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Winter Storm Threat Feb 22-24th


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8 minutes ago, Wxoutlooksblog said:

If I knew the answer to that. No the models know better than we humans do. But I will say that historically it's gone both ways. And it's also possible they'll bring back and less magnificent storm of 1-3,2-4, 3-6" or so or that we'll remain in the outer snowbands with a lighter/wetter snowfall. We need the ridge out west to stay stronger and leave enough room for this system to get wrapped up the way some of the models earlier depicted it. On most of the 00Z runs the top of the ridge was flattened making for a more progressive flatter trough in the east. As long as the AI models have this thing IMO it's a legitimate threat.

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IMO - I don't think the energy (storm) that is going to track across the country in the next few days has been fully sampled yet and fed into the models along with the northern energy. The west coast storm is progged to reach the west coast by 12Z Thursday. IMO expect further changes in model solutions over the next few days

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3 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

IMO - I don't think the energy (storm) that is going to track across the country in the next few days has been fully sampled yet and fed into the models along with the northern energy. The west coast storm is progged to reach the west coast by 12Z Thursday. IMO expect further changes in model solutions over the next few days

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Horrible 0z suite. Onto 6z.

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Just now, NEG NAO said:

why would 6Z be any different with old incomplete data ? Plus read my post about the storm not entering the west coast till 12Z Thursday - now the storm is probably in a sparse data region and not fully evaluated yet

I know. Its just a bad night for the models.

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In case anyone is interested in my summary posted elsewhere, here you go. Well, Dr. No, the King, looks like he might be back, as most of the global models tonight at 0Z caved to the Euro depiction over the last several runs of a much more progressive, flatter storm much further to our SE. So, the chances of a major snowstorm have gone down substantially, but not to zero, and the chances of even a minor to moderate storm have gone down significantly. The AI models, which have done quite well in the 4-6 day range this winter, still show a moderate to significant storm (with only one model the AIGFS still showing a major snowstorm)., while all of the physics-based models show either no snow or only a few inches. The cries you heard last night were from all the snow lovers around the world, lol. Below is a summary of the 12Z to 0Z changes...

  • The ICON went from a 12-18" monster for all to nada for everyone (1-2" for AC to Cape May). That's nuts.
  • The GFS went from 6-12+" for everyone at 12Z to 2-5" for most at 0Z
  • CMC went from an 18-24" monster for everyone at 12Z to <1" for everyone at 0Z. Also nuts.
  • The UK went from 8-14" for everyone at 12Z to ~1" along 95 and a few inches for the coast at 0Z. More nuts.
  • The Euro had little to no snow for everyone at both 12Z and 0Z. Dr. No.
  • The AIGFS went from 12-18" for everyone at 12Z to 6-12" for everyone (the high end at the coast) at 0Z.
  • The Euro-AIFS went from 6-12" for everyone at 12Z to 2-3" for 95/3-5" coast at 0Z.
  • The Weathernext 2 went from 8-14" for everyone at 12Z to 2-3" for 95/3-5" coast at 0Z.

 

 

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12 minutes ago, RU848789 said:
Not the bomb from 24 hrs ago, but nice improvement on the AIFS from 0Z. Maybe we can still get a moderate snowfall from this...
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Down at the southern end of the forum where you are, odds are in your favor for this one. For those of us north of the forums mason dixon line a tougher road to make this work.

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6 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

I never do. I am more disappointed in the model performance. I have never seen something like this before.

It’s a fragile setup in a fast moving pattern. Lots of things can shift around and ruin the storm setup. It’s still 4 days out but this wouldn’t be the first whiff or OTS this or last winter. 

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