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Late December miracle early next week!?


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The NCAR WRF ensembles are very bullish on ZR potential. In fact, they have >0.75" of ice accretion in the foothills of the Berkshires.

Here's the ensemble mean ZR accumulation and a forecasting sounding around Union, CT for 15z Tuesday.

Given the anomalously warm mid level temperatures (500mb heights nearly 570dm) and a very well timed strong/cold/high high over Maine you have to think that this could be a pretty solid icing event in many areas. At least locally the GFS/NAM/Euro have all trended warmer overnight with little snow and a pretty quick transition to ZR.

And the current NWS point and click for Enfield does not even mention ZR, it goes right from snow and sleet to rain, it really makes you wonder sometimes.

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Hubb to dendrite to Maine all ftw

NAM is mostly sleet here. I really hope it's just a couple degrees C too warm up in that H75 layer.

 

This blows.

Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 29 DEC 15
Station: 43.43,-71.62
Latitude:   43.43
Longitude: -71.62
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LEV PRES  HGHT  TEMP  DEWP  RH  DD   WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E   W
     mb     m     C     C    %   C     C  deg knt   K     K     K     K    g/kg
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  0 1000   221                                                                 
SFC  999   226  -4.7  -6.8  85  2.2  -5.4  84  13 268.5 268.9 267.8 274.7  2.28
  2  950   621  -8.3  -8.6  98  0.3  -8.4  93  25 268.8 269.2 267.7 274.5  2.10
  3  900  1041  -9.2  -9.4  98  0.2  -9.2 118  42 272.1 272.4 269.8 277.8  2.09
  4  850  1480 -11.7 -11.9  99  0.2 -11.7 137  43 273.9 274.2 270.5 279.0  1.81
  5  800  1950  -2.1  -2.3  99  0.2  -2.2 185  52 288.9 289.6 281.5 300.5  4.04
  6  750  2468   2.5   2.5 100  0.1   2.5 212  80 299.3 300.4 287.9 317.4  6.10
  7  700  3024  -0.0  -0.0 100  0.0  -0.0 226  84 302.5 303.5 288.4 318.9  5.46
  8  650  3616  -2.1  -2.3  99  0.1  -2.2 242  76 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.9  4.99
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NAM is mostly sleet here. I really hope it's just a couple degrees C too warm up in that H75 layer.

 

This blows.

Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 29 DEC 15
Station: 43.43,-71.62
Latitude:   43.43
Longitude: -71.62
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LEV PRES  HGHT  TEMP  DEWP  RH  DD   WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E   W
     mb     m     C     C    %   C     C  deg knt   K     K     K     K    g/kg
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0 1000   221                                                                 
SFC  999   226  -4.7  -6.8  85  2.2  -5.4  84  13 268.5 268.9 267.8 274.7  2.28
  2  950   621  -8.3  -8.6  98  0.3  -8.4  93  25 268.8 269.2 267.7 274.5  2.10
  3  900  1041  -9.2  -9.4  98  0.2  -9.2 118  42 272.1 272.4 269.8 277.8  2.09
  4  850  1480 -11.7 -11.9  99  0.2 -11.7 137  43 273.9 274.2 270.5 279.0  1.81
  5  800  1950  -2.1  -2.3  99  0.2  -2.2 185  52 288.9 289.6 281.5 300.5  4.04
  6  750  2468   2.5   2.5 100  0.1   2.5 212  80 299.3 300.4 287.9 317.4  6.10
  7  700  3024  -0.0  -0.0 100  0.0  -0.0 226  84 302.5 303.5 288.4 318.9  5.46
  8  650  3616  -2.1  -2.3  99  0.1  -2.2 242  76 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.9  4.99

 

The inversion between 850 and 750 is about as ridiculous as I have ever seen in an event like this.

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With this nascent polar high positioned as modeled, auto correct all surface features S - this is way too warm (very most likely) in the 925mb sigma

 

I agree models are too quick to warm in the 128-495 region. Key is how quickly winds turn east, but I think most models are too quick to warm up.

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Boston gets clipped on developing leading edge band, but probably not enough time. Might work out in far nrn Essex county though, places like Haverhill etc. Definitely some differences in soundings from NAM to GFS. 

 

If GFS is right, it rips N of the pike between 09z and 12z, just north of the 850-800 warm front...you can see the bent back heights a bit. But it's the coldest model right now keeping even ORH-BOS all snow through 12z.

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Still can't shake the model differences quite yet...GFS coming in with a pretty easy snow sounding at BOS at 12z tomorrow. That's definitely different from NAM and RGEM. Esp NAM which seems to be the warmest well aloft.

 

RGEM has been the most robust model up here for two days now.

 

It gives us like 0.8" of QPF as snow in 6-hours through 15z before mixing.

 

I'll believe this when I see it, I can't remember a SWFE that had a 8" thump here before.

 

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I agree models are too quick to warm in the 128-495 region. Key is how quickly winds turn east, but I think most models are too quick to warm up.

 

I think/believe a serious ice and sleet issue takes place... That wind is going lock N west of a obvious coastal boundary and there is going to be a bout a 10 F differential across 5 or less miles extending from about west Essex or far NE Middlesex straight down to almost PVD!    

 

has the world gone mad?  seriously...old lessons and known climo seems to be escaping the meme here for that type of NEW polar high and deepressed DPs advecting carte blanche below these IB pulses...  my goodness. 

 

we'll see i guess

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