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Extreme Cold, Snow & Sleet: SECS 1/24 - 1/26


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3 minutes ago, Winterweatherlover said:

12Z NAM looked way better for NYC, RGEM slightly worse, expect some wobbling, going to be close in terms of mainly snow vs several hours of sleet but I think we are narrowing the borderline area to 30 miles north and south of the I80 corridor.

Compare RGEM from 6z, definitely improved with the primary speed and location. Can't take the snow map or mix timing at this long range. 

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NAM, which the naysayers cling to for mid level warming, popped the secondary earlier and further SE. this ticked the mixing south. Great run of the NAM. 
 

the RGEM was less snowy due to a weird QPF min around the city. The ICON has been wildly inconsistent.

so far I like the 12z suite 

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Just now, psv88 said:

NAM, which the naysayers cling to for mid level warming, popped the secondary earlier and further SE. this ticked the mixing south. Great run of the NAM. 
 

the RGEM was less snowy due to a weird QPF min around the city. The ICON has been wildly inconsistent.

so far I like the 12z suite 

I agree overall it's looked improved.

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2 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

To me it’s been steady as she goes for the last 2 days. There’ll be a very heavy initial thump of snow then we flip to sleet at least around I-80 and south for a while, looks like around mid to late afternoon. Hopefully by then most of the precip is done. The questions are really what happens on Monday with any coastal development and how fast the dry slot gets here. The stronger primary further north also means faster dry slot. It’s fundamentally a SWFE so the flip to sleet is coming for many. The real question area for sleet to me is around White Plains area to coastal CT and northern NJ. 

Agreed about the primary - that's key. A weaker, further south primary won't push the dryslot as far north. That could lead to a continuation of light precipitation after the thump into the overnight as opposed to a quick end. The RGEM has been steadily flatting the longwave trof, which would be associated with a weaker primary... but models historically weaken this feature too quickly.

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12z Suite

 

Total QPF / Snow/sleet Frz Rn (10:1) - NYC

SREF:  1.4 / (8.8)
NAM: 1.7 / (14.6)
RGEM:  1.1 / (7.8)
ICON:  1.2 / (8.0)
GFS:  1.4 / (12.4)
GGEM:  1.1 / (8.8)
GEFS: 1.5 / (11.6)
UKMET: 0.5 / ( 6.7)
Euro AI AIFS:  1/1 / (10.2)
Euro : 0.9 / (6.9)

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7 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

To me it’s been steady as she goes for the last 2 days. There’ll be a very heavy initial thump of snow then we flip to sleet at least around I-80 and south for a while, looks like around mid to late afternoon. Hopefully by then most of the precip is done. The questions are really what happens on Monday with any coastal development and how fast the dry slot gets here. The stronger primary further north also means faster dry slot. It’s fundamentally a SWFE so the flip to sleet is coming for many. The real question area for sleet to me is around White Plains area to coastal CT and northern NJ. 

I think it's still a bit too early to narrow down how far north the meaningful sleet line makes it but I think it'll be somewhere in a range from about 30 miles south or north of I80/NYC.  Ideally we'd want to probably see it south of NYC today expecting the last second north bump with middle level warming. 

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15 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

To me it’s been steady as she goes for the last 2 days. There’ll be a very heavy initial thump of snow then we flip to sleet at least around I-80 and south for a while, looks like around mid to late afternoon. Hopefully by then most of the precip is done. The questions are really what happens on Monday with any coastal development and how fast the dry slot gets here. The stronger primary further north also means faster dry slot. It’s fundamentally a SWFE so the flip to sleet is coming for many. The real question area for sleet to me is around White Plains area to coastal CT and northern NJ. 

Agree, what happens south of the Merrit and between 287 and 80 is still a big questionmark

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1 hour ago, WeatherGeek2025 said:

barely any sleet on the nam New York City and north! Snows well into Monday!

If the NAM continues to show this I'd be bullish. NAM is typically good at detecting the northern extent of the sleet line. 

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4 minutes ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

Long Island is going to get screwed with early sleet isn’t it. 

Based on the 12z GFS for Long Island, it looks like  about 6-8 inches of snow before changeover to sleet around 5-7 pm. Then perhaps another 2 inches of sleet. I do not see Long Island with 14 inches of snow.

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