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11 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Shamelessly purloined from Bluewave. Dude's digging up gold.

Uncertainty....

As mentioned above this storm is still 2 days away and the
average model error at this time range is 50-75 miles. Thus
this applies to the axis of heaviest snow and the location of
the rain-snow line. Hence adjustments in later forecasts are
expected. Will models continue to trend westward in later runs?
Given the amplitude of the long wave pattern, system developing
over the Gulf Stream and convection possibly building the
downstream ridge more than models are simulating all suggest an
eastward trend is unlikely with some additional westward
adjustment possible. We`ve been told recon flights will collect
data shortly and this will likely help improve model
performance.


 

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Mmm not so fast.. In a very generic sense, the qpf totals ... but that rain snow line statement is not very good in anomalous scenarios ... more importantly, an anomaly such as this.

that sort of -6 SD pressure core approach from the S is going to quite likely have a ginormous ageostrophic component to it... In fact, where the wind would normally blow NE around the NW arc of the maturing CCB head, you may very well find N wind blowing and down so pretty ferociously along I-95 and points E and S.. That's going to scrunch that critical thickness packing very tightly compressed prooobably CC Canal or perhaps a little NW but ...  it's a 2 mile blizzard, to chutes, and another 2 of that to cat pawing in sheets in this sort of scenario.

There's other arguments related to eccentric dynamical forcing also fisting the surface from aloft... 

Trust me... this low could pass 20 MI E of ACK and it would snow eastern RI to 10 miles from the Canal or even closer in this situation...easily.   That storm track logic is questionable as it pertains to p-types ... given to this set up and evolution as it is depicted in the means ... all told and accounted for, as it stand this hour.

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6 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Good points....and I still can’t get over the strength of this thing...I have a hard time imagining this will get that strong???  I mean pressures in the 940’s at out latitude...I’m skeptical.

I’m skeptical of that as well. I see a more gradual drop in pressure with increase in latitude; not the plummeting from 1000 mb to 955 mb in 24 hr...And I’m not even sure what’s driving that pressure drop...

I think the models are confused on which season it is....

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2 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Mmm not so fast.. In a very generic sense, the qpf totals ... but that rain snow line statement is not very good in anomalous scenarios ... more importantly, an anomaly such as this.

that sort of -6 SD pressure core approach from the S is going to quite likely have a ginormous ageostrophic component to it... In fact, where the wind would normally blow NE around the NW arc of the maturing CCB head, you may very well find N wind blowing and down so pretty ferociously along I-95 and points E and S.. That's going to scrunch that critical thickness packing very tightly compressed prooobably CC Canal or perhaps a little NW but ...  it's a 2 mile blizzard to chutes and another 2 to cat paws in sheets in this sort of scenario.

There's other arguments related to eccentric dynamical forcing also fisting the surface from aloft... 

Trust me... this low could pass 20 MI E of ACK and it would snow eastern RI to 10 miles from the Canal or even closer in this situation...easily.   That storm track logic is questionable given to this set up and evolution as it is depicted in the means ... all told and accounted for, as it stand this hour.

That’s from the BOX afd this afternoon. It’s not gold. It’s Sipprell being Sipprell 

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7 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

I’m skeptical of that as well. I see a more gradual drop in pressure with increase in latitude; not the plummeting from 1000 mb to 955 mb in 24 hr...And I’m not even sure what’s driving that pressure drop...

I think the models are confused on which season it is....

Definitely something you’d see more in the north atlantic but this would be the season for warm seclusions up there. I have trouble discounting it considering the number of models from different agencies showing a similar thing.

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3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Definitely something you’d see more in the north atlantic but this would be the season for warm seclusions up there. I have trouble discounting it considering the number of models from different agencies showing a similar thing.

Could it be enhanced due to the insane vertical gradient which would exist between gulf stream and airmass? 

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Agree with Tippy. I think the RASN line is probably more near canal vs into SE MA...unless this goes over Diane's fanny. But I think it's pinned pretty far down there. So for Diane..pulling for ya not to get much mix. Even if you did, you'll probably have a 55kt whiteout for 6 hrs afterwards.

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1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Agree with Tippy. I think the RASN line is probably more near canal vs into SE MA...unless this goes over Diane's fanny. But I think it's pinned pretty far down there. So for Diane..pulling for ya not to get much mix. Even if you did, you'll probably have a 55kt whiteout for 6 hrs afterwards.

I haven't seen any model bring much "warming" into the area above 925mb.  Seems to restricted to below that level, so unless there is some wonky warm layer, I see precip rates overcoming that.  We'll see lower ratios than the MLs (10:1 vs say 20:1) but will see a solid thumping.  Would be nice to see this area get the fronto band followed by the ML deformation.

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3 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

I haven't seen any model bring much "warming" into the area above 925mb.  Seems to restricted to below that level, so unless there is some wonky warm layer, I see precip rates overcoming that.  We'll see lower ratios than the MLs (10:1 vs say 20:1) but will see a solid thumping.  Would be nice to see this area get the fronto band followed by the ML deformation.

Doesn't sound like your asking for much..............:lol:

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1 minute ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

I haven't seen any model bring much "warming" into the area above 925mb.  Seems to restricted to below that level, so unless there is some wonky warm layer, I see precip rates overcoming that.  We'll see lower ratios than the MLs (10:1 vs say 20:1) but will see a solid thumping.  Would be nice to see this area get the fronto band followed by the ML deformation.

The only concern I have is that it gets borderline at like 950-925. That could make it dicey, but I think that it more for canal east. Just my guess. 

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Just now, moneypitmike said:

Hoping for the Hail Mary with the 00z runs.  Ain't happening though--I've seen this way too many times.

Just isn't that type of storm.  We've known this for days, not sure why you keep torturing yourself, haha. 

Going to be a fun one to watch for the BOS folks. 

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52 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

Yea I think we’ll eventually lose the “kick” altogether. We’ve lost the warm core look on most guidance through hr 42 or so, but it seems to come back after that point to some degree, resulting in the further east movement (away from the cold air) which is counter to mid latitude cyclone development.

It should be losing the warm core characteristics with latitude, not gaining them.

Remember, the very cold air and progressive nature of the upper air flow is what is stoping this from just simply coming due north up the coast and crashing into the Rhode Island Conn boarder.  If your in eastern MAss, you don't want that to happen.

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