Dick_LeBoof

Just following along with the radar, you can see the banding form in real time. What a treat.

Go clipper go!

some decent banding that ended up setting up here! Fun stuff.

Here is the observed snow total map from the Wakefield NWS office

"..impactful accumulations expected in areas like Richmond, VA ... " In addition to language that seems to indicate they believe the precipitation shield will be more widespread than the current suite of Global models that point to dry air intrusion suppressing snow totals.

Whoa that's a big update for Richmond! Is the WPC a national-level group?

I assume this doesn't take into account the latest 18Z euro run?

Something I've noticed with all the EPS (and GEFS) runs is that the individual members have been noticeably clustering towards the western edge of where the ULL forms

I always feel a bit dirty looking at the Kuchera-ratio clown maps, but even the Wakefield NWS office posted expectations of "15:1 to 18:1" ratios in their most recent forecast discussion

We've been edging this whole damn winter. I can't edge anymore captain!

Everyone is obviously focused on the recent ECMWF 18z runs, but I'm going to throw in the 19Z NBM output anyway

The snow signature from the visible GOES band is really impressive. What a storm.

Here's the EPS Ensemble pressure centers from last nights run (06Z). Will hopefully see the members tighten up around the coast in the next run.

How nice is this? It's the tiniest little clipper you can imagine on the radar right now haha.

We’ve got flakes coming down now in Church hill .