RAP has been getting better each run it seems. Still out of its wheelhouse, but it'll be interesting to see if this carries over the 18z model suite for the big boys.
It had never happened 3 consecutive before that....or since. Truly an anomaly....a depressing one for a young snow weenie, lol.
Anyways....prob not seeing 10" with this one, but can't entirely rule it out. I'd prob go 5-8" for ORH in this one.
These were blockbusters in the late 1980s/early 1990s before Dec 1992. You got excited for 3-6 but 5-10 was literally "having trouble falling asleep" type excitement like on Christmas Eve. Just the chance of getting 10" was exhilarating.
It good that it didn't shift much at all from 06z....we had been previously seeing a distinct shift eastward, but this time it more or less held serve except maybe on the margins (and those on the margins will notice)
I usually take the 600-800 avg...often the best banding will end up on the NW edge of that. Not all the time, but frequently. modeling best fronto isn't the easiest thing for guidance...it's pretty easy to be off like 25 miles on a short term forecast...but obviously that can make a huge difference in amounts if someone was supposed to be under that but it ended up 25 miles east.
I actually like my spot for a potential jack...far enough east for good QPF but far enough west and a little elevation for decent ratios. We'll see though....interior SE MA near the usual suspects like Foxborough are primed too for some heavy bands and their few hundred feet will help ratios some.
High stakes in eastern areas....there is definitely some upside bust potential if some of that veyr heavy precip can get onshore....I think really all it will take is a slight increase in the ML inflow which would happen if the convection is less dominant.