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Possible 2/16 storm threat


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This storm has the potential of being a prolific rain and wind maker for the area. It also has the potential to bring some Wintry weather, especially for inland locations. If the trailing shortwave can catch up and close off at H5 and the waterfall would commence. 

I think that is what the Canadian is showing....has 3+ inches of QPF right over us

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See that high over the Atlantic? It's not going to allow it to come much further East, if at all.

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In the grand scheme if that high is 50 miles east it's huge implications, that high being in that exact spot is certainly not a gurantee... For all we know it could be west 100 miles and the low tracks up PA... His is the problem models are seeing, they are waffling with the exact position of that high, and slight changes will mean drastic changes for some of us

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See that high over the Atlantic? It's not going to allow it to come much further East, if at all.

gfs_z500_mslp_atl_18.png

gfs_z500_mslp_atl_19.png

That I see and agree, but jest comparing several runs off the gfs, it's confusing, why does the storm track further west if the high is further east? The high is closer to us,but the storms taking a further east track this run... what would cause that?

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In the grand scheme if that high is 50 miles east it's huge implications, that high being in that exact spot is certainly not a gurantee... For all we know it could be west 100 miles and the low tracks up PA... His is the problem models are seeing, they are waffling with the exact position of that high, and slight changes will mean drastic changes for some of us

That high pressure is close to 1000 miles East of the area and strengthening. It doesn't matter if it ends up 50 miles in either direction. It gets up to 1050mb eventually.

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Perhaps an inch or two on the front end, then over to heavy rain very quickly.

So you are saying that will verify ? Remember we still have over 3 days left before precip arrives and a near record breaking arctic outbreak is being forced to leave - these types of outbreaks usually leave cold enough air behind for a while especially since the storm is right on its heels with the classic overrunning. Another thing to consider is when precip arrives it will stick immediately - every flake will stick because of many days of much below normal temps - if it starts at night expect travel problems right away....

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So you are saying that will verify ? Remember we still have over 3 days left before precip arrives and a near record breaking arctic outbreak is being forced to leave - these types of outbreaks usually leave cold enough air behind for a while especially since the storm is right on its heels with the classic overrunning. Another thing to consider is when precip arrives it will stick immediately - every flake will stick because of many days of much below normal temps - if it starts at night expect travel problems right away....

Things could change but virtually every model has us warming into the 40s by morning meaning whatever snow we get, 1, 2, 3" would be washed away rather quickly. The frozen ground will make for potential flooding hazards however if we get 1-2" of rain in a short time

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So you are saying that will verify ? Remember we still have over 3 days left before precip arrives and a near record breaking arctic outbreak is being forced to leave - these types of outbreaks usually leave cold enough air behind for a while especially since the storm is right on its heels with the classic overrunning. Another thing to consider is when precip arrives it will stick immediately - every flake will stick because of many days of much below normal temps - if it starts at night expect travel problems right away....

I can see an icy scenario in this pattern. No matter how hard I look for a snowy one, I just don't see it. So at that point, might as well go full throttle and root for the 5" rainstorm.

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