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1/27 Winter Storm - Round 3 - Discussion Thread


Heisy

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3:34am update:

 

 

 Winter Storm Warning remains in effect from noon today to 6 PM
EST Tuesday...

* hazard types... heavy snow with blowing and drifting.

* Snow accumulations... 12 to 16 inches.

* Timing... light snow will affect the morning commute. Snow will
become heavy at times late this afternoon through Tuesday
morning when snowfall rates of a couple of inches per hour can
occur at times... then taper off during Tuesday afternoon.

* Impacts... some impact on the Monday morning commute... then
significant and widespread impacts thereafter. Areas of
blowing and drifting snow will add to the hazardous conditions.

* Winds... north 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* Temperatures... in the upper 20s.

* Visibilities... one quarter mile or less at times.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Winter Storm Warning means significant amounts of snow is
expected... and strong winds are possible. This will make travel
very hazardous or impossible at times.

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6Z NAM QPF

ABE 0.42

RDG 0.38

TTN 1.20

PHL 0.78

ILG 0.55

ACY 1.10

 

Well it's a start. Hopefully 6z gfs follows and we kinda reel it back in throughout the day. The radar is starting to blow up in Virginia. Do you have access to those pressure fall maps? See where this thing is trying to situate? I know, grasping....

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Just did a melt of the 1.5" of snow that fell here overnight ratio was a bit higher than I thought at 15:1

Just ran the Wxsim with 6z GFS/NAM data and it has increased snow totals a bit here in NW Chester County

Here is the run down (total snow including what has fallen)

4pm Light snow (3.0")

7pm Light Snow (3.5")

10pm Light Snow (4.0")

Moderate snow begins around 1230a

1am Moderate Snow (4.5")

4am Moderate Snow (6.0")

7am Moderate Snow (7.5")

10am Moderate Snow (8.5")

3pm snow tapering to flurries - total snow accumulation 10.0"

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12Z GFS 500mb maps look strange to me, and why I think precip shifts east.

 

Look at the panels from 09, 12 and 15hr panels.  The energy at the base of the trough moves almost due north as it looks to go negative, then at hour 15 it shifts almost due east....

 

Perhaps this is due to the energy coming in behind at the base of the trough, but just seems like it shouldn't shif east like that

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Not a complete bust but I see a 4-5" (from the main part later today) storm opposed to some of the totals thrown around. Upper Mont/Bucks Counties and further west....good luck. 

Yeah, other than the Euro, not much else was suggesting big accumulations in our area. It's nice to have the Euro on you side, but it's been overdoing storms since the fall.

 

I'm hoping for 6", I'll be happy with that.

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Yeah, other than the Euro, not much else was suggesting big accumulations in our area. It's nice to have the Euro on you side, but it's been overdoing storms since the fall.

 

I'm hoping for 6", I'll be happy with that.

 

Same here. Even 4" is where i set the disappointment bar at.  We are right on the edge of big numbers or total fail. 

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R-E-L-A-X. I mean for the western areas, its been likely that you guys would miss out. But the eastern parts of PA, and north have a good chance of good amounts.

 

For yourself (Bensalem)....may do pretty well but I see a decent size difference from upper Mont/Bucks to lower. Throw me several inches, wind and I'll be happy...

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For yourself (Bensalem)....may do pretty well but I see a decent size difference from upper Mont/Bucks to lower. Throw me several inches, wind and I'll be happy...

Agreed. You've got to be one of the toughest area's to forecast for this storm. 10-15 miles could make the difference between a foot and 6 inches imo

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11:53am disco:

 

ONE OF THE MORE NOTABLE RUN-TO-RUN CHANGES BETWEEN THE 00/12Z NAM
OCCURS EARLY IN THE PERIOD. THE 12Z RUN IS A LITTLE DEEPER WITH
THE SHORTWAVE LIFTING ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND IS A FEW
HOURS FASTER TO CLOSE OFF A 500MB CENTER EARLY TUE. THIS IS
REFLECTED AT THE SURFACE WITH A LOW THAT TRACKS A LITTLE CLOSER TO
THE COAST ON TUE. THIS PLACES THE NAM SURFACE LOW TRACK ALONG THE
WESTERN EDGE OF THE DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE FOR ABOUT A 12-HR
PERIOD FROM 06-18Z TUE. FROM EARLY WED ONWARD...THE 12Z NAM IS A
LITTLE SLOWER AND LESS AMPLIFIED THAN ITS 00Z RUN AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES FROM OFF OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST INTO THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES...BUT OVERALL...THE NAM HAS REMAINED FAIRLY CONSISTENT.
IN FURTHER COMPARISON TO THE LATEST MODEL RUNS...FROM 00Z WED
ONWARD...THAN NAM IS MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN THE 00Z ECMWF BUT BEARS
MORE IN COMMON WITH THE ECMWF THAN THE MORE PROGRESSIVE 00Z
UKMET/CMC GLOBAL AND THE 09Z SREF MEAN.

THE 12Z GFS IS A LITTLE DEEPER AND FASTER THAN ITS 00Z RUN AT 500
MB AS THE LOW CLOSES OFF AND THEN MOVES FROM THE NORTHERN MID
ATLANTIC TO THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST ON TUE. OVERALL
HOWEVER...RUN-TO-RUN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 00/06/12Z RUNS ARE
MINOR. IN COMPARISON TO THE LATEST DETERMINISTIC RUNS...THE GFS
REMAINS BETTER CLUSTERED WITH THE 00Z UKMET/CANADIAN GLOBAL ALONG
THE EASTERN/PROGRESSIVE EDGE OF THE GUIDANCE.

CONFIDENCE IS TEMPERED BY THE LINGERING MODEL SPREAD...HOWEVER
GIVEN THE ORIENTATION OF THE SYSTEM (NEGATIVE TILT) AND A
SIGNIFICANT UPSTREAM RIDGE NOSING INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES...A
SLOWER AND MORE AMPLIFIED SOLUTION SIMILAR TO THE LATEST NAM/ECMWF
SEEMS MORE PLAUSIBLE THAN THE FASTER CAMP.

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