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Jan. 15-17th, 2024 | NE/MidAtl Winter Storm


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Relevant part from Mt Holly 

SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
The Philadelphia snow drought appears to be near its end. 
Relatively weak high pressure will be starting to give way to a 
developing wave of low pressure along the stationary boundary to
our south Monday evening, with warm advection/isentropic lift 
and frontogenesis already causing some light snow to break out 
across the Delmarva and southern New Jersey. This light snow 
will then overspread areas further north overnight. With 
relatively modest forcing overall, expect rates to remain 
relatively low, but widespread 1 to 2 inches of accumulation 
looks reasonable by late Monday night across much of the area. 
Temperatures will be mostly in the 20s through the night.

Tuesday, surface low strengthens as it passes northeastward off
the coast to our south. Some question remains about how close 
the surface low passes, as some guidance sends a warm layer into
coastal areas which may change the immediate coast to rain 
while possibly bringing some freezing rain to the I-95 corridor 
Tuesday morning into midday. Further northwest, frontogenesis 
and divergence aloft from the approaching upper level shortwave 
likely leads to continued light but steady snowfall across the 
Lehigh Valley and Poconos. Expect highest totals in these areas,
with locally more than 4 inches possible. Accumulations appear 
to dwindle further southeast due to potential for dry slotting 
and mixing, so have 2-3 down to I- 95 and 1-2 across most of the
coastal plain. It should be stressed that some uncertainty 
remains regarding exact placement of forcing features, and 
changes would affect snowfall totals. Highs along the coast may 
reach the low-mid 40s thanks to onshore flow, while I-95 
northwestward will stay near or below freezing, with 20s in the 
Poconos.

System passes eastward out to sea Tuesday night with lingering 
precip rapidly moving away. Much colder air mass builds in 
behind the system with lows dropping into the teens for most of 
the area, with single digits in the Poconos. Winds from the 
northwest behind the system, while not particularly strong, 
will be strong enough to push wind chills into the single 
digits, with sub- zero in the Poconos.

 

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14 minutes ago, Rickrd said:

I-95ers won’t like this run

Yup as low strengthens pulls in Atlantic warmth, coast deals with mixing. Hard slog to get all snow events now a days 

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Just now, eddygeeme said:

Yup as low strengthens pulls in Atlantic warmth coast deals with mixing. Hard slog to get all snow events now a days 

No worries. One run. 

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RAP HRRR NAM/3KNAM fairly good agreement. Mesos have had the best handle on this for a good 24 hours now. But yes wobbles will happen but a nice light to moderate event for almost everyone is looking good.

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Amazing, that we were about to throw the towel in on this storm a day or so ago and now we have a decent little system headed our way. I mean it’s only 3 or 4 inches but hey, it’s the biggest snow we’ve seen in two years here in Gburg! 

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Just now, Gettysburger said:

Amazing, that we were about to throw the towel in on this storm a day or so ago and now we have a decent little system headed our way. I mean it’s only 3 or 4 inches but hey, it’s the biggest snow we’ve seen in two years here in Gburg! 

Um, very few were.

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