Yeah the mean still looks good. Not quite the monster it was a couple runs ago, but I don't think anyone expected that to continue. A tad more suppressed.
That is what we are discussing here currently, right? It is also the model that has been the most amped, with a closer to the coast track. Big upside, but also warmer, esp at the beginning of the event. Its a fine line.
Failure. I think this one was always destined for failure, no matter what. That is, if one was hoping for any significant snow. Me? If I can get an inch of frozen, its a mutherfuucking win.
Go with persistence. Mount Holly has favored this all along, but sort of caved to the models the last couple days.
I never really bought into the more amped/warmer looks. But who am I to oppose the preponderance of model guidance lol. Problem is even suppressed/colder = weak pos, so no one wins.
I wont buy a solution like that unless its there 36 hours prior to game time. This deamplificaiton/suppression/shredding of decent looking shortwaves heading eastward has been persistent as hell since this blocking pattern has established.
The trend for drier continues, esp the further north you go. The wave is moving into lots of dry air and high pressure, and looks to dampen. This is what i thought would be the most likely outcome a couple days ago, but the models trended the other way. Now trending back towards weak/de-amplified. This has been the case with nearly every wave attempting to move eastward in this current pattern.
I was going to save this 120 for tomorrow...oh well.
18z NAM looks "icy"
Still thinks my yard is going to max out on the little snow that falls lol. We know that cant be right.
Its a messy disjointed system. 12z runs generally seem to bring the best band of waa precip in a bit stronger/ further south, as the leftover precip from the original low heads across PA and much of the area is left in between with just light stuff after the initial 'thump'.
NAM, CMC, and Euro all imply maybe a couple inches of snow/sleet here even. GFS completely sucks.
Its been the mid 90s since that happened for the lowlands. 2 events in the same winter but I forget the exact year. One had a bunch of sleet and freezing rain. It was a disaster even over here.
Almost all of the members that got good snow here were warmish/rainy to start. Not many southern tracks either. Still pretty far out, but it appears this will have to evolve almost perfectly wrt to strength and track. What else is new?
Yeah that's not happening.
The deal is getting heavier precip at the beginning, and maximizing on frozen. Once it goes to rain, with temps at 32, its just rain.