Thursday, October 25, 2012

"Frankenstorm"

NOT MY NAME!  I first read this from one who often has little to say in his discussions at the Hydro-Meteorological Prediction center.  But if the Euro verifies or even any of the other global models, this will go down in history as in the same breath as the Blizzard of 93; the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962, Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina...you get the picture?  This is the real deal people...!

Here is the daytime run for the Euro...simply astounding at how consistent this model has been!
It did slow it down somewhat and actually "phase" it with the cold digging trough a bit sooner...here it is 24 hrs later...ha...maybe the Euro is trying to tell DC something!
Look at the cold air digging into this monster as seen by the 850 mb temps depicted on the Euro for Tuesday morning!
That is some seriously cold air where the mtns of WVA would receive a crippling storm of snow in the high elevations and even NC and VA!  We would certainly see flakes as well at the height of the windswept rains!  Widespread power outages almost seem like a real certainty at this point!  Just study the winds in this graphic...although these winds are about 1000' above the ground, you can essentially equate them to our wind gusts here at the surface....wow!  The chart below is from the GFDL model...
And I'll leave y'all with this...HPC's official medium range map...for Tuesday morning!

I'll give a quick update tomorrow morning once my favorite Euro comes in....by the way...there was a unique set up today in PA...we here around KMDT experienced what woe the easterly flow can do...check out this visible satellite pic....it hit 82ºF in Pittsburgh today!  But for us...low clouds, drizzle, and fog!
OK enjoy your Game 2 World Series...how about Sandoval in the same sentence as Ruth, Jackson, and Pujols...3 HR in one game in a WS game!  Unreal!  Kung Foo Panda...
Alright....gotta go...

Smitty

AA:  More and more confident that this will be a doozy!  One for the record books in so many ways!



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