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Mike Powell | All | HVYSNOW: Lake Effect even |
December 1, 2024 9:44 AM * |
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FOUS11 KWBC 010812 QPFHSD Probabilistic Heavy Snow and Icing Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 312 AM EST Sun Dec 1 2024 Valid 12Z Sun Dec 01 2024 - 12Z Wed Dec 04 2024 ..Great Lakes... Days 1-3... *** Heavy Lake-Effect Snow event into early Wednesday *** Cyclonic flow underneath a longwave trough anchored over the eastern half of North America will continue to funnel Arctic air southeastward across all of the Great Lakes into the workweek. Periodic disturbances in the northwesterly flow will occasionally shift the lake-effect snowbands off their predominant northwest to southeast orientation, giving some of the hardest hit areas a break for a time. GLERL modeled lake surface temperatures range from 44F/7C in western Lake Superior to 52F/11C in portions of eastern Lake Erie and southern Lakes Michigan and Ontario. Meanwhile, 850 mb temperatures average around -10C for much of the period until considerable warm advection kicks over lower Michigan Tuesday night. Thus, lake-to 850 mb temperature differences remain at least 15C apart, and in many cases are different by more than 20C. This well exceeds the minimum threshold for lake-effect of 13C. Instability will therefore remain well in range for the lake-effect bands to sustain themselves well into the upcoming workweek. Despite continued advection of cold air, the atmosphere remains quite moist across the Great Lakes, with even the smaller upper lakes such as Lake Nipigon (north of Lake Superior) contributing moisture in the form of lake-effect clouds to the overall atmosphere. The aforementioned periodic disturbances will further increase the moisture available for lake-effect through the week. Further, the above normal lake surface temperatures will further add moisture to the atmosphere. Thus, lack of moisture also will not inhibit lake-effect formation. Therefore, the dominant factors which will adjust lake-effect band strength and orientation will be the passage of a couple clippers and a low through the period. The clippers will locally enhance the lake-effect downwind of the lakes, while causing lighter snow outside of the lake-effect areas. The flow will remain largely northwesterly...more northerly over Lake Superior, and more westerly towards Lake Ontario. Mesolows and wind shifts will adjust the lake-effect band position, while locally enhancing snowfall rates. A polar high will track west of the Great Lakes which will reinforce the cold air and shift the flow more northerly Monday night into Tuesday. Once that high shifts east into the Virginias, return southwesterly flow and warm advection will push the lake- effect bands northeastward towards Buffalo and Watertown off of Erie and Ontario respectively. The bands should weaken some by Tuesday due to the weakening flow and diminishing lake-surface to 850 mb temperature difference. However, it's unlikely that even the increasingly unfavorable environment will be able to kill off the lake-effect entirely as lake-effect bands tend to be resilient and maintain themselves well after the surrounding atmosphere becomes less favorable. Expect an additional 1-2 feet of snow for portions of the U.P. and northwestern L.P. of Michigan through Tuesday night, with 2-3 feet forecast between Erie and Buffalo and around Watertown. WPC 72-hour PWPF has a 30-40% chance of at least 2 feet of snow for northern Chautauqua County, NY and a 40-50% chance of at least 2 feet of snow for southern Jefferson County, NY through Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile the WSSI shows extreme impacts continue for some of the Buffalo south towns right along the Lake Erie shoreline as well as for the Thousand Islands region around Watertown through Tuesday evening. The ongoing lake-effect snow is the subject of the Key Message linked below. ...Southern IN/northern KY to West Virginia... Day 1... A very weak surface low (1020 mb) is moving up the Ohio Valley this morning. Narrow bands of heavier snow are weakening on radar across southern Indiana, meanwhile light snow shower activity is spreading eastward from there into the mountains of West Virginia. The Appalachians will absorb nearly all of the moisture with this system through this morning. Thus, the primary threat for brief periods of moderate snow will be into the mountains of West Virginia as upslope support will locally increase snowfall intensity. WSSI values suggest minor impacts in southeastern West Virginia. WPC PWPF shows a 60-70% chance of 2 inches of snow or more for much of southern West Virginia, though chances for 4 inches or more decrease to 10-20%. ...Upper Midwest/Upper Great Lakes... Day 3... A more substantial clipper low will move across the Canadian Prairies on Day 3/Tuesday. Associated snow will break out well ahead of the low along a strong warm front into northern Minnesota Tuesday morning, spreading southeastward across much of Michigan and the Upper Great Lakes through Tuesday night. Since this clipper will have better forcing to work with as compared to the current clipper disturbance over the Ohio Valley, expect a better chance of stationary or nearly stationary heavy snow bands to set up along the front in the aforementioned areas. Further, with conditions still favorable for lake-effect, expect lake-enhancement southeast of the lakes in the favored areas of the U.P. and northwestern L.P. The trailing cold front behind the low will reinforce the cold air along the Canadian border with North Dakota and Minnesota. The heaviest snow associated with the clipper will move over the western U.P. and northeastern Wisconsin into Tuesday night. The probability of significant ice across the CONUS is less than 10 percent. Wegman ...Winter Storm Key Messages are in effect. Please see current Key Messages below... https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/key_messages/La... $$ --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (618:250/1) |
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