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Stormsfury wrote:RNS wrote:even in spite of the resistence...i still think there will be a prolonged period of freezing rain and sleet in DC and PHL before going back to snow...cutting down on accumulations.
I agree, the 850mb temperatures do warm above 0ºC in the short term, but as I see it, as the 500mb low swings eastward, the 850mb temperatures tumble once again below 0ºC, and would turn the precip back over to snow ...
850mb Temperatures
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/d ... tmp&loop=1
Color graphic 850mb Temperatures
http://weather.cod.edu/forecast/loop.rucus850t.html
Precip-Type
http://weather.cod.edu/forecast/loop.rucusptype.html
SF
Not only that but ETA soundings at LWX indicated very strong low and mid level warm advection as the H85 low takes shape in eastern VA.