Frustration & Disappointment...
01/30/2009 17:08
*** SIGH ***
You know... I don’t ask for much... Just some SNOW for Atlanta...
Seriously, what the #$@* gives?!? The last couple of days, the model runs look promising. Not much changed until today. Now they have mostly gone to giving us nothing.
At least I never preached that it was going to be the Blizzard of ’93 all over again. Unless this thing comes back, accuweather is going to look like a bunch of fools (ok, some say this happened long ago)...
Meanwhile, here is the bad news from FFC:
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
BOTH GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO SPIN UP A SURFACE LOW OVER THE NORTH
CENTRAL GULF REGION BY MONDAY MORNING...AND THEN ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT
WITH TRACKING THE SURFACE LOW OVER FLORIDA AND UP THE EAST COAST
MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT NUMEROUS SHOWERS ON
MONDAY ALL ZONES. HOWEVER...BOTH MODELS ARE SUGGESTING A LARGE DRY
SLOT SLIPPING IN BEHIND THE EXITING SURFACE LOW WHICH WILL GREATLY
HINDER THE SNOW THREAT FOR MONDAY NIGHT. BASICALLY DRY AIR PUSHES
UP FROM THE SW AS THE COLD TEMPERATURES ARRIVE MONDAY EVENING. STILL
EXPECT THE BETTER CHANCE FOR SNOW OVER NORTH GA WHERE FROM 1 TO 2
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...THE THREAT
OF ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION FURTHER SOUTH HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED
WITH THE LATEST MODEL RUNS. THEREFORE...HAVE TWEAKED POPS BACK TO
CHANCE ALL AREAS FOR MONDAY NIGHT... AND ONLY MENTION RAIN OR SNOW
FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEWNAN TO MADISON TO WASHINGTON
LINE. HAVE ADDED MENTION OF SNOW FLURRIES TO THE NORTH GA MOUNTAINS
AGAIN FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AS WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND AN UPPER DISTURBANCE
SWING DOWN FROM THE NORTH WITH VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE.
AT THIS TIME...WITH MODEL TRENDS BACKING AWAY FROM ANY SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR MONDAY NIGHT... HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DO A
WEB BRIEF FOR EM`S THIS WEEKEND. HOWEVER...EM`S AND RESIDENTS OF
CONCERN SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST DISCUSSIONS
AND ANY SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS THAT MAY BE ISSUED IN REFERENCE
TO THE SNOW THREAT MONDAY NIGHT. IF THE SITUATION CHANGES FOR THE
WORSE...A WEB BRIEFING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR EM`S NO LATER THAN
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
You know... I don’t ask for much... Just some SNOW for Atlanta...
Seriously, what the #$@* gives?!? The last couple of days, the model runs look promising. Not much changed until today. Now they have mostly gone to giving us nothing.
At least I never preached that it was going to be the Blizzard of ’93 all over again. Unless this thing comes back, accuweather is going to look like a bunch of fools (ok, some say this happened long ago)...
Meanwhile, here is the bad news from FFC:
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
BOTH GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO SPIN UP A SURFACE LOW OVER THE NORTH
CENTRAL GULF REGION BY MONDAY MORNING...AND THEN ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT
WITH TRACKING THE SURFACE LOW OVER FLORIDA AND UP THE EAST COAST
MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT NUMEROUS SHOWERS ON
MONDAY ALL ZONES. HOWEVER...BOTH MODELS ARE SUGGESTING A LARGE DRY
SLOT SLIPPING IN BEHIND THE EXITING SURFACE LOW WHICH WILL GREATLY
HINDER THE SNOW THREAT FOR MONDAY NIGHT. BASICALLY DRY AIR PUSHES
UP FROM THE SW AS THE COLD TEMPERATURES ARRIVE MONDAY EVENING. STILL
EXPECT THE BETTER CHANCE FOR SNOW OVER NORTH GA WHERE FROM 1 TO 2
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...THE THREAT
OF ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION FURTHER SOUTH HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED
WITH THE LATEST MODEL RUNS. THEREFORE...HAVE TWEAKED POPS BACK TO
CHANCE ALL AREAS FOR MONDAY NIGHT... AND ONLY MENTION RAIN OR SNOW
FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEWNAN TO MADISON TO WASHINGTON
LINE. HAVE ADDED MENTION OF SNOW FLURRIES TO THE NORTH GA MOUNTAINS
AGAIN FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AS WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND AN UPPER DISTURBANCE
SWING DOWN FROM THE NORTH WITH VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE.
AT THIS TIME...WITH MODEL TRENDS BACKING AWAY FROM ANY SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR MONDAY NIGHT... HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DO A
WEB BRIEF FOR EM`S THIS WEEKEND. HOWEVER...EM`S AND RESIDENTS OF
CONCERN SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST DISCUSSIONS
AND ANY SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS THAT MAY BE ISSUED IN REFERENCE
TO THE SNOW THREAT MONDAY NIGHT. IF THE SITUATION CHANGES FOR THE
WORSE...A WEB BRIEFING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR EM`S NO LATER THAN
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.