Shane

will the timing of the LP slowdown versus the NS affect suppression?

The convection from gulf fetch on the Texas coast looks to be happening now on WV and radar. Earlier and more than modeled Looks juicy

You need a good mix for sledding Layer of sleet, then snow with sleet mixed, and then heavy snow with a nice sleet crust. Pack that down and break out the Flexible Flyer

Look at this on the NAM 12k 18z Looks like the precip changed uniformly for everywhere all at once, not just our storm. That's wonky. Like it's whole resolution changed

Blacksburg NWS has good discussion text .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... As of 300 PM EST Thursday... Cold high pressure will continue to move east across the Ohio Valley to the Mid Atlantic region Saturday evening. Overnight Saturday into Sunday morning, cold dry air will wedge south into the Carolinas and southern Appalachian Mountains. Meanwhile across the south, an upper level low over the Mid West will push a surface low east across the Gulf States. Bulk of Gulf and Atlantic moisture with the surface low will stay south of the area through Saturday evening. Snow will edge northward Saturday night, starting across the High Country of North Carolina then spreading across the entire area Sunday morning. Sunday morning the upper level low tracks over Tennessee and Kentucky increasing moisture transport over the wedge. The combination of upslope flow, strong warm air advection and isentropic lift will bring moderate to heavy snow to areas along and south of highway 460. With an easterly flow, the higher accumulations will be across counties along and adjacent to the Blue Ridge. Going into the afternoon, the surface low tracks off the Southeast Coast, taking majority of the moisture and lift with it. However, the area will sit in the deformation zone between the surface low and upper level trough into Monday morning. Even though snowfall rates will decrease Sunday night, persistent light snow will continue to fall into Monday morning. There is a possibility snow will continue through the day Monday as the deformation zones hangs over the area, waiting on a stronger upper level low over the northern Plains to kick everything to the east on Tuesday. Before we get to the first guess storm totals, there are several questions yet to be answered with this event. At the top of the list is the track of the surface low. A wobble north or south will dramatically change amounts. Second, is the effect of the dry air with the wedge. Does this dry air hold off precipitation or does it contribute to higher totals early due to fluffiness. Late in the event, snow is expected to be wetter and heavier, compressing the drier fluffy snow already on the ground. With all that said, our first guess totals through Sunday night will range from 12-18 inches across the North Carolina High Country and Grayson Highlands to 5-10 inches across the Mountain Empire, New River and Roanoke Valleys to Southside Virginia. North of highway 460, 2 to 6 inches are possible. Again these are first guess estimates on a storm that is 2-3 days away. Temperatures will drop into the 20s Friday and may warm into the upper 30s to lower 40s Saturday. Temperatures will again drop into the 20s Saturday night, but may not get above freezing Sunday. Clouds and possibly snow will hang around Monday with temperatures warming above freezing but not making it out of the 30s.

Inverted banana high shield still firmly in place on Nam at 81

How are the bands going to be oriented during the track of this ?

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Agree on Greensboro. They tend to get a similar to the SVA Counties to their north. Greensboro is 500' higher than Raleigh after the plain ends around Hillsborough. I would place my boundaries around that elevation change

Still amazed at the overall model agreement. Usually by this time Nam is Nope, GFS is maybe next week and Euro says buy a snow blower and everyone is picking shirts or skins to see who caves. All we're seeing is oscillations and noise with almost universal agreement that there's going to be a storm, where it's going to be, and when it's going to happen. It's like yeah, you're pregnant, do you want to know the sex? The reveal party is Saturday night.

Since we're in Storm Mode, can posters be more specific about what geography they are referring to when making observations? It's a big storm. "The foothills and mountains" can be anywhere from NE Georgia to Northern Virginia. On some devices, your avatars are not visible, so it's hard to decipher where you're from and where you're talking about. Also, some are more interested in a meta view of the whole event, not just what's happening in your town. Kthxbai

So how many models are in basic agreement now?

That's why I'm rooting for the slider with some English on it versus the miller B hybrid. Boo coastal low transfer

That hole from MT Airy to GSO up to Roanoke seems to set up when a low transfers to the coast

It's almost just as fun to get virtual snow(or a bust) every 6-12 hours, and there's no shoveling.

The new FV3 snowmap shows a hole developing in South central VA north of GSO. This usually happens when there is a transfer to a coastal low and the initial low "skips over" during transfer. The topography of the blue ridge often marks the western edge of the hole which tends to be triangular from MT. Airy >Roanoke>GSO>. I don't see a transfer to a new low, but the feature on the ground is appearing

What was Floyd when it dumped 25" of rain?