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  1. Great discussion, guys! I have been super busy, but have really enjoyed following along when time permits. John, I agree, events like this will eventually happen again. Sure looks like old biases may be at play looking at the GFS vs. the EURO from last night. GFS is very progressive at 500 (the surface reflects this too). Just wants to blast everything through the TN Valley and be done with it. The Euro tends to overly amp in the long range, but this seems to be sprouting much closer in time, so does that bias really apply here? Genesis of the trailing frontal (northwest gulf) low in response to the energy at 500 begins shortly after hour 100 (not exactly way out in time). I think this will be a fascinating early season model dual between the new and improved GFS, and the once almighty Euro (snow vs. no snow outcome aside). If the brief west coast ridging can hold on just a bit longer, it should give the energy at 500 more of a chance to dig toward the gulf coast (like the euro at 0z) and develop a southeast storm system. If the Pacific blasts in and collapses the ridging we probably see something closer to the progressive look on the GFS. Fairly minor differences at 500mb (18,000 feet up) between the GFS and Euro, but major differences at the surface where we live. As an aside, I am loving the looks of higher pressures in the NAO region. Feels a bit like finding a unicorn December through the end of February these days.......
  2. System in the southwest stays closed and almost stationary as if to say........ woah, good buddy just do your thing. I’ll hang out here for a while”
  3. The next piece of energy is robust, but not much separation at 150. Let’s see how the monster vortex in the eastern US tangos with that piece...
  4. Mountain snows would be huge if this plays out as shown on the 0z GFS.
  5. Crazy. Looks like 1950 all over again, just a bit further north...
  6. There is more interaction between the northern branch and southern branch, and with that “dance” a further west solution.
  7. I’m just mainly looking for trends at 500. Feels good to be back tracking something with the crew.......
  8. That’s bold wording from MRX, for a system this far away. Generally they are extremely conservative, sometimes even as inches of snow are falling around the region.
  9. Other than looking great as you mention, I also like the part about moisture gathering again to our SW at the end of the run.........
  10. This could be a bias of the Euro as we watch it roll in. Since their last upgrade it has a tendency to over-intensify storm systems. A further west track as a result (as shown on 12z) makes a lot of sense..... Odds of a Miller A are increasing. Likely wet, but the chances for first flakes for some are not out of the question. At the very least it will probably FEEL like winter as early as next week.
  11. But is the atmosphere acting like a La Niña? It seems like the actual pattern has been out of phase with El and La more often than not.
  12. Terrible news. Let us know if we can do anything to help........
  13. I thought most areas were supposed to get below freezing tonight (north of 40) Now I see lows in the 34 range. No wonder they are being conservative. If we could make it to around 29-30 it would have a much bigger impact, IMO.
  14. It looks more marginal than the last system for areas south of 40. North of 40 it seems to be a better profile, but more concerns about amount of precip. As with almost all SE snow possibilities, there are factors for us all to overcome... lol
  15. Always a concern as to whether it's right or not, but we are in a time period where we are no longer talking about the NAM at LR. At the same time, other modeling has moved steadily toward what the NAM has had all along. It's probably overdone on amounts, but then again............when is it not?
  16. Yep, totally different from the first few words..... lol nice find........You always amaze me with your records and recollections. You are a great asset to our group!!
  17. There was a scenario several years back where modeling was not enthused at all about precip into Tennessee. I remember Robert @ WxSouth ended up picking up on the inverted trough and in the end there was a decent snow from it. I can't remember the year, but my recollection tells me the basics were familiar... (i.e. overrunning, inverted trough, no defined low, etc.) Does anyone else remember this event?
  18. Still not too excited about this one, but the flow has backed a bit over the last several runs on modeling. This is probably oversimplified, but IF we can manage a WSW flow vs ESE or even W, there's at least a chance for more generous precip. In a nutshell I am hoping for the best, preparing for the worst I guess you'd say. Regarding time, when you see "Z" time, just subtract 5 hours to get to actual time in the EST zone, and subtract 6 hours in the CST zone.
  19. 9 times out of 10 these setups will produce precip much further north than being modeled 3-4 days out... that said, 500mb is a hot mess on most modeling, including the 12z Euro OP (i.e. we likely find the 1 out of 10).
  20. Congrats to our SE mid-south forum peeps. This is awesome. Congrats and enjoy!
  21. Would be nice if we can also get a couple of those TD's that followed............ haha
  22. Good luck to all out to my west. Hope there are some pleasant surprises out y’all’s way!!
  23. Still pops later, but you are right. At least for this run vs. the past 3, it looks a bit delayed.
  24. It's been pretty bad........ but the Euro was throwing a solution last night so who knows. Normally, if someone's life depended on the ICON being right from day 8............... I'd tell them to have their family go ahead and prepare their obituary and wish them God speed.
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