mitchnick

Here's the main problem I have with posting only some of the maps. He posted a 5 day period off the Gefs that showed a decent 5h, below normal temps, and mean slp to our south. I checked to see how much qpf fell in south central PA during those 5 days and it was .7". But snowfall was only 2" at 10:1. So that means despite the favorable looking 5 day averages, only 28.5% fell as snow. But with mean temps below normal, it's assumed most is snow. I know you can't post every map every time, but by looking a little deeper it's around climo for February. Did anyone come away with that impression from those 3 maps alone?

Fwiw, and it ain't much, the 6z Eps had everything a touch SW of 0z and around 3 hours slower. Odds of 4" or more are reasonably decent and a little higher than 0z. Understand, I am posting this for afterwards to prove how they suck. Lol

Eps keep getting better for us Bubbler, but operational just chuckles at us.

Oh, I know. My point was his shenanigans wouldn't be possible if he didn't have something to hang his hat on. Not that he wouldn't still try, but the ensembles are both a sword and shield to him...using them to come up with his weenie fantasy storms and the reason why it's not his fault when he fails.

Honestly, the only thing I've read of him is what is posted on this site. But for the ensembles giving him the ammunition, he would be able to shoot his mouth off about great patterns.

6z Gfs gives me nothing. Euro and Gfs beyond next week show rain, if anything, in much of the subforum and despite supposedly great ensembles. And people wondered why I questioned that ridge extending south from the Nao block. It's not over, I know, but it's never as simple as so many in the MA thought. The ensembles just don't have the detail for the discreet issues. And when there looks to be an issue on them, or something does show up on them no matter how seemingly unimportant, assume it's a problem. Mby is supposed to be a better place for snow than my old diggs north of BWI, but it feels no different to me these past 5 winters.

Both ensemble means are higher than ops for me. But I haven't done well when that has happened this year. Too muiuch smoothing on the means.

18z Eps backed off 2/2" imby and dropped the chances of 4"+ to upper 40's% from lower 50's% Basically noise.

Ok. Since Blizvis out gettingvthe kids' mother drunk for later this evening, I'll give you my thoughts and maps. First map is surface weather at 90hrs. Lots of heavy snow. So how far back does the precip go at this point? Euro on Pivotal does not offer a sim radar, but you can get an idea with the visibity map, which is the 2nd map. Finally, Kuchere snowfall map at 90hrs with more to come. EDIT: Sorta Ninja'd by MAG

Definitely south. Bliz....take it away!!!!

18z Euro looks to be a little further south than 12z. Know shortly for certain.

If you use Kuchera, they will be closer to reality, though the back half of the snow would have decent ratios I would think.

Are the Gefs this bad vs other modeling or better? These maps are 10:1, so they would have to be shaved 20-30% I would guess. But still, they are agressive.

Should attached this close-up of uvv map the first time!

Look at the 700mb uvv's. Can't get any redder and they are ready to move in.

18z Gem was ready to rock though warm to start, but the run ended just as precip was entering our subforum. The dew point temps are more encouraging than air temps to start. Lol Here are some maps at the link below for more stuff if interested. https://meteocentre.com/numerical-weather-prediction/forecast-systems.php?lang=en&map=na&run=18&mod=cmc_gdps&mode=latest&yyyy=latest&mm=latest&dd=latest

Means that there are some pretty warm nembers skewing it warm but plenty of cold members producing decent snows at marginal temps.

Gfs puts mby in a snow-hole notch with 5-6" 3 miles to my east and 1 mile to my west while I literally get 0 snow. Ummm, Gfs ain't that good. Lol Just a glitch with the program that creates the plots.

Icon got a lot closer to mby with snow. Now only painfully close instead of hopelessly close. Lol

850's aren't bad and they would be sucked south, but definitely rain to start.

What do those Canadians know about cold and snow anyway!

I take that back at least wrt temps. Warmer than I expected.

Rgem is slower, but 500mb and 700mb looked great and was ready to crash temps.

I like the 18z nam

Nevermind. It seems to correct with slp off the coast.