Boston Discussion --> Comma Head Impact
Posted by
JAC on 12/24/2010, 8:11 am
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 646 AM EST FRI DEC 24 2010
* POTENTIAL WINTER STORM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY
CHRISTMAS NIGHT...WILL NOTE INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES. MEANWHILE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH. LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASING OVERNIGHT PARTICULARLY ALONG THE SOUTH COAST. THERE COULD BE A TOUCH OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES OVERNIGHT BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT IS EXPECTED.
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY... LOW PRESSURE TRACK AND TIMING ISSUES CONTINUE TO PERSIST AMONGST THE OPERATIONAL MODELS AND ENSEMBLE DATA BUT WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER AGREEMENT IN RECENT RUNS OF A MORE PROGRESSIVE SOLUTION.
THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OVER A PORTION OF THE AREA AS A LONG WAVE TROUGH AMPLIFIES ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS...AND RIDGING OVER A PORTION OF THE WESTERN CONUS.
LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOP EARLY THIS MORNING INDICATED A SOUTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO...WITH A NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. THESE TWO SHORT WAVE DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO PHASE ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. INITIALIZATION LOOKED FAIRLY GOOD EXCEPT THE 00Z GFS HANDLING OF SOUTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE ENERGY.
UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES REGARDING THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SUNDAY. THE 00Z GFS IS NOW LESS PROGRESSIVE AND ON THE WESTERN ENVELOPE OF ITS ENSEMBLE MEAN. THE 00Z GLOBAL ENSEMBLES HAVE TRENDED SLIGHTLY FURTHER WEST. THE 00Z UKMET AND CANADIAN GGEM CONTINUE TO TRACK LOW PRESSURE SE OF THE BENCHMARK LATE SUNDAY. THE 00Z AND 06Z NAM CONTINUES TO FLUCTUATE OFFSHORE. THE 00Z ECMWF HAS BECOME MUCH MORE PROGRESSIVE...TRACKING JUST SE OF THE BENCHMARK AROUND 00Z MONDAY. IT IS FAIRLY WELL REPRESENTED BY THE GFS ENSEMBLES AND THE GLOBAL ENSEMBLE MEAN. THE 00Z ECMWF IS NOW ABOUT 6 TO 12 HOURS FASTER THAN THE LATEST 00Z GFS SOLUTION.
THE OPERATIONAL MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE DIFFICULTY RESOLVING PHASING ISSUES BETWEEN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BRANCHES OF THE JET STREAM. OVERALL DECIDED TO USE A 50/50 BLEND OF 18Z HPC/00Z GFS AND THE MORE PROGRESSIVE 00Z ECMWF. THIS BRINGS LOW PRESSURE CENTER CLOSE TO THE BENCHMARK POSITION APPROACHING 00Z MONDAY...THEN QUICKLY INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES AFTER 12Z MONDAY.
IF THIS DOES OCCUR...THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM WOULD INCREASE ACROSS A PORTION OF THE AREA. ATTM THIS APPEARS TO PRIMARILY BE FOCUSED ACROSS SE NEW ENGLAND FOR THE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY TIMEFRAME. IT APPEARS THAT EVEN WITH AN OFFSHORE LOW TRACK...THE RAPID DEEPENING OF THE SURFACE LOW...AND THE NEARBY COMMA HEAD PRECIPITATION/DEFORMATION ZONE BANDING WILL LIKELY REACH A PORTION OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THEREFORE HAVE MAINTAINED LIKELY POPS PRIMARILY ALONG AND SE OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...WITH CHANCE POPS INLAND. USED A BLEND OF THE LATEST SREF AND MOS GUIDANCE TO DERIVE POPS.
AS MENTIONED STRONG WIND MAY ACCOMPANY PRECIPITATION ALONG THE COAST AS THE DEVELOPING OCEAN STORM DEEPENS. DID CAP WIND SPEEDS GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF STORM TRACK...BUT AT LEAST WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA IS A POSSIBILITY ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS.
CAUTION IS ADVISED IN LITERAL MODEL INTERPRETATION AT THIS POINT...AS WE ARE STILL A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY FROM THIS POTENTIAL EVENT. A LOW TRACK FURTHER SOUTHEAST WOULD CONFINE THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW THREAT TO THE CAPE AND ISLANDS...AND A LOW TRACK FURTHER WEST WOULD BRING THIS THREAT TO MUCH OF THE AREA.
THE DETAILS REMAIN UNCERTAIN REGARDING SNOW AMOUNTS AND WIND IMPACT... BUT SOME POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR WINTER STORM WATCHES AND/OR WIND ADVISORIES/HIGH WIND WATCHES BEING HOISTED THE NEXT DAY OR SO FOR A PORTION OF THE REGION LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY ON POTENTIAL AREAL IMPACT...STILL HAVE SOME TIME TO MULL OVER FUTURE MODEL DATA TO REFINE THE FORECAST...STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$ SYNOPSIS...BELK/STRAUSS NEAR TERM...BELK SHORT TERM...BELK LONG TERM...STRAUSS AVIATION...BELK/STRAUSS MARINE...BELK/STRAUSS
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" Possible" Major Eastcoast Blizzard -
Fred,
12/22/2010, 9:47 am- 00Z GFS 20" Chessy Bay to Hudson Valley - JAC, 12/25/2010, 9:08 am
- GAME ON!!!!!!!!!! - Fred, 12/25/2010, 8:49 am
- 21Z SREF moves precip west. Coast from NC to ME could get whacked big time. - JAC, 12/24/2010, 9:25 pm
- 15Z SREF - JAC, 12/24/2010, 4:53 pm
- Hurricane hunters will be flying into sysytem - Fred, 12/24/2010, 12:17 pm
- Not so fast - JAC, 12/24/2010, 8:07 am
- Re: " Possible" Major Eastcoast Blizzard - Tim_NC, 12/24/2010, 2:44 am
- Latest 12z Models Again Have Shifted To The Right Again Skipping By The Northeast Corridor - wfsouza, 12/23/2010, 2:19 pm
- Re: " Possible" Major Eastcoast Blizzard - Tim_NC, 12/22/2010, 1:08 pm
- Re: " Possible" Major Eastcoast Blizzard - Fred, 12/22/2010, 10:44 am
- Re: " Possible" Major Eastcoast Blizzard - Fred, 12/22/2010, 10:40 am
- Pretty Massive - JAC, 12/22/2010, 10:00 am
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