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December 25-29th Storm Disco


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Before anyone goes and runs with the RGEM verbatim, a comparison of its 03z temps vs. reality shows that it's running too cold. 

 

Yeah. No hard data to back this up but memory tells me that the Canadian model suite is always hot on the ice accums.

 

Was mostly trollin' anyways...I do think 0.5" ice totals will happen but that'll probably be the bullseye max.

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I'm a bit less worried about sig glazing here compared to earlier with these continued ticks southeast.  Still could get in on a decent amount, but think the most significant glazing lines up from Keokuk up towards Peru.  Still think somewhere in there has a shot of up to an inch of glazing.  For here I'm gonna walk back my earlier call of 1/3-1/2" of glazing to 1/4" or less.  However it now looks like we could get anywhere from 1-4" of sleet.  Not expecting much snow.  Maybe a dusting later tomorrow night.  

 

EDIT:  The NAM now shows 2-2.5" of precip for here/QC, and GFS has 2".  

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WPC says: Discount the GFS

 

PREFERENCE: NON-GFS CONSENSUS...LED BY THE 12Z ECMWF
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE

THE GUIDANCE SHOWS VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A STRONG CLOSED LOW
CENTER EJECTING OUT ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION THROUGH EARLY MON
AND WILL BE INTERACTING WITH A VERY STRONG FRONTAL ZONE SITUATED
OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY. THE HEIGHT FALLS/JET ENERGY IS ALREADY
FOSTERING A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST TX AND
THIS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY MON
AND THEN NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY TUES. THE MID
LEVEL LOW CENTER WILL WEAKEN THOUGH RATHER RAPIDLY AS IT REACHES
THE GREAT LAKES AND ENCOUNTERS A STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL CONFLUENCE
ZONE OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA AND NEW ENGLAND. BY EARLY WED...A MUCH
WEAKER SURFACE LOW WILL EXIT INTO THE ST LAWRENCE RIVER
VALLEY...WITH SECONDARY LOW DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED IN THE GULF OF
MAINE NEAR NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE 00Z GFS CONTINUES TO BE A
SOMEWHAT FASTER OUTLIER SOLUTION RELATIVELY TO THE MULTI-MODEL
CONSENSUS...AND SO A NON-GFS CONSENSUS LED BY THE 12Z ECMWF.

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In areas that receive significant sleet and are borderline in terms of eventually rising above freezing, I wonder if the sleet cover would act to tip things a tad colder.

 

Yeah I could see that.  It's going to be a complex and fascinating evolution of weather conditions across much of the sub with this thing tomorrow.  Gonna be fun to watch.  

 

I have the ol'  laptop charged and ready to go for when the power craps out.  Also have the gopro ready to go for a time lapse.  Not sure that will be worth a crap if we mainly get sleet, but it's ready nonetheless.

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NWS Kansas City office saying convection to the south may rob areas farther north of moisture.

https://twitter.com/NWSKansasCity?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

 

For one, convection has been underachieving, at least up to this point. 

 

Furthermore, moisture should have no problem wrapping around into the cold sector with a 60kt LLJ progged to develop and the trough taking on a negative tilt.

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NWS Kansas City office saying convection to the south may rob areas farther north of moisture.

https://twitter.com/NWSKansasCity?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

 

I can see that for their area.  For most of us though that won't be the case as the orientation of the main body of precip will become negatively tilted later on tonight.  Thinking the precip totals east of the MO river, and especially I-35 should remain as well as advertised.

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Yeah I could see that.  It's going to be a complex and fascinating evolution of weather conditions across much of the sub with this thing tomorrow.  Gonna be fun to watch.  

 

I have the ol'  laptop charged and ready to go for when the power craps out.  Also have the gopro ready to go for a time lapse.  Not sure that will be worth a crap if we mainly get sleet, but it's ready nonetheless.

 

 

Agreed on the first part.  Latest models would suggest a nice shot of sleet here...perhaps an inch using standard sleet ratio.  But who knows how it will play out.  Small thermal changes either way will be significant.

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Effects of the System so far out west:

 

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
NEW MEXICO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1228 PM MST SUN DEC 27 2015

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF NEW MEXICO
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNOR`S OFFICE.

HIGH WINDS...HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE TO CREATE
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS IN EASTERN NEW
MEXICO...INCLUDING CHAVES...CURRY...DE
BACA...GUADALUPE...ROOSEVELT...AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. SNOW DRIFTS
OF 4 TO 10 FEET COMBINED WITH LOW TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...WIND
GUSTS RANGING FROM 40 TO 60 MPH AND NEGATIVE WIND CHILLS ARE
CREATING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND A BARRICADE. DOING SO...PLACES
FIRST RESPONDERS AT RISK AND MINIMIZES THEIR ABILITY TO ASSIST
OTHERS IN GREATER NEED. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PLEASE
VISIT NMROADS.COM OR DIAL 5 1 1.

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OKC065-075-141-281615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
ALTUS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1001 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE ALTUS
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ALTUS.

DUE TO A POWER FAILURE AT TOM STEED RESERVOIR...CUSTOMERS OF ALTUS
WATER ARE ASKED TO CONSERVE WATER FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AN ICE
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY FOR THE AREA.
TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. PLEASE SEND SNOW AND DAMAGE REPORTS TO THE
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

BE SAFE. HAVE THREE WAYS TO CHARGE A CELL PHONE. INFORMATION SUCH
AS THIS BECOMES UNAVAILABLE IF YOUR CELL PHONE IS DEAD.

&&

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LOT...

 

1041 PM CST  
 
FOR EVENING UPDATE...  
 
NO BIG CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST OR HEADLINES FOR WINTER STORM.  
HAD UPDATED EARLIER FOR LIGHT LAKE-EFFECT RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS...  
THOUGH RADAR TRENDS INDICATE SIGNIFICANT WEAKENING/DISSIPATION OF  
THESE.  
 
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING OVER THE ARKLATEX LATE THIS EVENING  
IN RESPONSE TO POWERFUL UPPER LOW AND UPPER JET STREAK. THIS  
FEATURE REMAINS PROGGED TO LIFT NORTHEAST AS A NEGATIVE-TILT WAVE  
MONDAY...WITH THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW TRACKING INTO NORTHWEST  
IL MONDAY NIGHT. ELEVATED WARM-FRONTAL BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL LIFT  
NORTH TONIGHT...WITH INCREASING FORCING EVENTUALLY LIFTING/FILLING  
IN PRECIP NORTH INTO THE CWA MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT/PRE-DAWN. 00Z  
SOUNDING FROM ILX INDICATES WARM NOSE AROUND 775 MB...WHICH  
INITIALLY LOOKS WARMER THAN FORECAST RAP/GFS SOUNDINGS AROUND THAT  
TIME. DRY LOW LEVEL EAST-NORTHEAST FLOW WILL LIKELY TAKE A LITTLE  
TIME TO SATURATE...WITH SOME WET-BULB COOLING LIKELY LEADING TO AN  
INITIAL RAIN-FREEZING RAIN-SLEET MIX BY MORNING. ALL OF THIS  
BASICALLY ON TRACK WITH GOING FORECAST THINKING AND THUS NO BIG  
CHANGES MADE IN THE NEAR TERM. 

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Im going to be traveling from Tulsa to my wife's family in Fort Madison, Iowa on Tuesday. Seems like the latest trends are suggesting a fairly serious freezing rain scenario in extreme southeastern Iowa? Just wanted to see if anyone had any input regarding latest trends for that neck of the woods. May need to tell the ol' father-in-law to invest in a new generator if the ice verifies in conjunction with the forecasted winds...

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nothing to downplay/complain about, his area is going to be crushed.

 

Local mets going with 1-2" of snow, the rest mainly sleet and even a tad bit of rain.  Unless you think I should be happy with 1-2" snow events with a crapload of sleet, sounds like you're thinking they're going to bust.  I actually agree they'll bust a bit, my prediction is 3-4" of snow in total (even if that is not the snow depth at the end) and the rest sleet with maybe a short period of rain.

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