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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0166
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0103 AM CST WED FEB 14 2007
AREAS AFFECTED...MUCH OF NY INTO VT
CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW
VALID 140703Z - 141200Z
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO STEADILY INCREASE/DEVELOP EAST-NORTHEAST
OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF UPSTATE NY INTO VT...WITH RATES OF 1-2
IN/HR BECOMING LIKELY THROUGH EARLY MORNING.
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTS VORTICITY MAXIMA TRANSITIONING EASTWARD
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...WITH ONSET OF STRONG CYCLOGENESIS IMPLIED
ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC STATES PER BAROCLINIC LEAF SEEN IN INFRARED
SATELLITE AND STRONG PRESSURE FALLS OBSERVED VIA SURFACE DATA. DEEP
LAYER FORCING FOR ASCENT...LARGELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO ENTRANCE REGION
OF UPPER JET AND VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC
ASCENT...WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE/DEVELOP EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS
UPSTATE NY INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH EARLY MORNING.
00Z NAM/WRF-NMM 4KM FORECAST SOUNDINGS PORTRAY MODERATE TO STRONG
UPWARD OMEGA COINCIDENT WITH A DEEP DENDRITIC LAYER THROUGH EARLY
MORNING...ATOP A NEARLY ISOTHERMAL LAYER WITHIN THE LOWEST 3 KM/700
MB AND BELOW...SIMILAR TO WET BULB PROFILES FROM OBSERVED 00Z
ALBANY/BUFFALO RAOBS. FURTHERMORE...MODEL DIAGNOSTICS SUGGEST
SLANTWISE CONVECTION MAY BECOME MORE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY
MORNING...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ENHANCED BANDING
AMIDST STRONG LOW TO MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING /LARGELY
ORIENTED WSW-ENE/. WELL SUPPORTED BY LATEST SPC SHORT RANGE ENSEMBLE
GUIDANCE...SNOW RATES SHOULD STEADILY INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF
UPSTATE NY AND EVENTUALLY INTO VT THROUGH DAYBREAK...WITH 1-2 IN/HR
RATES BECOMING COMMON.
..GUYER.. 02/14/2007
ATTN...WFO...BOX...OKX...ALY...PHI...BGM...AKQ...CTP...LWX...RNK...
41947417 41947341 41727298 41497286 40917319 40407407
39967485 39607560 38997670 38337756 37647857 37987907
38947910 40417844 41057773 41307688 41527600 41707509
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