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OT: Winter Storm Likely to Impact Our Area 1/16-17

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Hah! Our local forecast in Boone NC is trending toward a full-on "Snowmageddon"! 24-inches with more locally on ridge tops. And 30 mph winds. Locals are on "Cantore"-watch. Anyway, the fun starts later on, after midnight, lasting to mid-Monday. Bring it on!
 
Hah! Our local forecast in Boone NC is trending toward a full-on "Snowmageddon"! 24-inches with more locally on ridge tops. And 30 mph winds. Locals are on "Cantore"-watch. Anyway, the fun starts later on, after midnight, lasting to mid-Monday. Bring it on!

Tri-State are now supposed to get the wind, maybe even a little higher, but be on the rain side of the snow-rain divide.
 
So I guess this means no snow. Who knew??? 4 pages of yippity yap.
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South of 78 should be all rain, may start as a very brief period of wintry mix before the 850mb level torches.
 
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Great job by Bac and Tango!
How long have these 3 been jockeying over weather threads? 20 years? More?

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-When the right time to start one is
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-Whether or not they make "predictions"
-Whether or not they are accurate
-Whether or not they own up to being wrong about predictions they did or did not make
-Who thinks weather has anything to do with climate change and so on
-Who trolls whom first
 
Hah! Our local forecast in Boone NC is trending toward a full-on "Snowmageddon"! 24-inches with more locally on ridge tops. And 30 mph winds. Locals are on "Cantore"-watch. Anyway, the fun starts later on, after midnight, lasting to mid-Monday. Bring it on!
Do you mean 24!! Or 2-4?
 
Have the wind gusts, like the snow totals, been toned down too?

Just took a peek at the NWS site for Sunday night and now it says gusts of up to 50mph.
 
The NWS-NYC updated theirsnowfall map this morning and it shows a bit less snow for everyone, mostly due to more warm air advection aloft, leading to more sleet. The NWS-Philly has said they've also cut back snowfall amounts for the same reason, but haven't yet updated their snowfall map for some reason, but the NWS Eastern Region map has updated and is also below. Precip will likely start in the early evening as snow for most and then quickly change over to sleet, then rain through the 95 corridor and even a bit inland and go into Monday morning; the changeover will be overnight well N/W of 95. And if the NAM/RDPS (RGEM) are right (and they often do well in these setups), snowfall numbers everywhere, even into central PA/NY will be much less than shown in other models, due to this warm air at 850 mbar (~5000 feet up) leading to much more sleet - still a wintry event with the same frozen mass, but not as much snow.

For the 95 corridor and just NW of 95, and the coast, especially, the main story will be the heavy rainfall (1-1.5") possibly causing localized urban flooding and the strong winds late Sunday/early Monday which will gust to 40-50 mph and near 60 mph at the coast, possibly leading to some power outages - a wind advisory will likely be issues soon. In addition there is a coastal flood watch up for Monmouth/Middlesex, NENJ, NYC and LI/CT for minor to possible moderate flooding, especially with Monday morning's high tide, as per the link below.

Temps bottomed out in the low/mid teens along and SE of the 95 corridor this morning (11F in NB and 16F in Philly) and in the single digits NW of 95, with the wind chill advisory still being up for the Poconos/Sussex for wind chills of -10 to -20F this morning. Temps will likely be a couple of degrees colder Sunday morning.

https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=phi&wwa=coastal flood watch

https://www.weather.gov/phi/

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Had a gut feeling a few days ago about WAA ruining the party.
 
The town of Boone is at 3333-feet in elevation. I'm on the mountain above town at 4600-feet. Local forecasts focus on in-town conditions but also provide guidance for local ridgelines, too.
Don't invite me over to ride my bicycle in your area. 😂
I hate hills. Although that's all I do in the winter. Shorter rides (around 25 miles) needs a tougher workout.
 
Don't invite me over to ride my bicycle in your area. 😂
I hate hills. Although that's all I do in the winter. Shorter rides (around 25 miles) needs a tougher workout.
Each Fall there's a fundraiser "fun run" up Junaluska Road to Howard Knob from King Street (downtown). The race is up a steep winding mountain road, a gain of approx 1500-feet. It's marketed as "Three Miles of Pure Hill." LOL. I'll trek down to town and back using an extended version of that route, about a 7-mile roundtrip. Good workout. On occasion I'll encounter a cyclist attempting to go up that stretch. It's kinda comical. Nearby Blue Ridge Parkway offers terrific biking, though.
 
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How long have these 3 been jockeying over weather threads? 20 years? More?

-Who gets to start one first..
-When the right time to start one is
-Snow Weenies
-Whether or not they make "predictions"
-Whether or not they are accurate
-Whether or not they own up to being wrong about predictions they did or did not make
-Who thinks weather has anything to do with climate change and so on
-Who trolls whom first
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The NWS-NYC updated theirsnowfall map this morning and it shows a bit less snow for everyone, mostly due to more warm air advection aloft, leading to more sleet. The NWS-Philly has said they've also cut back snowfall amounts for the same reason, but haven't yet updated their snowfall map for some reason, but the NWS Eastern Region map has updated and is also below. Precip will likely start in the early evening as snow for most and then quickly change over to sleet, then rain through the 95 corridor and even a bit inland and go into Monday morning; the changeover will be overnight well N/W of 95. And if the NAM/RDPS (RGEM) are right (and they often do well in these setups), snowfall numbers everywhere, even into central PA/NY will be much less than shown in other models, due to this warm air at 850 mbar (~5000 feet up) leading to much more sleet - still a wintry event with the same frozen mass, but not as much snow.

For the 95 corridor and just NW of 95, and the coast, especially, the main story will be the heavy rainfall (1-1.5") possibly causing localized urban flooding and the strong winds late Sunday/early Monday which will gust to 40-50 mph and near 60 mph at the coast, possibly leading to some power outages - a wind advisory will likely be issues soon. In addition there is a coastal flood watch up for Monmouth/Middlesex, NENJ, NYC and LI/CT for minor to possible moderate flooding, especially with Monday morning's high tide, as per the link below.

Temps bottomed out in the low/mid teens along and SE of the 95 corridor this morning (11F in NB and 16F in Philly) and in the single digits NW of 95, with the wind chill advisory still being up for the Poconos/Sussex for wind chills of -10 to -20F this morning. Temps will likely be a couple of degrees colder Sunday morning.

https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=phi&wwa=coastal flood watch

https://www.weather.gov/phi/

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No surprise that the NWS cut snowfall amounts again, given what the models are showing. The 1" line now essentially runs up 95 and the 3" or more amounts are generally confined to being north of I-80. Likely a fair amount of sleet in locations N of 78 and especially N of 80, and sleet is no picnic either (same mass as snow, just less depth). Hopefully we can avoid much freezing rain as that shit's just nasty, but up to 0.1" is forecast during the transition in the counties with advisories just NW of 95. All the other impacts are still expected, i.e., high winds, coastal flooding, heavy rain/urban flooding. Nice win today by RU...

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Thanks #s. As for freezing rain, it would hit at a time when people should be off the roads and Monday is a holiday, so hopefully it’s not as big an issue as last time.
 
Have the wind gusts, like the snow totals, been toned down too?

Just took a peek at the NWS site for Sunday night and now it says gusts of up to 50mph.
As noted above, they have been reliable. Worst gusts between midnight and 3 a.m. Monday a.m., and into the mid 30's early Monday morning.
 
Are these total snowfall accumulations after storm, or accumulation quickly washed away by rain?
 
No surprise that the NWS cut snowfall amounts again, given what the models are showing. The 1" line now essentially runs up 95 and the 3" or more amounts are generally confined to being north of I-80. Likely a fair amount of sleet in locations N of 78 and especially N of 80, and sleet is no picnic either (same mass as snow, just less depth). Hopefully we can avoid much freezing rain as that shit's just nasty, but up to 0.1" is forecast during the transition in the counties with advisories just NW of 95. All the other impacts are still expected, i.e., high winds, coastal flooding, heavy rain/urban flooding. Nice win today by RU...

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yep no surprise they keep chopping their overdone amounts as if they dont want to let go, likely to even be chopped again by startime
 
Are these total snowfall accumulations after storm, or accumulation quickly washed away by rain?
It's the maximum ever expected to be on the ground at any point in time and in this case, if it's less than 2-3", it'll be mostly washed away by the rain and milder temps. Places that get 4-5" of snow and sleet (with maybe 0.6-0.8" of frozen equivalent) will be able to absorb a fair amount of rain (1/2" at least) on top without that much melting - it gets compacted and can then refreeze when temps go back below 32F on Monday afternoon.
 
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