On the Lwx forecast discussion they discussed better sampling later tonight as the second shortwave comes on shore on the west coast. Sounded like they expected more model agreement late tonight/ Tomorrow as the shortwaves are both over land.
Kind of funny to read that. I thought that was an old weenie fable when things don't look great.
I would consider it encouraging but everyone has there own interpretation.
That's a pretty good indicator that it's going to snow. It may not be the double digit storm that has been shown from time to time but any snow is good snow. This might be the first plowablw snow in these parts in 2 years.
Going off of the NBM and Euro and GFS ensembles ( I think we can still use ensembles for today) west of the Fall line still has a great chance at a moderate event. Even all the way to 95 probably sees some snow.
It may not be the double digit storm that we were all hoping for a few days ago but it still could be decent.
Hopefully it was just a blip at 6z but precip cut in half for our areas on both the GFS and Euro.
That probably effects temps with not getting the evaporational cooling / wet bulbing we would get from a wall of precip moving in from the Southwest.
Fingers crossed the QPF is back at 12z
Let's hope the 6z euro is just off on a tangent and incorrect.
That would be a disappointing outcome for places along the M/D line.
Kind of surprised after the great 00z runs last night.
I think that's clearly becoming our path to victory. All southern stream. Weaker but not too weak. 8 to 10 hours of WAA thump.
Hopefully a moderate 4 to 8 " storm.
Hard to trust any model evolution currently. I like the 18z better but it was am odd evolution compared to 12z.
Weaker system, smaller area of precip but more QPF in a good spot for us
Option 1 I would think is safer but with less upside.
I know your moose hunting but I would gladly take a squirl , fox or anything in between.
Edit: @psuhoffman can you explain why our qpf increased even with the system being weaker?