Yeah I'm definitely not sold on these near-whiffs. I'm not telling people to expect these obscene amounts, but that baroclinic leaf is likely to be further NW than many show unless we see changes aloft.
Yeah the euro slowly getting better. You can see how close this comes to a really big hit and I’d expect a bigger solution anyway even if the upper air didn’t change.
This first one you posted did. He’s in Methuen now not Wilmington. It’s not worth parsing over the NAM run anyway but he’d do quite well imho even if he didn’t jackpot that run. He might not get 12”+ but probably at least 8-10.
For Kevin it could easily be an advisory 3-6” event if there’s no earlier capture...he’s interior and elevated enough that it will snow with the residual WAA stuff on the front end.
This airmass isn’t as bad as Dec 5th...there’s at least some dry dewpoint drain from that high to the north. If closer to the coast with little elevation then I’d want the rates to pound more.
Not necessarily. There’s plenty of storms I’ll worry more about a scraper or whiff than an amped solution.
This is definitely not one of them despite seeing several weak SE solutions on the euro.
Doesn’t have to move NW to get a more tucked track. Just look at 18z NAM. You just need a more defined vortmax...ULL track and vortmax track are already plenty far enough NW for a hugger type solution. It’s just a matter of capturing that sfc baroclinicity early enough.
Cold layer below the warm tongue is pretty deep for the first several hours, so I wouldn't be surprised at a pretty good sleet-fest for a time. Esp in the zone between the pike and N CT/N RI.