The back edge of the snow has been nearly steady across eastern PA and eastern MD for the last two hours at least so you will definitely be in this for a number of hours to come.
It looks like an IVT has set up along the Delaware River going NW from Trenton towards my area. This storm does not lack for surprises. My visibility has dropped from 5 miles back down to 1.
The recon data that is gathered later will go into the 0z runs tonight. Interesting how the GFS jumped last night at 0z after the data from yesterday’s flights were ingested.
That is the flight that will be sampling the western Atlantic for the 0z runs. There are two flights scheduled to go out over the PAC as well. Again the intention is for this data to make it into the 0z model suite. The update for tomorrow is for two flights over the western Atlantic and two over the PAC.
I am out in Bethlehem, PA - not really expecting anything. What is crazy are some of those EPS members. By my count 10 of those 50 members would give me 12” +. Brings new definition to the term “Go big or go home.”
The wild card in all this is what will come from the data collected on the recon flight today and the 3 additional flights tomorrow. The data from today’s flight is expected to reflect in the 0z model suite.
The Euro was the model that went nuts with this one in recent runs. The other models were further east or going that direction. The NAM went big on this this morning for that one run.