ORH_wxman

Can’t see past 144 yet but Ukie looks pretty pressed for next weekend too.

This looks colder than last Thursday. Still not sold on much precip unless we can subtly continue nudging this east. GGEM and GFS did so at 12z…we’ll see if euro bites. But absent that shift east, it’s prob like a 1-3/2-4 type deal on the front end followed by some IP/ZR and then dryslot. Maybe up north gets a little more where they don’t flip to pellets.

That is Kevin’s dream storm. It’s like 42-48 hours straight of snow on GGEM over SNE next weekend. Goes from Saturday afternoon to Monday afternoon.

I think impact-wise it makes sense but it’s really hard to verify so the snowfall threshold is just easier to stick with.

WCB was pretty disappointing in this event. Looked like we had enough inflow to pound for 5-6 hours but it was really just about a 3 hour deal. I think at the end of the day, the synoptics really can be a guideline…it’s hard to hammer solid warning criteria for us when you have a vort going from Toronto through the chicken coops…we’re south of all of that…so you prob just get that initial surge like we saw down in NYC and LI and then it kind of runs out of deeper level support and weakens a bit when there’s a lack of PVA and the extra divergence aloft that comes with it. Hopefully we can grab some dynamics in these next couple systems. Weekend looks better but subtle shifts east today make Thursday slightly more interesting.

The GFS shows you how to do a big thump for next weekend. Get that midlevel warm front really defined and slow it down just south of us and you pound town for 6-8 hours. You’ll note the vort isn’t riding up through Lake Ontario and instead comes through the Ohio valley and swings toward northern midatlantic.

GFS really pressing confluence for next weekend this run. Looks like it’s gonna be a pretty cold system this run

Been a subtle shift east so far at 12z. That’s a trend we want to see if we want better dynamics. Still kind of meh on most guidance thus far but a little better than what we saw yesterday and last night Primary is a little southeast of that CLE to Toronto line now…more like BUF to ART. Nudge that a little more and maybe we can go thumpy thumpy on the front end.

5.2” looks like it will do it with that final band of pure fake champagne. The first 4” or so was prob 10 to 1 at most while the final inch or so was like jspin fluff.

Unless this moves east in the final few days, take the under on 4-8….it’s like 0.3-0.5 QPF and then dryslot. Primary a couple days ago was going through PIT and dying around ROC/SYR, but now it’s going up through CLE and dying near Toronto. We don’t get that healthier and more dynamic WCB when it’s that far west.

This band is a nice bonus right now. Total fluff…prob 18 to 1 minimum maybe more. Can fake my way to another inch on top of the denser stuff. Measured just shy of 5” about 15 min ago…looks nice out there

06z euro has about 3” of snow and then a shot of IP/ZR before slotting. QPF looks pretty meh. We need to get more vorticity eastward on this one to make it a little higher impact.

Actually ripping very good now in this. Hopefully pick up a quick inch or so here. Excellent snow growth

Looks like 4-5” out there but coming down good again in this band.

Nuking dendrites right now. Wasn’t expecting the snow growth to be this good after the first hour or two. This band is regenerating a bit back to the west

And now 00z back to being much warmer. This one has been tough on guidance.

These are the goods right now. 1-2” per hour stuff

Top 5 SNE snowstorm all time.

It’s going to try and fill in as it moves ESE but I’m not sure how efficient it will be. If it can generate some convective bands then it could help grab an extra inch or two. But if it’s more showery then it will be tougher.

Ripping right now. Looks like an inch down eyeballing. Like how the enhanced echoes are lining up for here back to NW CT.

Heavy snow here now. Even the street light up the hill 200 yards is getting pretty dim.

Excellent snow growth here now. Prob that initial fronto push.

Light snow has started in Holliston

If it was supposed to happen earlier and prevent accumulations, then it was wrong.

It’s a little sucker hole but gonna start soon in CEF