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Wintry January 14-16th storm potential.

what on earth is spire weather. is this the cricket wireless of numeral weather prediction models?



word of caution here, i've noticed ice can be more prevalent than you think in situations where the LP is elongated/banana shaped (which I think we will see here)
My favorite new model what ever it is!
 
what on earth is spire weather. is this the cricket wireless of numeral weather prediction models?



word of caution here, i've noticed ice can be more prevalent than you think in situations where the LP is elongated/banana shaped (which I think we will see here)
sleet and freezing rain

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Had a busy morning at work so I’m just now getting a chance to look at closer at this morning’s models. The biggest and probably most important trend on the GFS I’m seeing is the Greenland block is building in better over Baffin Bay. This is helping to push that vortex further se and not right on Hudson Bay… as Fro mentioned yesterday doing that is giving us a better cold push out ahead of the wave. Also as much as we’ve been used to the NW trend for so many years, since late fall this has been the year of the southeast trend… every system seems be trending further SE the last few days… let’s hope that continues.
 
Again, that 10:1 is way low
I would caution you on buying into really high ratios here in the south. Just my experience that anything more than 12-13:1 is very uncommon outside the higher elevations. Even the January 1988 storm had mostly 11-12:1 ratios in areas that were predominantly snow and with temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s.
 
One clear trend is block is trending stronger

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Nice find Kylo. Can see the Greenland Block really pressing the heights south there

I'd like to see this W Canada ridge rollover here and give us more positive trough tilt there over the midwest

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Can see it here on the Euro C run

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I would caution you on buying into really high ratios here in the south. Just my experience that anything more than 12-13:1 is very uncommon outside the higher elevations. Even the January 1988 storm had mostly 11-12:1 ratios in areas that were predominantly snow and with temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s.
Not in these setups with massive arctic air in place. GFS has 22:1 and 23:1 here in north ala during the main part
 
Not in these setups with massive arctic air in place. GFS has 22:1 and 23:1 here in north ala during the main part
How were you able to gather this detail? Would be interested to know the ratios during the main part for Northwest MS.
 
are there any western or mid south people left in here? Curios about our side of the mountain.
Short term trends are slightly good for our areas, but longer term trends have not been great. Its tough to understand what's good for our areas of the SE with the overwhelming number of posts being about whats good for the carolinas. Leads to false excitement sometimes because the posters aren't clear about what area they are referring to.
 
Short term trends are slightly good for our areas, but longer term trends have not been great. Its tough to understand what's good for our areas of the SE with the overwhelming number of posts being about whats good for the carolinas. Leads to false excitement sometimes because the posters aren't clear about what area they are referring to.
Trends have been good today for us
 
Spire . And the ratio will be well more than the 10:1 is shows
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This is why I didn’t get down when the lower totals were popping up yesterday. Temps here will be in the low 20s and lower during the entire event. When adding kuchera I haven’t seen a model run with less than 3 inches. The cold air is going to squeeze every last drop of moisture out the atmosphere. Super high ratios!
 
Overall, some good trends with the stronger block and the better cold confuence, BUT we need to see that tend continue. This could potentially turn into a good system for many but it could also become a nothing burger at this range. Still not much for the SC peeps yet. We might still end up sitting on the bleachers but maybe we can at least get an invite to the dance?
 
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