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January 24-25: Miracle or Mirage


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The chance for some ice mixed with the snow seems to be increasing south of Winchester.

The latest Canadian gives me 3 inches of sleet on top of 12 inches of snow on Sunday. The 850 temp. is well below freezing, but I creep up to 0c for about 3 or 4 hours at 700.

My 10:1 is 12.8" this morning from 8 sources. Kuchera is 19.9.

Oh well, sleet will only slow the melting process.

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1 minute ago, MDScienceTeacher said:

@Ji do you have any historical data on when we usually see a major shift in the global models that typically lead to a fundamental change in snowfall forecast for our region? 

 

48-72 hr range?

72-120 hr range?

120-200 hr range?

6-12hrs 

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1 minute ago, MDScienceTeacher said:

@Ji do you have any historical data on when we usually see a major shift in the global models that typically lead to a fundamental change in snowfall forecast for our region? 

 

48-72 hr range?

72-120 hr range?

120-200 hr range?

It already happened when the GFS lost the storm yesterday. Feeling pretty good that we all see a foot from this. Maybe to hyped. But thats how I feel.

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2 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

It already happened when the GFS lost the storm yesterday. Feeling pretty good that we all see a foot from this. Maybe to hyped. But thats how I feel.

I want @Ji to chime in on this one as he is the SME on this topic.  If I had to guess (especially given the major rug pulls over the last 10 years) almost all of them were lost in 72-120 range.  

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3 minutes ago, BristowWx said:

The red looks more impactful than  the purple.  they should switch those.  purple says hey things are getting serious...red says get your affairs in order

From a map makers POV, agreed. 

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Just now, TSSN+ said:

People still use these? I remember the one storm last year showed us getting 15-18” like 24hrs out and we got 7” lol

We can always remember how all guidance had its failure. But when I compared that map to the 6z Eps, it's surprisingly similar and 850 temps are as close to identical as 2 different ensembles can be. So Srefs aren't perfect, but not worth discarding completely imho.

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at 96 hours on the 6z euro if you toggle the 500 map back to 0z you will see significant changes with the vorts out west.  That leads me to believe it is still not really locked in, when I see those 500 maps consistent for 2-3 runs with our western vorts I'll believe it is more locked in.

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1 minute ago, TSSN+ said:

The overrunning with this is going to come in like a brick wall. Ya it may mix but that’s after 2/3 the storm is over and you already got at least 8-12”+ on the ground 

I agree that is the general idea here.  Of course we want the 2 part with deformation after but there is a reason those are the gold standard storms and obviously very rare.  If the 6z Euro is right and our entire area has 10-20 inches on the ground before any mixing, who cares?  It'll be awesome. 

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