That would be amazing if they really get 10 to 12" in north MS and AL and around Chattanooga. I am with AgrosyTN, and am sick of this. I slipped on the ice yesterday and had a bad headache last night and this morning. Ice was so thick, even my hard head couldn't crack it. Records are being set all over. To tell you the truth, I am not convinced this is part of a normal, natural cycle. I think man has screwed with the environment too much and we are in for big trouble. PRELIMINARY EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 857 AM EST FRI FEB 04 2011 VALID 12Z TUE FEB 08 2011 - 12Z FRI FEB 11 2011 UPPER PATTERN NEXT WEEK FEATURES BUILDING RIDGING OFF THE WEST COAST AND THE QUASI STATIONARY POLAR VORTEX NORTH OF HUDSON BAY...WITH A DEEP BUT PROGRESSIVE MEAN TROUGH EARLY IN THE PERIOD ALONG 110W MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONUS THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. THE GUIDANCE IS GENERALLY IN GOOD AGREEMENT...WITH THE TYPICALLY FAST GFS/GEFS MEAN OUTPACING THE CORRESPONDING ECMWF MEAN LATER IN THE FORECAST. THE 00Z/04 ENSEMBLE SPAGHETTI PLOTS CLEARLY SHOW THE TWO CAMPS OF THOUGHT. THE 00Z UKMET/CANADIAN DECIDEDLY FAVOR THE SLOWER ECMWF CAMP OF SOLUTIONS WITH A SLOWER TROUGH PROGRESSION THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WED-THU WHICH HAS BIG IMPACTS ON THE FORECAST DOWNSTREAM. THE 00Z/04 GFS SETS UP QUITE AN I-95 SNOWSTORM FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC NORTHWARD AND HAS SUPPORT FROM THE 00Z GEFS MEAN...BUT THINGS MUST COME TOGETHER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. THE 06Z DETERMINISTIC GFS IS WEAKER WITH ITS POTENTIAL SNOWSTORM THAN ITS PRECEDING 00Z RUN BUT HAS THE SAME GENERAL IDEA OF THE PAST 3 GFS RUNS. WE WILL SIDE WITH THE GREATER CONSENSUS AROUND THE 00Z/04 ECMWF AND 12Z/04 ECMWF RUNS FOR NOW...WHICH STILL ADVERTISE A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING CYCLONE THROUGH NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. ENOUGH SPREAD EXISTS IN THE ENSEMBLES TO PRECLUDE SPECIFICS AT THIS POINT IN TIME...BUT COLD TEMPERATURES SHOULD FOLLOW FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CONUS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. FRACASSO/FLOOD |