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While most of us on here will open up the New Year on the warm and wet side of things, some of our members out west who have been anxiously waiting for a legit snow, will be in the midst of a potential potent high impact winter storm.  The models are wavering on how much this storm cuts NW as the GFS/GGEM are father NW than the Euro Op.  Let's discuss...

0z Euro is digging this storm a little farther south and takes a track right through KC/DSM and clobbers NE up into MN...what a run!  There is somewhat of an icing signal for OMA peeps.... @CentralNebWeather @gabel23 @hawkstwelve

 

 

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NWS Hastings morning disco talks about the differences in the models as @Tomhas shown. GFS and Euro are in different worlds as far as track and impact here. 
 

“Sunday night into Monday and early Tuesday another system comes through the area this time as a deep trof or potentially a closed low ejecting out of the CO/NM area. Some early indications show the potential for a little icing with this system but it is still too early and too uncertain to include in the forecast just yet. Cluster analysis shows pretty good agreement in a deepening trof over the CO/NM border which may favor the closed low solution. Beyond that there is discrepancy in the track of the low. The track will be important in determining the precip type and amounts. Right now the EC brings a bunch of snow to the area but there is still decent spread amongst the EPS members. The GEFS continues to show considerably less snow, and the Canadian resides somewhere between the two. Needless to say this is a system that bears watching and track placement will be rather important to determine.”

 

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1 hour ago, CentralNebWeather said:

NWS Hastings morning disco talks about the differences in the models as @Tomhas shown. GFS and Euro are in different worlds as far as track and impact here. 
 

“Sunday night into Monday and early Tuesday another system comes through the area this time as a deep trof or potentially a closed low ejecting out of the CO/NM area. Some early indications show the potential for a little icing with this system but it is still too early and too uncertain to include in the forecast just yet. Cluster analysis shows pretty good agreement in a deepening trof over the CO/NM border which may favor the closed low solution. Beyond that there is discrepancy in the track of the low. The track will be important in determining the precip type and amounts. Right now the EC brings a bunch of snow to the area but there is still decent spread amongst the EPS members. The GEFS continues to show considerably less snow, and the Canadian resides somewhere between the two. Needless to say this is a system that bears watching and track placement will be rather important to determine.”

 

I hope the Euro operational is right, I'd love to see you get buried in snow.  But the GFS looks like whats happened to Nebraska over and over and over again. 

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1 hour ago, Clinton said:

I hope the Euro operational is right, I'd love to see you get buried in snow.  But the GFS looks like whats happened to Nebraska over and over and over again. 

NWS Hastings has not discounted it yet, which is not like them. Usually they follow the model that shows the least snow. I’ll remain pessimistic until it gets closer. The many misses to the Northwest over the decades makes me cynical. 

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13 minutes ago, hawkstwelve said:

Another day, another Euro run showing a ton of snow. Feels like a broken record at this point.

Although I'm #TeamEuro all the way, it bears mentioning that it's kind of on its own with this track at the moment. Both the GFS and Canadian have the track way more to the NW while the ICON and UKMET are kind of in-between the two camps.

Time will tell if the King gets to keep his crown, or becomes the Jester.

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12z EPS shifted S/SE as well…interesting 

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GEFS absolutely nailed the SLP track for our "storm" last week at this range. But the OP GFS swung wildly L and R with it's track(s), as well as failed miserably with too much qpf, and thermals were horrible. Ofc, your scenario looks much more straightforward than our bombo-genisis along a massive arctic front. 

Winter 2023-24 Snow Total = 2.3"    Largest Storm: 2.1" (11/26-27)        Oct: 0.2 Nov: 2.1 Dec: 0.0 Jan: 0.0 Feb: 0.0 Mar: 0.0 Apr: 0.0

Annual avg for mby = 45.0"  (KDTW): 2022-23 = 33.5"   2021-22 = 35.6"    

Avg = 49.7"  (KRMY): 2020-21 = 36.2"   2019-20 = 48.0"   2018-19 = 56.1"   2017-18 = 68.3"    2016-17 = 52"    2015-16 = 57.4"    2014-15 = 55.3"    2013-14 = 100.6" (coldest & snowiest in the modern record!)  2012-13 = 47.2"    2011-12 = 43.7"

Legit Blizzards (high winds and dbl digit snows): Feb 2011, Dec 2009, Jan 2005, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Nov 1989, Jan 1982, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, Apr 1975, Mar 1973, Jan 1967, Feb 1965, Jan 1918

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20 minutes ago, CentralNebWeather said:

0z GFS not budging, stays north. 

Good ol GFS had last week's north by 400mi till the day of the storm🤣. May check a Euro run or 2 from now till Sunday, but the days of model watching are done for me. Used to be enjoyable to see it all come together 3 days out and then fine tune. It's about as good as throwing darts blind folded 3 days out these days. Hobby or not it's real close to wasting hours of time model watching these days. 😪

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 NWS Hastings morning disco thinks the system comes out south

“Our next system comes through just after the new year late on Sunday night, and could be stronger than the current system moving through. Aloft a deep trof is expected to eject out of the southwest and bring a potent sfc low through the region. Track placement is going to be key in determining precip type and amounts. Currently the EC has us getting slammed while the GFS has us dry slotted. Looking at the global ensemble clusters, 2 of the clusters which total to 31% of the ensembles show a deepening trof with respect to the mean. One cluster totaling 32% of the ensembles is very similar to the mean which shows a deepening trof. This would indicate a more southerly track is possible where the sfc low emerges and moves up through eastern Kansas into Missouri. This situation would give us decent wrap around precip on the northwest side of the low. This also looks to be a moisture rich system as this trof is connected to an atmospheric river over the western CONUS.”

 

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The Euro/EPS is known to be golden inside 5 days and to see the model hold firm on the S/SE track as we get closer to the event while the others are still NW is a head scrather.  Here's a comparison just to show you the difference between EPS and GEFS.  

0z GEFS...

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0z EPS...

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North Texas will enjoy partly cloudy, lower 70’s this week and lower 60’s next week.  
No real chance for precipitation. 
Quiet end to the year.  👍

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2018 Rainfall - 62.65" High Temp. - 110.03* Low Temp. - 8.4*

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3 hours ago, Tom said:

Geeze, from thinking this storm is going to miss my area without any chance of seeing any snow till sometime after the 6th/7th, this storm could deliver some wrap-around snow as it gets blocked up over the GL's.

The Euro has it blocked up real good and that's the difference between it and the GFS.

12z Euro

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12z GFS has the block further east over Ontario.

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6 hours ago, james1976 said:

Am I reeling it in?🤣

Minny = $$$ this winter

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Winter 2023-24 Snow Total = 2.3"    Largest Storm: 2.1" (11/26-27)        Oct: 0.2 Nov: 2.1 Dec: 0.0 Jan: 0.0 Feb: 0.0 Mar: 0.0 Apr: 0.0

Annual avg for mby = 45.0"  (KDTW): 2022-23 = 33.5"   2021-22 = 35.6"    

Avg = 49.7"  (KRMY): 2020-21 = 36.2"   2019-20 = 48.0"   2018-19 = 56.1"   2017-18 = 68.3"    2016-17 = 52"    2015-16 = 57.4"    2014-15 = 55.3"    2013-14 = 100.6" (coldest & snowiest in the modern record!)  2012-13 = 47.2"    2011-12 = 43.7"

Legit Blizzards (high winds and dbl digit snows): Feb 2011, Dec 2009, Jan 2005, Dec 2000, Jan 1999, Mar 1998, Nov 1989, Jan 1982, Jan 1978, Jan 1977, Apr 1975, Mar 1973, Jan 1967, Feb 1965, Jan 1918

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1 hour ago, Tom said:

0z Euro...I'll take a couple inches... @Madtown your worries should be slowly fading away...reeling in this one to start the New Year.  @gabel23 @CentralNebWeather

 

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I agree and if you use the past to predict the future it's pretty clear the Euro is doing a better job especially with the block being over the top.

Go back to 11/15 and you can see the storm in question in SW Neb and a blocking high over southern Canada.

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Current modeling from the Euro shows this same block, this time further south over ND.  The reason the block is further south this time is because it's January and not November and this is a seasonal difference.  The GFS does not show this block over the top.

0z Euro

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6z GFS

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1 hour ago, hawkstwelve said:

GEFS shows a 0% chance of exceeding 6 inches of snow while the EPS shows a 70-80% chance. 

Wonder how much longer it's going to take for the GFS and it's ensemble suite to see the light of day with this thing. Maybe by tomorrow night when the system finally enters the PNW?

Either way, what an embarrassing performance it will have had for both yesterday's and Monday's systems. Pretty much going to continue writing off whatever this inferior model spits out and ride with #TeamEuro (with a splash of the Canadian on the side) all the way through the rest of the season.

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I wonder if they just need to tweak the GFS model as it seems to susceptible to every little change which could be just noise.  There are camps on both sides, but  my weather app looks like a slot machine every day it changes we have a storm then we don’t.  Could be a testament to how the strong the jet is.  Speaking of jet the gulf is open for business and it is targeting SE Michigan . can only imagine what snow we would get if we still had the cold air in place.  Oh well . 63A59BE8-8251-44BB-BEF1-02BFD908396D.thumb.png.c008bd837da6c3bad666a266c94e57af.png

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5 minutes ago, Ferndale_man said:

Speaking of jet the gulf is open for business and it is targeting SE Michigan . can only imagine what snow we would get if we still had the cold air in place.  Oh well .

This is the chicken or the egg problem because if cold air was in place, the gulf moisture in that amount wouldn't be making it that far up north most of the time. 

 

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The GFS and Euro are wildly different for Iowa.  The faster (delayed organization) and northwest GFS produces little of anything across Iowa.  The snow is northwest and the rain and storms are southeast.  A big dry slot surges up through Iowa.  I hate systems that do that.  The Euro, on the other hand, is slower and southeast and amps it up much earlier.  There is widespread significant rain across much of the state.  I'm definitely rooting for that scenario.

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season snowfall: 5.0"

'22-23: 30.2"      '21-22: 27.1"      '20-21: 52.5"      '19-20: 36.2"      '18-19: 50.2"      '17-18: 39.5"

Average snowfall: ~30"

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5 minutes ago, Hawkeye said:

The GFS and Euro are wildly different for Iowa.  The faster (delayed organization) and northwest GFS produces little of anything across Iowa.  The snow is northwest and the rain and storms are southeast.  A big dry slot surges up through Iowa.  I hate systems that do that.  The Euro, on the other hand, is slower and southeast and amps it up much earlier.  There is widespread significant rain across much of the state.  I'm definitely rooting for that scenario.

12z Canadian is very similar to the Euro. 

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15 minutes ago, hawkstwelve said:

12z GEM fairly similar with axis placement but just fluctuating totals around a bit. It is showing more sleet and ZR than the other models, but I think it has a tendency to do that.

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That is why snow totals are lower on this model for Central Nebraska. This would be very problematic if this ice forecast verifies. 

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