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January 24th-26th Winter Storm Potential


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jb alludes to this...saying this storm should come west due to the nao. I don't get the feeling he's thinking WAY west but enough to cause a changeover in the i-95.

IDK man, just look at where the storm starts on the gfs example, and the Baroclinic zone, and how much weaker the high to the north is so many factors are pointing towwards an inland track. Surely if the storm does go east of the APPLY nyc will get all rain.

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If you really look at hour 102, there is phasing occuring, so I do not see why this storm does will not go further west.

We need the phase to happen a little sooner. Hopefully it does so we can track this thing through central Ohio/west of apps moving due north. That is what i am hoping for anyways. Would be a nice way to bring this winter back from the depths of hell. :lol:

Oh and yes spine runners can happen and thus see March 2008 and or even Nov 1950.

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We need the phase to happen a little sooner. Hopefully it does so we can track this thing through central Ohio/west of apps moving due north. That is what i am hoping for anyways. Would be a nice way to bring this winter back from the depths of hell. :lol:

Oh and yes spine runners can happen and thus see March 2008 and or even Nov 1950.

They can happen, but are rare.

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Yep, not going to hold out much hope for this one.. Hard to believe that it's been nearly 4 years since our last big dog..

Depends on the definition of big dog, but if you're going by a 10"+ storm, the last one for LAF was 12/15-16/07. The last 6"+ storm was 1/31-2/1/08. Definitely overdue for a 6"+ storm...although this won't be the one though. We'll keep patiently waiting... :lol:

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Yeah, but at least the NAM and GFS are in pretty good agreement this time around... for now anyway.

your right, although the EURO is slightly east. I would suspect if the gfs and new 12z euro come close to the Nam (around 1/2 inch qpf) we will see some watches go out.

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Depends on the definition of big dog, but if you're going by a 10"+ storm, the last one for LAF was 12/15-16/07. The last 6"+ storm was 1/31-2/1/08. Definitely overdue for a 6"+ storm...although this won't be the one though. We'll keep patiently waiting... :lol:

I am getting pretty down on the crappy winter for Kokomo. So many near misses and busts in recent years. I cannot think of anything really good since VD2007.

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We need the phase to happen a little sooner. Hopefully it does so we can track this thing through central Ohio/west of apps moving due north. That is what i am hoping for anyways. Would be a nice way to bring this winter back from the depths of hell. :lol:

Oh and yes spine runners can happen and thus see March 2008 and or even Nov 1950.

at this point i'm still inclined to favor PITT as a sweetspot. That may change by tomorrow and I might be favoring INDY for all i know :arrowhead: . Looking at where the modelling is putting the western ridge, it would be hard to get a storm to cut too far west of the apps. Unless this thing REALLY bombed early down in the TN valley or something like that.

That being said, I don't think we should discount significant precip much further west with the incoming northern energy and inverted trough further nw. This will be the first storm in awhile where the gulf of mexico is totally open for biz.

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at this point i'm still inclined to favor PITT as a sweetspot. That may change by tomorrow and I might be favoring INDY for all i know :arrowhead: . Looking at where the modelling is putting the western ridge, it would be hard to get a storm to cut too far west of the apps. Unless this thing REALLY bombed early down in the TN valley or something like that.

That being said, I don't think we should discount significant precip much further west with the incoming northern energy and inverted trough further nw. This will be the first storm in awhile where the gulf of mexico is totally open for biz.

It is a tough call. Lacking -NAO helps favor a more westward track but as we seen just recently any little thing can come along and mess that up. Still a bit to be cleared up with this too and thus why it is a tough call. But yeah if that ridge out west is inland that far then yes it will be hard to get this thing too far west atleast for my liking unless as you say it bombs earlier or perhaps even closes off earlier. Probably gonna be a good nail biter down to the end. I just hope for a change i am on the right side of it all. If it does miss i hope it is you guys who get it. :)

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It is a tough call. Lacking -NAO helps favor a more westward track but as we seen just recently any little thing can come along and mess that up. Still a bit to be cleared up with this too and thus why it is a tough call. But yeah if that ridge out west is inland that far then yes it will be hard to get this thing too far west atleast for my liking unless as you say it bombs earlier or perhaps even closes off earlier. Probably gonna be a good nail biter down to the end. I just hope for a change i am on the right side of it all. If it does miss i hope it is you guys who get it. :)

Harry, You're the MJO guru, what quadrant is it supposed to be in during this time and what does that teleconnect to wrt this storm

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Harry, You're the MJO guru, what quadrant is it supposed to be in during this time and what does that teleconnect to wrt this storm

Depends on the kind of forcing we have and thus how much amplitude it has for starters. Models try to tank it into the circle of death ( phase 8 ) about the time this system comes along. It is currently in phase 7 nearing 8 which usually favors more east but like anything there can be exceptions and thus see Jan 79 Chicago blizzard which was a phase 7 event.

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Imagine how frustrating it is to be in Vermont, Albany, Montreal and Ottawa and watching all these storms just miss! At least it misses us by 800 miles

actually albany is doing just fine, these storms have hit the lower hudson valley with moderate amounts time and again.

synoptically, with these east coast storms climatoogically....syracuse, ottawa, buffalo, toronto to some extent, and montreal and burlington vermont have been the shaft zone.

but syracuse and buffalo though have had plenty of lake effect snow, in fact KSYR is over 100 inches!

....its bizarre, every storm appears poised to hug the coast, but then passes OFF the coast just south of new england and OTS towards nova scotia......of course that same wall extends further back to the midwest and lakes.....its just we are getting a painful birds-eye view here.....

ottawa has had it the worst though..

a season to forget for sure, i thought last year was bad....but up close and personal this year and a season to really test your pain limits....i can assure you it has been a horror show :lol: .

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