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Wintry Dec 8-10th Winter Storm

these temps in the mid 40s were always well predicted by models. HRRR clearly has many areas in the 43-45 range. Temps dive tonight with arrival of heavy precip. That was always the forecast
And yet for some reason the NWS only forecast 41 in Charlotte. Why? Its up to 46 in Charlotte now. A whopping 5 degrees warmer than forecast with about 2 hours of heating left in the day.
 
I’m south of 85 in the upstate and my temp is 5 degrees cooler than Charlotte atm
 
I am growing concerned the counties north of Raleigh along the state line could see something special. 2-3” rates during the height of the storm. Into Virginia as well. Potential for thunder snow and blizzard like conditions too as deform band moves through that area. Could be a sneaky surprise I overlooked way east of the mountains.
 
Latest FV3

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Even tho the fv3 is probably to snowy, which can still happen, it's a model you can trust except it's snow maps on tt
 
Why is Hart and Franklin Co GA in advisory when other counties on each side in warnings? I dont get it..
 
Well if GA gets backside snow, it won't be from the CAD, but from the CAA from the northwest as the upper level trough swings through.
Of course, but a good cad would leave some low level cold in place, and more easily reinforced when the ull brings it's own cold by :) A weak cad all erodes out, and makes the ull have to work all the harder, leaving a lot us of outside looking in.
 
850/925mb temps is running around 3°C in metro Atlanta according to the SPC mesoscale analysis maps. I don't have to go back and look at model guidance to know that's a couple degrees cooler than forecast for this current time.

EDIT: Actually 850s just dropped to 2°C across metro ATL (17z)
 
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Okay this is alarming, both 925s and 850s have warmed and the 1038 center of high pressure over Ohio seems to have disappeared.

Edit: I am talking about NC.
 
In all winter storms, my experience with the hrrr when it shows this means you get a really heavy burst of snow to sleet back to heavy snow and repeat
 

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