50 member breakdown:
33 dmv hits, 16 suppressed, 1 incomprehensible
so that favors 2/3 odds of a non suppressed hit, and even some suppressed solutions still get us with at least a few inches
Here’s AIFS ensembles (which has been cleaning up in verification).
MSLP mean is slightly south of the op aifs low position, by maybe 50 miles. But better clustering to the NW of the mean position
Just checked - AIFS op has been beating all other op models based on 6-10 day verification scores at 500mb over the past 3 months.
Let that sink in.
Today’s 12z run:
You can see a secondary swath across the deep south, so its clear that there are a few suppressed members. But still are in the minority. The op just happens to be one of them this run. Would not be surprised to see a very different 18z op run.
Just looked at all ensembles this morning. Nothing really changed. Jan 22 never had support. Jan 25-28 window is what they are keying on. I think the warmer rainy cutter scenario is the least likely. Snow/ice storm most likely, with the likelihood of a suppressed system somewhere in between closer to the lower end.
I guess they just disregarded or didn’t even check the latest models that went warmer and cut back on snow accums. Or maybe they didn’t think the new runs were correct.
0z nam a little better for mby, but temps stay at 33-34 during the heaviest precip. Sounding is (wet) snow, but will have a tough time accumulating towards advisory criteria.