Monday, January 24, 2011

SNOW: Monday AFTERNOON update

This is VERY short...while I'm not making a decision yet, I thought you'd like to know what I've seen this afternoon that is most interesting.  GSP, the weather service office that controls our forecasts, has gone with the "majority of rain" scenario for ACA and NOT the snow...even overnight Tuesday into Wednesday.  Boy, would I love that, to get rid of some of our snow and ice pack.  As a result, accumulations from this system are minimized greatly.


Even so, if there is air cold enough to support snow in the higher elevations, snow amounts would be heavy...but the "WAA" or "Warm-Air-Advection" the forecasts are leaning towards keep the freezing line out of the mountains and well to the northwest.  This has been in the models for days, and probably why a few model runs kept snow totals 1" and less.


SOOOoooooo...I will wait and mull, but wanted to post this info as it was significant for planning purposes.  A very minor temperature swing downwards would cause a major problem, so just keep that in mind.  Posting info for what it's worth at the moment.


bob

1 comment:

  1. Interesting. the weather underground is still calling for HEAVY SNOW on wednesday. guess they're a bit behind.

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