Hard to have a December thaw with 2 feet of
Snowpack 100 miles to my north. Thanks NC. You guys saved winter
Snowpack 100 miles to my north. Thanks NC. You guys saved winter
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Wintry Dec 8-10th Winter Storm
- Thread starter SimeonNC
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Jessy89
Member
Thanks that helps
Avalanche
Member
LOL!!!!! I'll buy you a cold one for that laugh buddy!!!
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
I'm sorry but the 0z GFS MSLPa pressure pattern & distribution in the US is virtually identical to the infamous January 1988 storm, only nitpick is a slightly stronger low over the Gulf coast.
I don’t see confluence in 88’. What prevented it from exploding?
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
The bottom image uses ECMWF-20th Century Reanalysis (ERA-20C)
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Oh there's a ton of confluence it's just slightly off screen over the Canadian Maritimes
Avalanche
Member
1988 gave me a foot of snow here in Chatham. I could only wish for a repeat of that!!!
I can see the deep blue at the corner of my screen
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
This one?
Yep lol. Even a repeat of that storm could be a bust for local sensible impacts but I don't how much closer you can get verbatim, 1040 highs are impressive even for ancient winter storms of years past around here.
0z ukmet 24 hour maps has a 1013 SLP near NOLA with 1035mb high to NE at 120 and a 1007 SLP of coast near NC/SC border. ***Bottom image is the same time stamp 0z Sunday from the 12z run.
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I don't know of any NC folks would complain about that, even cedar island on the coast picked up 1.7"
If the GFS is to be correct, the area's that may get the prolonged frozen precip may receive about a total of 48 hours of frozen precip. Some places are going to get a hammering from this system.
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Avalanche
Member
So, more fun to travel to Raleigh/Durham for sleet storm or Greensboro/High Point for snowstorm....
I really curious what the gefs will show
SimeonNC
Member
If you look at the pivotal maps for ZR, CLT apparently gets almost an inch of ice along with that foot of snow.
I wonder what the difference in temps is between the Jan 88 and this storm? Did Jan 88 storm have more cold air to work with ?
Avalanche
Member
The general placement of the Low has seemed more consistent than the HP up north. That high has danced every run, and the strength has been subject to a lot of the spectrum. Wonder what we wind up with??
Avalanche
Member
Living in Chatham Co at the time, is was basically a nowcast event. Most thought the warm air would move northward with the precipitation, but the rain/snow line stayed stationary and even drifted south. Never had any mixing issues with it at all.