Still seemingly a lot of possibilities on the table. The Euro and Canadian are pretty good hits for Southern Missouri, while the GFS is still pretty much nothing up this way. They all 3 have different possible outcomes on the table, still a lot to figure out with this one.
I think they’re generally pretty reliable, but there’s some concern this time that they may struggle because of how strong the high‑pressure system is expected to be. SGF noted that they will likely have difficulty since we have very few past cases with a similar setup. They’ve consistently been on the northern edge of the guidance, likely because they’re underestimating the strength of the high pressure.
It sure seems like these things always come north in the final days. However, that high pressure is insanely strong, which gives me some pause. SGF has had some good AFDs over the past day or so, hopefully we get another good one this afternoon.
This has out preformed my (very low) expectations so far here in Springfield. Roads are a mess, I am a little surprised that SGF hasnt pulled the trigger on an advisory.
SGF reported 3.5" at 6:00, just a stunning bust. The 00Z NMB last night was almost 12 inches. Hard to comprehend how everything missed that badly 12 hours from the start of the event.
I am guessing we are around 4 inches. SGF seeing the radar and high res models today and still coming out at 2:00 and saying 8-10 more inches was on the way is so on brand for SGF.
HRRR has kind of said we are an hour or two away from it filling in all morning, and we are still an hour or two away on the latest HRRR. Seeing a lot of chatter on twitter from 'Mets' on twitter that they think most of Oklahoma is going to under perform because dry air. (full disclosure, i dont know if any of them are actual mets)
Radar in Oklahoma is concerning to me. High res models from yesterday afternoon greatly overestimated moisture down there it appears. Long ways to go, but I have to assume that has downstream impacts.
Pretty cool page from SGF. Has pretty detailed point forecasts for cities in their CWA. Also has the boom or bust feature. Pretty crazy that a bust in the Joplin area is 7-8 inches.
https://www.weather.gov/sgf/winter
I think blizzard conditions are a lock but I don’t see anyone hitting the 3 hour sustained wind criteria for it to actually be upgraded to a blizzard warning.