UNCCmetgrad

7 minutes ago, wxduncan said:

Could you post up snowfall total map for western NC?

Here it is along with ice accumulations. Not sure whats going on with the ice map east of Raleigh.

UKMET wasn't as bullish on snow outside of the mountains.  Has significant ice storm from Upstate, through Charlotte, to Raleigh. Higher totals that even the NAM.

FV3 Kuchera map. ENJOY!!!

18Z FV3 gets some fzrn all the way back to Atlanta this run. Significant icing NE Ga, most of Upstate to areas south and east of CLT.

While we wait for the GFS to process all of this snow I know many were worried about the Canadian with its more amped warmer solution.  Its ensembles are much more enthused. Mean showed surface low going from New Orleans to Tallahassee then off the coast between Jacksonville, FL, and Savannah to about 100mi SE of Wilmington. 850 low moves from Northern MS to Northern Ga, then off the coast between Myrtle Beach and Wilmington. Here is the mean snowfall and this is using the Kuchera method. Looks a lot better than Operational.

One thing to remember is that front end thump of snow will only serve to lock in CAD. Thats why I'm particularly worried about icing in areas where that warm nose reaches and don't quite buy some of the modeling that wants to scour out the subfreezing temperatures Sunday

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Don't get a chance to drop by too often but saw some ask about Euro snow maps from F5Weather.  Definitely less with the totals further east where there will likely be more mixing issues. Also am attaching UKMET snow which is a more robust with the snow further east.  Also UKMET is a severe ice storm for NEGA, Upstate of SC, and NC in the southern and eastern piedmont. Show over 1" of qpf falling as FZRA in Charlotte.

I really love ice storms. Its been awhile since our last big one so I have been deprived somewhat. I don't know why but I think they are almost as beautiful as a good snowstorm. I can live without power outages but I actually live close to a power substation so I may not have to worry about that. 

Another route is M.S. degree, and a lot of students are now doing that to better diversify themselves. Problem with that is a lot of students are doing that, and nobody looks that much better on paper in the end, especially if they have no experience. A good example of this job market is, during an interview with an NWS office, the MIC told me two Ph.D's applied for the intern opening!

It is a real tough market right now, and meteorology is no exception. This market, for whatever reason, continues to explode and undergraduate rates are skyrocketing. It seems logical to believe hyped television shows such as Storm Chasers as well as the general fascination with extreme weather in general have driven this explosion, and I see no end within the next five years.

I agree strongly with this statement. Any of you in a meteorology program and is dead set on a job in the field need to go for a M.S. degree. It will give you a good advantage over the many other applicants. I knew three students that got their M.S degrees the same year I graduated with my B.S and they either had jobs waiting on them or found jobs shortly after. I know it a few years and a lot of hard work, but it will be worth it in the long run. Also many companies don't someone who can just forecast but someone who has experience in computer programming and so forth. I think my lack in computer science has hurt my chances of getting entry level positions so definitely try to diversify yourselves as much as possible.