Euro is showing a pronounced warm layer from 850-700 close to the cities in the key 93-96 hr window that the GFS doesn't have. 925 layer is definitely better and 850 is marginally better closer to the cities than the 12z run.
12 z EPS has 31, 69 for 4,1 inch chances for DC
6 z EPS had 35, 65 for 4,1 inch chances for DC
12 z EPS has 92, 55 for 4,1 inch chances for Germantown
6z EPS had 78, 49 for 4,1 inch changes for Germantown
The storm is still 4 days and ~16 model cycles until onset. The final solution isn’t going to be exactly like any of the 12z runs today (for better or worse) so no reason to punt this yet
Worth staying up for the Euro (and having an earthquake) but it reminds me a bit of the 12/16/20 storm where 4-5 days out we looked good for significant snow but the mix line quickly punched into the immediate metro. It was still a pretty fun storm with some high initial rates.
Big red flag for me is there’s no real arctic air behind the system. When it’s supposed to have flipped over in the metro it’s 34f in Pittsburgh. That’s not gonna do it imo
No 87 was the big Veterans Day storm. The one in 95 was short duration but had intense rates and enough sleet for my 10 year old self to sled down the driveway.