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Jan 25th Wintry Mix Obs and Nowcasting


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1 minute ago, Steve25 said:

I've checked a few different radar sources that are showing snow in places it's definitely not snowing. Not completely understanding why that is though

Whatever method the site uses to determine precip types is incomplete. Probably uses surface temp obs and upper air data that's not fine enough to detect the "warm layer"

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Just now, Steve25 said:

Right, but I'm not understanding why the radars aren't recognizing that. They have access to temperatures

It was a delicate setup so not a big shock.  Models are not perfect either.  There has to be one that showed just plain rain.  Might bode well for the northern tier.  So not a total loss perhaps.  I want someone to report snow obs.  

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1 minute ago, BristowWx said:

It was a delicate setup so not a big shock.  Models are not perfect either.  There has to be one that showed just plain rain.  Might bode well for the northern tier.  So not a total loss perhaps.  I want someone to report snow obs.  

Most showed it starting as rain and changing to snow after an hour or two. Pretty rough analysis in here so far.

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