Carvers Gap

Yeah, that is a pretty clean pass of the 0z CMC. That is basically a Miller A. So, take the CMC from the GFS camp and move it to the Euro.

Unless I am seeing things and it is late, the CMC looks like it is about to be a Miller A.

It is possible that we leave the 0z suite with a reasonable cone for a slp track. Once that happens, we can worry about slp strength, downslope, etc. Middle TN and the Plateau look to be great spots. E TN is still very much an unknown. If we get an inland runner track(and the primary doesn't hold on for too long over the Smokies which allows for the secondary to form further south than the NAM), a strong secondary slp would overcome lots of problems. As is, the inland runner track looks to be a "go." Just need that storm to get going over SC and not NC.

For folks who have WxBell, they have that model. I kind of like how it works, but just don't know if it will catch trends if it doesn't include the current suite. So, I am not sure how useful it is.

As long as there is not convection along the GOM, very much agree. The first storm, we got robbed in NE TN when convection popped there and cut of our tap! LOL.

Just looking at the past two 0z runs of the GFS, it has trended away from a shadow low heading through E TN. It has been a slow but steady trend. We will see where the Euro goes, but it is has pretty much moved to the Euro track now. Looks a lot like the track of the 18z Euro.

Someone tell me about the NMB. Which suites does it blend? Does it blend the current only, multiple suites, or suites pre-0z?

Need a stronger high over the top or a faster system IMO.

Here are the same hours....Secondary is already forming with the RGEM. Nam is a strung out mess with the primary still going strong over the Smokies. RGEM is actually a great track. Hand off issues withe these big storms are the norm for NE TN.

I am going to have to go back and look, I thought the MSLP looked quite different on the RGEM. There is a faint hint of residual low pressure even on the 18z Euro. The NAM held it there a lot longer, but I will go back and look. RGEM looks like it got the secondary going more quickly.

Out to 15 and I normally don't do PBP at this early hour in a run where the storm is over 40 away....the 0z GFS at 15 looks a hair quicker. Sometimes those small changes early can lead to other changes down the line. We will see....

The 0z GFS is rolling.

So right now, it is the RGEM/EPS/Euro/GEFS in one camp in terms of tracks. The GFS is another camp. The NAM is on its own. This will be a really good model test. Have the rolls reversed? IDK, but we are about to find out.... Been a while since we have seen the NAM at range out duel every other model.

The 0z RGEM looks nothing like the 0z NAM. More of a Miller A. It can amp some, but not like the NAM. Reasonable solution, if not maybe a hair east of where this track eventually ends up.

Just looking at the mslp low location, the NAM(18z and 0z) is dragging its heals when forming the coastal. No global ensemble has anything evolution that looks like that. Again, I strongly suspect it is too far west of sensible modeling. GFS/Euro blend looks wise to me. That doesn't mean downscoping won't exist east of 81/75. But if this turns out to be a Miller A, that NAM run is sheared out compared to what it will potentially become. I still think this becomes an inland runner. Energy handoff could be a problem, but for now I am only seeing the NAM with that issue. It may or may not appear on other modeling, but that is an outlier solution to this point.

Not John, but certainly plausible solution. As John notes, that very track can happen but is rare. Considering no other model has that solution (slp tracking the spine of the Apps), looks a bit amped to me. The real thing to nail down is the track. The NAM actually shifted the snow axis well eastward. It moved towards the Euro quite a bit, but quite a bit to go. My guess is a blend of the GFS and Euro would be a decent solution right now. Even if it put 4' of snow IMBY, I wouldn't trust the NAM at this range.

Agree. NAM has burned me too many times over the years at this range. That is 45-60 hours away on this run from precip onset IMBY. No way I trust it. As for the GFS, its ensemble is a perfect track. The amped models are producing amped solutions right now. No surprise there. Euro and EPS tracks are great. NAM/GFS are not for E TN. I am not seeing any other model send a low into the Apps. Until I see that, the NAM is an outlier solution. E TN has some battles to fight in order to get snow. Middle TN is looking good again. I believe the snow hole deal is over with or without this storm.

Didn't expect that, but it is what it is. I don't like losing a short range model, but it is still at range. Middle and west TN should still do well with that track.

18z NAM is north of its 12z run and the warm nose is howling. On to the next run. Always tough to know if the NAM is onto something or just amped. Would have like to have seen some consistency there. Looks a lot like the amped GFS runs.

18z NAM is definitie warmer through 48. Let's see where it goes from the Panhandle from 54. This is the NAM we know and love/hate.

It is amped for sure. Probably not as great an outcome on this run. It is the NAM at range, but it also hasn't dug as much, so it might not cut. Just need to rock that baby like a pendulum and let it scoot up the coast.

One of the cool things about the Euro run is that a little system drops in right behind it as it is departing. That is old school stuff that happened when I was younger. We would sometimes get big storms, but we would have light snow for ~12-24hrs after. EPS low locations. You can see the trends. New is left. I used 0z on the right to show how much it had changed. Looks like fewer slower solutions and definitely a trend to send fewer lows to the TN tri-state border with MS/AL. Still a few lows in e TN, but overall placement is along the coast. The quicker that inland slp gets going (meaning the further SE it pops), the more precip comes back this way. This is the EPS comparison of 12z and 6z....You can see the trend for great snowfall in middle TN. Very consistent look though. Just want to dial this in now. This is the GEFS slp placement comparison earlier in its run(than when compared to the Euro above). Notice the cluster of lows near the TN border is substantially smaller.

Roan Mtn might be a good spot as well. Those cabins in the state park are nice, and have wood stoves. Boone should be money.

Bama is not bad either when they have it going. They play long and are fast. I have to think the ACC and Big10 will have some teams that are really good by March. TxTech and Kansas can ball. TxTech plays great defense. I think we have Texas coming to Knoxville at some point. LSU looked incredible when we played them. They can put five guys on the court who all can legit score.

True. Was that you? If so, that is money. The slower version was allowing the storm to dig over LA/MS, and it pushed north. Faster version just rolls until it transfers to the FL Panhandle and the NE she goes.