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January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage Thread 2


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1 minute ago, PrinceFrederickWx said:

 

I actually didn’t know this- I was wondering how I was going to report it. Thanks!

You’re welcome. LWX spotter form has snow/sleet combined, so def measure as one total. Freezing rain would be separate 

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1 minute ago, PrinceFrederickWx said:

 

I actually didn’t know this- I was wondering how I was going to report it. Thanks!

I usually don’t report sleet on top of snow. This time I will, but I’ll take separate measurements to get the snow accum right when it flips, and then get the sleet accum just to differentiate the two when reporting the total.

Also given that sleet is counted, the bullish nws forecasts make a little more sense.

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16 minutes ago, Weather Will said:

WB HRRR at range 7am Sunday

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How good is the HRRR precip type algorithm? Is it like the Euro with a lot of sleet depicted as freezing rain? Here it looks like the sleet zone is pretty narrow compared to other models. Do you think that is legit? 

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1 minute ago, stormtracker said:

Yeah, got that.  Was talking for my area and trying to avoid/time the switch

It is interesting that the HRRR models 850 as the more aggressive warm nose. Guess that would be worse for FRZA because there is less time for it to refreeze? Probably also not worth overanalyzing.

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@Buddy1987and other swva peeps.

Trend overnight has been modest improvements in the mid levels and more snowfall pushing to even just south of the NC line. Best guess for the the area inside of I81, Rt29, Rt460 and Rt40 is 4-8" of snowfall, 2-3" of sleet, and .25-.50zr. 460 area will do the best and my area around rt40 has more bust potential. I'd like to say I'm safe for 3" of snow with a best case 6" but sleet lines almost always mean business moving north. Luckily the trend has been towards a more cohesive precip field when the getting is good. I liked the 0z&6z euro for our yards. Modest improvements where it counts the most. Global models are getting close to their final consensus solution and changes will prob be small going forwards. 

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