While the surface depiction was excellent, we need to hope the nam is done trending so amped. There’s a fine line and we’re starting to cross it in the mid levels. Much of that snow had sleet/frz rain soundings, even in the mountains.
For my fellow NC folks, I’ve got a funny feeling that the Euro will catch on and deliver a more impactful event either at 18 or 0Z. Watch the QPF trend over the past few runs. It’s roughly the same for NC but much heavier amounts keep creeping closer from the southwest.
What’s most encouraging about 12z so far is that both pieces of energy are on land + we’re in the range where OPs should start to be more useful than ensembles and they’re all trending wintry.
GSP: Confirmed weenies
The most likely locations to see significant wintry
weather will be along/north of the I-85 corridor, but to repeat:
some wintry weather is likely in all areas, and significant accums
can`t be ruled out anywhere.
Regardless of how it progresses, I’m encouraged that every model is showing an absolute thumping at the onset. Jan 2022 had the same feature and it put down 7 inches in Burke County before we switched to a wintry mix.
Definitely so, but we did gain a bit more positive tilt and the energy interaction early on was a bit more favorable. Hopefully the GEFS mean is closer to the coast. Goodnight all!