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TimB

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  1. Euro with a slight tick in the right direction. Maybe not enough, but when is it ever?
  2. GFS drops to -12 but is by far the coldest model on that part.
  3. It looks like a slight NW shift on the Canadian but we can’t really afford anything in that direction.
  4. With a GFS-like snowpack, it continues to insist that Saturday morning could be the coldest of the season.
  5. Gradient of 4-12” of snow across Allegheny not counting sleet.
  6. Slower to make sleet change to snow which will cut into snow totals but we get pounded for hours on end with heavy sleet.
  7. The book has been closed on January. Coldest January (5.2 degrees below normal) since 2014. Snowiest January since 2011. At least a trace of snow on 23 days, measurable snow on 13 days. There were 20 days that didn’t get above freezing. Finished the month with 15 consecutive days of snow cover. About as good as it can get if you ask me.
  8. That’s significantly less bullish than they were on the ice potential earlier. The previous package had over a quarter inch for much of the metro. They’ve also updated the zones to include a lot more mix during the day Thursday (with sleet more prevalent than zr).
  9. It consistently had some of the highest totals on the MLK storm (can we call it the KPITSnow 1/19/19 redux?) if that says anything.
  10. RGEM (which hasn’t been kind to us with this storm) still looks warm.
  11. All of the globals except the GFS have us near 40 at daybreak, so we’ll have to see what the 12z runs of those do.
  12. That’s the bottom line. The goalposts are narrowing. The most plausible options are a sleet bomb or an ice storm or some combination of the two, with little rain or snow.
  13. Everything so far is starting to suggest that we might be below freezing most of the day Thursday, but temps aloft don’t support snow during that timeframe. This can’t be good, unless you really want the crippling ice storm. Anyone?
  14. NAM also has us below freezing all day Thursday from daybreak. More sleet than zr in Pittsburgh but the 1”+ ice totals are in southern Allegheny county.
  15. 12z HRRR (at the end of its range, of course) has us down to 33 by daybreak Thursday.
  16. NAM total is 0.90”. Steady light freezing rain during the day (0.36” by 4pm). Gets heavier after dark but would imagine some of that runs off.
  17. More concerning is the fact that “crippling ice storm” is still on the table. 6z NAM is ugly in this regard. Nearly an inch of steady freezing rain starting Thursday morning and going through midnight. Saving grace might be that much of the event is during the day and temps are in the 31-32 range.
  18. So the text of the winter storm watch says 3-6” of snow, but NWS’s maps show 1.3” in Allegheny County with a high end amount of 2-3”?
  19. If that happened maybe we could get federal disaster funds and they could fix the bridge while they’re at it.
  20. 18z GFS keeps hope alive but does not allow the snow to linger through the day on Friday. Still a decent 3-6 event across the county.
  21. The heavy freezing rain and 31 degrees thing that @RitualOfTheTroutmentioned last night. Can’t imagine it’d be a massive ice storm, which is probably good.
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