There are no trends yet. Yesterday the models “trended” toward a weaker primary. Last night they went the other way. It’s still pretty scattershot within a plausible envelope of possibilities. We know the general setup right now. Details that will impact our sensible weather still have to be sorted out.
Overnight runs also made a clear step towards more overrunning precip Sunday night and Monday and link that with the main event Tuesday. Still obvious we don’t have this locked down.
Eh don’t know about that. Cyclonic flow around a distinct LP area will help reinforce CAD and bring more precip. Some of the random great looks we’ve had for this event have the energy split around 50:50 between the primry and coastal.
18z GFS definitely puts more energy into the piece that transfers to the coast. Subtle differences from 12z, but ends up a bit better for us in the only way we care about.
I could be wrong, I was just going off memory. Could just be 7/8.
On a related note, I wonder if the SSW *does* end up actually saving this winter from being a raging dumpster fire for all of the eastern CONUS. Will be an interesting study.
Don’t fall too in love with the TT GFS snow map as a lot of that is sleet. But I think a slightly improved result for us regardless. Weaker low is a big plus, but weaker and farther north high pressure offsets that to a degree.
The depiction of Monday’s wave can’t help but remind me of our big January storm and last Friday. Both times models show this respectable wave in the plAins and Midwest that dies as it gets to us in the midrange. Both storms trended better for us in the short range.