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Dec 10 Morning Crusher (obs/nowcasting)


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happy hunting....eagerly anticipating the new disco that goes with it but don't see it yet

 

Just as you said that...

PROBABILISTIC HEAVY SNOW AND ICING DISCUSSIONNWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD314 AM EST TUE DEC 10 2013VALID 12Z TUE DEC 10 2013 - 12Z FRI DEC 13 2013DAY 1......MID ATLANTIC TO THE NORTHEAST...EMBEDDED WITHIN THE BASE OF A BROAD UPPER TROUGH...SHORTWAVEENERGY MOVING INTO THE MID MS VALLEY THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TORACE NORTHEASTWARD...REACHING THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS BY EARLYAFTERNOON AND NEW ENGLAND COAST BY THIS EVENING.  DOWNSTREAM WARMAIR/MOISTURE ADVECTION INTERACTING WITH STRONG DIVERGENCE ALONGTHE RIGHT-ENTRANCE REGION OF A POWERFUL UPPER JET CORE ALONGLOW-MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS IS EXPECTED TO SUPPORT A SWATH OF 4+INCHES OF SNOW FROM THE EASTERN WV PANHANDLE/NORTHERN VA TO THESOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST.  THE RAPID PROGRESSION OF THIS SYSTEMIS EXPECTED TO LIMIT THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HEAVIERAMOUNTS.  HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TOTHE MESOSCALE BANDING FEATURES THAT ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALONGTHIS CORRIDOR.
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Everything looking good. 850 temps are still high but the crash should coincide with the precip arrival. Still wouldn't surprise me to see some initial rain/sleet quickly changing over. I'm gonna try and get another 45 min sleep. Good luck everyone!

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One PWS I have set up north of Roanoke is about 5 degrees cooler at 35.2*.. One IMBY is 40.5* Only about 5 miles difference between the two stations.

 

 

It's not the surface temps -- it's 4000-8000 ft that are stubbornly warm. 

 

Bust- no flakes.

OK- snow falls 

Boom- coating -2 inches. 

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The noise of my son laughing while playing x box woke me up. I went to him and said...you know school hasn't been cancelled yet...risky move...you better just stay up because you're going if its on....

Lol...I'm so evil

lol, looks like he caught a break

 

FOX 5 DC: All Loudoun County Public Schools and administrative offices are closed today, December 10 due to the weather.

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http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md2074.html

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2074
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0337 AM CST TUE DEC 10 2013

AREAS AFFECTED...SRN/ERN WV...NRN VA...SRN PA...WRN/CNTRL MD...DC

CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW

VALID 100937Z - 101330Z

SUMMARY...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS
WITH RATES APPROACHING ONE INCH PER HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF WV/NWRN
VA. ELSEWHERE...MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD TOWARD THE
DELMARVA WITH RATES IN EXCESS OF HALF INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE BY
DAYBREAK.

DISCUSSION...INCREASING PRECIPITATION SHIELD IS GRADUALLY EXPANDING
ACROSS THE CNTRL APPALACHIANS AHEAD OF PROGRESSIVE UPPER TROUGH.
OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS HEAVIER CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS OVER WRN VA/SRN
WV HAVE COALESCED INTO A BROADER CORRIDOR OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOW...PER LOWERING VISIBILITIES AT KBKW. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS
AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SNOW/SLEET LINE SHOULD EXTEND FROM
THE SRN WV/VA BORDER...NEWD ACROSS NRN VA TOWARD THE DC REGION
THROUGH 13Z. WITH TIME BOUTS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOULD EXTEND ACROSS NRN
DE/SERN PA INTO NJ BUT THIS MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE.

..DARROW.. 12/10/2013


ATTN...WFO...CTP...LWX...RNK...PBZ...RLX...JKL...

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