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Tallahassee, FL and Fleetwood, PA
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E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion
Newman replied to LVblizzard's topic in Philadelphia Region
GFS is exactly where you want it. CMC is just incredible. A 955mb bomb on the benchmark. Sure verbatim its a tad east for some, but look at the trends... this one isn't done correcting yet. -
E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion
Newman replied to LVblizzard's topic in Philadelphia Region
Just for fun before we turn to the 12z runs, end of the Euro had 16-18" of snow fall in 6 hours across Central Jersey. And the storm was just getting started. -
E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion
Newman replied to LVblizzard's topic in Philadelphia Region
I totally agree, verbatim we're looking at HECS outputs from the Euro. I'm not biting yet though, will wait until Thursday 0z for full confidence, and even then there will be shifts in directions that screw New England, or screw the Mid-Atlantic, or screw somebody. I do think a super tucked solution will favor Central PA more where they get a CCB and SE PA might dry slot. But then again, it depends on the exact passage of the 700 and 850mb lows. Nitpicking details though at this stage, we'll worry about dry slots once we reel this in synoptically with confidence -
E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion
Newman replied to LVblizzard's topic in Philadelphia Region
I scanned my KU book haha, here is Jan 1966. Notice how there was an elongated PV stretched under a decaying NAO block. The western side of it separated and then amplified under the block, while the eastern side acted as the 50/50. And then the storm cut off and vertically stacked. The difference between this and the 6z Euro? The Euro has the evolution just a bit further south and east -
E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion
Newman replied to LVblizzard's topic in Philadelphia Region
I don't know if Jan 2000 is the best analog verbatim, at least at the upper levels. That one had a southern stream shortwave that got captured by the polar jet and then swung northward up the east coast. https://www.raymondcmartinjr.com/weather/2000/25-Jan-00-500MillibarMaps.html At the surface and as far as sensible impacts go, definitely similarities. But at the upper levels, the 6z Euro output is even more anomalous. January 1966 is actually a pretty dang close analog -
E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion
Newman replied to LVblizzard's topic in Philadelphia Region
Wow, just wow. The Euro suite last night and now this morning is a beaut. 24-36 hour storm for many. 970s mb bomb parked right off the Delmarva. CCB just cranks -
E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion
Newman replied to LVblizzard's topic in Philadelphia Region
Just from experience, it feels like an NYC and New England type of storm is brewing but can't rule out we get something crawl up the coast like the 18z Euro -
E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion
Newman replied to LVblizzard's topic in Philadelphia Region
Geez, like a light switch all of the models are showing this one now. No sleep for the weary! -
10" total in Fleetwood. About 8.5" snow and then 1.5" sleet. Now time to see how low we go tomorrow and Tuesday night with clear skies and fresh snowpack. Season total is at 25.2"
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Up to 9" total sneet Been hella busy down here with our Tornado watch and a few radar confirmed tornadoes
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Per the fam, about 8.5" in Fleetwood but now mostly pingers with a few flakes mixing in
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This is the warmest the 12z HRRR gets at KABE. If this is the case, you'll probably mix with sleet, not do a full change over. Under heavy rates you might flip back and forth between all snow, and a snow/sleet mix. So ratios will be more like 6:1 or 7:1 vs a pure sleet 3:1.
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3.75" already in Fleetwood (per family). Rates have been ~1.25 in/hr or so
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700mb fronto starting to really show itself with heavy radar echoes blossoming across northern MD and South Central PA, heading east. Heaviest snows of the days are about to begin for many in SE PA
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Probably briefly stuck between heavier bands so poor snow growth with rimed flakes. It most certainly is not sleet.

