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BTW, the latest models have shifted the storm track a bit further north again (a good thing). It looks like a solid 6"+ for the Hunter area by Friday.
no worries, I'll be around to fill in their tracks... Just hope JImG and DMC don't carve up all the powder on Thursday. :lol:
I want to meet reefer.... :smile:
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
MODELS ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON QPF...SNOW AMOUNTS AND
PTYPE. EXPECT A MAINLY SNOW EVENT WITH MAYBE A BRIEF PERIOD OF
SLEET EXTREME SOUTH...BUT BASED ON PARTIAL THICKNESS VALUES AND
MODEL SOUNDINGS IT APPEARS THAT SLEET WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF FA.
THUS WILL LEAVE HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS AND SNOW ADVISORIES IN TACT.
TIMING FOR STARTING TIME STILL APPEARS TO BE LATE MORNING SOUTH
AND WEST AND EARLY AFTERNOON NORTH AND EAST. IMPRESSIVE H7
DEFORMATION AXIS WHICH EXPANDS NORTHEAST FROM NORTHEAST PA AT 12Z
INTO SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN
BERKSHIRES...SOUTHERN TACONICS AND LITCHFIELD HILLS BY 18Z AND THEN
MOVES TO EASTERN NEW ENGLAND BY 00Z. SNOW GROWTH REGION WHILE
ELEVATED INTERSECTS UVV OF 12-16 UBAR/S DURING MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN SOME ENHANCED SNOWFALL
RATES...BUT DUE TO SOME WARMING INDICATED IN MODEL SOUNDINGS AT
KPOU BETWEEN 5 AND 10 KFT BETWEEN 18Z AND 00Z WHERE TEMPS WARM TO
NEAR 0C EXPECT THAT SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS WILL BE KEPT IN THE
10-12:1 RANGE. STILL WITH QPF AMOUNTS BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.1 INCHES IN
WARNING AREA...THIS SHOULD SUPPORT 6-12 INCH SNOWFALL TOTALS. SREF
PLUME DIAGRAM FOR ALBANY FROM 03Z RUN STILL SHOWS A TREMENDOUS
SPREAD BETWEEN ENSEMBLE MEMBERS WITH QPF AMOUNTS RANGING FROM A
FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH TO NEARLY AN INCH WITH ONLY CLUSTERING AT
ALL BETWEEN 0.40 AND 0.50 INCH. SREF H8 U AND V COMPONENT WINDS ARE
NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE REACHING 2-3 STANDARD DEVIATIONS FROM NORMAL
WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF FA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND
WITH VERY LITTLE DEEPENING OF SURFACE LOW...1010 MB AS IT EXITS
EASTERN SEABOARD...EXACT TRACK IS CRITICAL. LOW CERTAINLY LOOKS TO
TRACK CLOSE ENOUGH TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST TO MAX OUT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THREE COUNTIES IN ALY FA. SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF QUICKLY LATE THIS EVENING AND LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AFTER 03Z. TEMPS IN MANY AREAS WILL ONLY
DROP A FEW DEGREES OVERNIGHT OR REMAIN NEARLY STEADY AS MAINLY
OVERCAST SKIES WILL PERSIST.
Yup. We're getting a major hook-up from Ullr for tomorrow. Now if the quad is fixed, we're in Schaeffer City, baby! :beer:
Quad or not we're still golden for tomorrow!![]()
Powder and hero moguls! Woo hooo!![]()
I really am hoping that Hunter only does very limited grooming tonight...
2knees
Andyzee
Awf170
bvibert
chris (w/reefer)
Danny (w/Grassi21)
Eski
Grassi21
Greg
HAWKSHOT99 (maybe)
JimG.
jonnypoach
Justin (w/Marc)
KingSlug
koreshot
KrisSkis (aka SisterSlug)
Marc
Mark (w/Marc)
MR.Evil
MRGisevil
peter (w/reefer)
powhunter
reefer
ssudha17
trtaylor
wa-loaf
What time we meeting at the tower, 10, 11?