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Wintry 1/9-12 Winter Potential Great Dane or Yorkie

Anyone else having trouble with KFFC radar site and RadarScope? I feel like I’m flying blind here without it

Yeah. The FFC radar is shot out. Great timing.
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Battle lines in the upstate as depicted on the most recent Hrrr at 2pm.

Good news, it has precip arriving earlier and it stalls the transitions line for a couple hours right around I-85.

Bad news, It's not showing super heavy rates and it is showing a tansition to sleet around 5pm.

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GFS picking up on the dry air in the CAD areas of NC. Precip has decreased.
Given the GFS’s track record regarding this storm, I would not be overly concerned about its current forecast. Furthermore, the drier air will only reinforce the cold air once precipitation begins to fall. Consider the observations in Alabama.
 
Rap model is doing better with initializing.so maybe it has a better handle in this thing..MAYBE
 
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Mesoscale Discussion 0030
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0419 AM CST Fri Jan 10 2025

Areas affected...Parts of northeast MS...northern AL/GA...southern middle TN

Concerning...Winter mixed precipitation

Valid 101019Z - 101515Z

SUMMARY...An increase in winter precipitation rates is possible through the early morning.

DISCUSSION...An extensive precipitation shield is gradually spreading eastward across the Southeast early this morning, in advance of a mid/upper-level shortwave trough approaching the lower MS Valley. Precipitation rates across northern AL/GA have thus far been limited by very dry antecedent conditions (as noted in the 00Z BMZ and FFC soundings), but saturation and evaporative cooling of the column will support an increase in winter precipitation across the region with time this morning.

The evolution of precipitation type remains uncertain through the morning, due to the competing influences of initial evaporative cooling, increasing warm advection above the surface, and maintenance of modest near-surface cold/dry advection from the east/northeast. Snow may persist as the dominant precipitation type from far northern AL into middle TN, with rates potentially approaching an inch per hour as large-scale ascent increases and the column saturates.

From north-central AL into northern GA, mixed precipitation appears more likely, with forecast soundings depicting near to slightly above-freezing temperatures from the surface to around 700 mb once saturation occurs. A general transition from snow/sleet to sleet/freezing rain/rain is possible across these areas. Moderate to locally heavy snow/sleet rates will be possible as the column initially saturates, while some ice accretion may eventually occur where subfreezing near-surface temperatures can persist as precipitation gradually transitions to a liquid phase.

..Dean.. 01/10/2025
 
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