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW OR SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF

PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...FREEZING RAIN. A CHANCE OF SNOW OR SLEET IN THE EVENING...

THEN RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LITTLE OR NO SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION.

ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. LOWS AROUND 30.

NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR

100 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF

RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 40. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN

AND SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. WEST

WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.

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Station ID: KJYO Lat:   39.08 Long:  -77.56                                                        
NAM Model Run:  6Z JAN 17, 2011                                                                                            

Forecast Hours:    0hr    6hr   12hr   18hr   [b]24hr   30hr[/b]   36hr   42hr                                          
Sfc Prs(mb):    1010.0 1011.2 1009.5 1008.6 1005.4  998.8  995.9  994.9                     					
Mean SLP (mb):  1025.1 1027.2 1025.2 1023.9 1020.6 1014.2 1010.5 1009.5                                        
2m agl Tmp (F):   23.4   22.6   30.8   27.6   [b]27.9   30.6[/b]   36.8   35.2                                          
2m agl Dewpt(F):  14.4   14.2   19.8   23.1   26.5   29.7   33.1   34.1                                          
2m agl RH (%):      68 	70 	63 	83 	94 	96 	86 	96                       					
10m agl Dir:        23 	50    129    111 	44    358    335    266                       					
10m agl Spd(kt): 	4      6      7      7      7 	10      8      3                         					
3hr Precip (in):  0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   [b]0.08   0.10[/b]   0.00   0.00

http://68.226.77.253...so/NAM_KJYO.txt

http://68.226.77.253...so/NAM_KIAD.txt -- .22 QPF, through 30 below freezing

http://68.226.77.253/text/meso/NAM_KDCA.txt -- not exactly sure what precip at 24. Surface temp is 30... but there is a warm layer between 850-950 mb. However, there are good omegas/UVV's... so i can't tell if this is very wet snow or freezing rain

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Everyone is focused on the ice but I think there is going to be a pretty good, quick, thump snow for a few hours tomorrow night between 95 and 81 in northern VA and MD. Profiles are very isothermal right around 32* for a time as heavy precip moves in just NW of 95. It wouldn't surprise me to see some spots get a quick 3-4" of wet snow.

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Everyone is focused on the ice but I think there is going to be a pretty good, quick, thump snow for a few hours tomorrow night between 95 and 81 in northern VA and MD. Profiles are very isothermal right around 32* for a time as heavy precip moves in just NW of 95. It wouldn't surprise me to see some spots get a quick 3-4" of wet snow.

How does 84nam look to you?

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How does 84nam look to you?

It is much closer to the GGEM then the GFS. The northern energy is behind the southern energy, and that is good. However, everything is further north then the GGEM by about 100 miles. If this translates east then we would have precip type problems. What is not known yet on the NAM is how much the northern stream is going to dig and that would make all the difference. The developing storm is much more northern dominated on the NAM and that can be bad if the northern jet does not dig enough. It might, but the trend this year is for it not too. Its really hard to extrapolate though, I would really like to see the next frame to be able to tell where it is going. If the northern stream continues to dig then I would feel a lot better. I guess in an hour we will see the DGEX and I suppose that is like an extension of the NAM although it incorporates some GFS input.

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The best I see out of tonight's event is maybe a quick dusting to an inch north and west of the cities. Think those in the corridor from Richmond, DC to Balt have a shot at freezing rain for several hours until the heavier precip comes in and drags down the warm air from above. Would love to be wrong but can't see how we can over come marginal temps at best on the surface with easterly winds at the lower levels of the atmosphere.

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As I predicted, our overrunning has once again turned into a thread the needle Miller B phasing screwjob. Give up now. The energy will never go far enough south. Congrats ORH.

it has become all very predictable at this point in the winter no matter what the computers show

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